May 2015 - Football Wiretap

Monte Kiffin Won't Return To Cowboys In 2015
Monte Kiffin, who turns 75 later this month, would like to continue coaching in some capacity.

Todd Archer/ESPN

Mark Helfrich Signs $17.5M Extension With Oregon
Mark Helfrich led Oregon to the College Football Playoff National Championship in his second with the Ducks.

Kyle Bonagura/ESPN

NFL Films' Ed Sabol Passes Away At 98
Ed Sabol was the founder of NFL Films who helped turn pro football into theater.

AP

Kris Richard Promoted By Seahawks To Defensive Coordinator
Kris Richard is a former USC player and former Seahawk.

Bob Condotta/Seattle Times

Colts May Not Bring Back Trent Richardson
Trent Richardson gained 15 pounds during the season.

Mike Wells/ESPN

Mayock: Marcus Mariota Will Be Project For Every Team But Eagles
Mike Mayock said that if the Eagles "think he's the guy and that they can win a Super Bowl with Marcus Mariota, given people around him and a good defense, then I think they have to try and go get h

Mike Huguenin/NFL.com

Tom Clements Taking Over Packers' Play-Calling Duties From McCarthy
The appointments come one month after Mike McCarthy openly wondered why his assistant coaches weren't being connected to head-coach vacancies.

Dan Hanzus/NFL.com

Rams Trying To Restructure Sam Bradford's Contract
Sam Bradford has missed 25 of the past 32 games and 31 total over his five-year career.

Jim Thomas/St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NFL Names Elizabeth Nabel As First Chief Health And Medical Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Nabel will be the league's senior medical expert and will work directly with Roger Goodell.

Press Release

Greg Hardy's Domestic Violence Charges Dismissed
Greg Hardy had reached a civil suit agreement with the woman, who couldn't be found for the criminal trial.

NFL.com

NFL's Text Probe Could Impact Free Agency Of Brian Hoyer
Brian Hoyer is planning on considering all options.

Pat McManamon/ESPN

Richie Incognito Signs With Bills
Richie Incognito hasn't played a single down in the NFL since the bullying scandal involving Jonathan Martin.

Kevin Patra/NFL.com

Ndamukong Suh Would Prefer To Sign With Seahawks
Ndamukong Suh would prefer to sign with a team on the west coast.

Jason Cole/Bleacher Report

Patriots Ready To Begin Work On Darrelle Revis Extension
Jonathan Kraft said that Darrelle Revis' current contract for 2015, which would count $25 million against the salary cap, is just "a placeholder".

Shawn Krest/CBS Sports

Ken Norton Jr. Hired By Raiders As Defensive Coordinator
The promotion is ideal for Ken Norton Jr. and will allow him to join forces with Jack Del Rio.

Conor Orr/NFL.com

Brees: Lions' Offense Ran 95 Percent Of Saints' Plays
Joe Lombardi spent seven seasons with the Saints before joining the Lions' staff.

Evan Woodbery/Times-Picayune

Doug Marrone Looking Ahead At Work With Jaguars
Doug Marrone acknowledged that he was baffled at a former assistant coach's claims that he was self-centered, selfish and greedy.

Michael DiRocco/ESPN

Earl Thomas Out 6-8 Months With Torn Labrum
Earl Thomas played in the Super Bowl with a torn labrum in his left shoulder and will undergo surgery.

Ian Rapoport/NFL.com

Washington's Letter To Fans Omits Robert Griffin III As Core Player
Washington sent a letter to season ticket-holders and listed key players of the francise while leaving out Robert Griffin III.

Marc Sessler/NFL.com

Rams To Hire Frank Cignetti As Offensive Coordinator
Frank Cignetti was previously quarterbacks coach of the Rams and was one of Jeff Fisher's original hires with the Rams.

NFL.com

Luke McCown Re-Signs With Saints
Luke McCown, 33, will be entering his 11th NFL season and second with the Saints.

Alex Marvez/Fox Sports

Kam Chancellor Played Super Bowl With Torn MCL
Kam Chancellor said he didn't know whether he was going to play Sunday when he went down in practice, even though he was listed as probable.

Terry Blount/ESPN

Cardinals Hire James Bettcher As Defensive Coordinator
James Bettcher had been on the Cardinals' staff in both of Bruce Arians' seasons.

ProFootballTalk

Drew Brees, Jimmy Graham Have 2015 Salaries Guaranteed
Drew Brees is due a salary of $18.75 million this year.

Mike Triplett/ESPN

D'Qwell Jackson Arrested On Charge Of Assaulting Pizza Delivery Driver
D'Qwell Jackson assaulted a pizza delivery employee over a parking space.

Sports Illustrated

Bill Belichick Explains Not Calling Timeout At End Of Super Bowl
Bill Belichick said he considered calling a timeout, but changed his mind at the last second.

Marc Sessler/NFL.com

Russell Wilson Wants To Spend Entire Career With Seahawks
Russell Wilson is eligible for a contract extension this offseason.

RealGM Staff Report

No. 1 Recruit Commits To Auburn
Byron Cowart, a defensive end from Florida, is the No. 1 rated player in the ESPN 300.

Derek Tyson/ESPN

Dick LeBeau Hired By Titans To Run Defense
Ken Whisenhunt and Dick LeBeau worked together with the Steelers.

Jim Wyatt/Tennessean

Josh Gordon Suspended At Least One Season By NFL
Josh Gordon has been suspended for the entire 2015 season by the NFL for violating the league's Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.

Chris Wesseling/NFL.com