The suggestions come flying in from everywhere. Change overtime. Add more teams to the playoffs. Eliminate the wedge. Modify instant replay. Just about everything in the NFL short of how much to charge for stadium hot dogs falls in the domain of the league's competition committee. The seven-member group is particularly in the headlines this time of year, when it makes suggestions to the 32 team...
Falcons owner Arthur Blank took the same approach with Dunta Robinson that he used two years ago on Michael Turner. Welcome to Atlanta, your first and final stop as an unrestricted agent. "I was brought in on Mr. Blank's private jet," Robinson said Monday, "and I was sold from that point on." Robinson, considered by many as the most sought-after cornerback in free agency,...
The Detroit Lions have traded two late-round draft picks to acquire cornerback Chris Houston from the Atlanta Falcons. Houston, a second-round pick for Atlanta in 2007, became expendable after the Falcons signed Dunta Robinson as an unrestricted free agent. The Falcons will receive an additional sixth-round pick from Detroit and move up from the 18th spot to second in the fifth round.