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 The Saints made their third trade of the week, sending wide receiver
Kenny Still to the Miami Dolphins, who a few hours later traded
receiver Mike Wallace to the Minnesota Vikings.
The Saints also signed C.J. Spiller, who was replaced in Buffalo by
a similarly skilled player in former New York Jet and Viking Percy
Harvin.
The running back market, which had seen five key players move this
week, remained active Friday as Spiller signed with the Saints,
Darren McFadden replaced DeMarco Murray in Dallas and DeAngelo
Williams landed in Pittsburgh, where the Steelers also were busy
signing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to a new five-year contract.
The Saints got the snowball rolling with their third trade of the
week, sending the promising young Still to the Dolphins for
linebacker Dannell Ellerbe and a third-round pick in this year's
draft.
The Saints now have traded tight end Jimmy Graham, guard Ben Grubbs
and Still while adding Spiller (four years, $18 million), Ellerbe,
center Max Unger (in the Graham deal) and cornerback Brandon
Browner.
After securing Still, Miami got to work looking to trade Wallace and
reportedly ended up shipping him and a seventh-round pick to the
Vikings for a fifth-rounder.
The Vikings had pursued Wallace in 2013 and reportedly offered more
money than the Dolphins, but he chose the warmer climate of South
Florida over frigid Minnesota winters.
He lasted just two seasons of his five-year, $60 million contract
with the Dolphins and will count $6.6 million against their salary
cap in 2015.
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Wallace should be the Vikings' most explosive receiver since Harvin
was traded to Seattle in 2013, and now Harvin is on his fourth team
in three years after agreeing with the Bills on a one-year deal
reportedly worth $6 million.
Harvin is the second explosive offensive player the Bills have added
this week -- they traded for running back LeSean McCoy on Tuesday.
McCoy was replaced in Philadelphia by Murray, and the Cowboys
replaced him, at least partly, by agreeing on a two-year deal with
McFadden.
McFadden spent his first seven seasons with the Oakland Raiders but
had only 1,249 total touches because of durability issues.
Williams, the Carolina Panthers' career rushing leader, also signed
a two-year deal, joining Roethlisberger's Steelers.
(Editing by Andrew Both)
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