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 Pitta signed a five-year, $32 million contract in March of 2014,
and was due to earn $5 million in base salary in 2016 along with
$2.2 million of his prorated signing bonus for a total salary cap
hit of $7.2 million. He was due to count $7.7 million against the
cap in each of the final two years of the deal.
Pitta missed the entire 2015 season after re-injuring his hip injury
originally sustained on Sept. 21, 2014 at Cleveland. That came after
recovering from a dislocated and fractured hip suffered during the
preseason in 2013.
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The Cleveland Browns picked up tight end Chase Ford off waivers from
the Baltimore Ravens.
The Ravens let Ford go on Tuesday after he signed a $1.67 million
restricted free agent a few weeks ago and also after tight end
Dennis Pitta re-signed with the team.
The 6-foot-6, 245-pound Ford spent last season with the Minnesota
Vikings and the Ravens. He was inactive for eight games with the
Vikings and one with the Ravens before the team placed him on
injured reserve.
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Defensive tackle Dominique Easley, a first-round pick in 2014 who
ended his two seasons with the New England Patriots on injured
reserve, hit the waiver wire.
The Patriots announced Wednesday that they released Easley.
Easley was a surprising first-round pick out of Florida because of
durability concerns. He had hip, ankle and thigh injuries during the
2015 season and was placed on injured reserve on Dec. 16 after
playing in nine games and registering two sacks.
In each of the last two seasons, Easley ended the year on injured
reserve. He finished 2015 with 15 tackles and two sacks in 11 games,
including two starts.
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The Cincinnati Bengals exercised the fifth-year option on tight end
Tyler Eifert's rookie contract.
Eifert is now signed through the 2017 season. The option is in his
contract as a first-round pick (21st overall) in the 2013 NFL Draft
out of Notre Dame. The option is worth $4.7 million.
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The Indianapolis Colts signed exclusive rights free agent safety
Akeem Davis to a tender.
Davis saw action in six games last season for the New Orleans
Saints, Seattle Seahawks and Colts. In 2014, he played mostly on
special teams in 13 games for the Washington Redskins.
In 19 career NFL games, Davis has one tackle and one forced fumble
on defense and 12 special-teams tackles.
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The Dallas Cowboys re-signed restricted free agent safety Jeff Heath
to a four-year contract.
Heath, 24, was set to make $1.671 million this season, but the
Cowboys locked him up to a longer deal for his special teams play
and ability to play multiple roles defensively.
Heath has played in 46 of 48 regular-season games with Dallas over
the last three seasons, making 102 tackles and three interceptions.
He made one start at safety in 2015, spending most of his time on
special teams.
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The Minnesota Vikings released linebackers Terrance Plummer and Alex
Singleton. Both players are entering their second NFL seasons.
Plummer went undrafted out of Central Florida last year and appeared
in three games, recording one tackle, for the Washington Redskins
before being released on Oct. 5.
Singleton went undrafted out of Montana State last year and
originally signed with the Patriots, who waived him from their
practice squad on Sept. 16. (Editing by Andrew Both)
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