Kyle Orton

NFL Draft Reps from all 32 teams attended South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore’s pro day. (Robert Klemko) Five Teams do not view LB Manti Te’o as a first-round draft pick. (Jason Cole) Florida International S Jonathan Cyprien will visit with 11 teams including: the 49ers, Browns, Cardinals, Cowboys, Dolphins, Falcons, Panthers, Redskins, Dolphins, Titans, Texans. (Pro Football Talk) South Carolina S [...]

Kyle Orton & Anthony Armstrong According to Calvin Watkins of ESPN, the Cowboys have restructured QB Kyle Orton‘s contract. Todd Archer reports that the Cowboys released WR Anthony Armstrong on Wednesday. These moves will free up $1 million in cap space for the Cowboys. Will Allen & Justin Durant Following these moves, Dallas officially signed free agents Will Allen and Justin [...]

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Cowboys have agreed to terms with safety Will Allen. Schefter adds that Dallas will have to wait until they’ve created some extra cap space before officially signing him to a contract. They did the same thing with LB Justin Durant on Tuesday. Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported earlier in [...]

Update: Jay Ratliff Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that the Cowboys have restructured DT Jay Ratliff’s contract. Ratliff, 31, converted $3.66 million of his base salary to signing bonus. This will free up an additional $2.93 million in cap space. Ratliff has been mentioned as a potential release candidate in recent weeks, but the Cowboys obviously have plans [...]

Update: Clarence Hill reports that the Cowboys have also restructured CB Brandon Carr‘s contract and freed up another $10.5 million. Nick Eatman reports that WR Miles Austin also restructured his contract and freed up another $3 million in cap space. There was some talk that Austin could be on the chopping block, but this news effectively ends that speculation. Update: Todd [...]

Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald writes that although the Dolphins would like to retain free agent QB Matt Moore, the Cleveland Browns could be a potential landing spot. Jackson mentions that new Browns offensive coordinator Norv Turner is a “big fan” of Moore and they could clearly use some extra depth at the position. Jackson adds that Moore could [...]

Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel mentioned that it’s ”highly unlikely” that QB Matt Cassel be able to play against the Buccaneers this coming weekend, per Adam Teicher. Looks like Brady Quinn will get another opportunity to prove that he can be an effective NFL quarterback. ————— Chiefs QB Matt Cassel has gotten off to very disappointing [...]

Tim Cowlishaw of the Dallas Morning News makes a interesting statement about Romo’s future with the Cowboys.  Cowlishaw, who covers the Cowboys, mentions that if Romo has a “less than a probowl season in 2012” the team will be heavily invested in finding a future replacement at the quarterback position next off season. Since starting his first [...]

The Kansas City Chiefs have found the quarterback that will push Matt Cassel next season when they signed Brady Quinn this afternoon, via the Kansas City Chiefs. It seemed as though the Chiefs would be looking players with more NFL experience like Kyle Orton or Chad Henne but they obviously weren’t willing to extend the [...]

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Dallas Cowboys have signed QB Kyle Orton to backup Tony Romo next season. Orton gets a three-year deal which is pretty good. Dallas has said that they wanted to sign a veteran quarterback to replace Jon Kitna who recently retired. Orton should be a good fit in the teams’ [...]

Fox’s Alex Marvez takes a look at QB Chad Henne as he prepares to hit the free-agent market on March 13th.  Marvez claims that Henne is garnering the most interest behind presumed top options Peyton Manning and Matt Flynn. Given that Drew Brees and Alex Smith will probably both return to their 2011 teams, the [...]

After it appeared he was on the way out, the Chiefs have decided to keep Jim Zorn as quarterback coach. The Chiefs had major quarterback parity, with Matt Cassell going down early in the year, Tyler Palko being terrible, and the signing of Kyle Orton. The team ranked 28th in the league in quarterback rating [...]

John Keim of the Washington Examiner mentions that the Redskins were interested in claiming QB Kyle Orton off of waivers back in November but ultimately decided against the move. Washington was concerned about salary implications and possible animosity between him and his former teammate Rex Grossman. It’s interesting that the Redskins considered the move because he probably would [...]

Dan Graziano of ESPN takes a look at what could lead to the Washington Redskins trading up for Baylor QB Robert Griffin III. So far, the Redskins have been linked to a number of quarterback options. Reports have suggested that Washington head coach Mike Shanahan has heavy interest in signing Peyton Manning if he becomes available. Matt [...]

Matt Cassel  The Kansas City Chiefs introduced new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll today. Head coach Romeo Crennel mentioned that he would like to see Daboll build on the recent turn around of the Miami Dolphins offense in Kansas City. One of the big question marks for the Chiefs has been their plan for the quarterback position as Crennel [...]

Backup Quarterback Options: ESPN Chicago’s Mike Wright takes a look at some of the players that the Chicago Bears may consider signing or drafting during the offseason. Chicago has had a number of unreliable options at the backup quarterback position. To make matters worse, Jay Cutler has gone down with injuries in each of the last two [...]

    Jamaal Charles   Jamaal Charles mentioned yesterday that he was back in cleats again which is a sign that he’s begun participating in workouts after missing a very close to the entire 2011 season with a torn ACL. Having a fully healed Jamaal Charles next season would be a huge addition for the team’s poor [...]

  Mike Jones of the Washington Post simply states that the Redskins “aren’t believed to have much interest” in Packers QB Matt Flynn. Jones actually mentions that Kyle Orton could be “the next best option” for them. There have been contrasting reports on the team’s interest in Flynn over the last month so we will probably not have a great idea of the team’s plans [...]

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that Chiefs QB Matt Cassel will “for sure” be the team’s starting quarterback at the start of training camp. Kansas City has said that they expect to bring in some competition at the quarterback position and one option in particular could to re-sign QB Kyle Orton. Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel has [...]

Romeo Crennel‘s agent, Joe Linta, told Adam Caplan of Sirius/XM radio that the Chiefs and Crennel have reached a three-year agreement to be the teams head coach. “The Chiefs were very fair with Romeo and he’s excited to become head coach,” Linta said. “He’s looking forward to building on the resurgence from late last season.” There really wasn’t [...]

NFL Network’s Michael Lombardi reports that the Kansas City Chiefs will “make an effort” to retain free agent-to-be Kyle Orton and have him compete with Matt Cassel for the teams starting quarterback job next season. As we’ve mentioned a number of times, Rams OC Josh McDaniels has been linked to the Chiefs for a number of weeks now [...]

Kansas City Chiefs interim head coach Romeo Crennel confirmed today that Kyle Orton will be under center for Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers, per Josh Looney. Rookie QB Ricky Stanzi has been bumped up to backup quarterback. The Packers have already faced Orton once this season when he was playing for the Broncos and [...]