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Chiefs Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Every once in awhile in the last few weeks, Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel has stopped and stuck his head into the defensive meeting room in the team's facility to check on his defensive coaches. Crennel should be in those meetings, because he's decided he's going to remain the defensive coordinator and game-day decision maker for the Chiefs' defense in the 2012 season. But the duties of also being head coach have dominated his time. "I've met some with the defensive coaches, and that was one of the things about my defensive staff that I felt good about and why I wanted to keep them intact," said Crennel, who brought back all of the 2011 defensive staff that Todd Haley had assembled.

Stanford Routt’s road to Kansas City could be paved with professional redemption (Yahoo! Sports)
Few NFL players could tell you more about the circuitous route taken by most cornerbacks than Stanford Routt, the former Oakland Raiders and current Kansas City Chiefs pass defender. A speedster out of Houston, Routt was taken in the second … Continue reading →

Routt signs with Chiefs for $20 million deal (The National Football Post)
Stanford Routt's new address kept him right inside the AFC West, as he joined the Kansas City Chiefs after...

Chiefs nab former Raiders cornerback Stanford Routt (Yahoo! Sports)
Adding to what could be one of the better secondaries in the NFL in 2012, the Kansas City Chiefs signed former Oakland Raiders cornerback Stanford Routt to a three-year, $19.6 million deal on Monday. Sources close to Shutdown Corner confirmed … Continue reading →

AP source: Chiefs, Routt reach 3-yr, $19.6M deal (AP)
The Chiefs agreed to terms on a $19.6 million, three-year deal with cornerback Stanford Routt on Monday, which should help Kansas City absorb the potential loss of Brandon Carr. The deal includes a $4 million signing bonus and $6 million the first season, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.

Absent a long-term deal, Bears RB Matt Forte will get franchise tag (The National Football Post)
New Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery declined to address the topic in any detail at his introductory...

Cliff Avril didn’t mean that thing he said about other teams contacting him (Yahoo! Sports)
Underrated Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril becomes a free agent on March 13th. He'd like to sign a new deal with the Lions, and the Lions would love to have him back, but, as always, there are some disagreements … Continue reading →

Chiefs sign free-agent Kyle McCarthy (The Canadian Press)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs have signed free-agent safety Kyle McCarthy.

Chiefs sign free-agent DB Kyle McCarthy (AP)
The Kansas City Chiefs have signed free-agent safety Kyle McCarthy. McCarthy, who played college ball at Notre Dame, appeared in 12 games over two seasons with the Denver Broncos before he was waived on Jan. 4. The Chiefs announced the move on Tuesday.

NFL Draft: RG3 causing a stir at the top (Yahoo! Sports)
By Rob Rang Before Tim Tebow became the story of the NFL world in 2011 and convinced the Broncos to commit to him entering next season, the Denver front office was targeting another versatile, Heisman trophy-winning quarterback as a potential first-round pick this April -...

Zorn to stay on with Chiefs (The National Football Post)
Jim Zorn will stay on as quarterbacks coach of the Kansas City Chiefs after all. The Chiefs announced Tuesday...

Crennel hires remainder of Chiefs coaching staff (AP)
Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel announced the remainder of his staff on Tuesday, which includes quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn, who was passed over for the offensive coordinator position. Brian Daboll was hired recently to run the offense, which led many to question whether Zorn would be back. He was retained along with assistant head coach Maurice Carthon, tight ends coach Bernie Parmalee, strength coach...

Routt enjoys his visit to Bills (The National Football Post)
Stanford Routt's visit to the Buffalo Bills was enjoyable for the cornerback, who got a one-month jump into...

Hall of Fame probability of active players: Tom Brady, Peyton Manning for sure; Tony Romo in air (ProFootballWeekly.com)
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is for winners and the elite, and even those players sometimes have to wait.

Todd Haley could be in for a bumpy ride in Pittsburgh (Yahoo! Sports)
Out of the frying pan, into the fire? For former Kansas City Chiefs head coach and new Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley, it may indeed be so. After he was fired from a Chiefs team whose front office allegedly … Continue reading →

Super Bowl odds, long-shots and value picks (The National Football Post)
New York City isn’t the only town on the planet that never sleeps. Less than 24 hours after the Giants put...

NFL roundup: Burress wants to play for Eagles (Yahoo! Sports)
The New York Jets have one of their star wide receivers back in the fold for the 2012 season, but another may be interested in flying south this winter, if only to Philadelphia. Plaxico Burress, who signed a one-year, $3.017 million contract with the Jets last July following his...

Steelers officially introduce Haley as offensive coordinator (Yahoo! Sports)
When he officially introduced Todd Haley as the Pittsburgh Steelers' new offensive coordinator during Thursday's press conference, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin made it a point to note that he was the one conducting interviews to find a replacement for Bruce Arians.

Tomlin, Steelers welcome Haley as new co-ordinator (The Canadian Press)
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Throughout the 16 minutes that followed him glowingly introducing former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley as his new offensive co-ordinator, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stood proudly in the corner of the second-floor media room at the team's facility.

Let's play the guessing game (The National Football Post)
So it turns out Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning has an older brother named Peyton. And according to a Google search I...

Tomlin, Steelers welcome Haley as new coordinator (PA SportsTicker)
Throughout the 16 minutes that followed him glowingly introducing former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley as his new offensive coordinator, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stood proudly in the corner of the second-floor media room at the team's facility.

NFL Roundup: Harrison blasts Gronkowski, Saunders stays with Raiders (Yahoo! Sports)
A war of words erupted Wednesday when former New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison criticized Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, claiming the second-year tight end "disrespected himself" by dancing and removing his shirt at the team's postgame party after...

Raiders keep Saunders as assistant coach (Yahoo! Sports)
The Oakland Raiders will keep Al Saunders. The team switched Saunders' title to senior offensive assistant after he spent last season as the offensive coordinator. Greg Knapp was hired last week to take Saunders' old job.

Crennel wants Zorn to stay with Chiefs (The National Football Post)
Jim Zorn wasn't the guy Romeo Crennel wanted as the new offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs,...

There's still a game in there somewhere (The Canadian Press)
The strangest coaching decision during Super Bowl week wasn't when Bill Belichick ordered his defence to act like matadors and wave Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw by for a touchdown from six yards out with less than a minute left in the game. That's just the one people will remember. The really odd one came four days earlier when the uber-prepared Patriots coach, anticipating a halftime show that would dictate a 30-minute intermission rather than the usual 12, ordered his players to take a break from practising football and practice sitting in the locker-room for a half-hour instead.

Column: There's still a game in there somewhere (AP)
The strangest coaching decision during Super Bowl week wasn't when Bill Belichick ordered his defense to act like matadors and wave Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw by for a touchdown from 6 yards out with less than a minute left in the game. That's just the one people will remember. The really odd one came four days earlier when the uber-prepared Patriots coach, anticipating a halftime...

NFL Roundup: Ballard tore ACL in Super Bowl, Rams interview Gamble (Yahoo! Sports)
Ballard suffered torn ACL in Super Bowl, Giants announce He was on crutches and in obvious pain, but that was all secondary in nature for New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard Tuesday during the huge parade and rally that honored the team's win in Sunday's Super Bowl.