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14 Jan 11 St. Louis Rams sign Tight End Roland Williams March 11 2005

ST. LOUIS, Missouri - The St. Louis Rams signed free agent tight end Roland Williams to a 1 year contract. Williams spent his first 3 seasons with the Rams and was a member of their 1999 Super Bowl-winning team. He played in 46 games with the Rams, catching 51 passes for 472 yards with 10 TDs. Williams played the 2001, 2002 and 2004 seasons with the Raiders. He saw action in 1 contest for the Buccaneers in 2003.In 91 career games, Williams has 111 receptions for 983 yards and 13 TDs. He has not caught a pass the last 2 years. ST. LOUIS, Missouri - The St. New England Patriots jersey
Louis Rams have made another move to shore up their linebacking corps. The Rams remained active on the free agent front, signing veteran LB Chris Claiborne to a 3 year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed. Claiborne - who was drafted 9th overall in 1999 out of Southern California (USC) - spent the last 2 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings after 4 somewhat disappointing years for the Detroit Lions. The 6' 3", 255 lbs. started 12 games in 2004 and made 82 tackles, his lowest career total. He added 1 sack and returned an interception for a TD in a 31-17 win at Green Bay on December 24. The 26 year-old Claiborne - he won the Butkus Award in college as the nation's best linebacker - has played in 87 career games, totalling 720 tackles, 14.5 sacks and 8 interceptions. ST. LOUIS, Missouri - Just a day after being released by the Dallas Cowboys, Dexter Coakley has found a new home. The St. Louis Rams signed the 3-time Pro Bowl linebacker to a 5-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal is reportedly worth $14.5 million, including a $3 million signing bonus. Coakley, 32, spent his first 8 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys and ranked 4th in franchise history with 1,046 tackles, but was waived for salary cap purposes. The Rams immediately pounced on Coakley and will likely start him at weakside LB. The team expects to lose outside LB Tommy Polley, who is an unrestricted free agent. Coakley's streak of seven straight seasons with at least 100 tackles was broken in 2004 when he finished with 91, including 60 solo, along New Orleans Saints jersey
with 6 quarterback pressures and 5 passes defensed. A 3rd-round draft pick out of Appalachian State in 1997, Coakley earned Pro Bowl berths in 1999, 2001 and 2003. The St. Louis Rams have convinced Marshall Faulk to take a pay cut by restructuring his contract February 28 2005
内容: ST. LOUIS, Missouri - Marshall Faulk, now resigned to a backup role with the Rams, has agreed to a pay cut in a restructured contract that will essentially guarantee he'll end his career in St. Louis. Faulk, an 11-year veteran who turned 32 Saturday, just finished the third year of a seven-year contract. He would have made $6 million in salary and workout bonuses in 2005. Under the new four-year deal, Faulk gets a $2 million signing bonus this year, and will earn $2 million in both 2005 and 2006, said his agent, Rocky Arceneaux. Arceneaux said the salary would average $3 million per year over the four years of the deal. Earlier this month, coach Mike Martz said that rookie Steven Jackson would be the starter next season. Jackson was the team's first-round pick last year. Faulk played his first five seasons in Indianapolis before coming to St. Louis in 1999, helping the Rams win their first Super Bowl that year and winning the NFL MVP the following season. He is the only player in history with 2,000 combined rushing and receiving yards in four straight seasons, 1998-2001. He won offensive player of the year awards following the 1999, 2000 and 2001 seasons and also helped the Rams reach the Super Bowl in the 2001 season. However, injuries and age have slowed him in recent seasons. Sharing time with Jackson last year, Faulk rushed for 774 yards, an average of four yards per carry, and caught 50 passes for 310 yards. The new agreement saves about $1.5 million in salary cap space, which could be important as the Rams try to fill holes to shore up a New York Giants jersey
defense that struggled most of last season, especially against the run. Last season, Pittsburgh veteran running back Jerome Bettis moved to a backup role after the Steelers signed Duce Staley, and Bettis seemed invigorated, rushing for 100 yards in seven of eight starts after Staley was injured.

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