Dan Rooney is trying to keep the family from losing majority ownership after 75 years.

John Lynch, the nine-time Pro Bowl safety signed by New England two weeks ago, was released Sunday.

“It goes without saying but John is an all-time great safety, one of the league’s classiest professionals and his elite play speaks for itself,” coach Bill Belichick said of Lynch, who turns 37 on Sept. 25. “As has been the case in other situations, I would not rule anything out down the road.

A hurricane has driven the Saints out of New Orleans again. They don’t plan on being gone nearly as long this time.

With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf Coast three years after Katrina swamped New Orleans, the Saints left Saturday for Indianapolis, where they will spend the week preparing for the Sept. 7 opener against Tampa Bay.

The Saints will practice at the Colts’ new Lucas Oil Stadium. Their schedule wasn’t immediately known, although meetings were set for Sunday at their hotel.

The New York Giants shored up their defensive end position by signing former Philadelphia Eagles first-round pick Jerome McDougle.

The Super Bowl champions lost seven-time Pro Bowler Michael Strahan to retirement in June and then had two-time Pro Bowler Osi Umenyiora sidelined with a season-ending knee injury a little more than a week ago in a game against the Jets.

New York moved Mathias Kiwanuka from linebacker back to defensive end days after Umenyiora was hurt.

For years, Ricky Williams was the punchline to a joke. Several of them, in fact. Now? Alex Marvez says he’s an NFL success story.

As our division previews conclude, we check in on the NFC West. Seattle may be a West Coast team, but it’s anything but soft.