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Redskins get second first-round pick

By wire services
Published April 20, 2005

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ASHBURN, Va. - Washington on Tuesday acquired the No.25 overall pick from Denver for its third-round pick (No.76 overall) in this year's draft and first- and fourth-round picks in 2006.

The trade allows the Redskins, who also have the No.9 pick, to take care of both of their most pressing needs, cornerback and receiver.

Cornerback Fred Smoot signed with the Vikings, and receivers Laveranues Coles and Rod Gardner requested trades. Coles was sent to the Jets for Santana Moss, and Gardner is still with the team.

The Redskins also re-signed Tim Hasselbeck, their lone remaining restricted free agent. He is expected to again be the third-string quarterback behind Patrick Ramsey and Mark Brunell.

BRONCOS: Defensive end Marco Coleman re-signed. He had 46 tackles and 21/2 sacks last season.

CHIEFS: Receiver Marc Boerigter agreed to re-sign. He has played in 31 games in three seasons with 31 receptions for 578 yards and eight touchdowns. He missed the 2004 season after tearing a ligament in his right knee during a preseason game.

LIONS: San Francisco declined to match the offer sheet signed by offensive lineman Kyle Kosier. The seventh-round pick of the 49ers in 2002 has played three positions in three seasons. He started 16 games last season at left tackle, but the 49ers signed tackle Jonas Jennings.

TEXANS: Cornerback Phillip Buchanon was acquired from Oakland for a second- and third-round pick in this weekend's draft, the Associated Press reported. The Raiders' first-round pick in 2002 publicly scrutinized the organization four days before Oakland's season finale.

In three seasons, Buchanon has 11 interceptions, four returned for touchdowns, in 36 games. Last season, Buchanon had 50 tackles and three interceptions, one for a touchdown before missing the final two games with a bruised tailbone.

Mills services set

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Funeral services for Sam Mills will be held in his native New Jersey with a memorial in Charlotte, where he was an assistant coach with the Panthers.

Mills, a five-time Pro Bowl linebacker, died Monday, two years after he was stricken with cancer.

There will be a memorial service for family and friends in Charlotte on Thursday. He will be buried in Red Bank, N.J., in a service scheduled for Monday.

OWNERS TALKS: Owners again found little common ground on the issue of revenue sharing. How much money the richest teams should share with the smaller market teams continues to stand in the way of progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement with the players.

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