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Seahawks sign sixth-rounder Sokoli
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The Seattle Seahawks on Thursday signed sixth-round draft pick Kristjan Sokoli, a college defensive lineman they are going to convert to center.
It is a standard four-year deal, Sokoli’s agent said via Twitter. The deal is expected to be worth around $2.3 million.
Sokoli — one of the top pound-for-pound athletes in the draft — played defensive tackle at Buffalo, but the Seahawks said they are going to move him to center.
Sokoli, who is from Albania, is the first of Seattle’s eight draft picks to sign.
In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]
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Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]
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