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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."

The Browns have signed quarterback Brian Hoyer, according to multiple reports.

New Dolphins receiver Mike Wallace told the Miami Herald that his new quarterback's arm is as strong, if not stronger, than his old quarterback's arm. In a quick comparison of both passers Wallace noted both are former receivers and both developed chemistry with him early on. "Both have strong arms," Wallace said. "Ryan has a cannon, can really fling it. ... [He] may be able to throw the ball a little farther than Ben. Obviously, Ben is more experienced in game-time experience. The way it's going, it won't take long for Ryan to be one of the great quarterbacks. I feel like we can make a lot of big plays."

The Cardinals have waived quarterback Brian Hoyer. Signed off waivers by the Steelers in December, the Cards gave him a second-round tender as a restricted free agent and tried to trade him but couldn't find a trade partner.

The New York Post reports Jets decision-makers are "in love" with rookie quarterback Geno Smith, who impressed during a recent minicamp both on and off the field. He held a players only meeting at the team hotel to work on the playbook, he handled the media with aplomb and threw well during practices. The report believes Smith did so well that he could eventually take over for David Garrard, not Mark Sanchez, when the season gets going.

A full practice report of the Jets' first day of rookie minicamp by ESPN revealed rookie quarterback Geno Smith went 11 of 15 passing in 7-on-7 drills with a drop before going 6 of 10 in team drills. The report noticed he threw fast balls into tight spaces but also was a little slow to throw a few times. According to the New York Post, Smith gave himself an "F" for his first day. "I've been studying my butt off, learning formations, learning protections," Smith said. "I had 'install one' two days ago and had to learn every single play and be able to go into the huddle and tell it to my teammates and go out there and execute it. I think I did a good job overall today. There were some bumps in the road. Those are things I think I can clean up."