NFL Notes: Carson Palmer, Draft, Browns, Jets, Texans

Carson Palmer

A report surfaced last night that Cardinals QB Carson Palmer had pulled his kids out of school, put his home up for sale, and moved his family out of Arizona.

A few reports later mentioned that Palmer’s house isn’t for sale and the quarterback offered a comment Wednesday morning confirming as much.

“No, my house in Arizona is not on the market. And every year we have taken off for offseason family adventures so there’s nothing to read into there either,” Palmer said, per Mark Dalton.

Draft

• Matt Miller reports that Ohio State S Malik Hooker had surgery Tuesday for a torn labrum and a hernia that he played through late last season.
• Unfortunately, Hooker will now miss the Scouting Combine, but Ian Rapoport says that he’s still considered a top-10 pick.
• Adam Schefter reports that Western Michigan WR Corey Davis underwent minor ankle surgery and won’t run at Scouting Combine. However, Davis will be ready for rookie minicamp and the injury is described as “extremely minor.”

Browns

• Tony Grossi reports that the Browns recently brought in former NFL QB Jeff Garcia for an interview regarding their QB coaching position.

Jets

• The New York Jets announced Wednesday that they’ve hired former Cardinals RBs coach Stump Mitchell as their new RBs coach, replacing Marcel Shipp.

Texans

Texans DE J.J. Watt said he feels “great” after recovering from a second back surgery and he’s now getting back to training as an elite athlete again.

“We’re now past the whole rehab process,” Watt said, via ESPN.com. “We’ve transitioned from a rehab and rebuild into just being an athlete again, to now back into regular training, and really training as an elite athlete again, and taking this now to the next level.”

Watt added that the extended recovery period has really helped him this time around.

“The one nice thing about the situation is that I’ve had the proper amount of time to take the recovery as methodically as it needs to be taken and do things the right way, with the proper patience, but also the proper aggressiveness at times,” Watt said.