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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he won't need surgery this offseason.

This season, the New England signal caller played through finger and rib injuries, after missing all but the first quarter of the first game of the 2008 season with a left knee injury that required surgery.

Although he withdrew from the Pro Bowl this weekend in Miami, he is excited about getting right into offseason...

Less than a day after leaving Denver, Mike Nolan was hired by the Miami Dolphins to be their new defensive coordinator, replacing Paul Pasqualoni.

Pasqualoni was fired after the Dolphins finished the regular season at 7-9 season. They allowed 390 points for the year, the third-highest total in the AFC.

Bill Parcells, the Dolphins' football czar, and Nolan will be reunited. Nolan served as the New York Jets defensive coordinator when Parcells held the same position with...

The Oakland Raiders have asked for and gotten the OK to interview Baltimore Ravens quarterbacks coach Hue Jackson for an unspecified position.

According to league sources, Jackson has aspired to become a head coach. However, the Raiders may or may not be looking for a replacement for current head man Tom Cable.

Oakland has also been looking for someone to work with the development of their former No. 1 overall pick; quarterback JaMarcus Russell.

This entire situation is...

Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable met with owner Al Davis on Thursday to discuss his status with the team, however nothing has been decided about the coached future.

Raiders senior executive John Herrera said the two men could meet again Friday, and a team official confirmed they would. Cable has been spending the 10 days since the season ended evaluating the team with his assistant coaches.

According to team sources, a final decision on Cable's future likely...

Buffalo Bills interim coach Perry Fewell has been hired by the New York Giants to be their new defensive coordinator. The team announced the move on Thursday after Fewell spent the past few days weighing offers from the Giants and the Chicago Bears.

After the Giants gave up more than 40 points in each of their last two games and 427 points for the season, rookie defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan was fired a day after the regular season ended.

Fewell spent five seasons as head coach Tom Coughlin's secondary coach in Jacksonville. He spent the last...

Former Texas Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy says his injured right arm is healing and should be 100 percent in about two weeks, giving him plenty of time to prepare for the NFL combine.

McCoy was knocked out of the Citi BCS National Championship Game early in the 37-21 loss to Alabama. A hit on his shoulder pinched a nerve and caused his throwing arm to go numb.

McCoy was announced as the winner of the Manning Award as the nation's best college quarterback, so NFL teams will be interested in how quickly he...

Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson is the only unanimous choice for The Associated Press 2009 NFL All-Pro team.

This season Johnson set the league mark for yards from scrimmage and became just the sixth 2,000-yard rusher in NFL history. Johnson got all 50 votes from a nationwide panel of sportswriters.

"That'd be a good thing," said Johnson, who won the Offensive Player of the Year award Wednesday. "Because I feel like if you put a season out there, out of those dudes who got votes or the dudes who won, I wouldn't feel they had a better season than...

According to reports, Romeo Crennel has spoken to the New York Giants by telephone about their vacant defensive coordinator's job, however former Cleveland Browns coach is apparently, giving the Kansas City Chiefs the first shot at hiring him.

Crennel's agent, Joe Linta, told The Associated Press that Crennel is focused on becoming the Chiefs' defensive coordinator. Sources close to the situation are saying that the two sides could get a deal done in the next couple of days if there is isn't a major breakdown.

If he is hired by Kansas City, Crennel would reunite with general manager Scott...

After putting together an incredible 2009 season, Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson has been named The Associated Press 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

Woodson earned 28 votes from a panel of 50 sportswriters on Tuesday following a campaign in which he tied for the league lead with nine interceptions, returning three for touchdowns, and was a key to the Packers' turnaround on defense.

Woodson's Packers were second in the league in overall...

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid says that Donovan McNabb will be his team's quarterback in 2010.

McNabb's future was questioned because he has one year left on his contract and he's failed to lead Philadelphia to a Super Bowl victory in 11 seasons. Also, the Eagles have three quarterbacks on their roster and all three could possibly be starters on other teams.

"That's my call," Reid said Monday when asked who will make the decision to bring McNabb back. "I think he's a great...