The Chicago Bears may ask WR Earl Bennett to take a pay cut this offseason, because he is scheduled to have a $2.45 million salary cap figure next season. Bennett agreed to take a pay cut last offseason.
Footballguys View: Zero surprise here. Bennett is unlikely to remain with the team at his current cap number. We’ll see if he’s open to restructuring his deal.
Bears | Earl Bennett could be asked to take pay cut
The Tennessee Titans hired Kevin Patullo (Chiefs) as their assistant wide receivers coach Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Titans | Hire Kevin Patullo
Russell Wilson and Peyton Manning have met before, sort of. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback attended Manning’s passing camp as a teenager. So what did he learn from the elite passer?
Russell Wilson once attended Peyton Manning’s camp
Carolina Panthers impending free-agent OT Jordan Gross may be willing to sign a one- or two-year deal this offseason to serve as a bridge to the team’s left tackle of the future.
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Panthers | Jordan Gross could return on short-term deal
Washington Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett confirmed the team will stay with the 3-4 defense in 2014.
Footballguys View: A bit of a surprise here given the turnover in Washington this offseason. It’s also a surprise given how terrible Washington’s defense was in 2013. We’ll see if Haslett can get the defense back on the right track this year.
Redskins | Will stay with 3-4 defense
The Cleveland Browns may decide to release WR Greg Little this offseason.
Browns | Greg Little may be cut
The Baltimore Ravens likely will not release RB Ray Rice this offseason even though he has a high 2014 salary cap figure because the team would not create any salary cap space if he was cut.
Ravens | Unlikely to release Ray Rice
The Dallas Cowboys are tight against the Salary Cap, which will likely prevent them from doing anything big in free agency. ‘It’s still tight,’ vice president Stephen Jones said Wednesday afternoon of the salary cap. ‘I think we always manage through it, but we’re still in a tight situation after coming off the penalties ($10 million for violating league rules on WR Miles Austin contract) and the things like that. We’re still up against it.’
Cowboys | Tight against the salary cap
The Tennessee Titans have hired former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Mike Mularkey as their new tight ends coach.
Titans | Mike Mularkey hired
The Minnesota Vikings have signed free-agent DT Kheeston Randall (Bengals) to a futures contract. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Vikings | Kheeston Randall signed