Woodson signs with Packers

The Green Bay Packers made their first major splash in the free-agent market this offseason, agreeing to terms with defensive back Charles Woodson on Wednesday.
Woodson's agent, Kevin Poston, said the Packers agreed to a seven-year deal for $52.7 million, including $10.5 million in the first year of the contract. Packers general manager Ted Thompson declined comment.
Woodson's signing comes a day after Brett Favre told the team he would return to play the 2006 season.
Woodson played eight seasons for Oakland, intercepting 17 passes in 106 games.
No homecoming for Young: Houston Texans fans wanting their team to draft hometown darling Vince Young with the top overall pick in the NFL draft will be disappointed Saturday.
Houston general manager Charley Casserly said Wednesday that the Texans would not draft a quarterback with their No. 1 pick. The Texans are negotiating with USC tailback Reggie Bush and North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams instead.
"It didn't make any sense to draft a quarterback with our first pick," Casserly said. "After evaluating the quarterbacks in this draft, and part of the evaluation process is the workouts in the spring and the interviews, we came to the conclusion to draft a quarterback - whether it be Vince Young, Matt Leinart or Jay Cutler - was not the best thing for this football team."
See ya: The Minnesota Vikings released running back Onterrio Smith after he was suspended by the NFL for the entire 2005 season for a substance abuse violation.
Gumbel, Collinsworth team up: Bryant Gumbel, whose last play-by-play assignment was high school games more than 30 years ago, will call the NFL Network's eightregular-season NFL games this season along with analyst Cris Collinsworth.