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New Chrome Beta extension from Google lets you view Office files directly in the browser
One of the more unique features of Google’s web browser for Chromebooks has been the ability to open and view Microsoft Office files directly in the browser (as opposed to pushing them to Drive), but that’s so far remained confined to those devices. Google’s decided to change that today, though, releasing a new extension for Chrome Beta that allows the same functionality in the browser for Windows and Mac. There’s no indication yet as to when it will make it to the stable release of Chrome, but beta users can install the extension now at the source link below.
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Via: TechCrunch
Source: Chrome Web Store, Google Chrome Blog
Seahawks sign safety Kam Chancellor to four-year extension
The Seattle Seahawks have signed fourth-year safety Kam Chancellor to a four-year contract extension, Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reports.
According to Rapoport, the extension is worth $ 28 million and includes $ 17 million in guaranteed money. Chancellor, a 2010 fifth-round pick out of Virginia Tech, had been scheduled to earn $ 1.323 million in non-guaranteed base salary in 2013, the final season of his rookie contract, which means Chancellor will be under contract through the 2017 season for less than $ 30 million.
In terms of APY (Average Per Year), Chancellor’s $ 7 million per year extension ranks sixth among current NFL safety contracts and is equal to what Michael Griffin received from the Tennessee Titans off the franchise tag last June. However, Chancellor’s $ 17 million in guaranteed money is larger than the $ 15 million in guarantees that Griffin received.
The franchise tag for the 2014 season is projected to be worth around $ 7 million.
The 6-foot-3, 232-pound Chancellor spent his rookie season in a reserve role behind Lawyer Milloy before emerging as a full-time starter in 2011. Chancellor totaled 97 tackles and a sack with four interceptions while earning Pro Bowl honors as he developed a reputation as being one of the heaviest hitting safeties in the league. In 2012, Chancellor had 101 tackles and four passes defensed.
Entering this week, the Seahawks were $ 7.2 million under their 2013 adjusted cap number of $ 136.7 million. Any leftover cap space can be rolled over to 2014 and beyond, but the Seahawks have several players whose contracts are expiring in the coming years. Chancellor, 25, certainly was at the top of that list, as is his safety partner, Earl Thomas, who has made the Pro Bowl in each of the last two seasons. Thomas, a 2010 first-round pick, is signed through 2014 as is All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman, who will be eligible for a new contract after the 2013 season.
Packers, Clay Matthews agree to long-term extension
The Green Bay Packers and outside linebacker Clay Matthews have reached an agreement in principle on a long-term contract extension reports Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.
Matthews posted a picture of himself signing his new contract on Twitter.
“Trivial amongst the recent tragic news, but happy to continue my career in Green Bay!,” Matthews wrote.
According to Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com, Matthews’ new extension will average “just north” of $ 13 million per season. Matthews’ camp was reportedly looking for over $ 13 million per season in his second contract. Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware received in an extension averaging $ 13 million per season midway through the 2009 season, a deal that remains the highest among NFL linebackers.
Matthews, a Pro Bowler in each of his four seasons in the NFL, is scheduled to earn $ 3.73 million in base salary with a $ 40,000 workout bonus in 2013, the final season of his five-year, $ 13 million rookie contract. The two sides had hoped to reach agreement on an extension before the start of the Packers’ offseason workout program, which began on Monday, April 15.
The Packers selected Matthews with the 26th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft and, over the last four seasons, has posted 42.5 sacks with seven forced fumbles, four interceptions and 22 passes defensed in 58 career games. Matthews has been productive in the post-season, picking up 7.5 sacks in eight career playoff games.
Matthews is coming off what was arguably his most productive season in the NFL, registering 13 sacks in just 12 games.
49ers reach long-term extension with RT Anthony Davis
The San Francisco 49ers have begun locking up their building blocks for the future as Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports that the team has reached a five-year contract extension with right tackle Anthony Davis.
According to Florio, the extension is worth $ 37.295 million and includes $ 17 million in guarantees.
Davis, who selected with the 11th overall pick of the 2010 NFL Draft, has two seasons remaining on a five-year rookie contract that has a maximum value of $ 26.5 million and included $ 15.9544 million in guaranteed money. Davis is scheduled to earn $ 1.7 million in 2013 and $ 2.3956 million in 2014.
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Over his first three seasons in the NFL, Davis has started all 53 regular and post-season games the 49ers have played. According to official playing-time documents, the 6-foot-5, 323-pound right tackle has been a dependable player, missing just 33 of the 49ers’ offensive snaps the last three seasons. Davis did not miss a single play for the 49ers during the 2012 season.
Extending the contracts of core players well before they hit free agency has been a staple of the 49ers’ front office, whose salary cap and contract negotiations are overseen by COO Paraag Marathe.
In 2009, the 49ers signed left tackle Joe Staley to a six-year extension after the 2007 first-round pick had played just two seasons in the NFL. Staley is currently signed through 2017 and has very team-friendly cap numbers. During the 2012 season, the 49ers signed inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman, a 2010 third-round pick, to a five-year extension worth over $ 45 million.
The 49ers will have some bigger contract issues to address in the coming years as quarterback Colin Kaepernick, left guard Mike Iupati and wide receiver Michael Crabtree are scheduled to be unrestricted free agents after the 2014 season. Outside linebacker Aldon Smith, a 2011 first-round pick, is also signed through 2014, though the team will likely exercise their option for the 2015 season.
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Report: Packers, Clay Matthews nearing long-term extension
The Green Bay Packers and outside linebacker Clay Matthews are nearing agreement on a long-term extension that will average over $ 13 million per year in “new money”, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
Matthews, who turns 27 this offseason, is scheduled to earn $ 3.77 million in cash compensation ($ 3.73 million base salary, $ 40,000 workout bonus) in 2013, the final season of his rookie contract.
In addition to working on an extension for Matthews, the Packers are nearing a long-term extension with quarterback Aaron Rodgers, with the two sides reportedly being $ 2 million per season apart. According to Schefter, the agents for Rodgers (David Dunn) and Matthews (Michael McCartney) would like new contracts in place by the start of the Packers’ offseason workout program, which begins on April 15.
According to a source with knowledge of where each teams stands against the cap, the Packers have just under $ 17.8 million in cap space in 2013, which should be more than enough to get team-friendly, long-term deals done with both Rodgers and Matthews.
Matthews was selected with the 26th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft and has posted 42.5 sacks with seven forced fumbles, four interceptions and 22 passes defensed in 58 career games. The four-time Pro Bowler also has 7.5 sacks in eight career post-season games and is arguably coming off his most productive season in the NFL. Despite missing four games due to an injury, Matthews posted 13 sacks in 12 games and has clearly established himself as one of the top pass-rushers in the NFL.
As one of the league’s elite pass-rushers, Matthews is understandably targeting the $ 13 million per year contract average that Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware received midway through the 2009 season, his fifth in the NFL. Matthews is entering his fifth season in the NFL in 2013. If beating the Ware contract is the goal, Matthews will also be seeking over $ 45 million in “new money” over the first three seasons of the deal along with over $ 40 million in guaranteed money.
Dallas Cowboys, Tony Romo agree to six-year contract extension
[Report: Packers, Aaron Rodgers nearing long-term extension]
The Dallas Cowboys and veteran quarterback Tony Romo have reached agreement on a “blockbuster” six-year extension that will make Romo the highest-paid player in Cowboys’ history, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Romo’s new deal with the Cowboys is worth $ 108 million and includes $ 55 million in guaranteed money.
Romo, who turns 33 in April, is scheduled to earn $ 11.5 million base salary in 2013, which is the final season of his current contract. Romo is technically signed through the 2016 season, but the final three seasons of that contract will void after this season.
In terms of guaranteed money, Romo’s $ 55 million ranks behind fourth behind New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees ($ 60.5 million), Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning ($ 60 million) and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady ($ 57 million), but ahead of the $ 52 million that Joe Flacco received from the Baltimore Ravens.
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Rapoport reported on Thursday that the Cowboys would not be able to use the franchise tag on Romo after the season. In the wake of that report, “Shutdown Corner” noted that even if the Cowboys could use the tag on Romo, his $ 16.818 million cap hit this season would result in a one-year franchise tender worth $ 20.1 million, which is too great of a cap hit for the Cowboys to take next season as it would be accompanied by $ 8.181 million in signing bonus proration that would accelerate onto the Cowboys’ cap if his current deal were allowed to void.
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Originally signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent out of Eastern Illinois in 2003, Romo became the starter during the 2006 season and has passed for 25,737 yards with 177 touchdowns and 91 interceptions over the last seven seasons. Romo was a Pro Bowler in 2006, 2007 and 2009, but has passed for over 4,000 yards with 25-plus touchdowns in each of the last two seasons.
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Report: Packers, Aaron Rodgers nearing long-term extension
The Green Bay Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers are closing in on an extension that will make the 2005 first-round pick out of Cal the highest-paid player in the history of the National Football League, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
That distinction currently belongs to Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, who parlayed his outstanding playoff performance in leading the Ravens to a win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII and his impending status as an unrestricted free agent this offseason into a six-year, $ 120.6 million contract, a $ 20.1 million APY (Average Per Year) that nudged him past the $ 20 million per year average that New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees received in his extension last July.
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Brees’ extension, which was negotiated off a $ 16.371 million franchise tag, nudged him past the $ 19.2 million average that Peyton Manning received in a five-year, $ 96 million contract from the Denver Broncos last March.
According to Schefter, “league-wide speculation” has a Rodgers extension obliterating the field with a possible APY of $ 25 million per season, a substantial increase over the $ 12.7 million APY Rodgers received in his current contract. Rodgers’ signed his current deal – worth a total of $ 65 million over seven seasons (2008-14) and $ 63.5 million in “new money” over five new seasons – midway through his first season as the Packers’ starting quarterback. That deal included $ 20 million in guaranteed money, a figure Rodgers will likely more than triple in a new extension.
In his five seasons as the Packers’ starter, Rodgers has emerged as one of the best quarterbacks in the National Football League, passing for 21,332 yards with 170 touchdowns and just 45 interceptions over that span. Rodgers has been named to the Pro Bowl three times, was named MVP in the Packers’ 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, set the NFL record for passer rating (122.5) while winning NFL Most Valuable Player honors in 2011 and also led the league in passer rating (108.0) in 2012.
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Despite that production, Rodgers, who does not turn 30-year-old until December, will earn $ 9.75 million in cash compensation this season, which places him outside of the Top 10 among NFL quarterbacks. Ironically enough, in terms of 2013 cash compensation, Rodgers is tied for 12th with Alex Smith, who the 49ers chose over Rodgers with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2005 NFL draft and has since been acquired by former Packers personnel executive John Dorsey, who is in his first season as general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Rodgers and Smith, who will forever be linked, are each expected to receive new deals this offseason. However, this time it will be Rodgers’ deal that includes an extra zero and considerably more guaranteed money.
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Ravens, Joe Flacco agree to terms on contract extension
Three days before the deadline to use the franchise tag, the Baltimore Ravens and quarterback Joe Flacco have agreed to terms on a new contract that will reportedly make the 2008 first-round pick out of Delaware the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history.
Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com initially reported the agreement, which will be signed on Monday, March 4, but was awaiting word on the terms.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Flacco’s deal is worth in excess of $ 120 million over six seasons, will make him the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history. Flacco earned $ 6.76 million in base salary in 2012, the final season of a rookie contract that paid out $ 23,805,590 over the last five seasons.
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Keeping Flacco, who turned 28 in January, was the Ravens’ top priority this offseason. Had the two sides not reached agreement on a new contract, Flacco would have received the franchise tag. The “non-exclusive” tag for a quarterback in 2013 is worth $ 14.896 million, though Flacco could have received the more prohibitive “exclusive” tag, which would have prevented him from negotiating with other teams. The value “exclusive” tags will not be known until the end of the restricted free agent signing period in mid-April, but for a quarterback, the value would likely exceed $ 19 million in fully guaranteed base salary in 2013.
Flacco has started all 93 regular and postseason games the Ravens have played since 2008, passing for 17,633 yards with 102 touchdowns and 56 interceptions. The Ravens have won 56 games and made the postseason in all five seasons with Flacco at quarterback. While Flacco lacks a Pro Bowl on his NFL resume, he established himself as a top quarterback in the league during the 2012 playoffs, passing for 1,140 yards with 11 touchdowns and zero interceptions while leading the Ravens to wins over the Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots to represent the AFC in Super Bowl XLVII.
Flacco completed 22-of-33 pass attempts for 287 yards and three touchdowns and was named Most Valuable Player of the Ravens’ 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.
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Patriots, Tom Brady agree to three-year, $27 million contract extension
The New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady have agreed to a three-year contract extension that should keep the two-time NFL Most Valuable Player under contract at a team-friendly rate for the remainder of his career, Peter King of Sports Illustrated reports.
Brady was under contract through the 2014 season with base salaries of $ 9.75 million and a $ 5 million roster bonuses in each season. Brady’s cap number in 2013 and 2014 were scheduled to be an astronomical $ 21.8 million in each season. As Shutdown Corner noted in our offseason TPS report for the Patriots, an extension through the 2017 season would help reduce that cap figure in 2013 and ensure that Brady is a Patriot until he is 40, an age Brady has said he’d like to reach in his playing career.
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According to King, the Patriots have reduced Brady’s cap number to $ 13.8 million in 2013 and $ 14.8 million in 2014, a two-year cap savings of $ 15 million. In addition to helping the Patriots’ salary cap situation in the short-term, Brady’s extension goes easy on the Patriots in the cash department in the backend. In terms of new money, Brady will earn $ 27 million, a $ 9 million per year average that ranks below what quarterbacks Kevin Kolb and Ryan Fitzpatrick have received in their recent extensions.
Brady equaled a career-high with 401 completions on a career-high 637 pass attempts for 4,827 yards with 34 touchdowns and just eight interceptions, finishing the season with a passer rating of 98.7. Brady was named to eighth Pro Bowl after the season, his fourth Pro Bowl selection since sustaining a torn ACL in the 2008 season-opener against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The 35-year-old Brady has already set all of the Patriots’ passing records and the future Hall of Famer is in the Top 10 in the NFL record books, as well. Brady is nine touchdown passes away from moving past Fran Tarkenton into sole possession of fourth place on the NFL’s passing touchdowns list.
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Packers Rodgers Expected To Get Extension This Offseason
Other QB’s around the league are watching with a keen eye as to the deal that Ravens QB Joe Flacco is going to get from the Ravens once Super Bowl XLVII wraps up.
One player that should get an offseason extension is Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who is coming off another strong year that ended with a divisional playoff loss to the Niners.
Rodgers’ current deal does not run out until after the 2014 season, but he’s horribly underpaid at an average of $ 9.3 million a year, so the Packers appear more likely to address his contract this year, Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports.
With a deal for Flacco possibly coming up, that could be incentive for the Packers to do a new contract with Rodgers first, because if Flacco gets anything like Brees money, Rodgers’ price only skyrockets.
He’s worth it, and expect the Pack to ante up with a huge deal for their MVP.
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