Replacing Luke Petitgout as the New York Giants' left tackle last season, David Diehl proved he was the real deal and helped the team win Super Bowl XLII.

His reward was a new deal that compensated him for the important job of protecting Eli Manning's blind side.

The Giants recently ripped up the former left guard's old contract and rewarded him with a new six-year, $31 million deal, ESPN.com reported Tuesday. The key to the contract is annual escalator clauses that increase Diehl's salaries between $750,000 and $1.1 million a year as long as he plays offensive tackle.

Diehl was entering the third year of a six-year, $15.5 million extension that was scheduled to expire in 2011.

Raiders: The times and dates of most exhibition games were announced by the league, with the Oakland at Tennessee game pushed up one day to Aug. 15. The Raiders also learned their home game against the 49ers will be Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. and their home game against Arizona will be Aug. 23 at 6 p.m. Their game at Seattle will be Aug. 29 at 7 p.m.

Bears: Chicago released safety Adam Archuleta, a little more than a year after acquiring him in a trade with Washington. Craig Steltz, the Bears' fourth-round draft pick, looked good at the team's weekend minicamp and was the one of the reasons for Archuleta's release. The Bears also are deep at safety with Mike Brown returning from injury and Brandon McGowan and Danieal Manning at the position.

Jets: New York re-signed veteran cornerback Hank

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Poteat to a one-year deal. Poteat was an unrestricted free agent. He spent the last two seasons with the Jets and played in every game.

Bengals: Chris Henry was in a Cincinnati court for a pretrial hearing, and the judge ruled the former Bengals wide receiver can travel for tryouts with other teams. Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Richard Bernat ruled Henry be released from electronic monitoring and house arrest to travel for tryouts. Henry, 24, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of assault and criminal damaging dating to March, when a University of Cincinnati student told police Henry punched him in the head and damaged his car. Henry was suspended by the NFL for eight games last season because of earlier arrests. The Bengals released him after his past one last month.

Vikings: Former Minnesota defensive lineman Darrion Scott was charged with assault and accused of holding a plastic dry cleaning bag over the head of his 2-year-old son. Scott was charged in Hennepin County Court (Minn.) with third-degree assault and domestic assault by strangulation, both felonies. He also was charged with endangerment of a child -- a gross misdemeanor -- for allegedly keeping a loaded, unsecured handgun in his unlocked nightstand, where a 2-year-old could have easy access to it. Scott remains in jail, with bond set at $100,000. His first court appearance is scheduled today. Scott, 26, is a free agent.

Colts: Six of the bullet casings found after an April 29 shooting near Marvin Harrison's car wash and garage came from a gun that belongs to the Indianapolis receiver, Philadelphia police sources told ESPN. Police returned to the scene of the crime Monday to examine bullet holes in two residences after new information was provided to police by an alleged third victim of the shooting. Harrison's representatives said Monday that Harrison was not present during the shooting incident, and that his gun was not involved. Police say they have no suspects in the case.