Deep Posts: Will Elvis leave the building?

Here are a few NFL items to mull over while realizing that yes, this is exactly what Rex Ryan throwing a baseball should look like...

-- Oh, great sweet hot flaming death. Having alienated and jettisoned every single one of their offensive playmakers from the pre-Josh McDaniels era, the Denver Broncos are now threatening to reduce Elvis Dumervil's(notes) $3.168 million restricted free agent tag to about $600,000 (10 percent more than what he made last year) if he doesn't sign the one-year tender by next Monday. Next: the inevitable McDaniels standoff, followed by the trade or release of the best pass rusher in the NFL. Then, McDaniels can get on with the business of trading Ryan Clady(notes) and the deed to Invesco Field for a third-round draft pick in 2014.

-- Other contract issues: The New Orleans Saints vs. running back Pierre Thomas; and the San Diego Chargers vs. receiver Vincent Jackson(notes) and left tackle Marcus McNeill(notes). Chargers general manager A.J. Smith, whose usual stance on player negotiations is just this side of McDaniels, went out and signed veteran tackle Tra Thomas to replace McNeil for whatever length of time McNeill might hold out. My buddy Gregg Rosenthal put the Pierre Thomas(notes) situation most succinctly:

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