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According to ProFootballTalk.com Cortland Finnegan will travel to Revis Island next week. Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan apparently is looking to get an island of his own. Next week, he’ll head to Phoenix for a series of workouts with Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis. “I plan to work about three weeks with the fella,” Finnegan told Jim… Read more

ORLANDO — In a move that will at least remove the NFL’s nightmare scenario of a Super Bowl that’s unduly impacted by the flip of a coin, the league’s owners on Tuesday surprisingly approved a modified sudden death overtime proposal. The new rule, which will be in effect for the NFL’s postseason only, allows the… Read more

As per Jay Glazer on Twitter: I’m reporting brady quinn was just traded to denver for peyton hillis and 2 conditional draft picks This is an interesting move, very curious to see what the two draft picks turn out to be.  Brady Quinn deserves a shot and can’t be graded completely because that Cleveland team… Read more

Wes Welker now has two major injuries to battle back from. The Patriots receiver suffered a torn rotator cuff, a source confirmed to the Herald. Add that to the torn MCL and ACL in his left knee that robbed Welker of his postseason, injuries that will make getting ready for 2010 an uphill battle. It’s… Read more

Mike Martz has been named as the new offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears.  He met last week with Bears QB Jay Cutler.  Looks like the meeting went well.  In Martz, the Bears add one of the best passing minds in the game today.  They also add a pretty large ego. Add in Cutler and… Read more

Via NFL.comDolphins LB Joey Porter told Jim Rome, the host of ESPN’s Rome is Burning, on Monday that he would like to be traded (via Miami Herald reporter Jeff Darlington’s Twitter account). Porter was benched for a November game because of off-the-field issues and is seen by some as more of a role player than… Read more

Gaines Adams, the defensive end the Bear acquired for a second-round draft pick from Tampa Bay this season, died this morning at 26. Adams, according to reports in The Greenville News, was pronounced dead at the emergency room of Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood, S.C. according to County Coroner James T. Coursey. Adams, 26, was… Read more

NEW YORK — The NFL has adjusted instant replay rules to allow reviews of time remaining for the last play of each half or an overtime period in the playoffs. The adjustment will be limited to situations in which time expired before, during or after a play that ends a half or overtime. Time can… Read more

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants co-owner John Mara demanded change after a disappointing season and coach Tom Coughlin is delivering, starting with his coaching staff. Coughlin fired defensive line coach Mike Waufle on Wednesday afternoon, three days after the season ended and just two days after Mara said that the play of the… Read more

ASHBURN, Va. — At the podium stood Mike Shanahan, who has a $35 million, five-year contract that gives him final authority over football decisions as head coach and executive vice president of the Washington Redskins. Seated at a nearby table was Bruce Allen, the first general manager Dan Snyder has hired in 11 years of… Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Charlie Weis has agreed to become the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, according to team and league sources. Weis could be named to the position within the next 24 to 48 hours, the sources said. “Until a deal is done, I really can’t say anything,” Weis said from his… Read more