Williams Agrees to Detroit’s Offer

Receiver Roy Williams arrived in camp Sunday after agreeing to a five-year deal with the Detroit Lions. Terms were not disclosed.

“We were able to get this done in about 48 hours,” said Tom Lewand, the Lions’ chief executive. “We’re happy we were able to get it done and get it done quickly.”

Williams, the seventh overall pick, from Texas, was the only player who did not report when the team began training camp Friday. He will practice for the first time today.

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The Packers begin full-squad workouts today at Green Bay with two big voids.

Left cornerback Mike McKenzie, the team’s top defensive player last year, remained home in Memphis, Tenn., as he continues to seek a trade. Ahmad Carroll, the team’s top draft pick, could be McKenzie’s replacement, but he remains unsigned.

Mike Sherman, the Packer coach and general manager, remains adamant about McKenzie’s holdout. Sherman said last week that he would not renegotiate a contract with three years left on it and that McKenzie had to return on the terms of the team.

Sherman can start fining McKenzie for each day the player is absent, starting today. If the holdout lasts into the season, McKenzie would be docked $161,764 per week.

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Arizona released center Pete Kendall, less than three weeks after new Coach Dennis Green installed the eight-year veteran as a starter.

Kendall, who signed with Arizona as an unrestricted free agent in 2001, started 23 games at left guard his first two years with the Cardinals and 13 at center last season. After separating a shoulder Dec. 7 at San Francisco, Kendall got in only one play in the last three games.

Green sidestepped questions about why Kendall was dropped and whether the move was related to player complaints about the intensity of summer workouts.

The NFL made the Cardinals forfeit their final week of workouts last month after a group of players complained to the union that the team had violated league rules by working the players too hard.

Green, hired to rebuild a 4-12 team after Dave McGinnis was fired, said he wasn’t going after whistle-blowers.

“From the very first day, I’ve said that the team has not played as well as they could play, and that’s the team,” Green said. “Along that way, no one should be surprised at anything.”

Green was critical of Arizona’s offensive line after watching last season’s game films.

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One day after reinjuring his surgically repaired back, St. Louis offensive tackle Kyle Turley left training camp at Macomb, Ill., to have more tests performed in St. Louis.

Turley’s injury is classified as a strain.

“It was a threat to my career last year,” Turley said. “For it to have possibly reoccurred is definitely a bigger threat.”

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Denver running back Tatum Bell had surgery on the finger he broke Saturday in training camp. The Broncos are not sure when Bell will return.

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Tampa Bay middle linebacker Shelton Quarles will be sidelined for at least the next few days of training camp after suffering a hairline fracture in his left wrist Saturday, the first day of practice.

Quarles banged his hand on a teammate’s helmet during a non-contact drill.

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San Diego signed second-round draft pick Igor Olshansky, a defensive end from Oregon who is expected to compete for a starting position.