AROUND THE NFL

From the Los Angeles Times

AROUND THE NFL

Cowboys Sign Williams Through 2010
From the Associated Press

August 3, 2006
The Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday signed Pro Bowl safety Roy Williams to a five-year, $25.2-million contract extension, with $11.1 million guaranteed in securing the hard-hitting run-stopper through the 2010 season.
"I am going to be a Cowboy for life," said Williams, Dallas' first-round pick in 2002. "I'm staying here."
Williams, who turns 26 this month, had 81 tackles, three interceptions, 2 1/2 sacks and a touchdown last season.
He had one year left on his contract and would have become an unrestricted free agent after this season, but the new five-year deal replaces the 2006 year and adds four more
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All-Pro cornerback Ronde Barber signed a five-year, $24-million contract extension that he hopes will let him play his entire career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Barber, 31, was entering the final year of a six-year contract. Last season, Barber became the first cornerback in NFL history with at least 20 interceptions and 20 sacks.

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Kansas City acquired running back Michael Bennett from the New Orleans Saints for an undisclosed 2007 draft pick, but the Chiefs insisted that didn't mean Priest Holmes would retire.
Holmes is being held out of contact drills by doctors because of a neck and spinal cord injury suffered in a game last October.

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New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi missed his fourth consecutive practice because of what Coach Bill Belichick termed "probably"%

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