--Linebacker Will Herring re-signed with the New Orleans Saints on a one-year deal. He spent the previous two seasons with the Saints, playing on special teams and providing linebacker depth. He appeared in all 16 games last season.
--Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Mark Duper was arrested and accused of child abuse, according to a CBSsports.com report. Citing an incident report, investigators claim Duper choked, punched and body-slammed a teenager, knocking him unconscious and later threatened to kill the child.
According to the police report, Duper, 54, was playing video games with a friend's kids in a Jacksonville home, when the alleged victim tossed his hat to the ground and refused to pick it up.
--No trial date has been set for Josh Brent, the Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman charged with intoxication manslaughter as the driver in the single-car accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown, but his NFL future is very much in doubt. According to the Dallas Morning News, Brent will not play for the Cowboys in 2013.

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