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Denver Broncos: For years, DT Darius Holland has been long on potential and short on production. That's why he'd been on four different teams since joining the league in 1995. But after the former Colorado Buffalo returned to the place of his greatest success as a football player, he seems to have stepped up his game. Holland, who has had an excellent camp, signed a three-year contract extension that, with incentives, could be worth $2.2 million, according to the Denver Post. The deal will pay Holland the veteran minimum $655,000 this season, $660,000 next season and $665,000 in 2005, with incentives.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: For two weeks the Bucs have experimented with a lineup that had Cosey Coleman at left guard and Jason Whittle at right guard, but Wednesday that became their official starting lineup for Monday night's opener against the Eagles. "Cosey had a solid camp and Jason had a solid camp,'' coach Jon Gruden told the Tampa Tribune. "We're looking at Kerry Jenkins as a guy who we think can be a left tackle, compete at left tackle.'' Whittle broke his right leg in May minicamp and has had only about two weeks to get in football shape, but the team is confident that he can play effectively despite missing so much practice time.

Atlanta Falcons: QB Michael Vick had his fiberglass cast removed Wednesday, and team orthopedist Andrew Bishop told the Athens Banner-Herald the third-year player is "very unlikely" to require surgery. Vick is walking around now with a removable, walking cast.

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