Is this the face of a man with good news in the near future?
- What we thought would be a one-night sleepover meeting for the league’s owners in Chicago will actually be two nights, as according to Pro Football Talk a few team officials were present on Monday. The full meeting began today, and Mike Florio has been burning up the line on his rotary dial phone to keep on top of the latest developments. His sources say that commissioner Roger Goodell will push for the owners to accept the best deal possible for both sides and end the lockout.
- Falcons wide receiver Roddy White thinks the tandem he’s going to form with top pick Julio Jones will remind us of The Greatest Show on Turf.
- Broncos head coach John Fox says the quarterback position on his team will be wide open heading into training camp. This is nothing new, and he’s said it before. But he’s not really serious about giving Brady Quinn a shot at the starting job, right?
- Sorry Kenny Britt, but when you can hardly go one week without getting arrested, people aren’t going to believe that your Facebook account was hacked.
- Would you like to read more Plaxico Burress speculation? Of course you would.
- Why stop there? Here’s more Burress, but at least this time it’s different, I promise. Stampede Blue is convinced he’s going to Indianapolis.
- Browns rookie running back Montario Hardesty tore his left ACL in Cleveland’s final preseason game last year, paving the way for the emergence of Peyton Hillis. New head coach Pat Shurmur says that Hardesty is on track for full participation in training camp.
- Turf Show Times ponders what the Rams’ new offense will look like under Josh McDaniels with the potential introduction of more two-tight end sets.
- ESPN’s John Clayton gives a brief overview of the cautionary tale that is the supplemental draft in the introduction to his weekly mailbag.
- Thanks, Pro Football Focus, the Bengals really needed more bad news.
- The Aaron Rodgers workout video is oddly relaxing, and the tough routine features convertible pushing (0:58 mark), and throwing a ball through a hoop that’s attached to a motorcycle (1:39 mark).
