1999 free-agency update
AFC West
Updated Aug. 27, 1999
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| The following is a team-by-team update on free-agency, listing each
club’s remaining free agents, the players it has re-signed, key arrivals and key
departures since the end of the postseason. We have listed the length of the contract
and/or the contract terms if available (SB refers to signing bonus). The following
free-agent designations are used throughout: UFA, unrestricted free agent; RFA, restricted
free agent; EFA, exclusive-rights free agent; TFA, transition free agent Denver Broncos|Kansas City Chiefs|Oakland Raiders
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| Restricted: None. |
| Unrestricted: DE Seth Joyner. |
| Free-agent re-signings: WR Ed McCaffrey, Aug. 4
(contract extended an additional 5 years; new deal is 7 years, approx. $21 million, $4
million-plus SB); LB Bill Romanowski, July 20 (contract extended by 5 years through 2005;
new deal is 7 years, $32.2 million, $4.2 million SB); C Tom Nalen, July 20 (contract
extended by 5 years through 2005; new deal is 5 years, $20.85 million, $4.55 million SB);
DE Neil Smith, June 15 (restructured his contract, which runs through 2001); EFA OG Chris
Banks, April 5. |
| Key arrivals: RFA C Clay Shiver/ex-Cowboy, June 8; QB
Chris Miller/ex-Ram, April 26; UFA DE Carl Reeves/ex-Bear, April 12; UFA OT Tony
Berti/ex-Seahawk, Feb. 17 (1 year, $400,000); UFA CB Dale Carter/ex-Chief, Feb. 16 (6
years, $34.8 million, $7.8 million SB — but the final two years of the deal are
voided if he plays in 10 percent of the defensive snaps in any of the first four years of
the deal. By voiding the final two years, the value of the contract becomes $22.8 million
over four years). |
| Key departures: CB Tito Paul, Aug. 24 (traded to
Redskins for undisclosed draft choice); UFA RB Vaughn Hebron, Aug. 17 (to Colts); UFA DL
Marvin Washington, May 6 (to 49ers); QB John Elway, May 2 (retired); UFA LB Keith Burns,
April 6 (to Bears); QB Jeff Lewis, March 1 (traded to Panthers for a 3rd-round pick in
1999 and a conditional pick in 2000); UFA OT Harry Swayne, Feb. 26 (to Ravens); WR Willie
Green (); S Steve Atwater, Feb. 17 (cut); CB-RS Darrien Gordon, Feb. 9 (cut); WR Justin
Armour, Feb. 9 (expansion draft). |
| Other arrivals: QB Chuck Clements, Aug. 18 (re-signed);
OL Leo Goeas, Aug. 13 (subsequently cut on Aug. 25); FB Ryan Christopherson, QB Jeff Brohm
and P Jeff Baker, April 30 (subsequently cut on July 31); OT Matt Elliott, March 16 (1
year, $375,000; subsequently cut on June 14); DE Ben Crosland, March 2 (subsequently cut
on Aug. 27); LB Ronnie Ward, March 2 (subsequently cut on Aug. 12); WR Taj Johnson, Feb.
27; S Tori Noel; DT Viliami Maumau; DE Marvin Thomas; RB Curtis Alexander; DE Herb Coleman
(subsequently cut on Aug. 10); WR Chris Doering; OG Dan Finn; RB Leeland McElroy; S Brad
Trout; OG Tim Kohn (subsequently cut on Aug. 27). |
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| Restricted: DE Ty Parten, OG Jeff Smith. |
| Unrestricted: DE Pellom McDaniels, OG Ricky Siglar,
OG-LS Ralph Tamm. |
| Free-agent re-signings: RFA DT Tom Barndt, May 4; RFA WR
Joe Horn, April 21; RFA TE Brian Roche, April 9; UFA OT Marcus Spears, Feb. 16; UFA DE Dan
Williams, Feb. 12. |
| Key arrivals: RFA DE Kerwin Waldroup/ex-Lion, July 13 (2
years); CB Cris Dishman/ex-Redskin, May 13 (3 years); QB Warren Moon/ex-Seahawk, April 26
(2 years, $3.2 million plus incentives, $200,000 SB); UFA LB Marvcus Patton/ex-Redskin,
April 26 (3 years); UFA DL Artie Smith/ex-Cowboy, April 20; PK Sean Fleming/ex-CFL, April
15 (3 years); UFA TE Lonnie Johnson/ex-Bill, March 26 (2 years); UFA LB Lamont
Hollinquest/ex-Packer, March 10 (2 years; subsequently cut on July 21); CB Carlton
Gray/ex-Giant, Feb. 18 (5 years). |
| Key departures: TE Ted Popson, Aug. 5 (retired); UFA LB
Anthony Davis, July 29 (to Packers); CB Mark McMillian and WR Danan Hughes, Feb. 27 (cut);
UFA CB Dale Carter, Feb. 16 (to Broncos); UFA QB Rich Gannon, Feb. 14 (to Oakland); OG
Pete Swanson, Feb. 9 (expansion draft). |
| Other arrivals: LB Tim Terry/ex-Bengal, Aug. 10; DE
Duane Ashman; DB Carl Kidd; OG Eugene Chung, OT James Parrish. |
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| Restricted: None. |
| Unrestricted: PK Greg Davis, OG Derrick Graham, DE Pat
Swilling, OT Bruce Wilkerson. |
| Free-agent re-signings: UFA WR Terry Mickens, April 23;
RFA CB Marquis Walker, March 5; UFA QB Wade Wilson, Feb. 15. |
| Key arrivals: QB Bobby Hoying/ex-Eagle, Aug. 24
(acquired from Eagles for conditional 6th-round draft pick in 2000); QB Paul
Justin/ex-Bengal, Aug. 19; UFA FB Ray Zellars/ex-Bengal, Aug. 4; RB Tyrone
Wheatley/ex-Dolphin, Aug. 4; UFA WR Horace Copeland/ex-Buccaneer, June 18; DE Ferric
Collons/ex-Patriot, June 17; CB-RS Darrien Gordon/ex-Bronco, June 8 (3 years, $9.2 million
— team has option to change deal to 1 year, $1.2 million); RB Rashaan Salaam/ex-Bear,
June 2 (1 year, $350,000); S Charles Mincy/ex-Buccaneer, April 28; QB Heath
Shuler/ex-Saint, April 23 (subsequently cut on June 17); UFA FB Zack Crockett/ex-Jaguar,
March 16 (4 years, $4.5 million); PK Michael Husted/ex-Buccaneer, Feb. 24; UFA QB Rich
Gannon/ex-Chief, Feb. 15 (4 years, $16 million); WR Chris T. Jones, Feb. 15. |
| Key departures: UFA QB Donald Hollas, Aug. 4 (to Lions);
QB Andre Ware, Aug. 4 (retired); UFA TE Derek Brown, July 20 (to Cardinals); RB-TE Harvey
Williams, June 18 (cut); UFA S Louis Riddick, June 17 (to Seahawks); DT Ta'ase Faumui,
June 17; RS-WR Desmond Howard, June 8 (cut); UFA LB Mike Morton, April 30 (to Packers);
UFA CB James Trapp, April 23 (to Ravens); UFA QB Jeff George, April 5 (to Vikings); DE
Aundray Bruce, Feb. 11 (cut). |
| Other arrivals: OL Greg Skrepanek, March 1; Isaac Davis,
Feb. 27; RB Reynard Rutherford, Feb. 27 (subsequently cut on Aug. 12); DB Johnnie Harris,
Feb. 27; DB Eric Sutton, Feb. 27. |
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| Restricted: None. |
| Unrestricted: CB Willie Clark, S Dedrick Dodge, DE
William Fuller, LB Kurt Gouveia. |
| Free-agent re-signings: UFA S Greg Jackson, Aug. 9; RFA
WR Bryan Still, July 22; EFA WR Tony Gaiter, July 22; EFA DT Michael Mohring, July 22; EFA
WR Ryan Thelwell, June 16 (1 year); UFA CB Jimmy Spencer, April 5 (2 years); UFA OG Troy
Sienkiewicz, April 3 (1 year); EFA CB Paul Bradford, April 3 (1 year); RFA WR Charlie
Jones, April 2; DE Chris Mims, Feb. 10 (2 years). |
| Key arrivals: QB Erik Kramer/ex-Bear, July 22 (2 years,
$2.45 million, $450,000 SB); UFA DE Al Fontenot/ex-Colt, May 12 (1 year); UFA TE Al
Pupunu/ex-Giant, April 5 (1 year); CB Corey Raymond, April 5 (1 year); LB Eric
Hill/ex-Ram, March 26 (2 years); QB Jim Harbaugh/ex-Raven, March 22 (Chargers traded
conditional 4th- or 5th-round pick in 2000 to Ravens; Harbaugh's contract was rewritten
for 2 years, $2.75 million plus incentives); WR Jeff Graham/ex-Eagle, March 19 (1 year,
$1.1 million); UFA S Darren Perry/ex-Steeler, March 12 (2 years, $3.2 million;
subsequently retired on July 31). |
| Key departures: TE John Burke, Aug. 9 (traded to Jets
for 7th-round draft pick in 2001); UFA WR Webster Slaughter, June 7 (to Ravens); UFA DE
Marco Coleman, June 3 (to Redskins); UFA OG Raleigh McKenzie, Feb. 22 (to Packers); UFA LB
Steve Tovar, Feb. 12 (to Panthers); TE Frank Hartley, Feb. 11 (cut); S Gerome Williams,
Feb. 9 (expansion draft). |
| Other arrivals: PK Jose Cortez, June 14; LB Jon
Haskins/ex-Eagle, May 12; S Brian Clark, March 4 (1 year); WR Thomas Lewis, Feb. 25 (1
year); LB Tracey Simien; CB Torey Hunter; WR B.J. Adigun. |
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| Restricted: CB Fred Thomas. |
| Unrestricted: DE Mike Croel, CB Terry McDaniel. |
| Free-agent re-signings: DE Michael Sinclair, Aug. 12
(2-year contract was replaced by 7-year deal, $35 million, $6 million SB); RFA FB Reggie
Brown, April 14; RFA OG Frank Beede, April 7; RFA DE Phillip Daniels, April 6; UFA WR
Brian Blades, March 30 (1 year); UFA LB James Logan, March 23; UFA PK Todd Peterson, March
2 (4 years, $2.9 million); UFA TE Christian Fauria, March 2 (3 years, $5.1 million, $1.75
million SB). |
| Key arrivals: UFA WR Michael Jackson/ex-Raven, Aug. 11;
LB James Willis/ex-Eagle, June 26 (cut by Eagles); UFA S Louis Riddick/ex-Raider, June 17
(1 year, $400,000); UFA WR Charles Jordan/ex-Dolphin, June 5; UFA WR Sean
Dawkins/ex-Saint, April 14 (2 years, $2.9 million, $700,000 SB); QB Glenn Foley/ex-Jet,
March 19 (Seahawks traded conditional 7th-round pick in 2000 to Jets, which could be
upgraded based on Foley's performance); UFA DB Lenny McGill/ex-Panther, March 12. |
| Key departures: WR James McKnight, June 24 (traded to
Cowboys for a 2000 3rd-round draft pick); WR Brian Blades, June 5 (cut); UFA TE Carlester
Crumpler, April 13 (to Vikings); UFA LB Dean Wells, April 7 (to Panthers); UFA OT Tony
Berti, Feb. 17 (to Broncos); QB Warren Moon, Feb. 11 (cut); QB John Friesz, RB Steve
Broussard and DT Dan Saleaumua, Feb. 10 (all cut); LB Jason Kyle and S Eric Stokes, Feb. 9
(expansion draft). |
| Other arrivals: WR Phil Savoy/ex-Raven, Aug. 25; WR
Mario Bailey, July 26; WR Chris Jackson, March 23; CB Deauntae Brown, March 11 (1 year,
$175,000); FB Oscar Gray, March 4. |
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