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Undrafted LB Vontaze Burfict Headed to Cincinnati Bengals

Ari­zona State line­backer Von­taze Bur­fict has agreed to terms on a con­tract with the Cincin­nati Ben­gals, a source with knowl­edge of the sit­u­a­tion told NFL Net­work on Saturday. “I didn’t get drafted like I wanted to, but I’m blessed to be on an NFL team,” Bur­fict said, accord­ing to the Ari­zona State Uni­ver­sity State Press. Ben­gals coach Mar­vin Lewis worked out Bur­fict dur­ing Ari­zona State’s pro day, and accord­ing to Cincinnati.com the two kept in touch. “I feel com­fort­able being coached by him,” Bur­fict said of Lewis. “I know that... 

Matt Leinart Plans to Sign With Oakland Raiders

Matt Leinart looks to be on the move again. Win­ners, losers from Day 2 After spend­ing one sea­son with the Hous­ton Tex­ans, the for­mer first-round draft pick is likely to sign with the Oak­land Raiders upon vis­it­ing the team next week, ESPN reported Saturday. Leinart would then become the backup to Car­son Palmer, whom he replaced at the Uni­ver­sity of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, and Ter­relle Pryor would move down to third string. Leinart has a his­tory with cur­rent Raiders offen­sive coor­di­na­tor Greg Knapp, who most recently served as the Tex­ans’ quar­ter­backs coach. Leinart... 

Browns’ Mike Holmgren Believes in Brandon Weeden

Cleve­land Browns coach Pat Shur­mur believes out­stand­ing quar­ter­back play “brings syn­ergy to the whole team.” The Browns’ selec­tion of Bran­don Wee­den with their sec­ond first-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft seemed to be irrefutable proof they no longer believe Colt McCoy could pro­vide that synergy. So what’s next? Shur­mur was coy on the sub­ject, and team pres­i­dent Mike Holm­gren was sim­i­larly vague dur­ing a news con­fer­ence Saturday. “I like him a lot,” Holm­gren said of McCoy, accord­ing to The Plain Dealer. “He’s tough, but (we) still... 

NFL — New Orleans Saints Are Involved in Another Scandal

It might be a lit­tle to soon to really tell if there’s truly some­thing behind this new rumor, but it seems that the bad news keep on build­ing up against the New Orleans Saints. This has been a trou­bled off­sea­son for the Saints, prob­a­bly it’s rough­est ever. And we are talk­ing about a team in a city that in 2005 was dev­as­tated by Hur­ri­cane Kat­rina. When the Saints Gen­eral Man­ager Mick Loomis and the head coach Sean Pey­ton and start­ing quar­ter­back Drew Brees were able to guide this team into win­ning a Super Bowl a cou­ple of sea­son ago, the squad... 

Denver Broncos Draft QB of Future in Brock Osweiler

NEW YORK — Pey­ton Man­ning is the Den­ver Bron­cos’ quar­ter­back of the present. No one — not even Man­ning — knows how long his post-surgery reboot in the Rock­ies will last. That’s why the Bron­cos selected Ari­zona State quar­ter­back Brock Osweiler with the No. 57 over­all pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. This always was the plan. Even when Tim Tebow was in town, the Bron­cos wanted to develop a “tra­di­tional” quar­ter­back for the future. Acquir­ing Man­ning doesn’t change that. “I don’t think it’s one of those things where Pey­ton Man­ning feels... 

Colt McCoy on the Way Out of Cleveland?

The Colt McCoy era could be over by the end of the weekend. Browns gen­eral man­ager Tom Heck­ert admit­ted Thurs­day night that the team will con­sider trad­ing McCoy after select­ing Bran­don Wee­den with the No. 22 pick in the draft. “It’s some­thing we’ll talk about tonight and tomor­row,” Heck­ert said, via The Plain-Dealer. NFL Net­work insider Jason La Can­fora reported Thurs­day that McCoy is not request­ing a trade and is eager to com­pete with Wee­den, accord­ing to sources with knowl­edge of the situation. Trans­la­tion: McCoy is almost as good as gone.... 

RG3: Redskins Would Have Taken Me, Not Luck, No. 1 in NFL Draft

Robert Grif­fin III was all smiles Thurs­day night, befit­ting the sec­ond player taken in the NFL draft. But back­stage at Radio City Music Hall, the Heis­man Trophy-winning quar­ter­back said his night could have been even better. Grif­fin told ProFootballTalk.com the Red­skins informed him that if they, and not the Indi­anapo­lis Colts held the No. 1 pick, they still would have taken him. “They said if Indi­anapo­lis would have traded with them and kept Pey­ton Man­ning, that they would have drafted me with the No. 1 over­all pick,” Grif­fin said. “So it’s not a shot... 

Cleveland Browns Trade for Minnesota Vikings’ No. 3 Overall Pick

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Bucs Might Trade Up for Trent Richardson

Draft day is finally here. Before we head over to Radio City Music Hall, how­ever, we have a full day on tap of draft rumors. That’s just how this goes. The lat­est comes from the Cleve­land Plain-Dealer: Accord­ing to their sources, the Tampa Bay Buc­ca­neers are very inter­ested in Alabama run­ning back Trent Richard­son and might con­sider try­ing to trade up to No. 3 to get him. The Browns also appear to covet Richard­son at No. 4, although smarter minds than us believe they might wind up tak­ing wide receiver Justin Black­mon. This much is clear: Richard­son is very high... 

Patriots’ Wes Welker, Willie McGinest Engage in Twitter Spat

Wes Welker isn’t hes­i­tant to stand up for him­self when he believes he has been wronged. He first proved that when he announced he likely won’t attend the New Eng­land Patri­ots’ manda­tory June mini­camp if he hasn’t received the long-term deal he deserves. Now he has found another fight to pick — this time against ex-Patriots line­backer and cur­rent NFL Net­work ana­lyst Willie McGinest. McGinest said Tues­day on NFL Net­work that he didn’t “like the diva atti­tude” com­ing from Welker, adding: “Let’s keep it real. Prior to the Patri­ots, this is a guy who...