The former General Manager of the New York Giants team Ernie Accorsi has accepted the job of the consultant in NFL, football’s governing body, and will be co-chairing the general managers’ advisory committee along with Roy Anderson, the executive Vice President. Ernie Accorsi’s job will be to interact with senior people from each football club on certain rules and policies that the clubs have to adhere from time to time, so the job is basically to create a good rapport with the organizing body and the clubs. Knowing the caliber of Ernie Accorsi and his vast experience of 35 years in the NFL, this job should not be a tough one for him. The tickets sale to the forthcoming NFL season is on full swing now.

Even though Kirk Wright is no longer of this world, six former NFL players are still suing him on top of the NFL and its players union as a result of being conned $20 million in an investment scheme concocted by the dead hedge fund manager. Wright hung himself in a jail in Atlanta last Sunday. He was put behind bars for cheating his clients including several prolific NFL players such as Ray Crockett, Steve Atwater, Al Smith, Carlos Emmons, Blaine Bishop and Clyde Simmons as well as his mother after convincing them to invest in his program.

The money was spent largely on his $500,000 wedding.

Chase Pittman was a rookie player who did not get a chance to showcase his talents for the Cleveland Browns last season and is seeking to make the most of the organized team’s activity practices beginning next week to sneak into the regular season roster. Pittman said that he is the best shape of his life and is well aware that the Browns coaches are looking out for the strength and agility he displays during the practice sessions to consider his name in the team roster. Pittman’s NFL dream may come true this season as he is one young defensive end who has rich experience at college level playing for LSU and Texas.

Many of the victorious players of the New York Giants team returned to the Giants Stadium to kick start their offseason conditioning camp after their stunning victory at the Super Bowl about two months ago. The Giants closed the doors on the media at the conditioning camp and did not reveal the names of the players as well as the number of the players who had attended the conditioning camp.

The Giants tamed the unbeatable New England Patriots in a Super Bowl championship game on Feb 3rd and this victory was one of the best NFL victories that the Giants have recorded in their NFL history. The receiver of the Giants said to the media that it was great to be at square one practicing and he said that the team had a lot more things to achieve in the near future. The defensive tackle of the Giants, Fred Robbins, feels that it is good to know that many people are hunting behind the Giants players and said that he was very happy to be with his team mates once again.

Heath Benedict, an offensive lineman representing Newberry College in South Carolina, was found dead on a couch in his home on Wednesday evening. The police have said that they did not suspect any foul play in his death and have sent the body to a medical examiner in a bid to determine the cause of death of the player. Benedict had taken part in the recently concluded Senior Bowl and had a really good outing in the Bowl. He had left his school to train for the NFL Draft that is to take place next month.

Benedict was one of the best offensive tackle in his team and was invited into the NFL Combine last month. Newberry President Mick Zais said that Benedict was a big, tough man at 6 foot 5 and 326 pounds, but was very kind at heart. Benedict said in a recent interview that he was looking forward to stepping into the big NFL league and wanted to lock horns with the big guns at the NFL.

The audition for the cheer leaders of San Diego chargers is set for April 13th -17. The cheer girls are expected to perform high standard dancing and will have to involve with the community. The Chargers feel that their cheerleaders should possess high professionalism and should behave properly on and off the ground. The preliminary round of selection includes the dancing ability, capacity to present oneself in an appealing way, etc. The final round of audition consists of dance round and a personal interview.

The attraction of becoming a cheer leader is the thrill in performing in front of more than 70,000 people; chance to participate in the photo shoot for the annual swimsuit calendar, media exposure, chance to work as ambassadors for the San Diego Community, etc. The minimum age for applying as cheerleader is 18 and there is no upper age limit. They should be able to adjust to the schedule of the team and should make a one –year commitment.

The Washington Redskins have remained quiet for the three weeks of the free agency and intend to follow a wait and watch policy in this year’s free agency. They are focusing on the NFL Draft that will come up very shortly on the 26th and 27th of April. The head coach of the Redskins, Jim Zorn, says that he does not find anything in the hot list right now in the free agency and will surely look into the matter if anything hot turns up. Only wide receiver D. J. Hackett has made a visit to the Redskins since the start of free agency on Feb 29th and finally signed a 2 year deal with Carolina. The coach said that wide receiver is the need of the hour for the Redskins and he will be hunting for one in the draft.

Zorn is having his watchful eyes on Redskin players who have started their off-season workouts recently and said that Anthony Mix of Auburn is a great wide receiver and will get his opportunity when the time comes. Zorn has said that he is overall pretty comfortable with the Redskin roster as of now and will be looking forward to have a even better season than what they had last year.

Jerry Rice is very impressed with the performance of DeSean Jackson that he is taking personal interest in getting him an early entry in the NFL draft. Jerry Rice feels that Jackson has all the talent to reach the NFL. The former star of Golden Bears is giving him proper coaching on football as well as for facing life matters. Jerry Rice, well known for his receiving ability in the game in the history of NFL, is making sure that Jackson reaches his next level in the game. Jackson has high regards for Rice and says that he is his mentor and inspiration in the game.

Jackson and Rice were coupled together by the management firm, DeBartolo Sports and Entertainment. Jackson and Rice started being together in Pensacola before the NFL combine, and continued their meetings in the Bay Area, their hometown. Rice is trying to impart the professionalism and appropriate use of speed into Jackson. Jackson has the best NFL combine timing for a receiver in the 40 yard dash, but Rice feels that he should know how to control the speed according to the need. According to Rice, the speed and the will are the greatest advantage that Jackson possesses that will take him a far distance in the NFL.

The deadline for signing free agents is approaching and the Dallas Cowboys that had lost three of its unrestricted free agents has not made any major move to sign any players. But the Dallas Cowboys signed the linebacker Zach Thomas, made $43.8 deal lasting for 6years with Flozell Adams and made restricted tenders for Marion Barber and Chris Canty prior to the free-agent signing term. Cowboys have kept it low during the free agency and players like Keith Davis, Julius Jones and Jacques Reeves have left Dallas. Now only unrestricted free agent remains with Cowboys, Cornerback Nate Jones. This veteran is the backup corner and has been a major contributor of the special team from 2004.

Davis Keith who left the team for Dolphins was the Captain of the special team last year and if the Cowboys cannot keep Jones with them, it will be the second major loss to their special team. The Cowboys Vice President Stephen Jones seems to be not bothered about not signing any free agents. He says Cowboys has many own boys to sign as they have won 13 games and has 13 pro-bowlers in the team. The team management wants to re–sign most of its players, like Marion Barber and Chris Canty, who are in the final years of the contract.

The Philadelphia Eagles fans are not happy with the offense present in the team and are demanding the team to sign up new offense in the team. But things are pretty slow in free agency and hence, Eagles are yet to get an offense. The team management thinks that their offenses has improved this year and are counting on the performance of Donovan McNabb. The team is expecting this quarterback to play at his best this year. Success of Eagles mainly depends on McNabbs Pro-bowl level performance. Another strong player is the tight end L.J Smith and Eagles have retained him for the year 2008 using the franchise tag.

There is a gap to be filled in the starting job as Thomas Tapeh, the fullback signed with Minnesota team. The linemen are also better in health compared to the last season. But the nagging question is whether the Eagles are capable of producing victory in Super Bowl with the present players. The coaching staff is hopeful that the offensive line will regain their form and do well in the coming games. The free agency time is running out and the probability of finding a good enough offense is decreasing day by day. So, the Eagles have to act fast or else they will have to regret the loss.