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Victor Cruz has no choice between now and training camp but to sign the multi-year offer the Giants weeks ago put on the table, because playing for less than $3 million for this season makes absolutely no sense. So says a prominent NFL player agent who has done many lucrative...

Son of Washington’s Evan Redmon was a guest this past Friday on ESPN’s Emmy award-winning program Outside the Lines. The show originally aired on June 14th to discuss NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s response to the US Congress regarding the Redskins’ name. It*is being replayed throughout the week on ESPN’s various cable channels. Also on the [...] More...

This is one of our daily threads. One is posted each week day and then another one to cover Sat/Sun. We provide this as a place for Dolphins fans and even our friends from other blogs to come and talk all things football or otherwise. This is an open thread so if you see someone not talking football do not get offended but also do not be afraid to throw out your HSO's (hot sports opinions) out on the latest Dolphins move or non move. As this is a day time thread and not a night time CKC please keep the conversation PG. Also I do not care if you post picks during these thread's but try and keep them at or below the maximum of three per person and as always place something in the subject line so that people may close them. Also please to not post very large images or GIF's. These rules are to keep the thread load time from slowing down for those on slower connections. We invite you to follow The Phinsider on Twitter, like The Phinsider on Facebook, add The Phinsider to your Google+ Circles, and follow our podcast on BlogTalkRadio. This is one of our daily threads. One is posted each week day and then another one to cover Sat/Sun. We provide this as a place for Dolphins fans and even our friends from other blogs to come and talk all things football or otherwise. This is an open thread so if you see someone not talking football do not get offended but also do not be afraid to throw out your HSO's (hot sports opinions) out on the latest Dolphins move or non move. As this is a day time thread and not a night time CKC please keep the conversation PG. Also I do not care if you post picks during these thread's but try and keep them at or below the maximum of three per person and as always place something in the subject line so that people may close them. Also please to not post very large images or GIF's. These rules are to keep the thread load time from slowing down for those on slower connections. We invite you to follow The Phinsider on Twitter, like The Phinsider on Facebook, add The Phinsider to your Google+ Circles, and follow our podcast on BlogTalkRadio.

The cast of an Atlanta sports radio show has been fired after mocking a former NFL player who has Lou Gehrig's disease, a station official said Monday.

Over at the National Football League's site for the United Kingdom, one of their reporters spent the last week visiting three of the four teams that will be making the trip to Wembley Stadium this upcoming season. After the now-requisite "Holy crap, Adrian Peterson's handshake nearly broke my hand" bit (something that also, apparently, applies to rookie corner Xavier Rhodes), there was this revelation from Vikings' VP Lester Bagley: I interviewed Vice-President of Public Affairs/Stadium Development Lester Bagley and my final question focused on the potential for more Vikings games in London. He did not rule out that possibility, especially as the Vikings do not move into their new stadium until the summer of 2016. That leaves the 2014 and 2015 seasons as further opportunities for us to watch AP and his teammates in action in the UK. Bagley indicated that the Vikings wanted to see how things went in and around the 2013 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers but it was definitely a possibility for the future. This really shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody. With the Vikings moving into TCF Bank Stadium for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, there's already the possibility that they're not going to have enough space for all the season ticket holders, never mind people that want to buy single-game tickets. That would be a serious loss for the team from a financial standpoint, particularly when they could put one of their games overseas and make up those losses. So, it's not surprising that the Vikings would be open to the idea of playing more games overseas, be it in London or another location of the NFL's choosing. Frankly, at this point, I think I'd be more surprised if they didn't have at least one game outside of the United States in the next couple of seasons.

On page 1 of the notebook Desmond Bishop opens daily, he wrote “Defensive MVP,” as in defensive player of the year, a linebacker people will remember. And two months after etching those plans in ink, the Green Bay Packers have released the inside linebacker.

New NFL policy limits types and sizes of bags tobe brought into stadiums.

The division champion Vikings began rebuilding by releasing a Hall of Famer.

Defensive end Brett Keisel got to mix two of his favorite things, fishing and helping the kids at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, when he hosted a fishing event at Alpine Hunting and F...

I realize that we had a recent discussion regarding the entire roster and what it could look like as the Seahawks enter the regular season. That is several days old at this point and wanted to make a dedicated post about a specific player that many (including Danny) think is going to make the roster: Jeremy Lane.Now I realize that Lane has a major advantage over his main competitor in Byron Maxwell, and that is club control. Lane was a product of the 6th round in the 2012 draft, while Maxwell was a part of the 2011 class. Naturally, this means that Lane has three more years under contract with the Hawks while Maxwell only has two. Lane really has that going in his favor.For kicks and giggles I decided to watch the Week 17 bout against the Rams last night and today. Lane gets the start at LCB over Maxwell but there are some pretty big mistakes made by Lane during the game. In the first half, Lane's poor coverage and poor tackling skills enable Danny Amendola to make a catch that sets up a St. Louis touchdown. Who is the DB covering Austin Pettis, the Rams WR to score that touchdown. It just so happens to be Jeremy Lane. Even though Kam Chancellor is able to tip the ball at the line of scrimmage, Lane isn't able to recover from the move Pettis puts on him and can't dive in front of the WR for the pick. Now these are pretty large mistakes. Pete Carroll probably realized this and following that touchdown, I didn't see Lane on the field until the end of the 3rd quarter. Byron Maxwell took over during that time period and, while he certainly wasn't perfect, seemed to do pretty well to my untrained eye. Following Lane's return in the 3rd, it doesn't take long for the mistakes to surface. After a couple of running plays, Bradford throws the ball to Brandon Gibson after Lane makes illegal contact and sips to the ground. Gibson makes the catch and is then brought down by Lane. A penalty flag is declined because the result of the play is a first down with quite a few extra yards beyond what the flag would give. Lane does stay in the game though... Lane goes on to play in both of the postseason games while Maxwell does not play in one of them, so it's not as if the mistakes made in this game put him in Carroll's doghouse. I'm not saying that Lane isn't going to make the team when it comes time to trim the roster down to the final 53. But I thought I would give a few personal notes regarding what I saw in the game. Food for thought. I realize that we had a recent discussion regarding the entire roster and what it could look like as the Seahawks enter the regular season. That is several days old at this point and wanted to make a dedicated post about a specific player that many (including Danny) think is going to make the roster: Jeremy Lane.Now I realize that Lane has a major advantage over his main competitor in Byron Maxwell, and that is club control. Lane was a product of the 6th round in the 2012 draft, while Maxwell was a part of the 2011 class. Naturally, this means that Lane has three more years under contract with the Hawks while Maxwell only has two. Lane really has that going in his favor.For kicks and giggles I decided to watch the Week 17 bout against the Rams last night and today. Lane gets the start at LCB over Maxwell but there are some pretty big mistakes made by Lane during the game. In the first half, Lane's poor coverage and poor tackling skills enable Danny Amendola to make a catch that sets up a St. Louis touchdown. Who is the DB covering Austin Pettis, the Rams WR to score that touchdown. It just so happens to be Jeremy Lane. Even though Kam Chancellor is able to tip the ball at the line of scrimmage, Lane isn't able to recover from the move Pettis puts on him and can't dive in front of the WR for the pick. Now these are pretty large mistakes. Pete Carroll probably realized this and following that touchdown, I didn't see Lane on the field until the end of the 3rd quarter. Byron Maxw