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"Certainly, we're taking a risk," Mara told reporters. "But we would still have the right to match, and if we decided not to do that, we're getting a first-round draft pick out of it. So yeah, it is a risk for us."
Free agents can't get new contracts until March 12, but Jenkins had no such restriction because he had been cut by Philadelphia.
The New York Giants have informed their fans ticket prices will remain the same for the 2013 season.
Strong safety Charles Woodson was released by the Green Bay Packers on February 15, and the eight-time Pro Bowler is looking for a job. Could he end up in New Jersey in 2013? It certainly appears to be a possibility.
New York Giants cornerback Corey Webster and center David Baas have re-worked their contracts for the 2013 season with the team, according to multiple reports.
There was a time when Coughlin wasn't so beloved in New York -- in the locker room, the media, you name it. "I went home one night and my wife said, 'They hate you,' " he told WFAN on Thursday.
Player safety in the NFL has been a frequent topic of conversation recently and Goodell discussed it again Wednesday during a lecture and question-and-answer session at the department of exercise and sport science at the University of North Carolina.
"Our locker room is full of clowns and, oh man, people would kill him," Smith said. "I mean, he would be the butt of every joke for at least two, three years."
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello doesn't give much credence to a magazine feature on Roger Goodell that claims the commissioner is petrified a player will die on the field.
"He's terrified of it," a Hall of Fame player told ESPN The Magazine. "It wouldn't just be a tragedy. It would be awfully bad for business."
"I hoped she would go out and do justice for an NFL tryout, because there are lots of people who have dreamed of going to the NFL," Katie Hnida told USA Today. "It should be something serious."
Frustrated and maybe a bit embarrassed, Lauren Silberman fought back tears after kicking her way into NFL history.
Lauren Silberman has scant chance at making the NFL -- but she's guaranteed to make history.
Kasa said in a Denver radio appearance that during interviews with team officials at the combine in Indianapolis: "(Teams) ask you, like, 'Do you have a girlfriend?' 'Are you married?' 'Do you like girls?'"
"I'm glad I don't have any of those free agency jitters to deal with," Beatty said. "It's settled, we're done and we're moving on."
