Seattle takes a gamble on Lacy

The Seahawks are hoping Eddie Lacy can be motivated by a one-year contract to rediscover the form that made him the 2013 Offensive Rookie of the Year with the Packers. The Seahawks and Lacy agreed to terms on a oneyear deal Tuesday, providing Seattle a big body for a run game that once was the best in football but lagged last season following the retirement of Marshawn Lynch.

“I like that we’re bringing in a big, tough guy that’s going to send a message the way he plays the game,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said in an interview with KIRO-AM, the Seahawks’ flagship station, on Tuesday.

PATRIOTS: New England signed free-agent running back Rex Burkhead. Burkhead, 26, comes from Cincinnati, where he has spent all four years of his NFL career since being drafted in the sixth round out of Nebraska in 2013.

Meanwhile, restricted free agent cornerback Malcolm Butler scheduled a visit with the Saints at the team’s headquarters Thursday.

BEARS: Chicago agreed to terms with placekicker Connor Barth on a one-year contract. Barth made 18 of 23 fieldgoal attempts last season and missed only one of 32 extrapoint tries in 16 games.

CHIEFS: Kansas City signed defensive tackle Bennie Logan to a one-year contract, filling the void left by free agent Dontari Poe in the middle of the defensive line.

CARDINALS: Free-agent linebacker Jarvis Jones signed with Arizona. A first-round draft choice in 2013 out of Georgia, Jones spent his first four years in the NFL with the Steelers, but never made a big impact.

VIKINGS: Minnesota signed defensive end Datone Jones, the former first-round pick of the rival Packers. Jones was selected 26th overall out of UCLA in the 2013 draft.