The feeling of draft week took a more firm hold Wednesday morning when the 17 prospects who are in town visited NFL headquarters in Manhattan.

The Saints will play host to the Vikings in a rematch of the NFC Championship Game to kick off the 2010 season on Thursday night, Sept. 9. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the game during his chat on NFL.com.

Add Solomon Wilcots to the chorus of opinions on Ben Roethlisberger. The former defensive back, who spent one season with the Steelers in 1992, sat down with Fran Charles on Monday’s “NFL Total Access” and offered his take on how the league should handle the situation and what Pittsburgh should do on draft day in response.

Steelers president Art Rooney II delivered a clear message to embattled QB Ben Roethlisberger Thursday. Roethlisberger will be discplined by the Steelers and the NFL, but he’ll be given a second chance by the team.

Terry Bradshaw is calling for commissioner Roger Goodell to suspend Ben Roethlisberger for the quarterback’s own good.

There’s no blueprint for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to deal with the possible suspension of Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger. But his decision needs to be swift, and the punishment has to be more than two games.

Having taken the temperature of members of the Steelers’ organization, I am more convinced than ever that Ben Roethlisberger will miss at least a game or two of the 2010 NFL season for his actions this offseason.

Ben Roethlisberger is headed from Pittsburgh to New York now for an afternoon meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, according to a league source.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has mentioned several times that he will be meeting with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger regardless of whether or not charges are filed following sexual assault allegations in Georgia.

When the editors at Men’s Fitness unveiled their list of the 25 fittest guys in the world for 2010, it included two members with NFL ties: Houston Texans WR Andre Johnson and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

In an effort to have teams play their top players through the final games of the season, the NFL is considering making the final week — and possibly weeks — of the season all divisional matchups.

Vikings owner Zygi Wilf and Texans chairman & CEO Robert McNair offered differing opinions on the proposed playoff overtime rule change from the NFL Annual Meeting.

Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger flew to Georgia on Saturday to cooperate with an investigation into a recent sexual assault charge filed against him, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Another round of labor talks between the NFL and NFLPA took place Thursday amid the start of the combine, but there were no indications that a new collective bargaining agreement will be reached before March 5, thus, a season without a salary cap seems a certainty, although no one is saying that on the record.

Vikings DE Ray Edwards will be a restricted free agent if the NFL and players union don’t have a new deal by March 5. Edwards isn’t too happy about that, not to mention the fact that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell makes $9 million per year — considerably more than most players.