NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has vowed to protect the safety of his players by issuing hefty penalties for hits outside the rules, according to Associated Press.

The NFL will look into the inadvertent whistle rule that required officials to give the ball back to the Broncos in the final seconds of Sunday’s win over the Chargers, according to New York Daily News.

The NFL plans to give referee Ed Hochuli lower grades after he erred on a call late in Sunday's San Diego-Denver game, according to Associated Press.

NBC has nearly sold all of the available ad space for next year's Super Bowl despite what is thought to be a soft advertising market, according to Associated Press.

Former NFL executive and current CEO of FOX Sports David Hill believes that lengthening the season would dilute the league's product, according to Wall Street Journal.

Last Week’s Forecast: 10-6, but that is clouded by missing the Sunday nighter and both MNF games.

The marketing arm of the NFL Players Association has filed a lawsuit in federal court against CBS Interactive over the use of player statistics in fantasy football games, according to Associated Press.

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted on Sunday that efforts to expand the regular season to seventeen or eighteen games are moving forward, according to Chicago Sun-Times.

For the fourth-straight year, all 16 games of the NFL's kickoff weekend have sold out in advance of the local TV blackout deadline, according to NFL.

Broadcast partners Al Michaels and John Madden are hoping that the NFL returns to the city of Los Angeles in the very near future, according to Los Angeles Daily News.

The 2008 season is finally upon us and though there are about a dozen teams with serious Super Bowl hopes, RealGM's Jeff Risdon has outlined what we can expect from all 32 of them.

Daunte Culpepper, who starred for the Vikings before a knee injury in 2005 curtailed his career, retired from the NFL on Thursday, according to an Associated Press report.

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