NFL-National Football League roundup

May 24 (The Sports Xchange) - Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II feels the NFL will be holding games in Mexico and Germany within the next five years. Rooney, one of the members of the NFL's International Committee, is optimistic the league will stage games in two more countries. He spent time during the recent owners meetings working on the expansion of the league's global footprint. "If I had to put a timetable on it, I would be disappointed if we don't have games in those two countries within the next five years," Rooney told the team's website. "The audience in those two countries -- there are enough NFL fans in both to support a game, and so it's really a matter of being able to put together a stadium situation that would work well for us, as well as being able to put together a broadcasting and digital media-style programming so the games can be broadcast in those countries as well being played there." The NFL will hold three games in London in 2015 as part of the regular-season schedule. Overall, the league has scheduled 14 games in London since 2007. - - - About 150 New England Patriots fans chanted and waved signs after they filled a Gillette Stadium parking lot in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Sunday to protest the four-game suspension of quarterback Tom Brady for Deflategate. The event, known as the "Free Tom Brady" rally, was organized by Pablo Munoz, a 22-year-old part-time janitor. The protesters, many of whom wore Brady jerseys, held signs asking NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to rescind the suspension. The penalty was imposed on Brady after an investigation led by Ted Wells found it was more probable than not that Brady was at least aware of team employees who let air out of Patriots' footballs prior to January's AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. Goodell plans to hear Brady's appeal of the suspension soon. - - - Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster John Madden thinks Pete Carroll's Super Bowl call will "torment" the Seattle Seahawks coach forever. Madden said the memory will not get any easier with time for Carroll, who has acknowledged he would always regret the decision to pass at the goal line rather than run in Seattle's 28-24 loss to the New England Patriots. "That will torment him forever," Madden told Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times during an interview that covered a wide range of topics. "Winning one game is hard. Getting to the Super Bowl is hard. Then getting that close and losing has to be tough, because we only remember the winners of the Super Bowl." - - - Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley feels the quarterbacks on the team have an equal shot of winning the starting job. Whaley denied reports that the team is moving on from quarterback EJ Manuel. The Bills acquired Matt Cassel and Tyrod Taylor in the offseason to compete with Manuel for job. "For us we're excited about the future of all three of those guys," Whaley said. "It's going to be a great competition. And we can keep three quarterbacks. So I dismiss that as just someone trying to get something stirred during this down time and lack of media stories for the NFL." - - - Atlanta Falcons outside linebacker Brooks Reed suffered a groin injury during voluntary minicamp and could miss the start of organized team activities this week. According to ESPN.com, the injury was termed "minor." (Editing by Gene Cherry)