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• 49ers WR Michael Crabtree could miss 2013 season after suffering a torn Achilles (Shutdown Corner) May 22, 2013
  San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree suffered a torn Achilles during the team's OTA practice on Tuesday and could miss the entire 2013 season, Mike Garafolo of the USA Today reports. The severity of the tear (complete or partial tear) is currently unknown and should be the determining factor for how much time Crabtree will miss. As noted by Garafolo, two players — Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Da'Quan Bowers — returned to the playing field in 2012 after suffering Achilles injuries during the OTAs. Lindsay Jones of the USA Today notes that, in 2011, Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas returned to action seven months after tearing his Achilles . However, losing Crabtree for even part of the season would be a major blow to the 49ers as the 2009 first-round pick out of Texas Tech is coming off a breakout season. Crabtree established career-highs with 85 receptions for 1,105 yards with nine touchdowns and his involvement in the 49ers' offense increased with the insertion of Colin Kaepernick at quarterback. Over the final seven starts, Crabtree was targeted on 10 or more passes four times as he caught 41 passes for 595 yards with five touchdowns during that stretch. Crabtree was targeted by Kaepernick on 28 passes in the 49ers' three playoff games, resulting in 20 completions for 285 yards and three touchdowns.
• New England Patriots’ Danny Amendola Facing Unfair Comparisons to Wes Welker (Yahoo! Contributor Network) May 22, 2013
  COMMENTARY| The 2013 NFL season will be full of changes for the New England Patriots, who overhauled their wide receiver corps during the offseason, highlighted by free agent Danny Amendola replacing the departed Wes Welker. Although Amendola has yet to have an official pass thrown his way in Foxboro, he is already experiencing unfair comparisons to his predecessor.
• Broncos offer to Woodson was worth up to $3.7 million (NBC Sports) May 22, 2013
  The Broncos offered Charles Woodson a chance to contend for a Super Bowl. The Raiders offered Charles Woodson a chance to, well, probably not. But the difference in the offers apparently wasn’t that large in terms of dollars. Acording to a report by Mike Klis of the Denver Post, Denver’s one-year deal with “reachable incentives”…
• Charles Woodson returns to Raiders (The SportsXchange) May 21, 2013
  ALAMEDA, Calif. - Charles Woodson's career has come full circle, as the defensive back signed with the Oakland Raiders following a visit with the team Tuesday.
• Charles Woodson agrees to one-year deal with the Oakland Raiders (Shutdown Corner) May 21, 2013
  Free agent defensive back Charles Woodson is returning to the Oakland Raiders as Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com reports that the 36-year-old has agreed to terms on a one-year contract with the team that selected him with the fourth overall pick of the 1998 NFL draft. The one-year deal has been confirmed by the Raiders . According to Josina Anderson of ESPN.com, the deal includes a signing bonus of $700,000 and is worth a maximum of $4.3 million . Woodson, who won the 1997 Heisman Trophy while at the University of Michigan, was the 1998 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and was named to four Pro Bowls during his eight-year stint with the Raiders. Woodson joined the Green Bay Packers in 2006 and in seven seasons Woodson would twice lead the NFL in interceptions (2009, 2011). Woodson was named to four Pro Bowl squads and earned Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2009 before he was moved to safety during a 2012 season where he would nine games with a broken clavicle.