Updated Player News

According to league sources, WR Troy Brown has reached agreement on a one-year deal that will bring him back to New England for a 15th season - second in club history only to Steve Grogan's 16 - and ensure that Mr. Patriot remains in Foxboro. Don't expect a fantasy impact from Brown but it is nice to see a player remain on a team for 15 seasons.

Free-agent strong safety Donovin Darius, released by the Jacksonville Jaguars last month, signed with the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday. Contract details were not immediately available. "He will bring us immediate competition in the secondary," head coach Lane Kiffin said. "Donovin exemplifies hard work and dedication to the game...He will be a great fit in our team's philosophy." Darius will help the Raiders D but won't help your IDP team.

Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall was eager to get back to a normal day's worth of on-field work at minicamp Monday after sitting out the June practice sessions. "I would say (I'm) 100 percent," he said. "I didn't feel (any pain) at all in my thigh, so I'd have to say I'm healthy and ready to go." Marshall did acknowledged he had some work to do. Marshall should be the WR2 in Denver and makes a nice sleeper pick in most drafts.

The drunken-driving charge against Baltimore quarterback Steve McNair was dropped Tuesday because a related DUI charge against his brother-in-law was reduced to reckless driving. McNair was a passenger when Nashville police stopped his pickup truck May 9 for speeding. The former Tennessee Titan was charged because police said McNair allowed his vehicle to be driven by someone who was inebriated, brother-in-law Jamie Cartwright. Draft McNair as a backup only if you have to have him on your team.