The Associated Press is reporting that the 49ers made Ted Tollner their QB coach Wednesday, promoting the assistant who gave a boost to the club's offense late last season. Tollner's new title also includes a designation as "assistant to the head coach," Mike Nolan.

Quarterback Jordan Palmer, Carson's brother, signed a two-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Jordan will have the opportunity to earn a spot as Carson's backup on the team. "Someday we'll look back and laugh about it and think it was pretty cool," Jordan told the AP in a phone interview.

Dave Campo, a former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, agreed to return to the team as their secondary coach on Tuesday, according to ESPN.com. Campo was an assistant in Jacksonville last season.

According to an Associated Press report, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have rewarded coach Jon Gruden and GM Bruce Allen contract extensions. Gruden, who led Tampa Bay's worst-to-first turnaround in the NFC South, received about $4.3M in 2007. GM Allen also was given a extension, keeping him under contract for another four years.

Mike McCarthy's new deal with the Green Bay Packers might be just a signature away. Packers' Chairman Bob Harlan said Friday negotiations between the team and McCarthy are progressing well but are not complete. "The signed copy has not crossed my desk yet," Harlan said. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported on its Web site Friday that McCarthy and the team have agreed in principle to a five-year deal worth about $4 million per season, citing an unnamed NFL source. Harlan said negotiations have been going well, but this week has been "slow" because Packers' General Manager Ted Thompson was in Houston scouting the East-West Shrine game, and McCarthy has been preparing the team for Sunday's NFC Championship Game against the New York Giants at Lambeau Field.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday reached agreement with legendary Defensive Coordinator Monte Kiffin on a multiyear contract extension, ESPN.com has learned. Under Kiffin, the Bucs' defense has ranked among the league's top 10 statistically 10 times in his 12 seasons with the club. Details of the contract were not immediately available, but it is believed the new deal will pay Kiffin in the area of $2 million per year. His previous contract, which had expired, paid $1.7 million annually. The extension came after a few weeks of negotiations.

A breakout 2007 campaign for New York Giants' backup defensive end Justin Tuck will on Friday become a break-the-bank season for the three-year veteran. Tuck and the Giants reached agreement Thursday on a five-year contract extension that runs through the 2013 season, has a maximum value of $30 million, and includes $16 million in bonuses. Barring any last-minute glitches, the final details of the deal will be completed on Friday, and the contract will be officially executed. The extension was first reported late Thursday by the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger and confirmed for ESPN.com by league sources.

After looking into two coaching jobs, Jason Garrett decided to remain offensive coordinator of the Cowboys after Dallas made him the highest-paid assistant coach in the NFL. The Cowboys promoted Garrett to assistant head coach and gave him a new contract that will pay him in the ballpark of $3 million per year, ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting. Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips' salary is also in the $3 million range. There is no word on whether the team plans to adjust Phillips' salary. Garrett went through second interviews in Baltimore and Atlanta earlier this week, then returned to Dallas to meet with team owner Jerry Jones.

The Indianapolis Colts have signed starting strongside linebacker Tyjuan Hagler to a one-year contract extension through 2008, a move that keeps the three-year veteran off the restricted free agent market. The deal is worth $1.417 million, which is the same amount of the restricted free agent qualifying offer the Colts would have made to Hagler before the start of the free agent signing period in the spring. Without the extension, other teams could have pursued Hagler and perhaps signed him to an offer sheet which would have forced the Colts to either match it or pass on it and allow the three-year veteran to depart. Barring another extension, Hagler will be eligible for unrestricted free agency in the spring of 2009. By retaining Hagler, the Colts assured that the trio of starting linebackers from a defense that statistically ranked No. 3 in the league this season will return intact for 2008.

The Dolphins might not have hired a head coach yet, but they're filling out his staff after hiring former Arkansas Offensive coordinator David Lee, according to a source. Lee will be the quarterbacks' coach, replacing Terry Shea, who was fired last week. The Dolphins refused to confirm the hire. General Manager Jeff Ireland, who interviewed Cowboys' Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line Coach Tony Sparano for the head-coaching vacancy over the weekend, is scheduled to meet with Vikings' Defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, who arrived Monday night, and former Ravens' Defensive Coordinator Rex Ryan today.