The Buffalo Bills met with FS Jairus Byrd’s agent Saturday, Feb. 22, to discuss what it will take to re-sign the Pro Bowl safety. Bills general manager Doug Whaley wouldn’t say whether the club has decided to use the franchise tag on Byrd for a second straight year. ‘In that situation, you’re going to use every option open,’ Whaley told reporters at the NFL scouting combine. ‘We don’t want to put ourselves in a corner, and I don’t want to say to you guys, ‘We’re going to do this,’ and then something changes and we don’t something different. Then you guys look at me different when you ask me a question.’
Bills | Met with Jairus Byrd’s agent

San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke has made no secret of his preference for players with long arms. Baalke was on the record in 2011 praising 49ers LB Aldon Smith for having 35 3/8-inch arms, citing how it improved his chances of making shoestring tackles. San Francisco’s 2013 rookies averaged 34-inch arms. Wide receiver is a position of need for the 49ers, so they could show first-round interest in Texas A&M’s Mike Evans and Florida State’s Kelvin Benjamin, whose arms measure 34 7/8 inches and 35 1/8 inches, respectively.
49ers | GM covets players with long arms

Minnesota DB Brock Vereen measured 6-foot, 199 pounds, and ran 4.5 seconds in the 40-yard dash. Vereen said he has met with at least eight teams at the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine.
NFL | Brock Vereen Scouting Combine update

Minnesota DB Brock Vereen met with the Minnesota Vikings at the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine.
Vikings | Met with Brock Vereen

The New England Patriots met with Minnesota DB Brock Vereen at the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine. He is the younger brother of Patriots RB Shane Vereen.
Patriots | Met with Brock Vereen

The relationship between San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke and head coach Jim Harbaugh has become more strained, and the two barely talk to each other. They usually communicate only through emails. There is a feeling the team may have to decide whether to keep Baalke or Harbaugh. Harbaugh has also had problems with other people within the organization.
49ers | Tension building between GM, coach

The Green Bay Packers have not made a contract offer to impending free-agent WR James Jones and likely will not make one at all this offseason. Frank Bauer, agent for Jones, said he does not think general manager Ted Thompson wants to bring Jones back.
Packers | Unlikely to make James Jones an offer

Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Paul Guenther said the defense will not change much from what they have been doing. ‘Our defense isn’t going to change. Our players know it. I know it. I’ll put a couple new wrinkles in where I think we were a little vanilla in some areas. I will change a little bit of things, along the way when [Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer] first got here I was taking notes the whole time when I’d say when I get an opportunity I’d like the way we do this, I like the way we do this, but this area right here I think we can fix and get it better. So, over those five years I have three notebooks full of stuff. Sometimes I have to write it down or won’t go back to it for another year or when I get an opportunity to do this. For the most part, we are not going to change all that much,’ Guenther said.
Bengals | Defense will not change much

Updating a previous report, it is not known if Ohio State RB Carlos Hyde (hamstring) will be able to participate in his Pro Day Friday, March 8, after he suffered a hamstring injury at the NFL Scouting Combine.
NFL | Carlos Hyde’s Pro Day status uncertain