Patriots owner Robert Kraft attended yesterday’s State of the NFL meeting led by commissioner Roger Goodell, spending time reminiscing that eight years ago the Patriots were celebrating a Super Bowl. Asked if the Pats are poised to return to that elite level, Kraft said, “I hope so. That’s the plan.” When told that Colts owner Jim Irsay said Manning would be the NFL’s highest paid player, Kraft wouldn’t discuss a potential deal for quarterback Tom Brady. “I’m not going there,” Kraft said. “There’s a time and place for that.” . . .
Lions QB Matthew Stafford said the team asked him for some input regarding the team’s offseason plans. “It’s nice that they respect me and trust my knowledge of the game enough to ask me as a rookie,” he said. “I know Peyton Manning, he probably runs the (Colts’) war room. But to be a rookie and be asked, that was fun. We talked toward the end of the season. … We’re all pretty much in agreement in what we need.”
New Redskins general manager Bruce Allen has been politely vague about the team’s future to this point, but he indicated on “The John Thompson Show” that the club hopes to move forward with running back Clinton Portis. He acknowledged that Portis and coach Mike Shanahan have spoken. “We’re looking forward to seeing Clinton help us win,” Allen said. ESPN’s Matt Mosley reports he hears rumors that Shanahan wants to measure Portis’ commitment to the offseason program before he’s ready to make a definitive statement.
Panthers CB Richard Marshall, a four-year pro, is getting burned by the change in rules. He would have cashed in with a nice, big fat contract after a solid first season as a regular starter. Steve Reed of the Gaston Gazette foresees Marshall getting a first-round tender of $2.521 million or a first- and third-round tender of $3.168 million if the team doesn’t work out a long-term deal beforehand. Source:Gaston Gazette
Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne is Miami’s most clearly identified quarterback-of-the-future since Marino left the building. As such, Henne has a wish list should, for example, Dolphins czar Bill Parcells ask his advice on using this year’s first-round (12th overall) NFL Draft pick. “A big receiver,” Henne said. “Somebody who’s 6-3 and can run. I like our receivers, but we don’t have a power guy, We do a lot of finesse stuff.” Sounds like a Braylon Edwards, who was Henne’s teammate at Michigan. “I didn’t say Braylon,” Henne said, “but somebody like him would be good.”
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