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Tim Tebow will enter training camp as the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback for 2012. The team sought to curb the circus that's sure to surround Tebow this offseason by declaring him the incumbent at a season-ending news conference Monday.

John Elway, a Hall of Famer who rejoined the team a year ago as chief of football operations, has pledged to work with Tebow this offseason to polish...

The NFL cleared the way for some basic football operations to begin at 8 a.m. EDT Friday, five days after a federal judge declared the lockout illegal and nearly seven weeks after it began.

The NFL has told its teams and players to get back to football, at least for now.

The NFL sent a letter to the 32 teams Thursday reminding them of the rules and restrictions for the bench area and sidelines.Ray Anderson, the league's executive vice president for football operations, emphasized the responsibilities placed on each team to appoint a "get-back coach" to ensure that players, coaches and other staff are in compliance ...

The NFL will immediately begin suspending players for dangerous and flagrant hits that violate rules, particularly those involving helmets.

Suspensions will be in place for this weekend's games and could be handed out for hits that took place last Sunday, vice president of football operations Ray Anderson said Tuesday.

The NFL could soon start suspending players for dangerous helmet-to-helmet hits, vice president of football operations Ray Anderson told The Associated Press on Monday.

For the Indianapolis Colts draft day is the Bill Polian show. Of course these days it is a family affair as his son Chris has taken over the day-to-day football operations of this team.

The Denver Post reports that the Washington Redskins have reached a deal with Mike Shanahan to make him the team's next head coach and, according to ESPN.com, Executive Vice President of Football Operations.

Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner has hired Mike Holmgren to run his football team. Holmgren's official title will be President of Football Operations, and it is unknown yet if he will hire a General Manger or Director of Pro personnel to help make those decisions, and to watch the tape, since Holmgren notoriously hates to watch tape.

In what is surely the first of many moves the Washington Redskins will make to help the team improve Vinny Cerrato has resigned as Vice President of Football operations, and Bruce Allen has been hired and given the General Manger title.

That title is significant since Allen will be the first person the 'Skins front office to hold that title since Dan Snyder bought the team.