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Any website can post “offseason grades” for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn’t know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown Corner has the resources to get actual players, coaches, and executives from each team to evaluate their own offseasons! That’s right: over the next few weeks, you will get transaction evaluations straight from the horse’s mouths: straight talk about who was signed, who was lost, who was drafted, and why. (For the satirically challenged: all player, coach, and executive remarks are made [...]

The Green Bay Packers will wait at least another season to hold a ceremony to retire Brett Favre’s No. 4.

Jim Leonhard never complained about his bad luck and injury misfortune. In fact, he often used Twitter to entertain fans and make light of the knee surgery that ended his 2011 season.

NEW YORK (AP) Yeremiah Bell is joining the other side of the Dolphins-Jets rivalry.

Veteran had made visits with four teams.

The Jets agreed to a one-year, $1.4 million deal with veteran safety Yeremiah Bell.

Any website can post “offseason grades” for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn’t know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown Corner has the resources to get actual players, coaches, and executives from each team to evaluate their own offseasons! That’s right: over the next few weeks, you will get transaction evaluations straight from the horse’s mouths: straight talk about who was signed, who was lost, who was drafted, and why. (For the satirically challenged: all player, coach, and executive remarks are made [...]

Any website can post “offseason grades” for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn’t know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown Corner has the resources to get actual players, coaches, and executives from each team to evaluate their own offseasons! That’s right: over the next few weeks, you will get transaction evaluations straight from the horse’s mouths: straight talk about who was signed, who was lost, who was drafted, and why. (For the satirically challenged: all player, coach, and executive remarks are made [...]

New York City police will not bring charges against Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall in connection with an altercation in March, attorney Harvey Steinberg told the NFL Network on Thursday.

New Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a recent altercation outside of a New York night club. Now that he has no worries about facing any charges, he can focus completely on football. Was the hype surrounding the incident overblown?

Suspended New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has sued NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for defamation, according to a ProFootballTalk report.

Former Dolphins safety apparently choosing between four teams.

Fullback expected to meet with team on Thursday.

The New York Jets got a little bit younger at the defensive end position with the No. 16 overall selection of North Carolina standout Quinton Coples in the 2012 NFL Draft held on Apr. 26, but the young man will be creeping up in age as he turns 22 years old on June 22.

Thanks to an offseason trade the New York Jets now find themselves with Tim Tebow on their roster. As it so happens, the Jets are in the same division as the Miami Dolphins, which means they will play the Jets twice in the upcoming 2012 season as they do every year. This is great news for me as I am a true “Dolfan” and want nothing more than to see the team beat Tim Tebow and company two times this season.

There are people in or around the town of Oceanside, Calif., who just got an express trip to the place where the red guy with the horns and pitchfork does his business. There are few things more disgusting than a robbery that affects the family of a man who just died, but that’s what happened last week to the family of Junior Seau. Just five days after the great linebacker took his own life, some sorry excuses for humanity broke into Seau’s home , went through cabinets in the garage, and stole a bicycle that belonged to a friend of [...]

Sometimes, the best way to deal with a problem is to pretend that it doesn’t exist. At least, that’s the impression put across by former NFL running back Ricky Williams when he discussed the recent concern about concussions in football with ESPN’s Dan Le Batard. Williams, who played for the New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens during an 11-year career in which he gained over 10,000 rushing yards, retired in February. And when it comes to the possible effects of the game as he enters a new phase of his life … well, Williams can’t really be bothered. [...]

Since he came to the New England Patriots in 2007, Wes Welker has been about as productive as a receiver can be. In five seasons, he’s caught 554 passes for 6,105 yards (an 11.0 yards-per-catch average) and 31 touchdowns. He’s redefined the role of possession receiver in some of the most productive offenses in league history, and he’s far from done. In 2011, Welker caught 122 passes — the second most in his career, and good enough to lead the NFL in receptions for the third time in the last five seasons. So, it was a bit surprising when the [...]

The New York Jets deserve a ton of credit for convincing fans and the local media that the locker-room issues that cost the team a playoff spot in 2011 are a thing of the past.

New York City police are expected to finish their investigation this week of a March incident allegedly involving Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall, and no charges are expected to be filed against Marshall, ESPN reported Monday.