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Peyton Manning Only One Voice in Room for Broncos

Andre Cald­well recently described a new world order in Den­ver, one that involved Pey­ton Man­ning seam­lessly tak­ing con­trol of Bron­cos workouts. “He’s lead­ing every­thing that he does,” Cald­well said Thursday. Man­ning is direct­ing the on-field work, but the quar­ter­back told The Den­ver Post he’s still defer­ring to offen­sive coor­di­na­tor Mike McCoy for the direc­tion of the unit. “We haven’t got­ten to that point,” Man­ning said in response to reports the Bron­cos have changed to the no-huddle offense with which the QB is famil­iar. “What... 

Broncos Get First Taste of Peyton Manning’s Hurry-Up Offense

The Den­ver Bron­cos are get­ting their first taste of the hurry-up-at-altitude offense that Pey­ton Man­ning will unleash on the NFL this fall if every­thing keeps going well with his sur­gi­cally repaired neck. As they go through their off­sea­son work­outs, the Bron­cos are lay­ing the foun­da­tion for the offense that Man­ning is bring­ing with him from Indianapolis. Man­ning was one of the first to report to the Bron­cos’ vol­un­tary team work­outs Monday. “I’ve seen that first­hand over the course of my career — that off­sea­son work makes a big dif­fer­ence... 

Five Teams We’d Like to See on HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’

NFL Network’s Albert Breer reported Sat­ur­day the Atlanta Fal­cons removed them­selves from con­sid­er­a­tion for HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” mean­ing we’re back to the draw­ing board. Where to now? You won’t agree with a word of this, but here’s my top five: 1. Car­olina Pan­thers — Two words: Cam New­ton. The chance to watch one of the game’s most engag­ing young stars pre­pare for Year Two. The show hinges on head-coach charisma, and Ron Rivera has the moxie to pull this off. A young, dri­ven team, utterly dis­ap­pointed with last year’s record and anx­ious... 

Atlanta Falcons Pass on HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’ to Focus on Game

The Atlanta Fal­cons will not appear on the next sea­son of HBO’s Hard Knocks, league sources said Saturday. The deci­sion was made by, among oth­ers, owner Arthur Blank, gen­eral man­ager Thomas Dim­itroff and head coach Mike Smith. They were in agree­ment that the focus should be on foot­ball over the sum­mer, and they didn’t want any­thing to dis­tract from that. The Fal­cons were among a num­ber of teams con­sid­ered for the show, but they were never for­mally offered, accord­ing to a source close to the situation. The Fal­cons report­edly were the network’s first... 

Schobel Files Concussion Suit Against NFL

TEXAS (NFL/Florio) — The NFL’s con­cus­sion law­suit epi­demic con­tin­ues to grow. For­mer NFL tight end Matt Schobel has filed a civil com­plaint against the NFL in Texas, accord­ing to TheBigLead.com. Schobel played for the Ben­gals and Eagles. The alle­ga­tions in this single-plaintiff law­suit echo the other pend­ing con­cus­sion law­suits. Schobel claims that the NFL knew or should have known about the long-term health effects of con­cus­sions, that the NFL under­stated and/or con­cealed the evi­dence, and that the NFL failed to take steps aimed at warn­ing or... 

Could Minnesota Vikings Follow Lakers in Moving to L.A.?

Any­one who thought the specter of a Min­nesota Vikings move to Los Ange­les would be the ele­phant in the room Fri­day when NFL Com­mis­sioner Roger Good­ell met with Min­nesota law­mak­ers were being naive: The sub­ject was very much talked about. Gov. Mark Day­ton him­self con­firmed that, accord­ing to the Los Ange­les Times. Wyche: L.A. a real threat? “One of us — a leg­is­la­tor — brought the sub­ject up,” the gov­er­nor said after the meet­ing. The NFL “said they would like to have a team in Los Ange­les (and) they would like to have it not be the Vikings,”... 

Minnesota Senate Committee OKs Vikings Stadium Subsidy Bill

A Min­nesota Sen­ate com­mit­tee nar­rowly approved a pub­lic sub­sidy on Fri­day to help the Vikings build a new foot­ball sta­dium, reviv­ing the team’s strug­gling effort just hours after NFL Com­mis­sioner Roger Good­ell vis­ited the state Capi­tol to jump­start what had been a stalled sta­dium debate. The Senate’s Local Gov­ern­ment and Elec­tions Com­mit­tee passed the bill on an 8–6 vote after a hear­ing that stretched nearly four hours. While the sta­dium bill still faces a long haul in the wan­ing days of Minnesota’s leg­isla­tive ses­sion, the committee’s... 

Eagles Willing to Trade Samuel for 5th or 6th

The ask­ing price for four-time Pro Bowl cor­ner­back Asante Samuel is dropping. Reports the Philadel­phia Eagles “we’re look­ing for a 3d or 4th rd pick for (Samuel) were wrong. They are will­ing to take a 5th or 6th,” tweeted Jeff McLane of the Philadel­phia Inquirer. It’s an inter­est­ing rev­e­la­tion. The Den­ver Post reported Thurs­day the Bron­cos have already offered a fifth– or sixth-round draft pick for Samuel, a deal the Eagles rejected. The Bron­cos were report­edly turned away on a sep­a­rate pro­posal involv­ing an undis­closed player. We’re look­ing... 

Goodell, Rooney, Minnesota Governor to Talk Stadium

MINN (NFL/Rosenthal) — We told you a cou­ple days ago that the tenor of the Vikings sta­dium quag­mire would get ugly. The sit­u­a­tion has indeed reached cri­sis mode, and it’s time for the Min­nesota gov­ern­ment to call in the big dogs. Gov. Mark Day­ton announced at a news con­fer­ence Thurs­day that he will meet with NFL Com­mis­sioner Roger Good­ell and Steel­ers pres­i­dent Art Rooney on Fri­day, along with leg­isla­tive lead­ers in Minnesota. The team’s hope for a new sta­dium was dealt a crip­pling blow ear­lier this week, which had Day­ton look­ing... 

Ten Things to Know About the Vikings Stadium Situation

MINNIOLIS (NFL/Florio) — With the sit­u­a­tion in Min­nesota going from sim­mer to full boil over the past few days, and with Com­mis­sioner Roger Good­ell and Steel­ers owner Art Rooney II, chair of the league’s sta­dium com­mit­tee, plan­ning to meet with leg­isla­tive lead­ers on Fri­day, now is as good a time as any to get up to speed regard­ing a con­tro­versy that could result in a relo­ca­tion of the Vikings, only a year after the 50th anniver­sary of their arrival to the NFL. So here are 10 things to know, in a question-and-answer for­mat. (Why do it that way?...