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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
PBT: Jeremy Lin wasn't his hot self on Saturday, but he still led the Knicks to victory.
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has hole-by-hole reports.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Euro Roundup: First-place Manchester City won 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday on Joleon Lescott's goal in the 63rd minute, maintaining its two-point lead over Manchester United in the Premier League.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
Former Giants and Eagles RB Charles Scott pleaded not guilty Thursday to one charge of sexual battery of an 18-year-old woman.
Scott, Philly's sixth-round pick in 2010, was arrested in November of 2011 on a count of simple rape. Scott, who played college football at LSU, flamed out quickly in the pros before his arrest. He's not going to be an NFL player.
Giants LE Justin Tuck and the team's medical staff are still "debating" whether he will require surgery on his ailing shoulder.
Tuck battled toe, neck, ankle and groin injuries before coming down with the shoulder injury early in the playoffs. "Honestly, you don't want to have surgery," explained Tuck, "so we are doing everything we can in our power not to have surgery." Tuck's +12.0 rating landed him on Pro Football Focus' All-Postseason Team.
GM Jerry Reese concedes that TEs Jake Ballard (ACL tear) and Travis Beckum (ACL tear) will likely start the 2012 season on the PUP list.
The recovery timetable is typically eight months, pushing the two tight ends into at least October. Both players are scheduled to go under the knife on Feb. 21. Although Reese thinks highly of practice squad TE Christian Hopkins, suggesting he could compete for "significant playing time," the position figures to be on the list of offseason priorities.
The New York Daily News considers free agent RT Kareem McKenzie "unlikely" to be re-signed.
McKenzie turns 33 in May and was a considerable liability in pass protection for much of the season, including the playoffs. David Diehl's versatility gives the Giants several options at right tackle for 2012. Last year's fourth-rounder, James Brewer, could be promoted if he excels in training camp.
Giants WR Victor Cruz tells PFT Live that he feels like he deserves "to be paid more money at this point."
Acknowledging that he was paid appropriately in 2011 because he entered the league as an undrafted free agent, Cruz hardly seems likely to go the diva route. After breaking the Giants franchise receiving record and earning the Vizio Top Value Performer Award, which goes to the NFL player who does the most for the least money, Cruz's play merits a raise on his $490,000 salary for 2012.
The New York Daily News expects the Giants to attempt to re-sign MLB Jonathan Goff (ACL surgery) to a short-term, low-risk deal.
A 16-game starter in 2010, Goff tore his right ACL in September and missed the entire season. Goff, 26, was one of the league's better two-down inside 'backers the previous year, and he's got more value to the Giants than anywhere else. We suspect he'll re-sign, but be forced to compete for the job in camp.
Giants signed QB Ryan Perrilloux, WRs Dan DePalma and Isaiah Stanback, DT Dwayne Hendricks, TE Christian Hopkins, LB Adrian Tracy, OT Selvish Capers, CB Brandon Bing, and RB Andre Brown to reserve/future contracts.
All of the above ended the 2011 season on the Giants' practice squad. Perrilloux and Capers were shuffled back and forth between the practice squad and waiver wire. Perrilloux might have an outside chance to stick as the team's No. 3 QB in 2012. Of course, he'd need the G-Men to carry three quarterbacks.
Wesseling: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for AFC teams.
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.