NFL's Manziel To Appear In Court May 5

A Dallas judge has ordered Johnny Manziel to appear in court May 5 and set bond at $1,500 after the former Cleveland Browns quarterback was indicted on a misdemeanor assault charge.

Judge Roberto Canas told ESPN's John Barr on Wednesday that on May 5 he will briefly explain the conditions of the bond to Manziel. The judge said that he is fine with Manziel turning himself in sometime next week. Manziel's attorney, Robert Hinton, told ESPN that Manziel won't turn himself in until the day of the hearing or the day before.

Asked by ESPN whether Manziel would turn himself in at the jail, right behind the courthouse, or someplace else, Hinton replied, "Might be someplace else." He went on to say neither he nor the prosecutor in the case want a "media circus."

Conditions of the bond mandate that Manziel stay away from the alleged victim -- his former girlfriend, Colleen Crowley -- and that he not possess a firearm. Manziel, who has a documented history with alcohol, is not prohibited from drinking.

The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner and Texas A&M star was accused by Crowley of hitting her and threatening to kill her during a night out on Jan. 30. Crowley said in court documents that Manziel struck her so hard that she temporarily lost hearing in one ear.

NFL Ready To Suspend Brady

The NFL doesn't see any need to reopen settlement talks with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the NFL Players Association regarding Brady's four-game suspension, a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The source said the NFL doesn't believe the NFLPA or anyone from Brady's camp has provided a reason to renew settlement discussions after the suspension was upheld by a federal appeals court earlier this week. The league believes the time for those talks has come and gone, the source said.

The league and attorneys for the NFLPA engaged in talks for several months last summer in an attempt to reach a settlement in Brady's appeal of the suspension for his involvement in the Deflategate scandal.

They could not come to an agreement, and on Sept. 3, U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman overturned the suspension.

On Monday, a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the suspension. The court ruled 2-1 that commissioner Roger Goodell did not deprive Brady of "fundamental fairness" with his procedural rulings.