Linebacker Channing Crowder has been with the Miami Dolphins since the team selected him the third round of the 2005 draft.

The Dolphins released Crowder on the second day of camp last year and instead of joining another team, he went and joined his wife, who was 37 weeks pregnant and unable to travel. Now he wants to get back into the NFL and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Atlanta Falcons are interested in signing the Georgia native and having him play for the man who used to be his defensive coordinator in Miami, Mike Nolan.

"I'd love to play in Atlanta," the 28-year-old Crowder said, according to the Journal-Constitution. "Coach Nolan is my guy. Actually, when he got the job in Atlanta he [sent] me a text…. When I got released, he texted me back then and said that 'it was great to coach you.'"

That kind of niceness may now pay off for the Falcons.

In his career with the Dolphins, Crowder appeared in 82 games, had 345 solo tackles, was involved with 2.5 sacks, and pulled in one interception.

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Two New York Giants tight ends, Jake Ballard and Travis Beckum, may have helped their team take down the New England Patriots 21-17 in the Super Bowl, but neither could jump for joy about it at game's end. In fact, neither of them could jump at all.

Both suffered injuries during the game and Beckum's could keep him out for all of next season, according to the New York Post.

Beckum tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the first quarter and Ballard "limped off the field" early in the fourth quarter "with what was diagnosed as a torn meniscus cartilage in his left knee," the Post reports.

Still, they will always have Super Bowl champ on their resumes.

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New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski only had two receptions for 26 yards during the course of his team's Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants, but the man who lead the league in touchdown receptions with 17 claims that his injured left ankle had nothing to do with his performance.

"I was fine, my ankle was fine," Gronkowski said afterward, according to the Boston Herald. "I was 100 percent out there. I did everything they asked me to do."

Gronkowski also told reporters that he had no plans for surgery for the supposedly 100% ankle: "I just need to get some treatment in the offseason and I will be good to go," he said, the Herald reports.

Wide receiver Deion Branch appreciated Gronkowski's efforts: "I promise you 75 percent of the players in the NFL wouldn't have played, and this guy gutted it out for the team, and I truly appreciate him for it," Branch said, the Herald reports.

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Center Jeff Saturday has played for the Indianapolis Colts since 1999. He's been to five Pro Bowls since then and won a Super Bowl with the team back in 2007. The 295-pound 36-year-old free agent "was instrumental in helping to end the lockout," ESPN reports, and was rewarded by suffering through a 2-14 season.

Now the Colts are offering him a spot in the front-office and another team "has floated the idea of Saturday joining its front office," ESPN reports.

However, the site notes that Saturday "still has an interest in playing" and that one NFL scout has it that Saturday could find work if he wanted to continue.

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The city of Los Angeles has been without a pro football team since the mid-'90s when the Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams both left the area. L.A. has been trying to get a team to commit to moving there for several years now. The San Diego Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars and St. Louis Rams have all been mentioned over the past few years as possibilities to make the move.

It's also been rumored that if no team wants to go to the City of Angels, the NFL could just start a new team in town. Now word comes from CBSSports.com that if the league adds a new team in L.A., it will likely also add another team somewhere else in order to keep things balanced. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday that the league "doesn't want to move any of our teams" and "we probably don't want to go to 33" if the NFL decides expansion is a good choice.

Goodell may not have meant to do it, but now other cities will likely start pitching the league on how they would be the best choice for that second team if and when the NFL finally makes that decision.

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Now that Peyton Manning's doctor has cleared him to play next season, his situation with his current employer, the Indianapolis Colts, has gotten a little murkier. The team has till March 8 to decided whether it is going to pay the four-time NFL MVP a $28 million bonus and keep him on the roster or not.

The Indianapolis Star reports that Manning and the team "are expected to meet next week to discuss Manning's future with the team." However, owner Jim Irsay said that the final decision "probably will go into early March" since "it's a serious medical thing."

The Star notes that Manning "has been going through strenuous throwing sessions, most recently Tuesday at the Colts' complex and Thursday at an undisclosed location."

Manning also made it known this week that he has no plans to retire. Whether the Colts let him go or not, Manning surely will want to show the NFL that he's still got a lot left to offer.

In the meantime, he gets to watch his brother, Eli Manning, see if he can win a second Super Bowl against the New England Patriots.

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Since New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw re-injured his surgically repaired foot halfway through the season, he has practiced about once a week, the New York Post reports.

He wasn't expected to practice with the team Wednesday so coach Tom Coughllin was surprised to see Bradshaw out on the field at practice, according to NFC pool reporter Peter King.

Bradshaw told trainer Ronnie Barnes that he wanted to be in on the first practice of Super Bowl week, King repots.

"I just hope he's OK tomorrow,'' said Coughlin, according to King.

"For the average person who stubbed their toe on the bed, he feels that way all day long," Giants running backs coach Jerald Ingram said, the Post notes.

The 25-year-old Bradshaw rushed for 659 yards and nine touchdowns this season, though he hasn't scored yet this postseason.

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In the last three seasons, quarterback Donovan McNabb has been sent packing by three different organizations: First his longtime employer, the Philadelphia Eagles, sent him off to a division rival, the Washington Redskins. The Skins went with McNabb for 13 games and then let him go off to the Minnesota Vikings, who had him appear in six games before he was released partway through last season.

McNabb isn't ready to hang up his helmet, though. The 35-year-old six-time Pro Bowler has his eye on three different NFL teams that he thinks could use his services, according to NFL.com.

"I see three teams in the NFL, right now, that I feel like I can add a little bit of flavor to it from what they have," McNabb said, according to the site. "I won't mention those teams. But, if the phone rings, there will be a lot of decisions to make on that."

In his six games with the Vikes last year, the Chicago native threw 156 passes and connected on 94 of them for 1,025 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran the ball 14 times for 59 yards and another touchdown. However, he also threw two interceptions and fumbled the ball twice as well.

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After six seasons and 429 tackles with the Miami Dolphins, linebacker Channing Crowder was released last summer. He promptly retired to be with his wife, who was 37 weeks pregnant at the time.

Now, fully rested after a season without a team, the 28-year-old is looking to get back into the NFL and will talk to any team but the Dolphins, according to NFL.com.

"I wouldn't go on a team with [Dolphins GM] Jeff Ireland," Crowder said, according to the site. "I'm not very confident in him. He doesn't know what he's doing in my opinion. He's real disrespectful, he doesn't know how to deal with people, and the whole Dez Bryant [situation] kind of showed to the world what he's about."

Bryant, of course, was the guy that Ireland asked if his mother had been a prostitute, which Ireland apologized for later.

Crowder went on to say that he wouldn't choose to return to Miami, the site notes. "I would have to say it's the only team I don't want to play for," he said, NFL.com reports.

In his final season with the Fins, Crowder played in 11 games and had 39 tackles.

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Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason and quarterback Joe Flacco is entering the final year of his rookie contract. Owner Steve Bisciotti is promising that the pair won't be moving to new locations before next season.

"Ray and Joe Flacco will be part of this football team next year, guaranteed," Bisciotti said Wednesday, according to the Baltimore Sun. The team is planning to try and sign them both to extensions this offseason, the paper reports.

Rice, who had 1,364 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns last season, will be given the franchise tag if an extension can't be worked out with him, according to the Sun.

"Ray is an unrestricted free agent, and, obviously, the franchise [tag] has to come into play," Bisciotti said, the Sun reports. "With Joe, it doesn't. We're just going to sit down and start grinding out the contract terms."

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