New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame
Yahoo! Sports – NFL – Atlanta Falcons News

The Colts have signed their third former Eagles offensive guard, claiming Zane Taylor off waivers from Philadelphia on Friday.
Yahoo! Sports – NFL – Indianapolis Colts News

Some of the discussion at Tuesday’s league meeting is expected to focus on the resurrected USFL, which is being reconstituted as a “feeder” or minor league, and on how involved the NFL should be with it. Former NFL executive Jim Steeg, who once presided over Super Bowl preparations, is chairman of the USFL’s board of advisors, and that could give it some entre with the NFL.
Yahoo! Sports – NFL – Tennessee Titans News

Some of the discussion at Tuesday’s league meeting is expected to focus on the resurrected USFL, which is being reconstituted as a “feeder” or minor league, and on how involved the NFL should be with it. Former NFL executive Jim Steeg, who once presided over Super Bowl preparations, is chairman of the USFL’s board of advisors, and that could give it some entre with the NFL.
Yahoo! Sports – NFL – Tennessee Titans News

The addition of Brandon Weeden could help Greg Little become a Pro Bowl receiver.

Cleveland Browns

Any website can post “offseason grades” for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn’t know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown Corner has the resources to get actual players, coaches, and executives from each team to evaluate their own offseasons! That’s right: over the next few weeks, you will get transaction evaluations straight from the horse’s mouths: straight talk about who was signed, who was lost, who was drafted, and why.
(For the satirically challenged: all player, coach, and executive remarks are made by an impersonator).
In this segment, Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll breaks down his team’s offseason moves.
PETE CARROLL: What an awesome day! The sun is shining! The birds are chirping! Let me give a shout out to all the folks at The Circle Perk coffee shop for working so hard to keep all of us energized! And to all the crossing guards making sure kids get to school safely! And to the Seattle-area sewer workers: you guys are the thin line that separates good citizens from their own filth, and I cannot thank you enough!
Fans really need to get amped about our three-way quarterback battle. The front-runner is Matt Flynn, who got America totally stoked in that awesome Packers-Lions game in Week 17. Next, there’s rookie Russell Wilson, who is short but fiery. Isn’t that right, Russell?
RUSSELL WILSON: Grrrrrr…
PETE CARROLL: I love this kid! He’s like a feral cat! And finally, there’s Tarvaris Jackson, the Taylor Hicks of NFL quarterbacks. You don’t like him, you keep expecting him to lose, and then bang! He finds a way to win a starting job, if not many games.
But enough about the offense. Let’s talk defense!! We are going to have one of the best front sevens in the NFL!! Defensive tackle Jason Jones had a great, if quiet, season for the Titans last year. First-round pick Bruce Irvin may have seemed like a reach, but that is only because West Virginia had this crazy idea that a 245-pound speedster was a good fit at defensive end. I like my defensive ends Red Bryant-sized! When I am not being enthusiastic about everything, you can find me in my office drawing up creative defenses, and Irvin is going to be everywhere the offense doesn’t expect him to be!!!
Irvin and Wilson had awesome rookie camps. In fact, all of the rookies had awesome camps, as did our parking lot attendants and the people who work so hard to make sure the office wastebaskets are clean enough to guzzle energy drink out of!! Let me dedicate my Song of the Day to the rookies: “Dog Days are Over” by Florence + the Machine! That’s right: I’m a 60-year old man who listens to Florence + the Machine!!! Nicky Minaj, too! And don’t forget Ke$ha, who is tiny and has a nasty attitude, just like Russell Wilson!!!
RUSSELL WILSON: Grrrr…
PETE CARROLL: Excellent growling, buddy!!
Yahoo! Sports – NFL – Carolina Panthers News

How much will Maurice Jones-Drew’s absence from the Jaguars voluntary practices set him back in learning a new offense?

I posed that question to both Jaguars offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski and Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey yetserday. 

“It’s not helping him by not being here, he’ll have a lot of learning to catch up on,” Bratkowski said. “But yet, he’s a gifted and talented player and I’m sure he can get caught up. It’s certainly not helping him. Whether it’s hurting him or not, that remains to be seen.”

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Jacksonville Jaguars News – Jacksonville.com and The Florida Times-Union

Five months removed from a second surgery on his right knee in 16 months, Arizona Cardinals running back Beanie Wells is focusing on being ready for training camp and is not sure if he’ll be on the practice field when the team begins its OTAs on Tuesday. NFL.com

CINCINNATI (AP) The Bengals signed cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick of Alabama to a four-year contract on Friday, the first time in nine years that they’ve reached a deal so quickly with their top pick.
Yahoo! Sports – NFL – Cincinnati Bengals News

LeSean McCoy’s contract didn’t just mean a big pay day for the Eagles RB. It also was a message for Matt Forte and Ray Rice, who now see what this offseason’s market looks like for top-tier backs.
NFL.com