DENVER (AP) – Former Indianapolis Colts receiver Brandon Stokley has agreed to a one-year free agent deal with the Denver Broncos.

Stokley’s agent, Rick Smith, confirmed the deal Tuesday. Smith didn’t reveal how much the deal was worth, and the Broncos declined to comment on the agreement.

Stokley, who was injured much of last season, was released March 2 by the Colts. He also visited New Orleans before agreeing to the Broncos’ offer.

Stokley played in just four games, catching eight passes for 85 yards and one touchdown last season. He was hampered by ankle and knee injuries and ruptured his right Achilles’ tendon on Dec. 10 at Jacksonville, ending his season.

Stokley, 30, was the Colts’ No. 3 receiver behind Pro Bowlers Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne. In 2004, he was part of the first receiving trio in league history to eclipse 1,000 yards receiving and 10 touchdowns. Stokley finished that season with 68 catches for 1,077 yards and 10 TDs.

In his eight-year career, Stokley has 199 catches for 2,829 yards and 22 touchdowns.

Stokley will be an insurance policy for Rod Smith, who had surgery on his left hip on Feb. 26 and is expected to be out four months. Smith, who will turn 37 in May, had just 52 catches last season, his fewest since 1996.

Second-year pro Brandon Marshall is expected to start alongside Javon Walker.

Stokley also won a Super Bowl title with Baltimore in 2001, when he scored the Ravens’ first touchdown in their 34-7 victory over the New York Giants.

Pats re-sign Childress

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – The New England Patriots added depth to their receiving corps by re-signing restricted free agent Bam Childress on Tuesday.

Childress, 24, has spent most of the past two seasons on the Patriots practice squad. He has played in three games over two years and caught five passes for 39 yards.

The Patriots have been looking for receivers since trading 2005 Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch to Seattle during his contract holdout last September. Reche Caldwell led New England with 61 catches for 760 yards and four TDs last season; no one else caught as many as 50 passes.

This offseason, New England has added free agent receivers Donte’ Stallworth and Kelley Washington.

Official: Redskins trade Archuleta to Bears

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) – Adam Archuleta’s tumultuous time with the Washington Redskins ended Tuesday night when he was traded to the Chicago Bears for a sixth-round draft pick, The Associated Press has learned.

Archuleta, who languished on the bench most of last season despite having the richest contract ever given a safety, will be reunited in Chicago with coach Lovie Smith, his former defensive coordinator with the St. Louis Rams.

The trade was confirmed by an official within the league who spoke on condition of anonymity because the teams do not plan to announce it until Wednesday. The deal came one day before Archuleta was due to paid a guaranteed $5 million bonus.

The Redskins lured Archuleta to Washington a year ago with a seven-year, $35 million contract that included $10 million in bonuses, a signing that quickly became one of the biggest free agents blunders in the league.

It soon became apparent that assistant coach Gregg Williams would try to use the hard-hitting converted linebacker more as a coverage safety. When Archuleta struggled, he landed firmly in Williams’ doghouse.

Archuleta lost the starting job in preseason and regained it for the first seven regular-season games only because of a knee injury to Pierson Prioleau. Archuleta’s liabilities were one of the reasons the Redskins were especially vulnerable against long passes as they slumped to a 5-11 record. Eventually, the Redskins took Archuleta out of the defense altogether, using him only on special teams for most of the second half of the season.

The subject was clearly embarrassing to both Williams and coach Joe Gibbs, and neither ever gave an explanation for Archuleta’s demotion. Once the season ended, Gibbs indicated Archuleta was still in the team’s plans, but those remarks were mostly seen as posturing before a possible trade.

Getting rid of Archuleta wasn’t easy because of his mammoth contract. The Redskins didn’t want to cut him outright because of the huge cost on this year’s salary cap. The $5 million bonus was already postponed once as the Redskins worked to make a trade, and any deal was expected to include a renegotiation of Archuleta’s salaries and bonuses.

The Bears were the only likely destination because of Archuleta’s relationship with Smith. Archuleta was hoping to sign with Chicago as a free agent last year, but he decided on Washington after the Redskins offered the big contract.