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Houston Chronicle
Daniels remains a no-show at camp – M. Manfull
Despite signing his $2.792 million tender, Texans tight end Owen Daniels did not show up for the team’s mandatory minicamp Monday. He remains unhappy with his current contract situation, and he is still waiting for a long-term deal to get negotiated. Daniels also skipped the final three organized team activities last week.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/6479538.html

Houston Chronicle
For Quin, life’s a box of chocolates – R. Justice
His life story will get better and better if he turns out to be as good as the Texans think. Check back in a couple of years when we’ll have him outrunning jackrabbits and wrestling alligators.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/6480691.html

Houston Chronicle
Scratch off before Texans kick off – M. Manfull
The Texans have officially partnered with the Texas Lottery. They signed their agreement this week, making them the first NFL team in the state with this type of partnership. The Dallas Cowboys are still finalizing an agreement of their own with the Texas Lottery.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/6480205.html

Dallas Morning News
Texans strike up deal with lottery – K. Rieken
A person familiar with details of the partnership says the Houston Texans will unveil an instant-win game featuring their logo through the Texas Lottery on Tuesday.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D98RE5SO2.html

ESPN.com
Might hovering contract issues distract Texans? – P. Kuharsky
It hovers, like a storm cloud, over Reliant Stadium and the Texans' practice facility. A young team expected to make a big jump has three key players unhappy over their contract situations:
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afcsouth/0-10-75/Might-hovering-contract-issues-distract-Texans-.html

Chicago Tribune
Rex Grossman begins anew with Texans – D. Haugh
Twelve NFL teams will report to training camp next month with No. 1 quarterbacks who have not won as many games as a starter as Rex Grossman.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-16-haugh-onbears-chicagojun16,0,1307641.story

HoustonTexans.com
Mini-camp report: Day 1 – B. Bentley
The Texans began their three-day mini-camp on Monday with several new players in the fold, namely quarterback Rex Grossman, defensive end Connor Barwin and running back Jeremiah Johnson. Not in attendance was tight end Owen Daniels, who signed a one-year tender over the weekend.
/news/Story.asp?story_id=5340

NFL News

CBSSports.com
Ryan Rule? Bears, Jets quickly close all deals with draftees – C. Judge
The New York Jets have signed all of their draft picks. So have the Chicago Bears. That's not news if it's mid-July, but we're over a month away from the start of training camps. So what in the name of Mark Sanchez is going on? I'll tell you what. Nothing.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/11859407

ESPN.com
Favre is leading this dance – K. Seifert           
From my vantage point, Brett Favre's live televised interview Monday night confirmed the essence of nearly everything we've discussed about his possible return here on the Black and Blue blog -- and then some. In the end, I think it's clear that Favre has total and complete control of whether he will be Minnesota's starting quarterback in 2009.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcnorth/0-12-60/Favre-is-leading-this-dance.html

USA TODAY
Payment due now on five-year plan for Campbell, Redskins – N. Davis
Can Washington Redskins fans realistically expect a second-year NFL head coach coming off a .500 maiden voyage to win a Super Bowl even though he has questions under center and his division has talented teams in Dallas, New York and Philadelphia that finished ahead of his in 2008?
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/redskins/2009-06-15-organization-report_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

FOXSports.com
The truth behind the NFL's injury reports – A. Marvez
Talk about your royal pains. The NFL has again come under media fire this offseason for its in-season injury policy. Some ailments — like the frayed biceps tendon that helped doom Brett Favre's 2008 campaign — didn't come to light until after the season had ended. The severity of other injuries was never fully disclosed. This offseason, some players (Antonio Cromartie, Atari Bigby, and others) have even admitted feeling pressured by their own teams not to publicly say how badly they were hurt because of strategic reasons.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9684484/The-truth-behind-the-NFL's-injury-reports

SportsIllustrated.com
Jay Glazer responds to critics; best and worst of the week – R. Deitsch
Fox Sports reporter Jay Glazer often refers to procuring stories as "scoopage," and over the past two years his reporting diligence has resulted in some major scoopage for his employers, from news of Brett Favre's trade to the Jets to obtaining a copy of the Patriots' Spygate videotape.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/richard_deitsch/06/15/media-circus/index.html

NFL.com
Rookie contract negotiations become a priority this time of year – P. Kirwan
While the NFL's busy schedule does slow down a bit this time of year, it remains true that 'there is no offseason in the NFL.' Organized team activities may be winding down and coaches might be planning for some vacation time, but there are still a number of issues that never seem to go away. Most of those issues revolve around contract negotiations.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d810d7318&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

Yahoo! Sports
Marshall goes wrong way on Cutler Highway – M. Silver
Brandon Marshall walked out of the Denver Broncos’ training facility on Friday carrying packed boxes to his car, then pulled out of the parking lot and away from a mandatory minicamp. There’s a strong possibility he won’t be coming back.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AlDVOJsH.uFK2t2zNnyhpp1DubYF?slug=ms-trippintuesday061609&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Pro Football Weekly
Face of a franchise – M. Cannizzaro
Pressure? What pressure? All Mark Sanchez faces as the new face of the New York Jets is the burden of leading the roller-coaster franchise to its first Super Bowl since Joe Namath led it to the NFL title 40 years ago.
http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/AFC/AFC+East/NY+Jets/Features/2009/sanchez1.htm

Florida Times-Union
Jaguars' Jones-Drew is already making plays for his post-NFL future – V. Stellino
Maurice Jones-Drew likes to look at the big picture, even though he's on the fast track to success in the NFL. The Jaguars standout recently signed a $31 million contract extension and is the team's featured running back now that Fred Taylor has departed.
http://www.jacksonville.com/sports/football/jaguars/2009-06-16/story/jaguars_jones-drew_is_already_making_plays_for_his_post-nfl

Nashville Tennessean
Titans to play a pat hand at defensive end – G. Estwick
Defensive end Jacob Ford wants to do more, and do it more often. Sure, he finished last season with seven sacks, ranking second on the Titans defense. And yes, he accomplished this as a reserve player in just his second NFL season.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090616/SPORTS01/906160348/1027/Titans+to+play+a+pat+hand+at+defensive+end