Cleveland Browns 01/13/2007 10:26 AMAP reports Cleveland Browns OL Kelly Butler signed a two-year contract extension Friday. Butler, 6-foot-7 and 330 pounds, was claimed by the Browns on waivers from Detroit on Sept. 3. The former Purdue player started five games at right tackle, giving the Browns needed depth on a depleted offensive line.Read more
Cincinnati Bengals 01/13/2007 10:21 AMThe Dayton Daily News reports Bengals LB David Pollack clings to the hope that he can eventually resume his NFL career. But he won't put a timetable on his possible return from Jan. 3 surgery to repair the neck fracture he suffered against Cleveland on Sept. 17. Spine specialist Dr. Anthony Guanciale, who performed the surgery in Cincinnati, has said the operation went without complications, and the team said Friday that Pollack "continues to show good early results" from the surgery. "I'm grateful for my recovery, and I'm encouraged by the prognosis from my recent operation," Pollack said in a statement released by the club at his request. "The doctors tell me it went well, maybe even better than expected. "I haven't given up on the possibility of playing football again, but any decision on that is way down the road. My recovery is not complete. I've got a ton of work to do with doctors and trainers, and my neck just has to finish healing. We're going to take all of that one day at a time." The Bengals' top draft pick in 2005 thanked fans for their support.Read more
Baltimore Ravens 01/11/2007 5:00 PMAP reports Oklahoma RB Adrian Peterson said Thursday he has not yet decided whether he will declare himself eligible for the NFL draft. "I have spent the last few days considering my options to either enter the NFL draft or stay at OU. The facts are that I have not hired any representation and I have not declared for the draft," Peterson said in a statement released by Oklahoma.Read more
Baltimore Ravens 01/11/2007 4:59 PMAP reports speedy WR Anthony Gonzalez, a deep threat and the second-leading receiver for Ohio State, will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft. "Obviously, it's the toughest thing I've ever had to do in my life," Gonzalez said at a news conference Thursday in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.Read more
