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Neither Mark Sanchez nor rookie Geno Smith have done enough to distinguish themselves in the Jets' starting quarterback race, and that's fine with head coach Rex Ryan. ESPN reports Ryan says the team isn't anywhere near ready to name a starter after both quarterbacks along with their backups have been too inconsistent in workouts thus far. "It's way too early," Ryan said. "Some days this guy looks good, some days that guy looks good. ... Obviously, we don't have to make that move right now. Until we feel 100 percent comfortable with that decision, we'll leave it to competition."

ESPN was at Dolphins OTA workouts Monday and noticed that quarterback Ryan Tannehill looked sharper than a week prior. He also showed some patience on the field and wasn't afraid to throw the ball away when a play broke down. It seems as if Tannehill is focused on cutting down on his turnovers, the report suggests.

ESPN was at Dolphins OTA workouts Monday and noticed that quarterback Ryan Tannehill looked sharper than a week prior. He also showed some patience on the field and wasn't afraid to throw the ball away when a play broke down. It seems as if Tannehill is focused on cutting down on his turnovers, the report suggests.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that in 2011 Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers accounted for 69 percent of the offense. Last year, it was 71 percent. Rodgers hopes a better running game in 2013 can lead to more balance on offense -- even if that comes with less reliance on his right arm. "I just think it's better when we have balance for everybody," Rodgers said. "It helps with the passing game. It slows down the rush. It gives us opportunities to have some more one-on-ones outside. But I have high expectations for myself regardless of the coverage, the opponent, the score and I know my teammates do as well. So I enjoy the opportunity to carry whatever load is put on me and I expect to play well."

The Lions have claimed quarterback Thad Lewis off waivers from the Browns.

Rams quarterback Sam Bradford might be enjoying this offseason more than any other. For the first time in his career, Bradford will finally have the same offensive coordinator and same offensive scheme under Brian Schottenheimer, which makes things easier. "Amazing. Like I said, it just feels so much better knowing the details of this offense and actually having the ability to go over and coach our young guys," Bradford said Thursday during OTA workouts. "When you’re trying to learn an offense for the first time, it’s really hard to go over and coach some of the young guys because you’re still trying to figure everything out, too. You don’t know the exact details. You watch it on film from how someone else runs it, so you think you have an idea how you want it run, but until you actually get out there and rep it multiple times, you really don’t have that feel. Now obviously we had the opportunity to go back and watch all our cutups from last year, all the concepts that we had success with, all the concepts that we struggled with. We talked about the areas that we need to be improved, the things that we need to do, and I can take all those points from those meetings."

The Browns signed ex-Packers receiver Tori Gurley and waived quarterback Thaddeus Lewis.

The Cincinnati Enquirer noticed two highlight passes from Andy Dalton in OTA practice Tuesday, connecting on a bomb to A.J. Green on the first throw of the session and another to Marvin Jones, who beat double coverage. "I think it’s quickening up the drop or throwing the ball a little higher on different throws and things like that," Dalton said of what's changed on throwing deep. "With the time that we've had with the phase before this one getting into OTAs we've put in some work and I definitely see an improvement."

The Houston Chronicle reports that Texans coach Gary Kubiak predicted that Case Keenum, who spent his rookie season last year on the practice squad, is “going to push” T. J. Yates for the backup quarterback job behind Matt Schaub. “Everybody’s always competing,” Kubiak said. “Case has obviously made up a bunch of ground from the standpoint of what he knows and what he can handle as a player.”

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Monday that quarterback Russell Wilson was "a million miles ahead of where we were." But there's more to it than that: Wilson has put on six pounds of muscle to his lower body to handle the wear and tear of the football season. He also is taking first-team reps this spring instead of third-team reps, which is where he was as late as last August. Wilson also said a passing camp he held with teammates in L.A. helped him get a head start on offseason training. As such, the offense flowed rather smoothly in OTA workouts Monday. "I thought we did great," Wilson said. "There were a couple of miscues here and there, but I thought we were pretty sharp. Compared to where we were last year, compared to where we were last week, I think we’re miles and miles ahead."