2008-05-13T20:31:55Z tag:blog.washingtonpost.com,2008:/nflinsider/199 Copyright (c) 2008, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive 2008-05-13T20:31:55Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-13:/nflinsider2008/05/walsh_meets_with_goodell.html

After meeting with Matt Walsh, videographer and key member of the taping scandal that has enveloped Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday he had learned no new information on the matter "Having met with Matt Walsh and over 50 other people, I don't know where else I would turn" for more evidence, Goodell said. "I always reserve the right, if new information turns up, to look at it....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Cindy Boren 2008-05-12T21:51:21Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-12:/nflinsider2008/05/labor_negotiations_under_way.html

Representatives of the league and the NFL Players Association had a labor negotiating meeting last Thursday in New York. Union chief Gene Upshaw revealed the bargaining session in a written statement on the Players Association's website, calling it "just the first step in the process." According to Upshaw, the league was represented by owners Pat Bowlen of the Denver Broncos and Jerry Richardson of the Carolina Panthers, plus attorney Bob Batterman. "The NFL discussed...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-12T14:27:25Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-12:/nflinsider2008/05/ravens_not_shedding_undiscipli.html

The brawl that Baltimore Ravens players had during a minicamp practice over the weekend doesn't exactly dispel the image that the team had last season under former coach Brian Billick of being undisciplined and out of control. The lingering image of last season's Ravens is the penalty-filled meltdown by several players at the end of a near-miss loss to the New England Patriots. Billick was fired after the season and was replaced by John...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-12T14:22:03Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-12:/nflinsider2008/05/still_waiting_for_s_alexander.html

Former league most valuable player Shaun Alexander visited the Cincinnati Bengals and New Orleans Saints last week, but has not signed with either team. The whispers out of Cincinnati are that the Bengals are unlikely to add Alexander, the tailback who was released recently by the Seattle Seahawks. The Saints probably would have to release Deuce McAllister if they sign Alexander, so it's unclear if anything will happen there either....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-09T21:20:26Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-09:/nflinsider2008/05/k_robinson_released_by_packers.html

The Green Bay Packers have released wide receiver Koren Robinson. The former first-round draft choice of the Seattle Seahawks had 21 catches for the Packers last season. He has 263 catches in seven NFL seasons, including four in Seattle, one in Minnesota and two in Green Bay. His best season came as a second-year pro for the Seahawks in 2002, when he had 78 catches for 1,240 yards and five touchdowns. He hasn't had...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-09T14:45:16Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-09:/nflinsider2008/05/something_to_keep_in_mind_abou.html

The delivery of eight videotapes to the NFL's offices Thursday from former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh is producing calls for the league to impose new penalties upon the Patriots. It's not my place in this situation to express an opinion about what the league should or shouldn't do. But everyone needs to keep one thing straight: The penalties imposed by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on the Patriots and their coach, Bill...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-08T23:01:12Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-08:/nflinsider2008/05/specter_issues_statement.html

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) has released a statement about the latest developments in the "SpyGate" case. It says: "I think it is very unfortunate that the NFL has already started its 'nothing new' spin before watching the tapes or finding out what Mr. Matt Walsh has to say. Let's see where the evidence leads." Specter has been critical of the NFL throughout its investigation of the videotaping scandal involving the New England Patriots....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-08T19:42:30Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-08:/nflinsider2008/05/tapes_being_reviewed_by_league.html

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...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-08T13:52:55Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-08:/nflinsider2008/05/is_spygate_almost_over.html

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...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-08T13:36:27Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-08:/nflinsider2008/05/d_rhodes_rejoins_colts.html

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...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-08T01:46:42Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/nflinsider2008/05/walsh_turns_over_eight_tapes_t.html

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....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-07T19:28:57Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/nflinsider2008/05/raiders_add_hartwell.html

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....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-07T18:48:52Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/nflinsider2008/05/cowboys_training_camp_to_be_fe.html

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...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-07T14:31:04Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/nflinsider2008/05/b_engram_skipping_seahawks_min.html

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....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske 2008-05-07T14:18:16Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/nflinsider2008/05/league_threatening_to_penalize.html

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...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Mark Maske