Saints, Drew Brees Resume Talks

BY ESPN

The New Orleans Saints and Drew Brees' agent, Tom Condon, have resumed talks over a possible contract extension, a league source told ESPN's Ed Werder.

However, there has been minimal progress so far as the clock ticks down toward Brees' self-imposed Sunday deadline.

Brees, 37, has repeatedly stressed that he won't talk about his contract anymore once the regular season kicks off with a Week 1 home date against the Oakland Raiders.

Brees has just one year left on his current contract. And if an extension isn't reached, he could become an unrestricted free agent next spring. It would cost the Saints nearly $43 million to use the franchise tag on Brees for the third time in his career (a 44 percent raise over his current salary-cap cost of $30 million).

Brees became the highest-paid player in NFL history when he signed a five-year, $100 million contract in 2012. However, his $20 million average has been passed up 11 times since then -- including twice by Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco.

Flacco signed for a record $22.13 million per year in new money in March. Then Colts QB Andrew Luck shattered that mark with $24.6 million per year in new money last month.

San Francisco 49ers Release Bruce Miller

The San Francisco 49ers released tight end Bruce Miller on Monday afternoon after he was arrested on suspicion of assault early Monday morning in San Francisco.

According to San Francisco Sheriff's Department holding records, Miller was arrested at 11:25 am PT Monday and taken to San Francisco County Jail. He is being held on $178,000 bond and being charged with assault with a deadly weapon (not a firearm), two counts of criminal threats, battery and elder abuse.

The police said they were called to the Marriott on Fisherman's Wharf at approximately 2:45 a.m. after Miller tried to enter a hotel room occupied by an elderly couple. The couple's 29-year-old son, staying in the next room, then told Miller he was at the wrong room. Miller, who was intoxicated at the time, attacked the son and his 70-year-old father, who came to his son's defense, police said.

The father was punched by Miller and both men were taken to the hospital for their injuries, police said.

Thursday, September 8 Schedule (All Times Central)

Carolina at Denver, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, September 11 Schedule (All Times Central)

Green Bay at Jacksonville, noon

Buffalo at Baltimore, noon

Chicago at Houston, noon

Cleveland at Philadelphia, noon

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, noon

Minnesota at Tennessee, noon

Cincinnati at New York, noon

Oakland at New Orleans, noon

San Diego at Kansas City, noon

Miami at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.

Detroit at Indianapolis, 3:25 p.m.

New York at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.

New England at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.