Cowboys release WR Bryant

Seahawks sign QB Morris

WASHINGTON, April 14, (RTRS): The Dallas Cowboys released wide receiver Dez Bryant after a meeting with team owner Jerry Jones on Friday, the team announced. Bryant was due $12.5 million in salary in 2018 and was set to count $16.5 million against the Cowboys’ cap.

“This was not an easy decision. It was made based upon doing what we believe is in the best interest of the Dallas Cowboys,” a statement from Jones read, in part.

Bryant, who reportedly was not offered the long-rumored pay cut many expected he would be asked to take, is not expected to be designated a post-June 1 release. He becomes an unrestricted free agent.

Bryant

After postponing a workout with Colin Kaepernick this week, the Seattle Seahawks have signed Stephen Morris as a potential backup to starting quarterback Russell Wilson.

While Morris has never taken a regular-season NFL snap, he has logged time with the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2014.

The move comes on the heels of news that Seattle had planned a workout with Kaepernick, but had scuttled it after the controversial quarterback had been unwilling to lay out a plan for his future. The Seahawks, who remain thin at quarterback, haven’t ruled out working out Kaepernick at a later time.

Sebastian Janikowski signed a one-year deal with the Seahawks.

The Raiders released the 40-yearold Janikowski in February, ending an 18-year tenure with the team that began when Oakland drafted him 17th overall in the 2000 draft.

The Polish lefty made 80.4 percent of his field-goal attempts and 98.9 percent of extra-point attempts during his 17 seasons with the Raiders. He made 83.7 percent of his kicks over the last eight seasons, earning a Pro Bowl nod in 2011.

The Seahawks are looking for a replacement for Blair Walsh, who was not re-signed and remains a free agent after he made 21 of 29 fieldgoal attempts (72.4 percent) in 2017.

Free-agent quarterback Mark Sanchez was suspended for the first four games of the 2018 season for violating the NFL’s performanceenhancing drug policy, the league announced.