It is currently one of the saddest, slowest times in the NFL offseason. So here are a few ways you can pass the time and still get your football fix.

Veteran NFL WR Randy Moss is meeting with the Saints on Tuesday and also has at least one team visit set up for next week, according to league sources.

The New England Patriots have used their franchise tag on WR ​Wes Welker​, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Frustration has built with Saints QB Drew Brees, according to sources with knowledge of the situation, and the team will use its franchise tag on him, short of a rapidly developing long-term deal.

Second-year quarterback Jonathan Crompton has agreed to a three-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to a league source.

We know, you’re good and ready for the lockout to end and for free agency to begin. As the Commissioner said in Radio City Music Hall last month, we hear you. So if we can’t start free agency yet, let’s at least talk about it.

There aren’t a ton of signings right off the bat as free agency begins, but here is a rundown of several players who have scheduled visits with teams that have expressed interest.

With an uncapped year looming for 2010, everyone will be playing under an entirely different set of rules.

Once again, the NFL is reminded that only players and agents fully win in March. Teams can’t. Last offseason, one free agent wide receiver after another hit paydirt — the only kind they can at that time of the year.