Bill Belichick believes James White can be a three-down running back for the New England Patriots this season.

White was a fourth round pick by the Patriots out of Wisconsin.

"It's been good working with James White. He's a very interesting and versatile player," Belichick told Sirius XM NFL Radio this month, per ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss.

White has drawn comparisons to Kevin Faulk in terms of the type of role he might have with the Patriots.

The Arizona Cardinals will stop using Patrick Peterson as their full-time punt returner and he also won't play offense at all this season.

“My duties are now done,” Peterson said. “But I am completely OK with it.”

Peterson is one of the NFL's best young cornerbacks.

“Do I feel I am the best cornerback? Absolutely,” Peterson said. “That answer is never going to change. But that conversation is always going to come up.

“At the end of the day I don’t believe any of those guys are going to say, ‘This guy is better than (me).’ As a man, I can’t fathom putting another guy in front of me.”

The St. Louis Rams rank first in ESPN's list of teams with the best talent under the age of 25.

The Rams have been able to stockpile talented young players in large part due to the Robert Griffin III trade. Robert Quinn is considered one of the best young defensive players in the entire NFL.

The Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Indianapolis Colts, Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans round out the top-10.

Brill Barnwell has released his 2014 NFL Trade Value rankings, headlined by Russell Wilson at No. 1 and Andrew Luck at No. 2.

Wilson is ranked ahead of Luck because he is still two years away from being paid market value.

Aaron Rodgers is ranked No. 3, though Barnwell writes that he would rank him as the most talented quarterback in the NFL right now. But Rodgers is 30 and makes far more money than younger, cheaper quarterbacks.

J.J. Watt is the first defensive player on the list and ranks No. 4.

Colin Kaepernick and Cam Newton are ranked No. 5 and No. 6 respectively. 

Robert Quinn is at No. 7 as the second-highest ranked defensive player.

Peyton Manning, Matt Ryan, Drew Brees and Tom Brady rank No. 8-No. 11.

Here's the rest of Barnwell's top-50:

12. Patrick Peterson

13. Earl Thomas

14. Richard Sherman

15. Robert Griffin III

16. A.J. Green

17. Calvin Johnson

18. Von Miller

19. Philip Rivers

20. Eli Manning

21. Ben Roethlisberger

22. Joe Thomas

23. Joe Staley

24. Luke Kuechly

25. Greg Hardy

26. Jadeveon Clowney

27. Jimmy Graham

28. Tyron Smith

29. Duane Brown

30. Julio Jones

31. Dez Bryant

32. Tony Romo

33. Matthew Stafford

34. Patrick Willis

35. Darrelle Revis

36. Lavonte David

37. Demaryius Thomas

38. Muhammad Wilkerson

39. Trent Williams

40. Joe Haden

41. Nate Solder

42. Adrian Peterson

43. Ryan Tannehill

44. Mike Iupati

45. Ndamukong Suh

46. Gerald McCoy

47. Dontari Poe

48. Sheldon Richardson

49. Jim Harbaugh

50. Nick Foles

The Cleveland Browns will make a decision on their starting quarterback by August 23.

Brian Hoyer and Johnny Manziel are battling for the job.

"(A decision) could be sooner, and that's something we're going to discuss in that meeting," Pettine said, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. "It'll be before the third preseason game. I just don't have a date. I don't know if I'll set a date and kind of paint ourselves into a date, but it will be sooner than the third preseason game."

The Browns will play their third preseason game on Aug. 23 against the St. Louis Rams.

The Jacksonville Jaguars plan to run the ball heavily, using Toby Gerhart as their every down back.

"Toby (Gerhart) will be our workhorse," Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch told the Florida Times-Union recently.

Gerhart was previously Adrian Peterson's backup for the Minnesota Vikings.

"Toby has the ability to do it all. He can catch it well. He can pass protect well, and he's going to be in the game a lot -- third down, base downs, short-yardage, passing downs," Fisch said.

Jameis Winston served as a counselor at the Manning Passing Academy over the weekend and aspires to be a quarterback like a Manning.

"I'm an observer," Winston told reporters, "so I just observe the way (Peyton) does things. He's so detail-oriented. And how he carries himself -- I'm really trying to see how he carries himself because I want to be the guy 10, 15 years from now that's viewed like a Peyton Manning or an Eli or an Archie."

Winston has a national title ring and a Heisman Trophy.

LeSean McCoy has given Nick Foles his full faith on becoming one of the NFL's best quarterbacks.

"Nick Foles has really taken a jump, to really being a star," McCoy said, per CSN Philly. "He showed us a glimpse of him being a great player with his stats, and being in a tough situation he had to take over, but he's really turned it on, I think it's more confidence: 'No matter if I throw 20 interceptions, I'm the starting quarterback.' And that plays a big role, because you can play confident. You can be real confident and make plays. Not scared to use his talent to make an extra play."

The Green Bay Packers want to speed up their offense with a goal of running 75 plays per game.

"That seems to be the answer to some of the different things that defenses are doing," Aaron Rodgers said during an interview this offseason. 

The Packers want Eddie Lacy and all of their unning backs to turn into three-down players to limit the need for substitutions.

"We play pretty fast, but you always want to play faster," Mike McCarthy said during an interview near the end of the offseason program last month. "With a guy like Aaron, he plays faster than anybody I've ever been around." 

The Packers ranked 11th in the NFL in total plays last season.

Hue Jackson gave Andy Dalton a strong public vote of confidence as the Cincinnati Bengals' quarterback enters a key season in his career.

"We are tethered together. And I'll jump off a building with this guy," Jackson told Silver, "because I believe in the things he's trying to accomplish with his career, and I think I can help him.

Dalton is hoping to prove his worth to the Bengals and sign a contract comparable to those of Jay Cutler and Tony Romo.