Chiefs | Mike Catapano adds weight

Kansas City Chiefs DE Mike Catapano has added ten pounds this offseason and is more motivated than he ever has been before to have a strong season. Catapano wants to earn the coaches confidence in 2014. “That’s on me, to build the coaches’ trust in me,” Catapano said. “They want to know I’m not a liability against the run. They want to know I’m rocking and rolling on all cylinders.”
Chiefs | Mike Catapano adds weight

Saints | Coach says Jimmy Graham covered like TE

New Orleans head coach Saints Sean Payton said during TE Jimmy Graham’s grievance hearing that Graham is covered like a tight end no matter what he lines up on offense. Payton indicated that linebackers cover Graham at times and that linebackers do not cover wide receivers.

Footballguys View: Linebackers don’t constantly cover Graham. When the Saints played the Patriots last year it was cornerback Aqib Talib tasked with covering the superstar tight end. The Saints win and Graham loses with this ruling. However, not only does Graham lose. Move tight ends like Jordan Cameron and Julius Thomas are in the final year of their rookie contracts, and they lose in any upcoming negotiations.
Saints | Coach says Jimmy Graham covered like TE

Steelers | Joey Porter could be a head coach

Pittsburgh Steelers defensive assistant coach Joey Porter could be a head coach one day, according to former teammate Larry Foote. “I think he’s going to be a head coach in this league one day,” Foote said. “I think he has that ‘it’ factor to be a head coach if he stays the course. He has an enthusiasm and excitement that you can’t teach, you can’t develop, you’ve just got to be born with it and I’m excited. Hopefully he grows from the coaching side, X’s and O’s, organization and stuff like that. But shoot, he’s on the fast track because he can lead men, he can get men to run through a wall.”

Footballguys View: Who Ride!?! We Ride! That was one of the greatest pregame chants in the league. Porter is an enthusiastic player and could turn out to be a fine disciple of Dick LeBeau.
Steelers | Joey Porter could be a head coach

49ers | Vernon Davis shouldn’t be impacted by Jimmy Graham ruling

San Francisco 49ers TE Vernon Davis’ holdout for a new contract should not be impacted by Jimmy Graham being ruled as a tight end, according to a source. Davis lined up as a tight end more than a wide receiver in 2013 and has freely admitted that he is a tight end. The 49ers don’t appear inclined to give Davis a new deal. He is currently the third-highest paid tight end. San Francisco veterans report to training camp July 24.
49ers | Vernon Davis shouldn’t be impacted by Jimmy Graham ruling