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 The team did not state terms of the deal, but previous reports
indicated it was expected to be worth around $50 million over five
years.
The Chargers' first-round draft pick in 2011, Liuget has recorded
202 tackles, 49 tackles for loss, 18 sacks and four forced fumbles
in his first four seasons.
In 2014, Liuget led the defensive line with 65 tackles and the team
with 4.5 sacks, 19 tackles for loss and 18 quarterback pressures. He
also scored the first touchdown of his career, on a fumble recovery
in San Francisco in December.
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Frustrated but optimistic a long-term contract can get done,
defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson attended mandatory minicamp
with his New York Jets team mates on Tuesday at Florham Park, N.J.
Wilkerson said he is "very confident" a deal can be reached with new
general manager Mike Maccagnan and coach Todd Bowles helping call
the shots.
Wilkerson, who was taken by the Jets in the first round of the 2011
NFL draft, is due to make $6.97 million in 2015, the final year of
his rookie contract. He made 55 tackles and 5.5 sacks last season.
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The Seattle Seahawks reportedly have reached a deal to bring back
backup quarterback Tarvaris Jackson.
The deal, reported on Tuesday by FOX Sports' Mike Garafolo,
fortifies the only position on the team that had questionable depth.
Unproven R.J. Archer had been the only quarterback working behind
Russell Wilson during organized team activities.
Jackson, who started for the Seahawks in 2011, has been Wilson's
backup for the past two years. He visited the Miami Dolphins in
March before they re-signed Matt Moore. Jackson, 31, has started 34
games during his nine-year career.
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Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has long been a fan of
the video game "Call of Duty." Now he will be a character.
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"Call of Duty: Black Ops III" -- the latest version of the game by
Activision and Treyarch -- will feature a character based on Lynch,
who recently took part in the motion-capture process in Activision's
studio in Los Angeles.
"Marshawn Lynch is the perfect match for 'Call of Duty,'" Activision
CEO Eric Hirshberg told ESPN The Magazine. "I mean, he's a guy who
fills stadiums, crushes competitors and has a Beast Mode. What could
be more COD than that?"
"I've been in the Super Bowl, movies, music videos, Madden," Lynch
said, "but to have your own character in Duty is, I mean, it's
almost like you arrived."
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Tony Romo says the NFL was acting out of spite when it forced the
cancellation of a fantasy football convention in Las Vegas.
"It's like when you're in high school and you don't get invited to
the party, it makes you feel bad," the Dallas Cowboys' quarterback
told ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd on Tuesday.
"If they really wanted to just be a part of it, all they had to do
was just call and ask. It would've been a lot easier, I think, than
going about the process the way they did."
The inaugural National Fantasy Football Convention was canceled last
week after the league informed the NFL Players Association that the
event scheduled for July 10-12 would be in violation of NFL rules by
being held at a casino property.
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