JACKSONVILLE - The Jaguars signed former Atlanta backup quarterback Doug Johnson on Wednesday.
Johnson, who played at Florida, started eight games for the Falcons last year when Michael Vick got hurt. The team went 1-7 in those starts
DOLPHINS: Defensive end Adewale Ogunleye plans to miss a minicamp for the first time in his career this week, and he said he'll sit out the start of the season unless he receives a better contract offer.
Ogunleye, who led the AFC last year with 15 sacks and made the Pro Bowl for the first time, said he won't sign the one-year, $1.82-million tender the Dolphins extended to him. He's seeking a five- to seven-year deal after making a base salary of $375,000 last year.
GIANTS: Quarterback Kerry Collins was released, less than a week after the team traded for rookie Eli Manning.
Collins, who led the Giants to the 2001 Super Bowl, guaranteed the move by refusing to renegotiate his contact.
RAMS: Leonard Little will remain a full-fledged member of the team until his legal problems are resolved in court.
Little, who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a 1998 drunk-driving accident that killed a St. Louis woman, was arrested early Saturday in the St. Louis suburb of Laud on suspicion of drunk driving. He was charged Monday as a persistent offender with felony driving while intoxicated and speeding, and freed on $7,500 bond.
DITKA JOINS ESPN: Mike Ditka is joining ESPN as an NFL analyst.
The Hall of Fame tight end and former Bears coach will appear on ESPNews' Monday Quarterback and NFL Live. He also will make appearances on SportsCenter during the season.
f,8.5,ux0,,10.8 DRAFT RATINGS DUNK NBA: Watch the NFL draft or the NBA? For most viewers, the answer was easy: go with the picks over the playoffs.
More than 31-million people watched at least part of the two-day coverage of the draft on ESPN and ESPN2, making it the most-viewed draft in the 25 years since the ESPN began televising the event.
