The Giants have placed the franchise tag on RB Brandon Jacobs. The team used the non-exclusive tag, which means other teams can still negotiate with Jacobs when free agency begins on Feb. 27. But the Giants have the right to...

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Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff said Friday the team is trying to trade suspended and imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick. "We feel a trade is the best move for the Falcons, and it’s also in the best interest of Michael," Dimitroff said...

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Agent Drew Rosenhaus said Thursday that Terrell Owens doesn't want to leave the Cowboys. But if the team cuts Owens, he has a plan for moving his client into a new situation. The Cowboys are weighing whether to keep Owens,...

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Former Rams head coach Mike Martz told NBC Sports that people inside the NFL are conspiring to keep him out out a job and he said Rams ownership is likely the cause:"People are determined to keep me out of the...

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For now, the Titans want Kerry Collins back. Down the road, coach Jeff Fisher said "eventually" Vince Young will become the starter again. Young, the third overall pick of the 2006 draft, has sat since Week 1 of last year....

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Cardinals QB Kurt Warner hasn't officially said he will return next season, but his agent continues to act like he will. "I think he would like to play," agent Mark Bartelstein told the Arizona Republic. "He loves to compete." Bartelstein...

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Has Marvin Harrison come to the end of the road with the Colts? Colts president Bill Polian acknowledged Thursday that the team does not know if it will bring the 13-year veteran back for another season. Cutting Harrison would save...

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The Colts are prepared to use the franchise tag on CB Kelvin Hayden if the two sides can't agree on a contract in the next week. Team president Bill Polian told the Indianapolis Star that negotiations with Hayden's agent are...

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The Steelers are working on a contract extension that will give Defensive Player of the Year James Harrison a sizeable salary increase from the $1.2 million he earned last year. ESPN reports the team is working with Harrison's agent and...

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Raiders RB Darren McFadden quietly had left shoulder surgery -- possibly without the team's knowledge -- on Jan 13, according to a family member who told the San Francisco Chronicle. A Raiders insider told the paper he was unaware that...

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The Lions don't plan on allowing 17-year veteran kicker Jason Hanson to play for his second NFL team. GM Martin Mayhew said today if the team can't agree to a deal with the soon-to-be-free agent, the team will place the...

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Vikings official Lester Bagley has a message for Minnesota lawmakers considering the team's request for financing help on a new stadium: If you don't build it, the Vikings may go. Frustrated at the state's inaction on the team's request for...

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Comcast has asked the FBI to investigate the porn clip that overtook 30 seconds of the Super Bowl for viewers in Tucson, Ariz. The company contends that a "malicious act" interrupted the game. "We have shared all of our information...

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Bengals wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh has laid the groundwork for a fight with the team if Cincinnati decided to place the franchise player tag on him: He says he won't participate in any of their offseason programs. "I don't want...

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With the Jets now searching for a starting quarterback after Brett Favre's retirement, one Jets player is questioning why the team let its former veteran signal caller get away. "Why did they get rid of Chad (Pennington) in the first...

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Ravens LB Terrell Suggs has considered the idea of joining former coach Rex Ryan with the Jets, but his preference is to remain in Baltimore. "I've always said it from the jump," Suggs said on the NFL Network Wednesday. "Baltimore...

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The links between Ray Lewis and the Cowboys are starting to build. The Dallas Morning News reports that WR Terrell Owens has intensified his efforts to persuade team owner Jerry Jones to consider bringing Ravens LB Ray Lewis aboard. (Owens'...

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Patriots owner Robert Kraft said Wednesday that the team is fully committed to Tom Brady as its quarterback despite applying the franchise tag to Matt Cassel last week. In an appearance on the Howard Stern show on Sirius satellite radio,...

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Interested in a top-flight wide receiver? Drew Rosenhaus might be able to deliver one. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that the agent e-mailed all 32 NFL teams this week informing them that three high-profile clients are available via trade. The clients...

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Not only is Raiders Pro Bowl cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha considered "the best in the business" by former teammate and newly-elected Hall of Famer Rod Woodson, Asomugha is well respected for his community involvement in exposing inner-city Oakland high schoolers to...

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Not only is Raiders Pro Bowl cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha considered "the best in the business" by former teammate and newly-elected Hall of Famer Rod Woodson, Asomugha is well respected for his community involvement in exposing inner-city Oakland high schoolers to...

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Brett Favre said today he did not instruct his agent, Bus Cook, to ask the Jets for his release. Favre retired on Wednesday after one season with the Jets and said it was injuries, specifically an ailing shoulder that "hampered"...

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The Green Bay Packers released a statement wishing the newly retired Brett Favre well and saying they're committed to retiring his number at some point in the future. Favre had an acrimonious divorce from the Packers last year after he...

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Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman is progressing well in his recovery from major knee surgery and is now doing on-field drills, according to coach Norv Turner. Merriman had torn the PCL and LCL in his left knee. He decided in the...

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Matt Cassel, Mark Sanchez or Matthew Stafford? Which QB would you take for your rebuilding team? ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper says it's clearly Cassel, the Patriots' four-year veteran. "If you’re asking me if I would rather have Matt Cassel...

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No one yet knows whom the Lions will select with the first overall pick in April's NFL draft. But Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw is happy to hear potential top selection Matthew Stafford is open to becoming the quarterback in...

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Is his retirement announcement today really the end of Brett Favre's career? Skeptics have ample reason to question whether he'll play again after Favre ended a brief retirement last year to play for the Jets. But Favre has indicated today...

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Brett Favre has told the New York Jets he will retire. In a one-word response to USA TODAY, Favre's agent, Bus Cook, said the story ESPN broke this morning that the 18-year veteran intends to retire is true. "Confirmed," Cook...

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Remember the buzz that built late in the season that Bill Parcells was considering leaving the Dolphins after one season? It may have been well-founded. The Miami Herald reports that Parcells told former Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga he intended to...

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The Cardinals are dumping QB coach Jeff Rutledge, according to the Arizona Republic. If Rutledge departs, he would join offensive coordinator Todd Haley (new Chiefs head coach) and defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast (fired) on the way out for the Super...

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The checkered NFL past of North Carolina congressman Heath Shuler is coming back to haunt him on Capitol Hill. Shuler, a second-term Democratic representative who leans to the conservative side, criticized Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Harry Reid...

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The Cowboys have made no decisions about Terrell Owens' future with the team. But that hasn't stopped the prognosticators from speculating on where the receiver might go if Dallas decides to part ways. Former NFL GM Mike Lombardi wrote Tuesday...

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Hines Ward had surgery this week, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but it wasn't on his knee. Ward, who injured his right MCL in the AFC Championship Game but recovered to play in the Super Bowl, had "clean up" surgery...

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The Chargers will meet with representatives for LaDainian Tomlinson next week to attempt to restructure the running back's deal and keep him with the team, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Tomlinson has a cap number of $8.8 million that...

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Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum has reiterated that the team is not placing any deadline on QB Brett Favre for a decision on whether he'll return next season -- even though they'd like to know soon. Tannenbaum told the New York...

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The Bucs may not have told Jeff Garcia he's not in their plans for next season, but the veteran QB got that sign from the team's signing of backup Luke McCown to an extension yesterday. Garcia told the Tampa Tribune...

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The agent for Kurt Warner said he could start negotiations on a new contract with the Cardinals as early as this week. "I want to talk to Kurt today or tomorrow," agent Mark Bartelstein told the Arizona Republic. "I think...

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Longtime coach Chuck Noll drove the Steelers out of obscurity and into their first four Super Bowl titles. Now Pittsburgh residents may be driving Chuck Noll when they travel to Heinz Field. The city may consider naming a new street...

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The Falcons are ready to make punter Michael Koenen their franchise player, according to NFL.com. Koenen, the Falcons' punter for the past four years, doubles as a kickoff specialist. If he signs the contract tender as the team's franchise player,...

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The clock is ticking for Brett Favre. The Jets are waiting for an answer. Will he deliver in time? The Jets asked Favre to tell them if plans on returning to the team by Feb. 18. So news could come...

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