NFL notebook: Chiefs agree to trade Peters to Rams for draft picks

[February 24, 2018]  The Kansas Chiefs are trading Pro Bowl cornerback Marcus Peters to the Los Angeles Rams for a collection of draft picks, according to multiple reports Friday.

The trade officially has been agreed upon by the two teams, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. The deal cannot be completed until the start of the new league year on March 14.

The 25-year-old Peters registered 46 tackles, five interceptions, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries last season. He was voted to the Pro Bowl after the 2015 and 2016 seasons, won the 2015 Defensive Rookie of the Year Award and was an Associated Press first-team All-Pro selection in 2016.

--Former Miami Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin was detained by police after a threatening social media post forced his alma mater high school to close down Friday afternoon, multiple outlets reported.

A pair of Harvard-Westlake High School campuses, in Los Angeles suburbs Studio City and Beverly Crest, were closed Friday after a threat made on social media. According to ESPN, Martin was detained because of the post.

The threat, posted to an Instagram account believed to belong to Martin, read "When you're a bully victim & a coward, your options are suicide, or revenge." The post included an image of a shotgun and shells, with four social media accounts tagged and hashtags for Harvard-Westlake and the Miami Dolphins.

--Middle linebacker David Harris, who played most of his career with the New York Jets, announced his retirement on Friday.

The 34-year-old Harris played his first 10 seasons with the Jets before finishing his career with the New England Patriots. He recorded 1,109 tackles, 36 1/2 sacks and six interceptions in 164 regular-season games (153 starts).

"After 11 years of having played the greatest team sport at its highest level, it's now time for me to announce my retirement from the NFL," Harris said in a statement released by Sportstars, the agency that represents him.

--After the franchise's most successful season in more than a decade, the Jacksonville Jaguars have rewarded those who steered the ship, giving two-year extensions to executive VP of football operations Tom Coughlin, general manager Dave Caldwell and head coach Doug Marrone.

All three now have deals running through 2021, after previously being set to become free agents after 2019.

"The decision to extend the contracts of Tom, Dave and Doug isn't so much a reward for last season, which no doubt was impressive, as it is to recognize their importance to our football team this coming season and for years to follow," owner Shad Khan said in a statement.

--Jacksonville released running back Chris Ivory on Friday, less than three weeks before the start of free agency.

Ivory signed a five-year, $32 million contract with the Jaguars following the 2015 season, a campaign in which Ivory led the AFC with 1,070 yards as a member of the New York Jets.

But Ivory, 29, played in only 25 games with just four starts in his two seasons in North Florida. He ran for a total of just 821 yards and had 361 more yards receiving in 2016 and 2017. Injuries cost him parts of both seasons.

--Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston was cited for careless driving following a car accident on Feb. 13.

Winston and the driver of the car he rear-ended were uninjured. NFL.com discovered the accident report, which was confirmed by Florida Highway Patrol on Friday. Winston is subject to a fine for careless driving.

Winston, the report says, failed to safely reduce his speed in time to avoid a rear-end collision with another vehicle that was stopped at a traffic light. Winston's Ford F-250 pickup struck the rear of the Subaru Forester.

--Cincinnati Bengals starting right tackle Jake Fisher was medically cleared to resume his football career after undergoing surgery for an irregular heartbeat last season.

Fisher, 24, was placed on the non-football illness list in 2017 when he was diagnosed with the issue that required a corrective surgical procedure on Nov. 18 in Chicago.

On the 96th day after a heart procedure ended his season, Fisher celebrated Thursday's news by going back into the gym for a weightlifting workout.

--Former Chicago Bears Pro Bowl cornerback Charles Tillman is reportedly an FBI special agent.

Tillman graduated from the FBI's Training Academy in Quantico, Va., the Sporting News reported Thursday night.

Tillman, who was selected to two Pro Bowls in his 13-year NFL career, entered the 20-week program last year, as first reported by the Chicago Tribune. He had until his 37th birthday -- which he turned Friday -- to earn his badge due to a stipulation that a new agent must be appointed before he or she reaches that age, according to the Sporting News.

--The NFL has announced 32 compensatory selections for the 2018 NFL Draft, with the Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders receiving a league-high four each.

The league awards a maximum of 32 compensatory picks each year to teams that lost more qualifying free agents than they gained during the 2017 offseason, with factors such as salary, playing time and postseason honors factoring into the distribution formula.

The Bengals were one of four teams (along with Arizona, Houston and Denver) to receive a third-round selection and also gained a fifth-rounder and two seventh-rounders. Cincinnati lost offensive linemen Kevin Zeitler and Andrew Whitworth, among others, to lucrative contracts elsewhere last March.

--Field Level Media

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