Aaron Perez will participate in the New England Patriots mini-camp this weekend. He has not signed a free-agent contract, I’m told. Sorry for the confusion. The wonders of text messaging!

Hi folks. Just wanted to let you know I’ll be running the blog for Brian Dohn for a couple of weeks. I’m checking in with some agents to see if anyone else has a signed free agent deal. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you see it), I will not be able to do a Q&A this Friday, but I hope to do a Q&A next week.

Kahlil Bell has reunited with former UCLA assistant coach Eric Bieniemy by signing a free-agent deal with the Minnesota Vikings.

a free-agent deal with the Washington Redskins.

Pat Cowan has signed a free-agent deal with the New Orleans Saints.