LATROBE, Pa. – For a guy who is supposed to be a powder keg, new Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley sounds a lot more powder puff these days. Hopefully that bodes well for his developing relationship with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Ben Roethlisberger's latest injury: a torn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder. (AP)

Haley, whose screaming jags have become a trademark over the past five years as he worked his way up to offensive coordinator in Arizona and head coach for two turbulent years in Kansas City, has made an erstwhile return home. He, his wife and their five children are building a home in the town where he spent his childhood. The son of former Steelers player and personnel man Dick Haley, Todd is trying to put down roots in a profession that's akin to hydroponics.

One associate asked Haley recently if building a house was a good idea. Haley responded that he hoped this was his last stop.

"I'll be here as long as they'll have me," said Haley, who's replacing longtime Steelers coordinator Bruce Arians.

Just how long that

BEREA, Ohio – Running back Trent Richardson got a migraine just as the sale of the Cleveland Browns was being completed.

Talk about ominous signs.

RB Trent Richardson during practice Monday. (AP)In the span of a week, all the momentum the Browns had developed this offseason with an offensive reshuffling featuring Richardson, quarterback Brandon Weeden and wide receiver Josh Gordon came to a screeching halt with an even bigger makeover.

Absentee owner Randy Lerner agreed Thursday to sell the franchise to Jim Haslam III for more than $1 billion. That purchase included approximately $700 million paid now and the rest due at a later date, according to a league source.

While the sale may ultimately be beneficial for the Browns, who have yet to play in a Super Bowl despite being one of the league's most storied franchises, the short-term considerations may cause anxiety for some.

Specifically, what does that mean for this offseason's big three and the men in charge of the trio, starting with coach Pat Shurmur? Did this

OXNARD, Calif. – The Dallas Cowboys don't have to teach Dez Bryant much about being a football player. If you watch a handful of practices, you can see the game comes easy to him. Teaching him how to be a man of good judgment? That's the hard part.

Dez Bryant sits next to his mother, Angela Bryant, a few days after his arrest. (AP)"When you're that talented, you're afforded a couple of extra chances," team owner Jerry Jones said Monday. This is the same Jones who spent Tuesday counseling Bryant about the wide receiver's arrest in July for an alleged scuffle with his mother. Jones had said early that he was upset about the situation, but waited a while before talking to Bryant.

"Nothing that has happened is surprising," one Cowboys executive said of Bryant, 23, and his mother Angela, who is all of 37.

In describing the relationship, another team source said, "It's more like brother and sister. Actually, Dez is really the parent in a lot of ways because he's the provider."

Bryant hasn't spoken publicly since the incident, in part on the advice of his lawyer

SAN DIEGO – Philip Rivers' offseason reality check was a reminder that the end might be coming soon.

That was the feeling the San Diego Chargers quarterback got on June 18 when he watched former teammate LaDainian Tomlinson retire. Other teammates have come and gone during Rivers' eight-year NFL career, but there was something that gnawed deeper at him when Tomlinson called it a career.

"When I sat there and watched L.T.'s retirement, I just thought, 'Wait, he was just here with us, playing,' " said Rivers, who also watched guard Kris Dielman call it quits this offseason. "[Tomlinson] had a heck of run, we didn't get it done and now all of a sudden, it's over." Philip Rivers is coming off a forgettable season in which he threw a career-high 20 INTs. (AP)

At age 30, Rivers is running straight into the plight of being a Charger. For all the numbers put up and indelible moments created for fans, the end always comes without a title. Be it Sid Gillman, Lance Alworth, Don Coryell, Kellen Winslow, Dan Fouts, Chuck Muncie, Junior Seau or Tomlinson, there are lots of great

HOUSTON – Over the past month, Arian Foster has met more nutritionists than you'll see at the Olympics. Foster, the Houston Texans running back and avant-garde thinker, has been getting advice and disagreement from seemingly everyone he encounters, all because he has become a vegan.

Will Arian Foster's production fall off this season? (NFP)

If it wasn't bad enough that a Pro Bowl player is going meatless in the ultimate carnivore sport, there's an associated problem with Foster's diet. This is Texas, the land of beef and barbeque. Not eating meat in this state is about as close as it gets to original sin. Put that together with the team's Super Bowl aspirations and you have some strong feelings.

"I had a long conversation with him about that. I told him, 'If this doesn't work, I'm going to kick your ass,' " teammate Brian Cushing said. "I told him that because he's going too far. He thinks he knows more than me, but he doesn't, especially about nutrition. We have a good relationship, but I told him this better be right. We have a lot

HOUSTON – Linebacker Brooks Reed was getting an IV in the Houston Texans' locker room just before halftime of the game against the Cleveland Browns last November when suddenly the equipment crew burst in with a bunch of bloody towels.

"I'm like, 'What the heck happened?' " Reed said. "Somebody said, 'It's crazy, Cushing just head-butted some guy with no helmet on."

Brian Cushing has long been known for the passion he brings to the game. (Getty)

Cushing delivered the blow after taking off his own helmet, slamming his dome against the covered noggin of Browns guard Shawn Lauvao. Not exactly the smartest move, as Cushing found out with the combination of stitches and a throbbing skull. At the same time, the move was representative of what Cushing is for a Houston defense that made stunning strides last season. Strides that make them a Super Bowl contender this season.

"We used him as an example last year to the rest of the players," said Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, who puts Cushing on a level with such high-motor greats as Robert Brazile,

For all those Cleveland Browns fans concerned about the team's future amid news of owner Randy Lerner selling controlling interest of the franchise to Jimmy Haslam, take a deep breath, calm down and realize one thing:

You may finally have an owner who makes a difference in a positive way.

Randy Lerner watches his Aston Villa soccer club play. (Getty)With all due respect to Lerner, whose father, Al, brought the NFL back to the city in 1999 after the Art Modell fiasco, the possible sale of the team to Haslam may be the best thing fans could hope for. Though there is a natural fear of the team being moved, Haslam has conveyed to Lerner and the NFL that he has no intention of relocating the Browns, according to two league sources.

Haslam, whose father has a practice field at the University of Tennessee named after him, values tradition and sees the Browns' brand as important not only to the city but to the league itself. At least that’s the impression that people around the NFL have of Haslam, a minority stakeholder in the Steelers.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – At one point during the opening practice of Denver Broncos training camp, so many fans were trying to get in that the fire marshals had to hold people at the gate.

"It's like being at a nightclub," a Broncos employee noted as more than 4,000 fans and media (a team record for training camp) watched some or all of the 2 ½-hour practice.

Peyton Manning takes aim in his first training-camp practice with the Broncos. (AP)Welcome to Club Peyton, where the excitement is akin to a new hot spot on South Beach or Hollywood. The problem with nightclubs is they tend to come and go, burning out nearly as fast as Paraskevi Papachristou's Olympic dream. And that's the lingering question with Manning. For all the moments of sharpness and a couple of passes where Manning showed subtle arm strength by manipulating the arc of the throw, there was an ominous feeling from the crowd.

Is this really going to last?

"This was a good first day, but there are things I need to improve on," Manning said. "I'm just not going to share what those things are