• Good news, Raiders fans. JaMarcus Russell has reported to camp, and he's in pretty decent shape. There were once rumors that Russell was over 300 pounds, but he says he was never close to that, and he showed up at a relatively-svelte 269.

• Patriots president Jonathan Kraft recently had some not-so-nice words for ESPN and their coverage of Spygate (imagine that), and Stampede Blue wonders why anyone cares what the Kraft family thinks anymore.

• The Falcons have begun contract negotiations with Matt Ryan, which has to make everyone in the Falcons organization a little nervous. Not because there's anything wrong with Ryan, but just the very idea of giving a quarterback a huge long-term deal has to make everyone in Falconland a little queasy. This may be the first contract in NFL history with a "no dog murder" clause written into it.

• This is from the same story linked above, but I'm going to link it again, just because I'm not sure of the etiquette here. Michael Irvin once opined that every NFL rookie should be required to visit the Hall of Fame in Canton, and the NFL decided to make it policy. Every rookie's now required to visit the Hall of Fame.

• There's some talk tucked away at the bottom of this article about the possibility of the Chargers, Raiders, or Saints moving to Los Angeles after 2010.

• Herman Edwards is well aware that the Chiefs offensive line needs an Extreme Offensive Line Makeover.

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