Peyton Hillis

Here’s our running list of the days news, rumors, visits and signings. Be sure to check back throughout the day. 49ers 49ers signed LB Dan Skuta to a two-year contract. Free agent S Craig Dahl will visit the 49ers. (Howard Balzer) Bears Bears re-signed CB Zackary Bowman to a one-year contract. (Sean Jensen) Bengals Free agent TE [...]

Update: Rob Demovsky reports that the Packers have discussed a three-year deal with free agent RB Steven Jackson. Demovsky adds all he’s told to this point is that the Packers and Jackson are “talking.” Green Bay appears to be the clear favorites at this point, but things can change quickly, as the Packers aren’t known for [...]

ESPN’s Bill Williamson examines some potential options for impending free agent Shonn Greene. It’s worth noting that Williamson covers the AFC West, which is why he lists all four the Broncos, Chargers, Chiefs and Raiders as potential landing spots, but all of them could use help in the ground-game. Broncos: Williamson points to the fact [...]

NFL Toronto Argonauts DT Armond Armstead has workouts scheduled with the Patriots, Colts, and Eagles. (ESPN.com) Bears WR Brandon Marshall will reportedly undergo offseason arthroscopic surgery on his hip.  (Michael C. Wright) Colts OC Bruce Arians is among the finalists for the Bears head-coaching vacancy. (Adam Schefter) The Bears could announce their new head coach sometime [...]

Bengals Bengals brought in free agent RB John Clay for a workout on Monday. (Joe Reedy) RB Brian Leonard‘s X-Rays came back negative in regards to his rib injury. (Bengals.com) Chargers HC Norv Turner mentioned that WR Vincent Brown is not ready to return to practice yet. (Union-Tribune San Diego) Chiefs HC Romeo Crennel mentioned [...]

Bengals CB Dre Kirkpatrick practiced in full on Friday and is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game.  (Joe Reedy) Bills LT Cordy Glenn missed practice again on Friday and seems likely to miss Sunday’s game. (Joe Buscaglia) Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas is expected to play in Monday’s game despite his hip injury. (Denver Post) The Broncos would like to [...]

49ers RB Frank Gore didn’t seem concerned over the teams crowded backfield. (Nate Stuhlbarg) Bears RB Matt Forte dealing with “normal soreness” after the teams week 4 game. (Brad Biggs) Bengals RB Bernard Scott has been dealing with an ankle injury but practiced today. (Joe Reedy) Bills QB Tarvaris Jackson will likely backup QB Tyler [...]

Bears Devin Hester expressed frustration regarding his reduced role in the Bears’ offense. (ESPN Chicago) Bengals CB Leon Hall is listed as questionable for Week 4 because of a hamstring injury. (Joe Reedy) Cardinals The Cardinals are expected to be without TE Todd Heap, RB La’Rod Stephens-Howling, and DE/DT Darnell Dockett this weekend. (Kent Somers) Cardinals placed [...]

Chiefs head coach Romeo Crenell said RB Jamaal Charles suffered a knee bruise in the team’s week two loss to the Bills, per Randy Covitz of the Kansas City Star. “(Charles) fell on his knee, got bruised, came up limping, so we took him out rather than leave him in there and expose him a [...]

The Kansas City Chiefs have released their depth chart for Week 1, and interestingly enough have both Jamaal Charles and Peyton Hillis listed as starters, via Arrowhead Addict. All indications have pointed to the Chiefs employing an aggressive running attack that would play off of Charles and Hillis’ individual skill sets. 500 carries has been floated as [...]

Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles guaranteed reporters that he’ll be medically cleared in time for the start of the teams training camp. “When they let that cape off me, I’m ready to go,” said Charlers, via the Kansas City Star. “I’m ready to put my cleats back on and punish everybody in my way.” Charles even mentioned [...]

49ers 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick has struggled with his accuracy during the team’s practices. (San Francisco Chronicle) Bears Bears WR Dane Sanzenbacher “might face long odds” to make the Bears’ roster this season. (ESPN Chicago) Bears WR Earl Bennett “looks poised to be a dangerous weapon” for Chicago this season. (ESPN Chicago) Bears release OL [...]

Tony Pauline of TFY Draft Insider reports that “a few league insiders” have informed him that the Cleveland Browns are targeting RB Trent Richardson with the #4 overall pick and adds that they’re expected to take the best available receiver at #22 overall. Grabbing Richardson early makes a lot of sense, considering who they currently [...]

Jason LaCanfora of NLF Network reported earlier today regarding the number of players that will likely miss the commencement of OTA’s on Monday, April 16th.  Among them is Dwayne Bowe, who is unlikely to sign a long-term contract with the Chiefs over the weekend. Bowe, should he play under the franchise tag, is just one [...]

Bob Gretz of CBS Sports reports that RB Jamaal Charles is currently “ahead of schedule” in his rehab for a torn ACL. “I’m doing hard running right now,” said Charles. “When I was down in Pensacola (Florida), Dr. James Andrews, who did my surgery, said I was ahead of schedule. They’ll probably be smart about it for [...]

The offseason hasn’t exactly gone the way many Browns fans were hoping that it would. To start, they were passed over by the Rams in favor of the Redskins for the chance to move up to #2 overall in this year’s draft. Now, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer tweets that the Browns had interest [...]

According to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Browns will not be able to acquire RB Ben Tate from the Houston Texans. Since RB Peyton Hillis has departed for the Kansas City Chiefs, rumors have surfaced that Tate could be traded to the Browns. “[It's] not gonna happen,” writes Cabot. “Even if the Browns wanted him, [...]

Brian Costello of the New York Post reports that the Jets have interest in former Patriots RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis according to his source. Green-Ellis met with the Bengals yesterday but there have been reports that a “mystery team” was showing interest in him so the Jets could very well be that team. Costello does mention that New [...]

Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette tweets that the Pittsburgh Steelers are not going to be in on RB Mike Tolbert despite previous speculation that they could be an option for the free agent. Kevin Acee mentioned that the Panthers and Steelers could both be options for Tolbert now that talks with the Chargers have been stalled. [...]

Yesterday, reports surfaced that a trade could be in the work between the Texans and Browns for RB Ben Tate but that idea was shot down today by John McClain who mentioned that the Texans are not interested in moving the backup running back. Probably a good move considering how effective he was even as a backup [...]

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that they have signed former Browns RB Peyton Hillis to a one-year deal worth $3 million. He be reunited  with his former offensive coordinator Brian Daboll and should be a good compliment to Jamaal Charles next season. The Browns thought that they would have a shot at making a counter offer but [...]

As reported by Kevin Zoul of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Browns are expected to offer RB Peyton Hillis an “incentive-rich contract” while he tests the open market. The Browns have made it known that they’ll allow Hillis to field offers from other teams in order to establish a more reasonable price tag   However,  Zoul adds that the [...]