Colt McCoy is slated to earn over $2.3M in 2013 (Getty Images)

Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy played just 39 snaps in a relief role in three games during 2012, but his playing time and performance from his first two seasons in the NFL have increased his 2013 base salary from the league minimum to $2.325 million, according to the NFLPA's base salary database.

McCoy, a 2010 third-round pick out of Texas, started 21 games over his first two seasons in the NFL, completing 400 of 685 pass attempts for 4,309 yards with 20 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. McCoy's base salary was escalated by $1.5 million when he played in 47.18 percent of the Browns' offensive snaps as a rookie. McCoy added another $250,000 to his 2013 salary when he took 82.41 percent of the snaps and reached certain performance incentives in 2011. (An additional increase of $55,000 - which would raise McCoy's salary to $2.38 million - is expected to take place as the playing-time/performance increases were applied to a league minimum $575,000 base salary that the 2011 collective bargaining agreement increased to $630,000 for players with three accrued seasons.)

McCoy earned the league minimum $540,000 while completing nine of his 17 pass attempts for 79 yards and a touchdown in 2012. McCoy is expected to be a part of a competition, along with 2012 first-round pick Brandon Weeden, for the Browns' starting job.

John Abraham, Michael Turner earn seven-figure base salary increases

Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham will see his 2013 base salary increase by $1 million after reaching playing-time and performance incentives in 2012, the first season of a three-year contract that had a base value of $17.5 million, but could have increased to as much as $21 million. The 34-year-old Abraham missed out on the Pro Bowl but played in 71.62 percent of the Falcons' defensive snaps and had a team-high 10 sacks in 2012, increasing his base salary from $3.25 million to $4.25 million for the 2013 season.

Falcons running back Michael Turner was scheduled to earn $5.5 million in base salary in 2013, the final season of a six-year, $34.5 million contract he signed on March 3, 2008. Turner's contract had a maximum value of $36 million, a figure Turner nearly reached as his performances will add $1.4 million to his 2013 salary, which is now at $6.9 million. With Turner turning 31 in February, his large salary and cap number ($8.9 million) could make him a prime candidate for release this offseason.

Buffalo Bills running back C.J. Spiller triggered escalators in his rookie contract that will more than double his 2013 base salary. Originally scheduled to earn $1,300,834 in 2013, Spiller escalated his contract by $1.3225 million and will now earn $2,623,334 next season. Bills center Eric Wood, a 2009 first-round pick, will see his salary increase from $925,000 to $2.3 million in 2013.

Denver Broncos outside linebacker Wesley Woodyard had a breakout season, leading the team with 114 tackles, tying for the team lead with three interceptions and notching 5.5 sacks. Woodyard played in over 81 percent of the Broncos' defensive snaps, triggering a $1 million escalator to his 2013 salary, which now stands at $3 million.

Seattle Seahawks guard Paul McQuistan will also receive a $1 million raise for 2013. Originally scheduled to earn $2 million in 2013, the second season of a two-year, $4 million contract that was signed on March 19, 2012, McQuistan played in over 97 percent of the Seahawks' offensive snaps last season, triggering a $1 million incentive in 2012 and increasing his base salary in 2013.

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The NFL has no current players and startlingly few ex-players who are known to be gay, but it appears ex-49ers and Raiders offensive tackle Kwame Harris, a former first-round pick, has involuntarily been added to the list as a result of the legal fallout from a fight at a restaurant.

According to the San Mateo Daily Journal, a dispute over soy sauce at Su Hong restaurant in Menlo Park, Calif. last Aug. 21, has landed the former NFL player in court after he assaulted his ex-boyfriend.

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Chief deputy district attorney Karen Guidotti told the paper that Harris and the alleged victim had been in a romantic relationship but were not involved at the time of the incident. Harris’ attorney Alin Cintean confirmed to the paper the two "were previously involved" but were just friends when the incident occurred.

Harris pleaded not guilty to felony charges of domestic violence causing great bodily injury and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, the Daily Journal said. The dispute started when Harris got upset at his friend, Dimitri Geier, for pouring soy sauce on a plate of rice.

Want to tailgate like a Halas? Then you're in luck. This 28-foot motor home, custom decorated inside and out with a Chicago Bears motif, is looking for some new monsters to take it to the midway. As you can see, it's an Airstream Argosy that's been painted orange and navy blue. Better yet: It features a keg tap (for "Da Beers") and a 42-inch TV, both accessible from the outside.

Look, if you don't buy this, we will. We could use a new Chicago bureau for the YSB anyway.

We don't know who'd be willing to part with such a beaut, but someone from suburban Chicago has listed it on Craigslist for $13,500. Sure, it also might cost that much to keep the motor home full of gas, but you'll own the Soldier Field parking lots come next fall.

The best details go unstated in the ad: It's a '76, which means it came out in '75 — just like Walter Payton. (It probably has the agility of William Perry, though.) It was listed for sale on Saturday, Jan. 26 — the 28th anniversary of Super Bowl XX, my friends.

The only concern might be of the image of Rex Grossman burned permanently into the TV.

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Roger Goodell met the public on Monday afternoon, with a mix of news from Goodell, rage from fans and general weirdness. One of the top ranked comments was from "New_Orleans_Saints" simply linking to a gif that showed Danny DeVito flipping off the camera.

That kind of stuff doesn't happen during a press conference.

Goodell did a AMA ("Ask Me Anything") on Reddit. That's becoming a popular forum, with even President Barack Obama doing one last year.

Goodell is polarizing, to say the least, so many people flocked to leave questions or comments or generally troll the commissioner. Goodell was on Reddit for about an hour, the number of users on the AMA swelled past 12,000 and more than 3,300 comments were left when he was online. Goodell was criticized by some for not giving specific answers to some questions, but did provide some news when he shared his feelings on topics like the Pro Bowl after Sunday's game and the league possibly moving to London at some point.

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Since retiring, Pittsburgh Steelers legend Hines Ward has kept busy as a studio analyst for NBC's "Football Night in America."

He also has spent some time as a corpse risen from his grave.

Thanks to the connections of a college teammate who now acts on "The Walking Dead," Ward will appear in a future episode of AMC's hit show about zombies. He will be a zombie extra, and as the picture above shows, some magic was performed with his make up.

It worked so well that Ward even scared himself:

"Just being in makeup preparing me for my role was cool. I actually scared myself when I looked in the mirror for the first time after," Ward told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Ward was once voted the NFL's dirtiest player and now it appears we know the reason why. Perhaps opponents took offense to Ward eating their BRRRRAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNS?

(TMZ.com)While the Ravens and 49ers are getting ready for a Super Bowl, Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was on the set of "Celebrity Diving" saving comedian Louie Anderson from drowning.

Apparently, these are the types of stories happen when a NFL player goes on "Celebrity Diving." Let's just be thankful it wasn't Katherine Webb who Suh saved out of the pool, or the Internet may have exploded.

The story, which of course came from TMZ, says the comedian and former "Family Feud" host was ready to sink to the bottom of the pool from exhaustion when Suh came to the rescue.

Among NFL players, Roger Goodell has a 61% disapproval rating (Getty Images)

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is a popular figure on the first day of the annual entry draft as first-round picks eagerly shake his hand, give him hugs and pose for pictures as they both hold up a jersey of the proud players' new team.

Goodell is less popular among players already in the league. According to a recent USA Today poll of 300 active or practice squad players, 61 percent disapprove of the job Goodell is doing as commissioner, Mike Garafolo reports.

Let's get something out of the way before we go into the dueling video game simulations of Super Bowl XLVII: Tecmo Super Bowl is the greatest football video game ever and no game will ever displace it.

The 1991 game for Nintendo was the first to have all the teams and save stats through an entire season, and turned Bo Jackson into a virtual legend. I've bought every Madden since about the 1993 version for Sega Genesis, and while that franchise is great, it can't beat the mindblowing-ness of Tecmo Super Bowl in all its 8-bit graphic glory back in the day. Anyone older than 30 who likes video games should be nodding about now.

So when a Tecmo Super Bowl simulation of the Ravens-49ers Super Bowl showed up on YouTube and had a different prediction than the Madden simulation, you know which one I'm siding with.