Detroit Lions' Cliff Avrils Seeks 4-year, $42 Million Deal, but It's a Little Early for That (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
(Thu, 24 May 2012 22:03:00 PDT)
COMMENTARY| It was rumored that the Detroit Lions entertained the thought of dealing defensive end Cliff Avril during the 2012 NFL Draft. He would have likely been a valuable trading tool, too.

Vegas has spoken, NFL season win totals are live (National Football Post)
(Thu, 24 May 2012 13:06:06 PDT)
Four picks to keep an eye on this summer as we approach the start of the 2012 season.

Chiefs don't envision drop-off from Carr to Routt (Pro Football Weekly)
(Thu, 24 May 2012 10:55:02 PDT)
Buy low, sell high. It’s good advice in the stock market but applies to football, too.This offseason, the Chiefs believe they have done that. By letting CB Brandon Carr depart in free agency and replacing him with free-agent pickup Stanford Routt, the team believes it will see little drop-off in production while saving money under the salary cap. Carr is coming off the best season of his career and Routt is recovering from one of his worst. ...

Steelers RB Redman ready to carry heavy load (The Associated Press)
(Wed, 23 May 2012 16:39:56 PDT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) They don't celebrate NFL backups in southern New Jersey. Trust Isaac Redman on this.

Are the Bills legitimate playoff contenders? (National Football Post)
(Tue, 22 May 2012 10:36:08 PDT)
Surviving the first six games could pave the way for a 10-6 season.

Chiefs get on field for offseason workouts (The Associated Press)
(Tue, 22 May 2012 02:10:28 PDT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) When the whistle blew, Jamaal Charles and Eric Berry headed off to the corner of the far practice field while the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs began a full-squad practice.

TE Dallas Clark signs with Bucs (The SportsXchange)
(Mon, 21 May 2012 16:10:16 PDT)
Free agent tight end Dallas Clark officially signed with the Tampa Bay Bucs, The Sports Xchange confirmed Monday.

NFL roundup: Manning feels good in first practice (The SportsXchange)
(Mon, 21 May 2012 16:01:12 PDT)
Peyton Manning was back on the field Monday and looked like his old self.

Chiefs veterans diving into Daboll's offense (The SportsXchange)
(Mon, 21 May 2012 16:01:11 PDT)
Running back Peyton Hillis finally hit the field with his new teammates as the Chiefs opened this week's OTA sessions.

Bucs acting fast to replace Kellen Winslow with Dallas Clark (National Football Post)
(Mon, 21 May 2012 15:40:12 PDT)
Ex-Colts tight end headed to Tampa

Tanier’s Team Reviews: The Kansas City Chiefs, via Todd Haley (Shutdown Corner)
(Sun, 20 May 2012 07:30:30 PDT)
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, former Chiefs coach Todd Haley breaks down the offseason moves of the team that fired him at the end of last season. We have a bad feeling about this. TODD HALEY: Wash your windshield, mister? I don't scrub windshields for the money. I have a coaching job now as offensive coordinator for the Steelers. I carry this slop bucket because I like it. It's comforting to wash windows while the mad clown stares at me with his dead, gray eyes, whispering razor truths mortals dare not speak aloud, truths that pierce flesh and cut an inky scarlet line against the throat of the he-goat … Sorry, my thoughts meander sometimes. The Chiefs had a productive offseason. At the skill positions, they added Peyton Hillis to a running back committee that already includes Dexter McCluster and Jamaal Charles, who is ahead of schedule rehabbing his knee injury. Kevin Boss joins Tony Moeaki, also on schedule to return from a knee injury, to give the Chiefs two tight ends who can block and catch. Two rookie wide receivers, Devon Wylie and Junior Hemingway, will provide extra depth behind Dwayne Bowe, Steve Breaston and last year's top pick Jonathan Baldwin, who started to come on late in the season. Matt Cassel, yet another player who missed much of last season with injuries, won't have to worry about throwing to the likes of Keary Colbert or Anthony Becht. That's right, everyone gets to come back to Kansas City but me, the guy who got blamed for not being able to build an offense around Tyler Palko and Terrance Copper, while the dead-eyed clown stares back at me from the mirror and cackles. "You ever played cornhole with the devil, son?" he asks, his raspy voice a rusty hypodermic needle scraping gutter concrete. "He don't use no beanbags, boy." And that he-goat just brays and brays like he sees the end coming and don't know whether to fight it or welcome it. Moving on to the defense, Dontari Poe was one of the most physically gifted specimens in this year's draft class. The Chiefs have a bad habit of striking out with big defensive tackles, from Ryan Sims to Glenn Dorsey, so my former assistant Romeo Crennel will have to be careful about Poe's development and role if he doesn't want Poe to become an overpriced space-eater the greasepaint smears and the sharpened steel glints in the pickup truck headlights behind the barnyard. The loss of Brandon Carr is going to hurt at cornerback, because Stanford Routt is an adequate No. 2 corner behind Brandon Flowers. But the defense will be better if it is not  on the field as often, and when the muffled brays fade to pitch-black silence, vengeful darkness sated all-too-briefly by the still-quivering sacrifice .

Clark pays visit to Patriots (National Football Post)
(Fri, 18 May 2012 11:50:11 PDT)
Veteran tight end still job hunting after release by Colts.

11 value picks to remember for August (National Football Post)
(Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:35 PDT)
An early look at the market has these players undervalued entering the summer.

Agent: Bell to sign within 24 hours (National Football Post)
(Thu, 17 May 2012 06:40:41 PDT)
Former Dolphins safety apparently choosing between four teams.

Pet memories help Rams rookies, vets break ice (The Associated Press)
(Thu, 17 May 2012 02:33:03 PDT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) Jeff Fisher took an offbeat approach for breaking the ice when St. Louis Rams veterans and rookies met for the first time.

Bowe and Chiefs both have valid arguments (Pro Football Weekly)
(Wed, 16 May 2012 09:44:43 PDT)
WR Dwayne Bowe is the Chiefs' most important player. He might not be the highest paid or even the best player in Kansas City, nor does he play a position that’s the most vital to the team’s success. But because he has a skill set that nobody else on the roster has, and plays in a scheme that utilizes his talents perfectly, his presence on the depth chart is more important than anybody else in a Chiefs uniform. With that in mind, one would think the team would be eager to sign Bowe, who turns 28 in September, to a long-term contract. Based on statistics alone, he has earned it. ...

Chiefs sign second-round pick Allen (National Football Post)
(Wed, 16 May 2012 09:06:05 PDT)
Guard agrees to a four-year deal.

Chiefs owner talks about first and next 50 years (The Associated Press)
(Tue, 15 May 2012 15:14:19 PDT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Unlike their in-state NFL counterpart, the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs said there should be no uncertainty about where his team will play in the future.

NFP Sunday Blitz: Best NFL candidates for turnaround seasons (National Football Post)
(Sun, 13 May 2012 03:00:19 PDT)
Newcomers that are primed to make the playoffs, Browns' QB search, plus all the latest post-draft scuttlebutt.

Poe front and center as KC rookies report (The Associated Press)
(Sat, 12 May 2012 00:29:26 PDT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) It finally hit Dontari Poe that he's playing in the NFL when walked into the locker room at the Kansas City Chiefs' practice facility.

Chiefs sign four draft picks (The SportsXchange)
(Fri, 11 May 2012 11:50:09 PDT)
The Kansas City Chiefs have signed four of their draft picks, including fourth-rounder Devon Wylie of Fresno State, the team announced Friday