Abnormal silence and stability followed as the NFL entered its longest stretch without a franchise move since the dry spell between the Cleveland Rams' move to Los Angeles in 1946 and the Chicago Cardinals' flight to St. Louis in 1960. As the 2013 NFL season approaches, however, green shoots of stability get lost in a dandelion field of continued upheaval.Comcast has grown its cable television subscriptions recently and is becoming a media powerhouse with the NBC Universal acquisition. A lockout of the full season would have been a tremendous bump in the road. In 2012, the company will have its logo seen on all NFL jerseys.

"I am a competitor," Rodgers said. "I care desperately about winning and doing everything I can to contribute. But personally, speaking for my own self, you learn exactly what you need to do to be able to balance the pressure from the outside with the pressure from within, that you put on yourself to be successful.Excellent column by our