Gary Kubiak and the Texans will not be on Hard Knocks this off-season.

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports that the Houston Texans are the latest team to turn down an opportunity to appear on the show. The team did not make an official statement on the matter, but McClain expressed his opinion on why he thinks the Texans refused to appear on the show.

Gary Kubiak is about as private a coach as you’ll find. I could never seen him in his office with cameras all over the place.

Other teams that have declined appearing on the show include the Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins. The Jacksonville Jaguars, however, have said that they would be willing to do the show, but HBO seems to be ignoring them.

Last year HBO did not air Hard Knocks because of the labor dispute.

The Raiders must make up for McClain's absence.

The charges include assault in the third degree, reckless endangerment, menacing in the state of Alabama and wrongful discharge of a firearm, according to the Decatur Municipal Court clerk. He must spend 45 days in prison for each charge, which totals 180 consecutive days. He also must pay a fine of $500.

McClain has appealed the charges.

In addition to the legal punishment, McClain will likely receive punishment from the NFL.

As Britt is recovering, he had to have a second operation on his knee. He had the surgery on Wednesday, according to Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean. The Titans are downplaying the operation by saying that it isn’t going to be a setback and they still expect Britt to start week one. The second operation was an arthroscopic procedure.

While the Titans are downplaying this, it can’t be good news that the young receiver had to undergo a second operation. The Titans need Britt next year if they want to stay competitive in the AFC South.

Palmer invited Owens to train with some of the Raiders receivers.

Palmer invited Owens to Oakland to do some off-season training with Raiders receivers such as Darrius Heyward-Bey and Eddie McGee and tight end David Ausberry. He felt like the training session was important for them.

“It was great for them,” Palmer said, via Paul Gutierrez of CSNBayArea.com. “It’s good to be around that. I think it was good for them to see that’s what it takes if you want to play for a long time and you want to be successful and have yards and catches and touchdowns and all that and that’s what it takes to work.”

This story kind of makes it sound like Palmer would be open to the idea of signing Owens to the roster, but he said that’s not the case.

“I love the guys we have,” Palmer said. “I don’t know where the spots are to be had. You can only carry so many receivers. . . . Training camp, at that position, is going to be really interesting because there’s a lot of guys. There’s too many guys.”

Owens currently plays for the Indoor Football League Allen Wranglers. In six games with the team he has caught 27 passes for 357 yards and 10 touchdowns.

McNabb finished his season with the Vikings throwing for four touchdowns and two interceptions while averaging only 171 passing yards a game. To put that in perspective, McNabb’s average yards per game was half of what Drew Brees was averaging a game.

McNabb was a 6x Pro Bowler during his days with the Eagles.

Even though McNabb was no longer the starter, Minnesota kept him on the roster for a few more weeks before releasing him in early December. No teams picked up the veteran quarterback as he was unable to show the same skills in Minnesota and Washington as he was able to show in Philadelphia.

The 35-year-old quarterback isn’t ready to call it quits, however. He is planning on signing with a team this off-season and his former coach believes he will.

“I still think he can play. I think the world of him, and we had some great years together here. I’m always wishing him the best and a fan of his. I got a chance to see him at Brian Dawkins’ retirement [event],” Eagles coach Andy Reid told the NFL Network. “He looks good. He looks physically good. He looks like he could go out and play tomorrow. I would highly recommend [him].”

McNabb himself spoke with ESPN and told them that he is in great shape. He allowed them to film him as he was working out.

“I’m in great shape,” McNabb told ESPN in a “SportsCenter” interview that aired Monday. “I’ve dropped 15, 20 pounds.”

When they asked him if he had any specific teams in mind, McNabb responded by saying, “I have a list. A full list, of 32.”

Even though McNabb was once at the top of his position, leading his team to five NFC title games and one Super Bowl appearance in his 11 seasons with the Eagles, McNabb has fallen off in recent years. It’s doubtful that a team would sign him on their roster at this point, even as a backup.

The incident reportedly involved Marshall punching a woman in the face, but police had a hard time finding evidence to support the accusation. The report claims that there will be no charges filed and the case will be closed.

Marshall recently spoke about the incident on a radio show last week.

“You definitely have to let the judicial system take its course but again this also is one of those things as a result of everything I’ve been through in the past,” Marshall said last week on “The Waddle & Silvy Show” on ESPN 1000. “When you go through things that I’ve been through it makes you a bigger target. Not only am I an NFL player, I’m an NFL player that has had trouble in the past. Whenever I step out the target on my back is pretty much bigger than 90 percent, 95 percent of the guys in the league because of who I am and what I’ve been through.”

Palmer joined the Raiders when they were 4-2 and finished the season 8-8.

The Bengals traded Palmer to the Oakland Raiders where he threw for 2,753 yards, 13 touchdowns and 16 interceptions in 10 games. Palmer’s season with the Raiders was a roller coaster. He had some good moments with the team, such as week 17 when he threw for over 400 yards, but he also had bad moments such as week 14 when he threw four interceptions.

Either way, the trade, at the time, was considered to be one-sided. Many believed that the Raiders gave up too much to get Palmer, but the veteran quarterback doesn’t see it that way.

“It was time to move on and it was time for them to move on and they’re in a better place and I’m definitely in a better place,” Palmer said Monday on the Dan Patrick Show.

They’re definitely in a better place. The Bengals made the playoffs last year while being led by a rookie quarterback and receiver combination in Andy Dalton and A.J. Green. In the draft, they used the extra first round pick they got in the trade with Oakland and used it to select Dre Kirkpatrick.

Palmer admitted that he felt it was time for him to move on in Cincinnati.

“I had put in, going on nine years, and gave everything I had and I don’t look back and regret anything. But it was time to move on,” Palmer said. “They had a young team that was an up-and-coming team. It was time for me to move on. I think in the years to come both organizations will look back and say this thing was the best thing to happen.”

Wilson throwing at the Seahawks rookie mini-camp.

He will have to compete with incumbent quarterback Tarvaris Jackson and third round draft pick Russell Wilson. The Seahawks saw enough out of Wilson during their rookie mini-camp that they will give him the chance to compete for the starting job.

“He showed us enough,” coach Pete Carroll announced Sunday, per Danny O’Neil of the Seattle Times. “He’s in the competition.”

Carroll admitted that he had hoped Wilson would establish himself as someone who could compete for the starting job in Seattle.

“I’d hoped that, and we confirmed it in these three days,” Carroll said. “He left really no question about he needs to be involved in the competition.”

Right now Flynn is assumed to be starting for the Seahawks in week one, but nothing is guaranteed.

Richardson runs for the Browns in their rookie mini-camp.

“I think everybody is amazed,” Browns running backs coach Gary Brown told Tony Grossi of ESPNCleveland.com.

Head coach Pat Shurmur was impressed as well.

“He’s a very powerful man. He’s powerfully built. Don’t let the 5-9 fool you. He’s almost 230 pounds. That’s a lot of muscle packed into that body. I just think he’s got a very powerful build, much like we thought, and it shows up on the field.”

Shurmur was also surprise by how hard it is to bring Richardson down.

“By the nature of his build, it’s hard to get your arms around him and tackle,” Shurmur said. “That natural leverage that he has also gives him great balance.”

Richardson will be the lead back for Cleveland and they will hope that he can carry the load on offense.

Matt Ryan is preparing for his fifth season in the NFL.

Entering his fifth season in the league, Ryan is hoping to be strong in the late months of the season. He said that he is working on bulking up to help lead the Falcons to the playoffs, and further.

“I’ve been working hard on that and getting with (director of athletic performance) Jeff Fish now that we’re back to make sure that I’m ready to go,” Ryan told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “(I’m) ready to be strong in December and January. I want to be able to play my best football at that time. That’s one of the things I’ve tried to figure out and analyze myself; how do I get myself to be playing my very best, when your very best is needed. I’m still working on getting there.”

Ryan also said that he’s focusing on techniques that will help him specifically for the purpose of playing football.

“It’s weight training, getting in there and training with weights,” Ryan said. “It’s learning to condition myself in the way that we play football and in a way that is productive to how we are playing football.”

The 26-year-old quarterback has a lot of options to throw to next season. Roddy White is coming off of back-to-back 100 reception seasons, Julio Jones is a promising young talent and Tony Gonzalez has been a consistent safety net.