- Bears general manager Jerry Angelo on his team’s crappy offensive line: “We have to make it work. You can’t have stars at every position. It doesn’t work that way.” But someone should tell Angelo that his team has almost $20 million in cap space and is allowed to have stars at some positions. Jay Cutler was sacked a league-high 52 teams last season. Bears fans should be pissed right now.
- Cortland Finnegan has finally admitted that he let emotions over failed contract talks get the best of him, which caused him to skip a training camp practice over the weekend. Finnegan probably realizes he’s going to have to wait for the Chris Johnson situation to play out.
- The Tennessean’s David Climer suggests that Finnegan’s mistake won’t be forgotten, but I honestly get the feeling it will. This will blow over in weeks.
- The DeSean Jackson saga is over (for now) in Philadelphia, but now the Eagles’ focus has shifted to the Jeremy Maclin’s mystery illness.
- Meanwhile, the Eagles have some money left to spend and a hole at middle linebacker. You do the math.
- New Redskins cornerback Josh Wilson used to work in the concession stands at FedEx Field.
- Want an experienced left tackle? He can be had for $2.5 million.
- Ricky Williams didn’t only choose Baltimore over Detroit, but he threw the Lions under the tampering bus in the process.
- Everyone seems to be worried about Steve Smith’s knee, his former team included. I still expect Smith to stay in New York with a one-year prove-it contract.
- The Ravens are looking at Jerricho Cotchery, which makes sense because they desperately need a veteran receiver to complement Anquan Boldin.
- The Battle Red Blog takes a look at the battle for the nose tackle position in Houston’s new 3-4 defense.
- Blogging the Boys: A 53-man roster prediction for Dallas.
- Why Cedric Griffin will make history when he plays football again.
- No big surprise, but Andy Dalton will officially start for the Bengals in their first preseason game Friday.
- The supplemental draft has finally been set for Aug. 17, which has Terrelle Pryor back in the spotlight. He’ll be holding a pro day Friday.
