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 The Bengals also reached a contract agreement with free agent wide
receiver Brandon LaFell, who spent the past two seasons with the New
England Patriots.
Dansby, 34, started every game for the Browns in 2015, recording 108
tackles and three interceptions, with two for touchdowns. He was
released by the Browns on March 16.
Dansby, 34, has started all but seven of his teams' games over the
past eight seasons and has 41 career sacks and 19 interceptions. His
six interception returns for touchdowns are tied for the most by a
linebacker in NFL history.
LaFell could help shore up a receiving corps that lost free agents
Marvin Jones to Detroit and Mohamed Sanu to Atlanta during the
offseason.
Last season with the Patriots, LaFell had 37 receptions for 515
yards in 11 games after beginning the year on injured reserve with a
foot injury.
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The Detroit Lions signed free agent offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz
to a one-year contract.
Schwartz, 29, joins the Lions following a two-year stint with the
New York Giants. Last season, he started 11 games at guard before
missing the final five games after suffering a broken leg.
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The Patriots signed defensive back E.J. Biggers as an unrestricted
free agent.
Terms were not announced but the deal is for a reported one year and
worth $840,000 with only $25,000 guaranteed.
Biggers, 28, is a veteran of seven NFL seasons with the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers, Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles.
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The Dallas Cowboys added some depth with the signing of free agent
offensive lineman Joe Looney to a two-year deal.
Looney, 25, has appeared in 27 career games at both guard positions
and center. He started six games at guard for the Tennessee Titans
last season.
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Looney was a fourth-round pick by the San Francisco 49ers in the
2012 NFL Draft.
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The San Diego Chargers signed backup quarterback Bryn Renner.
Renner gives the Chargers another quarterback behind Philip Rivers,
Kellen Clemens and Brad Sorensen.
Renner, out of North Carolina, initially signed as an undrafted free
agent with the Denver Broncos in 2014.
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The Los Angeles Rams reached an agreement with California Lutheran
University to use the Thousand Oaks campus as its training base for
at least the next two years.
The Rams, who relocated from St. Louis during the offseason, will
build two practice fields, a parking lot and temporary buildings for
offices, locker rooms and training.
Practices will be held at the facility during the offseason and
during the regular season. Once the team leaves for a permanent
facility, the complex will be turned over to the university.
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