One star who isn't going anywhere - at least not this year - is Dallas wide receiver Alvin Harper. The fleet-footed complement to All-Pro Michael Irvin signed on for one more year with the Cowboys, after which he too will be free.
"Me and Michael Irvin will both be free next year," said Harper, who got about half of his $866,000 up front for tax purposes. "The Cowboys could be in a dilemma next year."
The Cowboys also made a qualifying offer to center Mark Stepnoski.
Others re-signed were Los Angeles Rams running back Cleveland Gary and offensive tackle Jackie Slater, who turned 40 last week and will start his 19th season with the Rams next September.
In other news:
COWBOYS: NAACP MIGHT BOYCOT
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People likened the Dallas Cowboys' hiring practices to a plantation and said it might ask those who do business with the club to boycott the Super Bowl champions.
Almost three-fourths of the Dallas Cowboys players are black, but all 11 front-office positions are held by white males, NAACP southwest regional director Shannon Reeves said at a news conference.
"That's 70 percent of the players who are out there in the field, harvesting the Super Bowl crop, picking the first-down cotton, but zero African-Americans in the front office," Reeves said.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones called the criticism unwarranted.
BILLS: NO KELLY SURGERY
Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly will not need surgery to cure his sore throwing shoulder, the Bills announced after learning the results of a magnetic resonance imaging examination in Vail, Colo.
"I spoke with Jim and he said he feels great," coach Marv Levy said at a hastily called Rich Stadium news conference. "He said he feels better than he did at the end of the season."
Kelly, 34, was put on a rehabilitation program in April after being diagnosed with what he said were bone spurs.
STEELERS: EYE JACKIE HARRIS
With Eric Green having rejected an offer that would hasve made him the highest-paid tight end in NFL history, the Pittsburgh Steelers met with Green Bay's Jackie Harris, the pick of the free-agent crop after Green.
The Steelers also are looking at Buffalo's Keith McKeller, who has been told by the Bills that he no longer is in their plans. But McKeller has not produced the numbers of Green and Harris.
Green turned down the Steeler's offer of about $1.75 million annually for three years, saying even $2 million annually would be "peanuts."
RAIDERS: WRIGHT RETIRING
The Los Angeles Raiders said offensive tackle Steve Wright has decided to retire. Wright, 35, spent all of last season on the injured reserve list with an injured left shoulder.
