The NFL is still sorting through potential opponents to face the Buffalo Bills in Toronto this season. A source at the league meetings says the list includes at least one team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that isn’t nearly as sexy as the one I had reported last week was a leading candidate — the Indianapolis Colts.

NFL team owners and executive are beginning to gather for the league meetings in Dana Point, Calif. Vic Carucci sets the scene in SoCal.

Depending on when you think the drama in Denver started (perhaps the better question is, who started it?), it’s unofficially Day 23 of the Jay Cutler-Josh McDaniels feud and still no resolution. The story that won’t go away is still making headlines around the league, including the effect it is (or is not) having on rumored trade bait Brady Quinn, Broncos backup QB Chris Simms, as well as what NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell thinks of the whole mess.

The Detroit Lions have begun preliminary negotiations on a contract with the player that they plan on selecting with the No. 1 pick in next month’s NFL Draft, but they aren’t saying who it might be.

The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers have been quiet this offseason — and that’s by design.

The Cincinnati Enquirer‘s Joe Reedy writes that a Week 7 play involving Pittsburgh WR Hines Ward and Bengals LB Keith Rivers is likely to come up this weekend as the NFL owners debate implementing a rule that would eliminate blind-side blocks to a defender’s head.

The Detroit Lions are confident that they won’t lose their traditional Thanksgiving Day game, Mlive.com reported Sunday.

The Nittany Lion expected to be selected the highest in this year’s draft is DE/LB Aaron Maybin. He put on weight prior to the combine and did not run very crisply, but he carried the weight better at his pro day.

The 49ers have extended an offer to veteran OT Marvel Smith and are awaiting his decision.

Five-time Pro Bowler and free agent S Roy Williams visited the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

The headliner for Cal Poly was WR Ramses Barden.

Donte’ Stallworth has rejoined the Browns and is participating in the team’s voluntary offseason workouts while Miami police await a toxicology report, Stallworth’s attorney told the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Unhappy Browns DT Shaun Rogers reportedly hasn’t shown up this week for the team’s offseason workouts, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Browns aren’t confirming who is attending the workouts.

Get the latest on pro days from Indiana, Vanderbilt and Tennessee State.

Steelers team president Art Rooney II said he is “optimistic” that the team will reach a long-term deal with LB James Harrison, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Friday.