Dee Milliner is changing agents (USA Today Sports Images)

Late last month, New York Jets second-round quarterback Geno Smith fired his agents after falling out of Round 1 in the 2013 NFL draft. Smith is expected to announce a decision on a new agent soon — the favorite is Jay-Z's "Roc Nation" sports agency — but he won't be the only Jets draft pick to change agents after being selected slightly later than expected.

According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Jets first-round pick Dee Milliner has fired Impact Sports after he was not selected with one of the first five picks in the 2013 NFL draft. Milliner "tumbled" all the way to the ninth overall pick in the draft.

Milliner was expected to be a first round pick, but there were no iron-clad guarantees that he would be selected in the top five, or even the top ten. In our pre-draft, "Shutdown 50" series, Milliner was ranked ninth by editor Doug Farrar, who had Milliner going to the Cleveland Browns with the sixth overall pick in his mock draft. Greg Cosell had Milliner going to the Pittsburgh Steelers with the No. 17 pick in his mock draft.

Milliner was represented by Tony Fleming and Mitch Frankel, who were set to negotiate Milliner's four-year rookie contract which would be worth around $12.66 million, all of which would be fully guaranteed, including a $7,588,072 signing bonus. Based on the contract signed by Detroit Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah on May 10, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2013 draft, Milliner would have received a four-year contract worth $18,594,502 in fully guaranteed money.

"I know that everything was done to ensure that Mr. Milliner would be drafted as high as possible," Fleming told Rapoport. "Dee was the first cornerback selected, and he was drafted ninth overall to the New York Jets. This is a tremendous accomplishment. I wish Mr. Milliner future success in his professional career."

Per NFLPA rules, Milliner has to wait five days before he can officially hire a new agent.

Doug Whaley (r.) was named GM of the Buffalo Bills (USA Today Sports Images)

Buffalo Bills assistant GM Doug Whaley has been promoted to general manager, the Bills announced on Thursday morning.

Whaley replaces Buddy Nix, who stepped aside from that role on Monday and is now working in a "special assistant" role to the club.

"He did a great job of helping to pick players and scouting," Nix said of Whaley. "He’s a level-headed mature guy and he makes the right decisions. He’s very loyal and will be to the Bills for a long time."

Whaley, 41, joined the Bills as director of pro personnel in 2010 after spending over ten seasons in the scouting department with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Whaley was promoted to assistant GM in 2011 and has been viewed as the Bills' "GM-in waiting." Whaley was involved in the team's search for a new head coach in January and received a contract extension in February, though it remained unclear when Whaley would replace Nix as general manager.

David Garrard is calling it a career (USA Today Sports Images)

New York Jets quarterback David Garrard is calling it a career due to a knee injury that ended his comeback bid last season with the Miami Dolphins.

"Having to call it quits. My knee is not holding up," Garrard said in a text message to Adam Schein of Sirius XM radio. "Continuing to swell after practices. Limiting what I can do."

Earlier on Wednesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reported that Garrard had informed a few teammates that he no longer planned to be on the team, who signed the 35-year-old to a one-year, $1.35 million contract on March 12. Garrard's deal with the Jets included a $100,000 signing bonus, a $250,000 roster bonus (which will not be earned when Garrard officially retires) and a non-guaranteed base salary of $1 million for Garrard to compete for a role behind projected starter Mark Sanchez.

Garrard spent his entire on-field career with the Jacksonville Jaguars, who selected the East Carolina product in the fourth-round (No. 108 overall) of the 2002 NFL draft. Garrard took over the Jaguars' starting job on a full-time basis in 2006 and, in 86 games over his nine seasons in Jacksonville, passed for 16,003 yards with 89 touchdowns and 54 interceptions, earning Pro Bowl honors in 2009.

The Jaguars released Garrard a week before the 2011 regular season-opener, opting to go with 2011 first-round pick Blaine Gabbert at quarterback. Garrard would miss the entire 2011 season after undergoing back surgery. The Miami Dolphins signed Garrard last offseason and he opened training camp as the No. 1 quarterback, but injured his knee while playing with his kids away from the field and was released on Sept. 4.

According to Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle, Garrard intends to retire as a member of the Jaguars.

Rolando McClain announced his retirement on Wednesday (USA Today Sports Images)

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Rolando McClain has informed the team of his intentions to retire, GM Ozzie Newsome announced in a statement released by the team.

“Rolando let me know that he plans to retire from the NFL," Newsome said. "We have placed him on the Reserve/Retired list."

The Ravens signed the 23-year-old McClain to a one-year, $700,000 contract that included up to $400,000 in playing-time incentives on April 12. McClain was arrested in his hometown of Decatur, Alabama on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest just ten days into his stint with the defending Super Bowl champions.

McClain is due in court on July 9 on those charges.

McClain entered the NFL as the No. 8 overall pick of the 2010 NFL draft by the Oakland Raiders, who signed the University of Alabama standout to a five-year, $40.25 million rookie contract. In 41 games in his three NFL seasons with the Raiders, McClain had 246 tackles, 6.5 sacks and recorded one interception. McClain's most impressive season came in 2011 when he posted five sacks and a career-high 14 passes defensed as a 14-game starter, but off-field issues would quickly derail his career.

McClain was arrested in Decatur, Alabama in January of 2011 after allegedly pointing a gun at another man and firing it next to his head. McClain was convicted and sentenced to 180 days in jail, but charges were dropped upon appeal when the victim would not cooperate with the criminal case against McClain. In January of 2013, McClain was again arrested in Decatur, Alabama after giving a false name to police during a traffic stop.

In between those arrests, McClain had a run-in during the 2012 regular season with first-year Raiders head coach Dennis Allen that resulted in a two-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. McClain was a healthy scratch following his reinstatement and the team granted his agent, Pat Dye, permission to find a trade partner. Even McClain's off-field issues voiding $3.635 million in guaranteed base salary, no team was willing to part with anything of value for McClain, who hit the NFL waiver wire and went unclaimed on April 5.

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James Harrison spends a lot to maintain his body (USA Today Sports Images)

Official NFL playing-time documents show that over his 10-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, current Cincinnati Bengals linebacker James Harrison played in 7,145 snaps on defense or special teams. Considering the physical, often violent nature of the sport, and Harrison's own playing style, that will lead to a lot of wear and tear on the body.

Since Harrison uses his body to make a living, it would make sense that he would spend some of his earnings in keeping himself in prime physical condition. During his introductory press conference with the Bengals on Tuesday, Harrison disclosed that he has spent upwards of half a million dollars per year on his body.

“My body is what helps me to make money," Harrison said. "Whatever there is that I need to do to try and make myself better or get myself healthy, I’m going to do it. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to say that I spend anywhere between $400,000-$600,000 on body work, as far as taking care of my body, year-in and year-out.

"As far as training, I have a hyperbaric chamber. I rent a hyperbaric chamber when I’m in Arizona. I have massages and I bring people in from New York, Arizona to where I’m at. There’s that cost. Like I said, I get body work almost every single day except Saturday and Sunday. I have a homeopathic doctor and I do a lot of homeopathic things. It’s just a lot, supplements, so on and so forth.”

In addition to the financial commitment, Harrison also spends considerable time each day getting worked on.

“Getting stretched, maybe an hour or so. Ice tub, hot tub, cold tub, maybe another extra 30 or 40 minutes," said Harrison. "Massage, maybe another two-to-four hours per day."

Donovan McNabb will retire with the Eagles (USA Today Sports Images)

Donovan McNabb will officially retire as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, the veteran free agent quarterback said during an appearance on NBC Sports Radio, reports Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Daily News.

According to McNabb, who spent the 2012 season out of football and now works as an analyst for the NFL Network and NBC Sports Radio, the team has suggested a ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 19 as the Eagles host former head coach Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs in a nationally-televised game on the NFL Network.

McNabb spent the first 11 seasons of his 13-year career with the Eagles, who selected the former Syracuse standout with the No. 2 overall pick in the 1999 NFL draft. McNabb passed for 32,873 yards with 216 touchdowns and 100 interceptions in 148 regular season games for the Eagles, led the team to five appearances in the NFC championship game, one Super Bowl and earned six trips to the Pro Bowl. McNabb is the Eagles' all-time leader in passing yards, passing touchdowns and ranks among the top ten in franchise history in both rushing yards (3,249) and rushing touchdowns (28).

In 2010, McNabb was traded to the Washington Redskins, where he passed for 3,377 yards in 13 games, but had more interceptions (15) than touchdowns (14). Following the 2011 lockout, McNabb was traded once again, this time to the Minnesota Vikings. McNabb's stint in Minnesota lasted just six games before he was replaced in the starting lineup by 2011 first-round pick Christian Ponder. Not content to be a backup, McNabb asked for and received his release from the team on Dec. 1, 2011 with the hope that he would catch on with a team like the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans or Kansas City Chiefs, each of whom had lost their starting quarterback to injury.

None of those teams signed McNabb, who officially remains a free agent.

Kenny Vaccaro has signed his first NFL contract (USA Today Sports Images)

In addition to this weekend being Mother's Day (you're welcome for the reminder), 23 NFL teams will be conducting rookie mini-camp. With the new collective bargaining agreement removing most of the guesswork out of rookie contracts, some teams are taking advantage of their draft picks coming to town by signing them to their standard four-year agreements.

The Baltimore Ravens and Chicago Bears had already begun to get their picks under contract, but more teams have joined the fray this week. The Bears continued to get their picks under contract on Thursday, reaching a four-year deal with second-round linebacker Jon Bostic. That leaves first-round offensive lineman Kyle Long as their lone unsigned draft choice.

The New Orleans Saints, who did not sign a 2012 draft pick until June 29, reached agreement with four of their five picks in the 2013 draft, including safety Kenny Vaccaro, the No. 15 overall pick in the draft and the first player selected in the first-round of this year's draft to reach agreement on a contract. Vaccaro's deal will include a $5,234,328 signing bonus, which will be significantly more than the maximum signing bonus that third-rounder Terron Armstead ($617,436), fifth-rounder Kenny Stills ($194,452) and sixth-rounder Rufus Johnson ($105,308) will receive.

Five draft picks of the Philadelphia Eagles signed contracts on Thursday, the highest being second-round tight end Zach Ertz. Joining Ertz were fifth-round safety Earl Wolff and a trio of seventh-round picks — Joe Kruger, Jordan Poyer and David King — signing their deals, as well. Philadelphia still has three picks left to sign. First-round offensive tackle Lane Johnson and third-round defensive tackle Bennie Logan should be easy enough to sign, though fourth-round quarterback Matt Barkley could be tricky if his agent (Jimmy Sexton of CAA Football) attempts to extract additional guaranteed money from the Eagles.

Jay-Z's agency wants to represent Geno Smith (Getty Images)

Roc Nation, the new sports representation agency owned by Jay-Z, was among a handful of agencies that made pitches this week to represent New York Jets second-round quarterback Geno Smith, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports.

Smith was represented by Select Sports Group, but terminated that agreement after the 2013 NFL draft. Smith reportedly expected to be selected in the first-round of the draft and, after not hearing his name called among the first 32 picks, briefly considered not returning to the green room at Radio City Music Hall for Round 2. Smith did return and was selected by the Jets with the No. 39 overall pick in the draft.

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Jay-Z is not a certified NFLPA agent, therefore, under NFLPA rules, he is not allowed to recruit, or serve as a "runner" for, the unidentified NFLPA certified agent that the Jay-Z-owned agency currently employs. Roc Nation has teamed with powerhouse agency CAA Football, but according to PFT's report, CAA was not involved in the recruiting process of Smith, either.

The 2011 collective bargaining agreement has removed most of the negotiable items from the rookie signing process. Based on documents distributed to certified agents that have been obtained by "Shutdown Corner", Smith will receive a maximum signing bonus of $2,030,620 and a base salary of $405,000 in 2013. With very little of the rookie contract to be negotiated, Smith is likely looking for an agency that can increase his earnings outside of football and who is willing to take far less than three percent (the maximum percentage allowed by the NFLPA) on Smith's football earnings.