NEW YORK (AP) – Eli Manning and Robert Gallery signed contracts Thursday, ensuring that the top two picks in the NFL draft will be on the field for the start of training camp workouts

Manning, the first selection, signed a deal with New York Giants that will guarantee him $20 million over the next five years as part of a $45 million package that could reach $54 million with incentives.

“I was hoping to get it done,” Manning said. “I just wanted to get here on time.”

A few hours later, Gallery signed with Oakland. A source familiar with the negotiations, who requested anonymity, said the deal could pay Gallery as much as $18.5 million in guaranteed money and $60 million over the life of the contract. The Raiders did not release details of the contract and would not confirm salary figures.

Jets

Chad Pennington plans to make the first opening-day start of his career in September – with or without a new contract.

Pennington’s agent, Tom Condon, and the New York Jets are negotiating a new deal for the quarterback. But Pennington has told Condon talks will be shelved until the end of the season if a deal isn’t reached by Aug. 31.

Pennington is entering the final season of a five-year deal that will pay him a base salary of $4.57 million in 2004.

Bears

Lance Briggs, who started 13 games at outside linebacker last season, moved to the middle as the temporary replacement for Pro Bowler Brian Urlacher. He pulled a hamstring Wednesday, and is expected to be out several weeks.

Smith said second-year man Hunter Hillenmeyer and rookie Jeremy Cain also would get a chance to fill in for Urlacher.

Rams

Marshall Faulk, bothered by injuries for the past few years, is healthy again. But he acknowledges that he doesn’t know how long his body, and ultimately his career, will last.

The Rams are taking steps to conserve Faulk, limiting his participation and shutting him down for the morning practice during two-a-day workouts. He probably won’t play much in the preseason, either.

Last season, a bad knee and a broken hand kept Faulk out of five games and limited him to 818 yards rushing and 45 receptions for 290 yards. He had knee surgery in the offseason.

Eagles

Rookie cornerback Dexter Wynn is making a positive impression on the Philadelphia coaching staff.

Wynn, a sixth-round pick, is one of two cornerbacks the Eagles selected in this year’s draft.

After losing Troy Vincent and Bobby Taylor to free agency, the Eagles needed to add depth behind Lito Sheppard and Sheldon Brown.

Ravens

Baltimore cornerback Dale Carter will miss the season because a blood clot in his lung.

Carter said his illness was discovered after an at-home workout in Houston last month. Pain in his side became so bad he couldn’t breathe, so he went to an emergency room.

Titans

Tennessee came to terms with cornerbacks Rich Gardner and Michael Waddell.

Gardner, a third-round selection, is a former walk-on at Penn State. Waddell was picked in the fourth round out of North Carolina.

The Titans have signed nine of their 13 draft picks.

Packers

Punter B.J. Sander and offensive lineman Scott Wells came to terms with Green Bay.

Wells, a four-year starter at Tennessee, agreed to a three-year deal. The seventh-round draft pick fits the Packers’ need for a center-guard combination backup.

Sander, a left-footed punter from Ohio State, was taken in the third round. Terms of his contract were not immediately revealed.

Vikings

Minnesota signed defensive end Darrion Scott and offensive tackle Nat Dorsey.

Scott, taken in the third round out of Ohio State, played inside and outside for the Buckeyes and should provide some valuable versatility. The Vikings are high on Dorsey, a 6-foot-7, 322-pound standout left tackle for Georgia Tech selected in the fourth round.

First-rounder Kenechi Udeze, a defensive end from USC taken at No. 20 overall, and second-rounder Dontarrious Thomas, a linebacker from Auburn, remained unsigned with training camp set to open Friday.

Lions

Detroit signed cornerback Keith Smith and linebacker Alex Lewis.

The Lions selected Smith out of McNeese State in the third rounder and took Lewis out of Wisconsin in the fifth.

Wide receiver Roy Williams, one of Detroit’s two first-round draft choices and the seventh overall pick, remains unsigned.

Jaguars

Jacksonville agreed to terms with kicker Josh Scobee, cornerback Chris Thompson and defensive end Bobby McCray.

Scobee, one of three fifth-round picks, was a three-time All-WAC kicker at Louisiana Tech and is expected to compete with Seth Marler and Jeff Chandler for the starting job. Thompson, another fifth-round pick, was drafted out of Nicholls State. McCray was a seventh-round selection from Florida.

Cardinals

Arizona signed guard Nick Leckey, its sixth-round pick out of Kansas State. The Cardinals also came to terms with offensive lineman Everett Lindsay, who has played 136 games with Minnesota, Cleveland and Baltimore since 1993.

49ers

Punter Andy Lee and linebacker Richard Seigler agreed to three-year contracts with San Francisco.

Seigler, a fourth-round selection, was a two-time All-Pac-10 linebacker at Oregon State, where he played three seasons for 49ers coach Dennis Erickson.

Lee, a sixth-round draft choice, was a two-time All-Big East punter at Pittsburgh.