ROGERS RESURFACING IN CANADA?
Posted by Mike Florio on May 9, 2008, 1:39 p.m.
Receiver Charles Rogers, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2003 draft, is reportedly close to a deal with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.
“I would say there’s about an 80-20 chance of him being at training camp, coming in and competing for a job,” Montreal G.M. Jim Popp (unfortunate typo narrowly averted) said Thursday.
“It’s not completed yet, but he can come in as a CFL rookie and we’ll make an assessment of him, where he’s at in his career and his life.”
Receiver David Boston, a one-time top-ten NFL draft pick, recently signed with the Toronto Argonauts. (A prior version of this article had him playing with the Alouettes, too. Sorry for the blunder.)
Rogers was cut by the Lions in 2006. A grievance is still pending between the Lions and Rogers regarding millions of dollars in bonus money that the Lions claim they’re entitled to recover based on a four-game suspension imposed on Rogers for violation of the league’s substance abuse policy.
Other former NFL first-rounders whose careers brought them to Canada include Akili Smith, Lawrence Phillips, and Ricky Williams.
KOREN TO BE CUT?
Posted by Mike Florio on May 9, 2008, 2:37 p.m.
A league source tells us that the Green Bay Packers are planning to release receiver Koren Robinson. The move could come as soon as today.
Per the source, the Packers hope to go younger at the position. They recently added Jordy Nelson in the 2008 draft, and the roster already features young players like Greg Jennings and James Jones.
Per the source, the team initially gave Robinson an opportunity to line up a trade, but other teams apparently have opted to wait for him to be cut.
Robinson is signed through 2008, at a base salary of $730,000.
By Profootballtalk.com
