Buffalo Bills offensive line coach Aaron Kromer was placed on indefinite paid administrative leave Tuesday after his weekend arrest for allegedly punching a boy and threatening to kill his family in Florida.
Kromer was arrested by sheriffs on a misdemeanor battery charge in Walton County, Fla., last weekend.
In a statement issued Sunday, the Walton County Sheriff's office said Kromer and son Zachary were fishing on Saturday when they confronted three boys over beach chairs. Kromer is alleged to have hit one of the boys in the face after throwing a fishing pole into the water. According to the sheriff's report, Kromer then threatened to kill the boy's family if he reported the incident to authorities.
The 48-year-old Kromer is in his first year in Buffalo on coach Rex Ryan's staff after working for two years in Chicago as Bears offensive coordinator.
---The NFLPA plans to file collusion charges against the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos if wide receivers Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas aren't signed to long-term contracts.
The Wednesday deadline for long-term deals to be reached with players given the franchise tag in free agency is expected to pass without contracts for Bryant with the Cowboys or Thomas with the Broncos. Each player would make $12.8 million under terms of the one-year tender for wide receivers in 2015.
ESPN reported that the NFLPA was planning to advance the collusion claim in hopes of getting both players closer to the annual salary of Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, who makes $16.2 million under the terms of his contract and has the highest salary-cap charge in the NFL this season.
---Emergency crews searching for JaJuan Dawson recovered a body on Tuesday that is believed to be the former Houston Texans wide receiver.
Dawson was boating Sunday at a lake near Dallas when he apparently fell from an inflatable tube pulled by a boat. The 37-year-old Dawson was reported missing around 6:30 p.m. at Lake Lavon, north of Dallas. There were three children and two other adults on the boat at the time that Dawson went missing.
According to the Collin County Sheriff's Office, divers found the body on Monday evening. An autopsy was scheduled to help determine the cause of death.
The Cleveland Browns drafted Dawson in the third round out of Tulane in 2000. He played in 16 games for the Browns during the next two seasons, scoring twice on only 31 receptions. He joined the Houston Texans in 2002, started 14 games and had 21 receptions.
---The Indianapolis Colts will honor longtime center Jeff Saturday with a place in the franchise's Ring of Honor during a halftime ceremony at a Monday night game against the New York Jets on Sept. 21 in Lucas Oil Stadium.
Saturday will become the 12th member in the team's Ring of Honor.
Saturday and former Colts quarterback Peyton Manning set an NFL record by playing in 170 games together and he was part of 132 wins, the third most in franchise history behind wide receiver Reggie Wayne (143) and Manning (141).
---Former Houston Texans safety Danieal Manning retired Tuesday after nine seasons in the NFL.
Manning, who turns 33 in August, spent the last four seasons of his career with the Texans, starting 40 of the 51 games he played from 2011 to 2014.
Between the Chicago Bears and Texans, Manning made 96 career starts but played in all 16 games in a season only twice. He suffered a broken leg in October 2013.
Manning finished his career with 437 tackles, 11 interceptions, nine forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries.
---Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit during an arrest in Arizona in June on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Gilbert (Ariz.) Police in suburban Phoenix said McNabb's blood alcohol tested at 0.17. In Arizona, the legal limit is 0.08, with 0.15 or higher considered extreme DUI. According to police, McNabb's vehicle rear-ended a vehicle of a police officer's wife on June 28. No one was injured and McNabb was later released after being cited.
At the scene of the accident, McNabb's eyes were "very bloodshot and his speech was slurred," the arrest report indicated. McNabb told the officer that he had been at a sports bar but wasn't drinking because he was sick.
"Well. first of all, I got a cold. So I've been on cough medicine," McNabb said.
In December 2013, the 38-year-old McNabb was arrested for DUI and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge.
---New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul was released from the hospital Tuesday.
Pierre-Paul had his right index finger amputated as a result of a Fourth of July fireworks accident and has yet to formally contact the Giants regarding the next steps in his rehab.
Wednesday is the deadline for Pierre-Paul and the Giants to agree to a long-term extension, but the likelihood of any deal was essentially eliminated due to the injury. However, Pierre-Paul's camp told ESPN he is unlikely to sign his $14.81 million franchise tender until he is confident he can pass the team's physical.
Pierre-Paul had multiple surgeries, including amputation of his right index finger last Wednesday and having pins inserted into his thumb to stabilize fractures, according to ESPN. He is expected to be sidelined at least six weeks and perhaps longer.
---Former NFL cornerback Will Allen was indicted on 23 federal charges related to the $31 million Ponzi scheme alleged by the Securities and Trade Commission involving loans made to pro athletes.
Allen and Susan Daub are accused of forming a company called Capital Financial Partners and running the Ponzi scheme since 2012 until this year, when Allen's assets were frozen.
He faces nearly two dozen federal charges: 12 counts of wire fraud, six counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of illegal monetary transactions.
