Jets trade Kendall to Redskins for pick
After an unhappy training camp with the New York Jets, Pete Kendall got what he wanted: a new team and a new contract.
The Washington Redskins acquired the veteran offensive lineman Thursday from the Jets in a trade, hoping he'll fill a hole at left guard.
New York will receive a fifth-round pick in 2008 or a fourth-rounder in 2009, depending on how many snaps Kendall plays this season. The Redskins also did what New York wouldn't -- give Kendall a raise of $1 million, boosting his salary this year to $2.7 million -- as part of a new two-year, $5 million contract.
"It's exciting to me, and it's a relief, too," Kendall said at Redskins Park after taking a physical, "to have what was hanging over me over with now."
It's a trade the Jets had to make, and one the Redskins had hoped to avoid. Kendall had asked to be traded or released because New York wouldn't renegotiate his contract.
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