The eight videotapes handed over to the league by former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh arrived in the NFL's offices in New York today, as promised.

They're being reviewed by league officials.

It's too soon to say for certain there won't be any further penalties imposed on the Patriots by the league in the videotaping scandal but it certainly appears at this point that's the direction in which things are headed, barring any surprising revelations when Walsh meets Tuesday in New York with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Walsh is scheduled to meet later the same day in Washington with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).

Is the "SpyGate" scandal now just about over?

Perhaps.

The lawyer for former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh sent a letter to the NFL Wednesday saying that eight videotapes from Walsh will arrive at the league's offices in New York today. Today is the deadline for Walsh to turn over all materials in his possession related to the videotaping scandal involving the Patriots.

The eight tapes show six games between the 2000 and 2002 seasons in which the Patriots videotaped opponents' play signals. The opponents include the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers. The Patriots taped the Steelers' play signals in the AFC title game in January 2002.

But the materials turned over by Walsh do not include a tape of the St. Louis Rams' walk-through before they played the Patriots in the Super Bowl in 2002. The Boston Herald reported just before last season's Super Bowl that the Patriots taped the Rams' walk-through prior to that Super Bowl. The Patriots denied it.

On Wednesday, the league received a written certification from Walsh that he possesses no other materials related to the Patriots' videotaping program.

When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell punished the Patriots last September after they were caught videotaping the play signals of the New York Jets coaches in the opening game of last season, in violation of league rules, it was for taping opponents' play signals throughout Bill Belichick's coaching tenure in New England.

It was not made public until later, following a meeting between Goodell and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), that the videotaping had taken place as long as Belichick was the Patriots' coach. Some league officials now say they should have been more clear about that from the outset. But that nevertheless was established before Levy's letter arrived at the league offices Wednesday, and Goodell has said it would take evidence of further wrongdoing by the Patriots to bring new penalties. League spokesman Greg Aiello said Wednesday night that the materials provided by Walsh are consistent with what NFL officials already knew.

Walsh has not provided new information, at least not so far. Walsh is scheduled to meet with Goodell on Tuesday in New York. Walsh likely will meet with Specter later that day, and it's possible that Specter will continue to apply pressure to the league publicly. But if Goodell's meeting with Walsh does not produce further revelations, it's highly unlikely that the league will take further action against the Patriots.

Tailback Dominic Rhodes has agreed to a one-year contract to rejoin the Indianapolis Colts.

Rhodes spent his first six NFL seasons with the Colts and was a standout in their Super Bowl triumph over the Chicago Bears at the conclusion of the 2006 season before spending last season with the Oakland Raiders. He was released by the Raiders after an NFL draft in which Oakland selected Arkansas tailback Darren McFadden with the fourth overall choice.

Rhodes returns to Indianapolis as a backup to Joseph Addai. Rhodes ran for 641 yards for the Colts in the 2006 regular season. His best season came when he rushed for 1,104 yards as a rookie in 2001.

The NFL has been sent eight videotapes by former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh, a league official said tonight.

All of them are games between the 2000 and 2002 seasons in which the Patriots taped opponents' play signals. Included were games against the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers. One game, against the Steelers in the AFC title game in January 2002, came during the playoffs.

But Walsh did not turn over a tape of the St. Louis Rams' walk-through before the two teams played in the Super Bowl in 2002, the official said. The league received a letter from Walsh's lawyer saying the eight tapes will be delivered Thursday and Walsh possesses no other materials related to the Patriots' videotaping program.

If Walsh produces no further evidence, it appears unlikely there will be further sanctions against the Patriots. The NFL already has acknowledged that the Patriots' taped opponents' play signals throughout the coaching tenure of Bill Belichick.

The Oakland Raiders signed linebacker Ed Hartwell.

Hartwell was out of the league last season after being released by the Cincinnati Bengals before the season. He'd been plagued by knee and heel injuries while with the Atlanta Falcons in the 2005 and 2006 seasons.

Hartwell spent his first four NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens between 2001 and 2004.

The HBO series "Hard Knocks" will feature the training camp of the Dallas Cowboys this summer, the network announced today.

It will be the second time the Cowboys have been featured on the series. Their training camp also was chronicled in 2002. The show followed the Baltimore Ravens in the summer of 2001 and the Kansas City Chiefs upon its resumption last year.

The series will have hour-long shows every Wednesday between Aug. 6 and Sept. 3, HBO announced.

Wide receiver Bobby Engram is skipping the Seattle Seahawks' voluntary minicamp this week because of displeasure about his contract.

He's in the second season of a two-year, $3.4 million deal. He had 94 catches for 1,147 yards and six touchdowns last season and wants a new, upgraded contract.

Engram left a letter on the desk of Seahawks Coach Mike Holmgren on Tuesday explaining his reasons for skipping the minicamp.

When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell toughened the league's personal conduct policy last year, the revised policy included a provision that allows him to penalize any team with a significant number of offending players or other employees.

Goodell recently told the Dallas Morning News that he intends to begin utilizing that provision by forcing a team with a player suspended without pay under the conduct policy to turn over a portion of that withheld pay to the league.

"If you have an individual player that has discipline from the personal conduct policy, a portion of that salary is going to be withheld as a fine," Goodell told the newspaper. "And that's going to escalate" if the same player has further offenses.

Goodell also left open the possibility of using the forfeiture of draft picks as a sanction.

The New York Giants took a risk last season by not going out to add a left tackle to replace the departed Luke Petitgout. They believed that David Diehl could make a smooth and permanent transition from left guard to left tackle, sparing them the effort and expense of finding a replacement for Petitgout at the highest-profile spot on their offensive line.

They were right. Diehl proved to be a solid left tackle last season, protecting the blind side of quarterback Eli Manning for a Super Bowl-winning team, and now he has a new contract to match.

The Giants in recent weeks upgraded Diehl's old contract and signed him to a new six-year deal that could be worth as much as approximately $31 million if he remains at left tackle the entire time. He had been two years into a six-year, $15.5 million contract. But that was left guard money, and now the Giants have rewarded Diehl with left tackle money as long as he remains at the position.

The Chicago Bears have released safety Adam Archuleta, becoming the second team in two years to give up on the former first-round draft choice.

Archuleta made 10 starts for the Bears last season after being obtained in a trade with the Washington Redskins last year. Archuleta spent one unproductive season with the Redskins after being signed as a high-priced free agent.

The Bears had tried to sign him in free agency before Archuleta signed with the Redskins and it was thought he might be able to revive his career in Chicago under Coach Lovie Smith, formerly his defensive coordinator with the St. Louis Rams. Instead, Archuleta will be joining a fourth team in four seasons, having been with the Rams in 2005, the Redskins in '06 and the Bears in '07.