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Negotiations to extend the contract of Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning will begin in earnest after the season, Colts owner Jim Irsay confirmed on Tuesday, and the deal is expected the make the Colts' star the highest paid player in NFL history.

Negotiations toward an extension of the collective bargaining agreement between the league and its players will begin on June 1, NFL executive vice president of labor/legal counsel Jeff Pash said here Tuesday.

The 31 other NFL GMs will envy the Patriots for how smoothly their franchise-player designation of Matt Cassell went. Most players dread the "honor" and drawn-out negotiations result.

Barring some glitch in negotiations, the owner of The Fish seems to have reeled in The Tuna leaving Falcons owner Arthur Blank once again staring at an empty net, writes Len Pasquarelli.

Free agent nose tackle Grady Jackson, the standout run defender released by the Falcons last week, arrived in Jacksonville on Monday night to visit with Jaguars coaches and team officials.

Oakland reached a contract agreement in principle with JaMarcus Russell on Monday.

Two days of marathon negotiations failed to produce an accord between the Oakland Raiders and quarterback JaMarcus Russell, and barring a breakthrough in the high-stakes bargaining, the team will officially commence its season Sunday.

In an effort to close the gap in negotiations, and perhaps hammer out a contract for top overall draft pick JaMarcus Russell before the start of the season, the representatives for the former LSU quarterback are set to meet Friday with Raiders officials.

Still heavy into negotiations and deliberations, embattled Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick continued on Saturday to mull his options in the dogfighting case he faces in federal court, and has still not completely ruled out the possibility of proc

A marathon Tuesday night session that included intense negotiations, and a little noshing, finally concluded in a Wednesday evening agreement between the New York Jets and first-round draft choice Darrelle Revis.

Although there has been progress in negotiations over the past few days, Cleveland Browns officials and the representatives for first-round draft pick Brady Quinn remain divided over how to structure escalator clauses in the contract.

The Broncos have reached an agreement with their first-round draft choice, defensive end Jarvis Moss.

The Jags opened training camp by closing the books on their rookie contract negotiations, reaching agreements with the team's top two selections, first-round free safety Reggie Nelson and second-round linebacker Justin Durant.

Tennessee's Travis Henry is all but set to enter the free agent market.

Barring an unexpected breakthrough in contract negotiations, ESPN.com has learned that the New Orleans will designate left defensive end Charles Grant as a franchise player before Thursday's deadline.

coach positions in the NFL over the past two years but landed none of them, is poised to become a man without a job.