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Raiders sign Johnstone to bolster defensive line
Veteran defensive end returns to Oakland after spending the past five seasons with the Vikings
CONTRA COSTA TIMES AND WIRE REPORTS
NFL
The Raiders signed veteran defensive end Lance Johnstone to a two-year contract Wednesday.
Johnstone, 32, spent the past five seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, but he reportedly spurned their offer in favor of rejoining the team that drafted him in 1996.
Johnstone is expected to team with reigning NFL sack leader Derrick Burgess on obvious passing downs. Burgess recorded 16 sacks last season.
No other Raiders defensive end had more than two. Johnstone had 71/2 sacks in 15 games last season and has 70 in his NFL career.
In other news, former Raiders coach John Madden, in an interview Tuesday on NFL Network's "NFL Total Access" show, said he wants Raiders managing general partner Al Davis to introduce him at his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 5.
Madden introduced Davis when he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
Also, the Raiders concluded a three-day minicamp Wednesday. Their next one is scheduled for the first week of May.
-- Steve Corkran
Patriots: New England reached an agreement with All-Pro defensive lineman Richard Seymour on a contract extension. The team did not release the financial terms or length of the deal. The 6-foot-6, 310-pound Seymour is entering the final year of the six-year contract he signed as a rookie after the team selected him in the first round, sixth overall, out of Georgia.
-- Associated Press
Redskins: The lead prosecutor in the assault case against Washington safety Sean Taylor stepped aside after defense lawyers charged that he was using his prominence in the case to promote his moonlighting work as a nightclub disc jockey.
Michael Grieco, the assistant state attorney handling the Taylor case, asked to be replaced because "he sees himself becoming the courtroom focus, rather than the individual charged with the criminal offense," said a statement from the office of his boss, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
-- Associated Press
Jets: New York signed offensive lineman Trey Teague, picking up a possible replacement at center for Kevin Mawae.
Teague, a seventh-round draft pick by Denver in 1998, spent the last four seasons with Buffalo and started every game with the Bills. Mawae, who had a streak of six straight Pro Bowls snapped last season, was let go by the Jets after eight years in New York.
-- Associated Press
Dolphins: Coach Nick Saban testified on Ricky Williams' behalf during an appeal of a positive drug test that could cost the running back the entire 2006 season, according to a report in the Miami Herald.
-- espn.com
Chargers: USC offensive tackle Winston Justice, a likely first-round pick in this month's NFL draft, is scheduled to visit the Chargers today. Justice is passing up his final year of eligibility to go pro.
The Chargers will pick 19th, and most mock drafts have Justice going higher than that.
-- Associated Press
Giants: Jeff Feagles told coach Tom Coughlin after the season ended in January that the NFL's most prolific punter was hanging up his cleats.
But Feagles has decided that it's not quite time to retire and the team announced that Feagles, who turned 40 on Mar. 7, will return for his 19th NFL season.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/sports/football/nfl/oakland_raiders/14332366.htm
Veteran defensive end returns to Oakland after spending the past five seasons with the Vikings
CONTRA COSTA TIMES AND WIRE REPORTS
NFL
The Raiders signed veteran defensive end Lance Johnstone to a two-year contract Wednesday.
Johnstone, 32, spent the past five seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, but he reportedly spurned their offer in favor of rejoining the team that drafted him in 1996.
Johnstone is expected to team with reigning NFL sack leader Derrick Burgess on obvious passing downs. Burgess recorded 16 sacks last season.
No other Raiders defensive end had more than two. Johnstone had 71/2 sacks in 15 games last season and has 70 in his NFL career.
In other news, former Raiders coach John Madden, in an interview Tuesday on NFL Network's "NFL Total Access" show, said he wants Raiders managing general partner Al Davis to introduce him at his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 5.
Madden introduced Davis when he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
Also, the Raiders concluded a three-day minicamp Wednesday. Their next one is scheduled for the first week of May.
-- Steve Corkran
Patriots: New England reached an agreement with All-Pro defensive lineman Richard Seymour on a contract extension. The team did not release the financial terms or length of the deal. The 6-foot-6, 310-pound Seymour is entering the final year of the six-year contract he signed as a rookie after the team selected him in the first round, sixth overall, out of Georgia.
-- Associated Press
Redskins: The lead prosecutor in the assault case against Washington safety Sean Taylor stepped aside after defense lawyers charged that he was using his prominence in the case to promote his moonlighting work as a nightclub disc jockey.
Michael Grieco, the assistant state attorney handling the Taylor case, asked to be replaced because "he sees himself becoming the courtroom focus, rather than the individual charged with the criminal offense," said a statement from the office of his boss, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
-- Associated Press
Jets: New York signed offensive lineman Trey Teague, picking up a possible replacement at center for Kevin Mawae.
Teague, a seventh-round draft pick by Denver in 1998, spent the last four seasons with Buffalo and started every game with the Bills. Mawae, who had a streak of six straight Pro Bowls snapped last season, was let go by the Jets after eight years in New York.
-- Associated Press
Dolphins: Coach Nick Saban testified on Ricky Williams' behalf during an appeal of a positive drug test that could cost the running back the entire 2006 season, according to a report in the Miami Herald.
-- espn.com
Chargers: USC offensive tackle Winston Justice, a likely first-round pick in this month's NFL draft, is scheduled to visit the Chargers today. Justice is passing up his final year of eligibility to go pro.
The Chargers will pick 19th, and most mock drafts have Justice going higher than that.
-- Associated Press
Giants: Jeff Feagles told coach Tom Coughlin after the season ended in January that the NFL's most prolific punter was hanging up his cleats.
But Feagles has decided that it's not quite time to retire and the team announced that Feagles, who turned 40 on Mar. 7, will return for his 19th NFL season.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/sports/football/nfl/oakland_raiders/14332366.htm
