Greg Schiano
- Former Buccaneers HC Greg Schianoย is expected to accept an associate head coaching/defense coordinatorย position with Ohio State, according to Adam Schefter.
49ers
- According to Tom Pelissero,ย itโs hard to imagine the 49ers wonโt pay QB Blaine Gabbertโs $200,000 roster bonus, which is due on the fifth day of the league year in March.
Browns
Tom Pelissero of USA Todayย writes that there’s really no dispute that the Browns organizationย is a “teardown job.”
“If anyoneโs telling owner Jimmy Haslam otherwise, theyโre delusional or trying to save their jobs,” writes Pelissero. “Thereโs no reasonable way to look at how the Browns are constructed and argue they just have some holes, even if they figure out how to fill the biggest one at quarterback, with Johnny Manziel getting his latest shot Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.”
Lions
- Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press writes that veteran ILB Stephen Tulloch‘s future with the Lions remains in doubt.
- Birkett notes tha tthe Lions could free up $6 million in available cap space by releasing him next year.
- Albert Breer mentions that Lions OCย Jim Bob Cooter figures to beย a name worthย watching once new coaching staffs begin to take shape, assuming Detroit fires HCย Jim Caldwell and his staff at the end of the season.
Patriots
- Patriots WR Julian Edelmanย (foot) surprisingly returned to practice on Friday.
- Edelman told reporters thatย he wasn’t surprised to be back on field, and is focusing on playing itย safe andย smart with return from a Jones fracture. (Mike Reiss)
- Reiss mentions that a plastic stool was dropped on Edelman’s foot, to which he joked: “There goes my foot. Thanks buddy.”
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