Rock Cartwright spent one week in free agency before deciding to re-sign with the Washington Redskins to play for them in the seventh consecutive season. He is one of the most popular players for the Redskins and has cemented his position as a primary kick returner for the last couple of seasons. He had total yardage of 3,157 yards in the last season and got placed in the fourth position of all time franchisee’s kick off return. Rock Cartwright is hoping to spend more time at the running back position for the Redskins this season and his record at the running back position stands at 6 touchdowns and 647 yards in his 6 year stint so far at the NFL.

Cartwright first burst into the big stage with the Redskins in the year 2002 when they signed him from the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft and since then has been playing in the NFL for the Washington Redskins. He stands third in the running back depth chart behind teammates Portis and Betts. Cartwright had said earlier that he wished and hoped that his career ends playing for the Redskins and is all praise for the organization and the fans of this club.

The Tennessee Titans has made a two year contract with Jevon Kearse last Thursday. The coach of Tennessee Titans, Jeff Fisher has plans to make use of this 31 year old player as the defensive end of the team, which is almost vacant after the free agents like Travis La Boy and Antwan Odom left the team. Kearse started his career in NFL with the Tennessee Titans and his return to the team is a big relief in filling up the gap in the team. Earlier he served Titans as the defensive Rookie after being selected to the team in 1999 draft. In that season, the Titans were able to reach the Super Bowl.

He left Titans in 2004 as a free agent for the Philadelphia Eagles. Now, Kearse is happy to come back to the Tennessee as he is getting a chance to finish his career from where he had started. Kearse was more successful while he was with the Titans and is eager to be re-united with the Titans. In 2006, he suffered knee injury and was unable to play many matches. In late 2007, he was again out of the game and was released from Eagles as salary cap cut.

Broncos are having a pair of siblings in the team with the addition of Boss Bailey. His brother Champ Bailey is already in the team of Denver Broncos as corner back. With this addition the Denver is having a pair of brothers for the third time in the club roster. Boss Bailey was with the Lions earlier and the details regarding the deal of Boss with Broncos is not revealed yet. Champ Bailey is very much excited about playing with his brother. Champ Bailey is sure that his brother can create a great impact on team’s defense with the adaptability and speed he poses in the game.

For Boss, it was a tough path to gain accomplishment in National Football League as he has suffered problems with his knee ligaments at a very young age itself. He had to keep away from play throughout the year 2004 due to torn meniscus in the right knee. In 2005 he returned to the game to win Lions’ Ed Block Award for courage. The Bailey brothers are the third pair of siblings following Danenhauer brothers and Widell brothers to get into the Broncos. Boss Bailey is coming to Denver after a five year experience in the NFL season and he has missed only one game in the last two years.

Rod Smith, one of the best players that the Broncos have ever produced, will be on the reserve/retirement list, as per the mutual agreement between the wide receiver player and the Denver Broncos management. There was no pomp, hype or press conference called for announcing the same and was found to be fitting in the way it was delivered. Smith seems to have not fully recovered from the hip debridement surgery and showed signs of pain worsening in his hip after a brief practice session. He underwent another hip surgery in January and the move to keep him in the reserve list has ended a 14 year continuous playing for the Denver Broncos.

Smith said that he was happy playing for all these 14 years and he pretty well knows that once he takes a step out of the playing field, then there will be no way that will make him return to the field again. Rod Smith finds his name to be outside the Broncos primary roster list after 13 years and whatever has been achieved by him will be cherished by his team mates and his organization for many years to come. Smith says that, in football when a player says that he is done, then, it is has to be understood that the deal is over.

Injury prone linebacker Dan Morgan, of the Carolina Panthers, has been released by the Panthers after seven seasons as they ran out of patience with his recurring injuries. Morgan was a regular first round pick for the Carolina Panthers whenever he played and was one of the best line backs for the Panthers in most of the 59 games he played for the Panthers. Morgan is a very accomplished line backer and has made about 452, the third best tackle record in the history of Carolina Panthers. Dan Morgan is injury prone and played only one game the whole 2006 season and has never played the entire 16 games in any season.

The frequent injuries to Dan Morgan for the past two seasons have made the think tank of the Carolina Panthers team make the painful decision of releasing their most reliable line backer from the team.  club as well as the organizational set up could do wonders for Dan Morgan. There is no surprise as far as Drew Rosenhaus, Morgan’s agent, is concerned that the line backer will definitely be playing football in 2008 season.

Brian VanGorder left South Carolina to take the same job with the Atlanta Falcons.VanGorder spent last year as the Falcons’ linebackers coach.  Steve Spurrier hired him as co-ordinator last month during Week 15 of the NFL season.The Falcons hired Mike Smith as head coach on Wednesday. Smith replaced Bobby Petrino, who abruptly left the Falcons last month after just 13 games of a 4-12 season.VanGorder has held six jobs with four teams over the last five years.Petrino lost his defensive co-ordinator on Thursday when South Carolina hired him in the same capacity.Ellis Johnson left Petrino’s staff after just four weeks.

Mike McCarthy made a commitment to youth when he became coach of the Green Bay Packers in 2006. McCarthy stuck to it through the bad times.  He lost eight of his first 12 games but didn’t panic. With five of his nine draft picks in the starting lineup, the Packers won their final four games of the 2006 season to finish at .500. Green Bay expected to be a playoff contender in 2007.  McCarthy kept nine of his 2007 draft picks and 10 rookies total. He started three rookies in the season opener and the Packers went on a 4-0 tear to propel themselves to the top of the NFC North. Green Bay stayed there all season, finishing as the second seed in the NFC playoff bracket with a 13-3 record. That rookie class combined to start 31 games .

Tom Brady is recovering from a sore foot suffered in Sunday’s win over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship Game. New England Patriots star quarterback was seen limping on his day off.Player wearing what appears to be a walking cast.The report stated that during his weekly radio show, Brady did not deny that he suffered some sort of injury during the San Diego game.Brady also told the Boston Herald that the injury would not keep him out of the Super Bowl.Brady, a three-time Super Bowl winner, enjoyed the best season of his career this campaign as he tossed a league-record 50 touchdown passes with just eight interceptions.

The Dolphins  will return with some assistants for new head coach Tony Sparano’s staff, and ousted Dolphins coach Cam Cameron could be on the verge of joining the Baltimore Ravens as their next offensive coordinator.Three Dallas Cowboys defensive assistants the Dolphins have had their eye on will become available Tuesday. Their contracts expired at the end of business today.The Cowboys reportedly have offered extensions to keep secondary coach Todd Bowles, linebackers coach Paul Pasqualoni and defensive line coach Kacy Rodgers.Any or all could be officially reunited with Sparano as soon as Tuesday. Sparano was the Cowboys assistant head coach and offensive line assistant .As for the offensive side of the ball, longtime Bill Parcells associate Dan Henning has emerged as a candidate to be the next offensive coordinator.

 Mike Tomlin announced that defensive end Aaron Smith might be out for the season because of a torn bicep muscle.  Tomlin’s initial suspicions were confirmed correct later. First came a 21-point defeat to the New England Patriots. A lot has been said about Pittsburgh’s offensive running game and how it dictates the team’s performance.  the Steelers were third in the NFL in rushing ‘D’ in 2005 and ‘06, and they were first in ‘04.  Pittsburgh was once again third in the NFL in that department.  And Aaron Smith was a major reason why.