NFL Capsules: Cowboys' Jerry Jones comfortable, confident

ARLINGTON — Jerry Jones was back in his element Wednesday, standing on the sideline of Cowboys Stadium watching Tony Romo throw passes and DeMarcus Ware chase quarterbacks.

Of course, this was just an offseason workout without pads. The regular season is months away, with an even longer wait until the Super Bowl will be played in this building.

The pressing issues for Jones these days are receiver Patrick Crayton skipping these voluntary gatherings and possible holes in his secondary. Being inside the $1.2 billion stadium was a reminder the facility is fin ishing up its first year in business. And with team saying 2,000 people paying between $14.50 and $27.50 for a tour that included watching this workout, it begged the question of whether Jones might consider bringing training camp here.

Jones talked about it all, plus offered up a wink-and-a-nod comment comparing this season to the 1992, ‘93 and ‘95 seasons that ended with Super Bowl championships.

PATRICK CRAYTON: Crayton has been seeking a trade or his release since the Cowboys drafted Dez Bryant to be among their top receivers and primary punt returner, the roles he had last season.

Crayton is the only player to have missed every offseason training activity (OTA) gathering to show he’s serious and seriously upset. Jones’ attitude is essentially, "So what?"

The position is pretty clogged with Miles Austin and Roy Williams the incumbent starters, Bryant likely pushing them for playing time and Kevin Ogletree eager to pick off where he left off at the end of a strong rookie season.

But in an uncapped year, a team with legitimate Super Bowl aspirations might as well spend $2 million to keep around a reliable receiver like Crayton. Maybe the challenge brings out his best, or maybe he’s just an insurance policy if someone gets hurt.

"This is a voluntary workout," Jones said. "When we have mandatory workouts, he’d probably be the first one in line to be here. That’s the way that he is."

A mandatory minicamp starts next Friday.

SAFETY: The Cowboys released Ken Hamlin and seem content to replace him with Alan Ball or Mike Hamlin, who is going into his second season.

But cornerback Orlando Scandrick broke a finger last week, and coaches have begun using Ball as a nickel cornerback, too, raising questions about whether Dallas will be in the market for more defensive backs.

"It’s not an area of concern to me at all," Jones said.

Rams free safety O.J. Atogwe became an unrestricted free agent Wednesday. Jones didn’t want to discuss his availability for fear of violating tampering rules, but also offered a big hint he’s not interested — unless, of course, it was just a negotiating ploy.

"I’m ready to go to our season with the safeties we have," Jones said. "That might answer your question without me going into it."

SEE THE STADIUM: Tours of Cowboys Stadium are available with or without a guide. The guided tours cost more and cover more ground. On Wednesday, all tickets came with the bonus of getting to see players in action.

It was more of a treat for the players because they got to be indoors with air conditioning, instead of outside in heat approaching 100 degrees.

"If we were over at Valley Ranch, I’d probably be melting like an ice cream cone," Ware said.

"We get to see ourselves on the HD big screen — that’s never a bad thing," added linebacker Bradie James.

Jones said the team likely will have more practices here during the summer, but he doesn’t have any plans to make this a permanent site for training camp. He likes taking his show on the road. This summer, they will train in San Antonio for two weeks and in Oxnard, Calif., for another two weeks. Jones considers that the perfect setup.

"I sure like it for our team," he said. "The way you have to move around to play a preseason game, you’ve got to go somewhere and you’ve got to come back somewhere. Whether you go east or west, going 30 minutes longer doesn’t really matter."

Besides, Jones might want to book other events at Cowboys Stadium.

Besides setting the attendance record for an NFL regular-season game, he hosted more than 100,000 fans for the NBA All-Star game and has put on a boxing match, a college basketball game and international soccer matches, plus some A-list concerts. Bull riding and a tennis exhibition are scheduled this summer.

"The ability to do all kinds of events, varying events — which we haven’t, frankly, scratched the surface — is a major plus," Jones said. "But I think the major thing is the recognition that our stadium got. The great place we have for our Cowboys fans and for our team to play in. They deserve that."

FREQUENT FLYERS: Because Emmitt Smith is going into the Hall of Fame, Jones lobbied to get his team into the annual preseason opener tied to that weekend. It means an extra game and an extra trip for his team. Add in the time they’ll be spending in California and that’s a lot of preseason mileage.

That was exactly Jones’ plan, too.

"The most mileage we’ve ever had was when we won world championships," Jones said. "I planned it that way."

The connection isn’t as clean as Jones indicates. While all three titles won during his reign included preseason extra-long flights (Japan, England and Mexico), there were other years with those trips that didn’t pan out so well.

Still, the message is clear. Jones is thinking big this season.

Texans LB Diles making most of opportunity

HOUSTON (AP) — For a moment, Houston Texans linebacker Zac Diles feared his career might be over after breaking his left leg simply running down the field during a special-teams drill in November 2008.

X-rays showed a clean break, and doctors told Diles that his tibia would heal, allowing him to play again. He dutifully did the rehab and started 14 of 16 games last season — often thinking how lucky he was.

"You have to grow up really fast when something like that happens," Diles said after Wednesday’s practice. "You learn that you just can’t take stuff for granted. You start thinking, ‘Man, this could’ve all been taken from me.’ You learn to enjoy every moment you’re out here playing, because any moment could be your last."

He’ll enter his fourth season as one of the top playmakers on Houston’s defense. Coach Gary Kubiak thinks Diles is on a fast track to a memorable career.

"I think he’s on the verge of becoming a Pro Bowl linebacker," Kubiak said.

The Texans selected Diles in the seventh round in 2007 out of Kansas State. He played in 11 games as a rookie and was playing linebacker by the end of the season.

He earned a starting role at outside linebacker before the next season, then started eight games before the injury. His 66 tackles still ranked second on the team, even though he spent the second half of the year on injured reserve.

Houston drafted linebacker Brian Cushing in the first round in 2009, and Diles started worrying about his future.

"They drafted him and I was like, ‘Wow, I broke my leg and now I’m not going to have a job,"’ Diles said. "But things have a way of working themselves out. I’m still in the building."

Cushing took Diles’ strong-side linebacking spot and Diles moved to the weak side, where he would drop back into coverage and face smaller blockers. Diles accepted the switch and set out to win back his coaches’ confidence.

"I think my performance from before I broke my leg, that reassured them that they could put me out there and trust me to do a good job," Diles said. "But I had to come into training camp (in 2009) and show them I was ready. I was able to go out there and earn my spot. Like I said, things just have a way of working themselves out."

Diles made 62 tackles, recovered a fumble and forced a fumble last season for the league’s 13th-ranked defense (325 yards per game). He feels like a seasoned veteran now, with a firm grasp of the position and the Texans’ defensive schemes.

"It just makes the game slower out there when you know what you’re doing," Diles said. "You can move a lot faster and do more things. I’ve played all three positions since I’ve been here, and that helps a lot, too."

While Diles feels some job security, he resists the urge to feel too relaxed. He wants competition from younger players, because that will keep him motivated to improve.

"You never want to get too comfortable, because there is always somebody coming up who would love to take your job," Diles said. "I know all the reads, I know the defense. But this is how we put our food on the table, so there’s always that one guy who would love to come and take it all from you."

-- Chris Duncan

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Panthers’ Smith, tennis’ Isner become buddies

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — They play different sports, have contrasting backgrounds and one is a foot taller than the other.

Yet it took just a chance seating assignment on a flight to Australia to forge a friendship between Carolina receiver Steve Smith and tennis’ John Isner.

Five months after Smith cheered on Isner’s surprising run to the fourth round of the Australian Open, and a week after Isner was eliminated in the third round of the French Open, the hard-serving Isner was back in his home state on Wednesday watching the fiery Smith work out with his favorite team, the Panthers.

"Never seen a practice like this up close at the pro level," Isner said, smiling.

Few Panthers players or coaches had been so close to a tennis player, either, especially one 6-foot-9.

"I don’t know that there are many that tall," coach John Fox said.

The scene was a bit unusual, and certainly spiced up a normally mundane offseason workout at Bank of America Stadium.

Smith is a 5-foot-9, four-time Pro Bowl pick who grew up in a rough part of Los Angeles. The towering Isner is a Greensboro, N.C., native, six years younger than Smith and just recently started to make noise in majors.

Look closer, however, and there are similarities. Smith was supposed to be too small to play football and Isner too tall for tennis. Both have used their intense drive and athleticism to overcome those obstacles and become elite athletes.

"I respect all athletes and all the sports they do. To get to that level is hard in whatever you do," the 31-year-old Smith said. "Just because he doesn’t play football as far as professionally doesn’t mean I have less respect or I don’t think he’s less of an athlete.

"I think how tall he is and how he moves, he’d be a pretty decent tight end, in my opinion."

The wiry Isner wasn’t so sure.

"With 40 more pounds I could be a tight end," Isner said, laughing.

Smith likes many sports. He’s coached his kids’ soccer teams, watched professional matches in Europe, and was the guest of the Mexican national team when it played an exhibition in Charlotte in March.

Smith, who said he plays a little tennis, was on his way to Melbourne to watch the Australian Open in January when his seat on the plane happened to be next to Isner’s agent. He recognized Smith, knew Isner was a Panthers fan, and arranged for them to meet.

"We met at the players’ lounge at the tournament," Isner said. "I got him a credential to get him through all the security and whatnot. We’ve just hit it off ever since."

Smith watched Isner, who had just won his first ATP tournament in Auckland, reach the fourth round in Melbourne by beating Gael Monfils. Isner was also getting attention for his new buddy in the stands.

"When I had some matches on TV in Australia they’d show him on TV and all my friends would text me," Isner said. "Obviously, the ones home back in Greensboro were jealous. It’s cool. I’m glad I met him. He invited me to come down here and I have a few days off."

Isner had just returned to the U.S. after falling to Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 at Roland Garros on Friday. He watched the final hour of Carolina’s workout, then had a long chat with Smith on the sideline as the special teams units ran drills.

"Just looking at his feet with the flip-flops on, I don’t think he’d be a good wide receiver," Smith cracked to Isner.

But Isner, who said he’s been a Panthers fan since the team was formed in 1995 when he was 10, impressed Smith with his football knowledge.

"When we were in Australia he was asking me all kinds of questions about football," Smith said. "He asked some questions I didn’t even think he knew about. He’s a hometown boy so he’s very aware."

Smith is also aware of Isner’s rise up the ATP rankings to a career-high 19th, and plans to go to London later this month to watch him at Wimbledon.

Maybe Smith, who has a friend who is a tennis instructor, could take a crash course and be Isner’s hitting partner?

"That’s something that if it would happen," Smith said, "we’d probably have to have a pact that nobody speaks about it."

-- Mike Cranston

Steelers not divulging training camp QB rotation

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger is taking nearly all the snaps with the regulars, and apparently will until the Pittsburgh Steelers’ voluntary practices end next week.

What coach Mike Tomlin isn’t saying is how practice time will be divided during training camp, when the Steelers will be in the unique position of preparing two starting quarterbacks for the same season.

One quarterback must be ready to play during Roethlisberger’s six-game suspension — apparently, Byron Leftwich. Roethlisberger also needs plenty of camp work because he can’t practice while he’s suspended.

No wonder wide receiver Antwaan Randle El calls it a "tricky" and "delicate" situation, and Tomlin doesn’t disagree.

If he gives too much work to Leftwich, it could harm Roethlisberger when it’s his time to play in October. Give too much time to Roethlisberger, and the Steelers risk experiencing a slow start with an unprepared quarterback.

During the ongoing voluntary practices, the designated No. 1 quarterback — currently, Roethlisberger — gets nearly all the work with the starters. That’s likely to change once training camp starts July 30 and full contact is permitted.

"The minute you step on the field at Latrobe, you’re competing for work, you’re competing to make it," Tomlin said Wednesday. "You’re preparing yourself to face the challenges of the season. So it’s a different approach. One of the fundamental differences is that we’re suited and booted in training camp. And I acknowledge that’s a big element of the game."

Tomlin also must find snaps for third-year quarterback Dennis Dixon, who was expected to be the backup until Roethlisberger was suspended, and longtime backup Charlie Batch.

"When you’re talking about working with four quarterbacks, reps are going to be scarce at some instances," Tomlin said.

Leftwich, acquired from Tampa Bay after Roethlisberger was suspended April 21 for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, took most of the snaps while Roethlisberger was barred from practicing until this week. Leftwich is now working primarily with the backups.

"What we really want to do is give Ben quality reps so he can get re-acclimated and improve and work on his game," Tomlin said. "And we want to continue to give Dennis his reps because he is a young guy. For the purpose of this week, if there’s a reduction it is going to be at the expense of Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch."

Complicating the issue is the Steelers are breaking in several new wide receivers, including Arnaz Battle, formerly of the 49ers, and rookies Emmanuel Sanders and Antonio Brown. Also, Randle El returned after four seasons with the Redskins.

"You’ve got to make sure the guys are in the right positions, help the guys you can, especially the young guys," Leftwich said. "We’ve got a lot of young guys running around. Some of them don’t know what they’re doing yet. Every opportunity you can to lead this football team, you’ve got to lead those guys."

-- Alan Robinson

Tomlin: Steelers working with Roethlisberger

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Steelers are working closely with troubled quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to make sure he turns his life around, although coach Mike Tomlin didn’t offer any specifics Wednesday about what the team is doing.

Tomlin said he talks regularly with Roethlisberger, who recently underwent a behavioral evaluation as part of the six-game suspension handed down April 21 by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.

"He has a commitment to being what we desire for him to be and what his team needs him to be and that’s my focus," Tomlin said. "I’ve seen Ben quite a bit and communicated with him quite a bit throughout all of this."

Roethlisberger was suspended after a 20-year-old Georgia college student accused him of sexual assault in March. No charges were filed.

Roethlisberger also is being sued by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her at a Lake Tahoe hotel in 2008, but faces no charges.

His suspension could be reduced to four games at Goodell’s discretion, but the Steelers say their intervention isn’t designed to ensure Roethlisberger returns to the field sooner. He could play Oct. 17 against Cleveland if his penalty is cut to four games, but not until Oct. 31 at New Orleans if the full suspension stands.

"We’re doing a lot of things with Ben in terms of dealing with this situation, (and) not for the sole purpose of meeting the criteria so he can participate," Tomlin said. "More than anything, it’s about making proper corrections and moving forward with football and with his life. That’s the spirit with which we’re doing the things that we’re doing."

The two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback was barred from practicing with the Steelers while he underwent the evaluation and Goodell reviewed it. Roethlisberger returned to practice on Tuesday, and took most of the snaps with the starters that day and Wednesday.

Dozens of reporters attended both workouts, an unusual turnout for practices that are designed mostly to teach.

"I don’t mind the circus atmosphere because I can’t control it. ... Ultimately we’ll be measured by our ability to win football games," Tomlin said. "This is a distraction if we lose; if we don’t, it’s not. And I’m committed to making sure it’s not, and I’m sure everyone else is."

Roethlisberger hasn’t answered questions from reporters since the March incident, but Tomlin said he will soon. The Steelers practice again Thursday and June 8-10, then will take seven weeks off before training camp opens July 30.

-- Alan Robinson

Packers’ Harris eager to return from knee injury

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Packers cornerback Al Harris said Wednesday he will be back on the field with Green Bay this year after major knee injury abruptly ended last season.

In his first comments in the Packers locker room since the injury, Harris said never thought about calling it quits.

"There’s no doubt in my mind. If there were, then I wouldn’t be here, standing here now," the 13-year veteran said after the second of four public organized team activities this offseason.

Harris tore a ligament in his left knee on Nov. 22 against the 49ers while defending San Francisco wide receiver Michael Crabtree. He needed season-ending surgery and there had been questions whether the veteran would return.

Harris said it was tough to watch Green Bay lose to Arizona in the first round of the playoffs in January.

"That was hard, the bits and pieces that I did watch," he said. "It’s still hard to watch, even watching practice. But that’s a part of it, and that fuels you, to watch the guys go out there and work, to watch your friends play cohesive as a group.

"So that helps in my rehab, I could go in and work on range of motion or work on backpedaling, breaking, stuff like that."

In the meantime, cornerbacks Pat Lee and Brandon Underwood are getting extending reps to ramp up their development in time for training camp with Harris and cornerback Charles Woodson out.

"Those guys are going to come back and try to get their work in, so it’s going to be hard, reps are going to be less. So you have to get it all in now," said Lee, who missed most of last season with his own knee injury.

There were several videos of Harris posted during his rehab process to show the step-by-step work he’s put into returning, and he said the worst part was getting back his range of motion.

"Anybody who’s had this type of injury would probably tell you that getting the range back, that’s the most painful part," he said. "That’s just something you’ve got to block out."

Harris doesn’t know if he’ll be ready to play in time for the season opener or if he’ll be put on the physically unable to perform list, which would mean he would miss at least the first six weeks of the season. "If it’s up to me and up to me working to get out there, then I’ll be out there," Harris said. "But we’ve got to with the protocol and do what’s right for the team and do what’s right by me."

The Packers are expected to be among the league’s best teams, and Harris’ teammates showed a feisty side Wednesday. Backup offensive tackle Breno Giacomini and linebacker Brad Jones got into a scuffle that held things up for several minutes, though both downplayed the incident afterward.

"It might have brought a little bit of extra juice to the end of practice, but that’s not something that the coaches really look forward to having in practice," Giacomini said. "One thing turns into another, and that happens. You’ve just got to stop, control it and talk to him. Not tonight, but in a few days."

-- Colin Fly

Ideas aplenty at forum on NFL and brain injuries

WASHINGTON (AP) — NFL doctors, trainers and players spent much of Wednesday discussing football and brain injuries. Their conclusion: They’ve still got a lot to learn.

"The fairly unanimous feeling today was that we needed new studies," said Dr. Constantine Lyketsos of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Concussions in the NFL have become a major topic of concern during the past year. The league has implemented new return-to-play guidelines for players who suffer concussions in practice or a game, and each team must consult with an independent neurologist whenever there is a head injury.

While the NFL may have appeared less pro-active regarding concussions in the past — and at odds with independent research or the players’ union — the league’s representatives say that tone has changed.

"I think your key is ‘in the past,"’ said Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, a co-chairman of the NFL’s revamped head, neck and spine medical committee. "I think going forward, we are walking lock step. We have a very audacious goal in front of us."

That goal, according to Ellenbogen, is to change the culture among NFL players, who have a tendency to downplay head injuries. Players want to stay on the field, keep their jobs and sign more lucrative contracts.

Trying to reverse that thought process won’t be easy.

Some of the culture-changing ideas suggested by doctors could be a challenge to implement on a practical basis to a group of sweaty players on a Sunday afternoon.

Ellenbogen and co-chairman Hunt Batjer broached the idea of giving players some sort of financial incentive for reporting concussions. They also suggested finding a way to ensure players wouldn’t lose their place in the lineup or the roster if they miss time with a concussion.

They also discussed the possibility of putting a transmitter in the helmet of every player — to record every major and minor blow and gauge the cumulative effect. Lyketsos cited experiments with University of North Carolina players that found players averaged 950 hits to the head per season.

More practical ideas continue to be discussed and debated: cutting back on offseason practice time, reducing hitting during in-season practices, making helmets safer, educating players to stop tacking headfirst.

But Lyketsos said there are still gaps in what doctors know about football’s long-term effects on the brain. He said there needs to be more than the "smattering of studies" that have been done so far.

"So it now becomes a matter of getting the powers-that-be together to design the studies, getting the players to participate," Lyketsos said, "and to find the funding."

-- Joseph White

Childress not concerned with Twitter trash talk

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota head coach Brad Childress said Wednesday he is not concerned with the trash-talking Twitter tussle going on between Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe and Saints safety Darren Sharper.

Shiancoe and Sharper have been sniping back and forth with tweets for the better part of two weeks, a feud that started when Sharper implied New Orleans would go after Brett Favre’s surgically repaired ankle in the season opener in September.

The latest exchange happened when some Vikings visited the Minnesota National Guard on Tuesday. Shiancoe posted a photo of a target used for shooting practice. The target had a picture of Osama Bin Laden saying, "I’m Darren Sharper," with Sharper’s No. 42 on his chest.

"Before target practice a soldier suggested a custom target for me," Shiancoe tweeted before posting the picture. "Guess he wanted to start my engine early for the SAINTS game!"

Childress was on the same visit with Shiancoe and said he saw him taking the photos of the target and "knew exactly what was going on." But the coach didn’t seem too worried about the cyberspace jawing, saying that "there will be somewhere we will reel it in."

Shiancoe was one of several Vikings veterans who was not at Minnesota’s optional practice Wednesday.

Sharper and Shiancoe grew to be friends when they played together in Minnesota. Sharper left before last season to join the Saints, who beat the Vikings in overtime of the NFC title game en route to winning their first Super Bowl. The Vikings and Saints kickoff the regular season on Sept. 9 in New Orleans.

The smack talk has been playful throughout, though Sharper appeared to take exception to the photo of the target.

"Ok homeboy you done went too far, making me out to be something that has brought this country alot of heartache," Sharper tweeted Wednesday. "Imma bust you right under your chinstrap from the first play on. I don’t care about the fine. ... Imma do it for the red,white&blue."

"And you’ll see me cuz I’ll be dressed in black & gold," Sharper tweeted. "Protect your neck that’s all the warning you get."

-- Jon Krawczynski

Citing N.Y. success, Redskins want Super Bowl in DC

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Now that the New York area is getting a cold weather Super Bowl, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder is going to try to do the same for the nation’s capital.

Snyder said Wednesday he doesn’t think it’ll be long before a Super Bowl comes to Washington. He’s anticipating a "great experience" for the NFL in 2014 at the Meadowlands. He thinks that will spur the league to give other nontraditional Super Bowl cities a chance.

The 2014 Super Bowl will be the first to be played outdoors in a cold-weather city. The league made an exception to its usual temperature rule and awarded the game to the Giants’ and Jets’ new stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

The Redskins tried unsuccessfully to land the Super Bowl in 2003. This time, Snyder says: "We’re ripe to get one."

Pats’ Welker back at practice after knee surgery

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker is running pass routes again four months after knee surgery.

The NFL’s receptions leader last season participated Wednesday in the Patriots’ voluntary practice. He took part in agility drills, made cuts while running patterns and caught passes while wearing a brace on his left knee.

Welker had surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament of that knee on Feb. 2 after being injured in the team’s final regular-season game. The medial collateral ligament also was injured but he has said it didn’t need surgery.

Quarterback Tom Brady and wide receiver Randy Moss also participated in the second day of this week’s four days of organized team activities. The team held its first four-day OTA session last week, attended primarily by rookies and newly acquired veterans.

-- Howard Ulman

Rams hire Glover to aid in player transition

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Retired defensive tackle La’Roi Glover has a new job for the St. Louis Rams — helping young players make the transition to professional football and learn how to deal with off-the-field matters.

The Rams announced Wednesday that Glover has been named director of player programs. Glover played 13 NFL seasons and was named to six straight Pro Bowls. He spent his final three seasons in St. Louis before retiring in 2008.

Glover says he looks forward to working with young players and helping them manage the complexities faced by professional athletes.

Atogwe becomes unrestricted free agent

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Rams free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe, the team’s top playmaker the last four seasons, has become an unrestricted free agent after failing to come to an agreement on a multiyear contract.

The Rams had a late Tuesday deadline to sign Atogwe, who is coming off shoulder surgery that sidelined him the final four games last season. St. Louis declined to sign Atogwe to a one-year tender for $6,976,000, the player’s salary for last year plus 10 percent.

Atogwe did not participate in the team’s offseason conditioning program and has not attended organized activities in May and June.

He was second on the team with 84 tackles and had two interceptions.

Ron Dayne’s Rose Bowl rings taken in burglaries

WAUNAKEE, Wis. (AP) — Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne says his Rose Bowl rings, a bracelet commemorating his selection as the top player in college football and other items worth more than $140,000 have been stolen.

The former University of Wisconsin and NFL running back said Wednesday that his two bowl rings and other jewelry were stolen from his home in a Madison, Wis., suburb in April. Last weekend, an apartment in Madison where Dayne lived with a roommate was also burglarized, costing him the bracelet.

The 32-year-old Dayne says he is in the process of a divorce. He says he’s not sure if he was targeted.

Police say they are working together on the case.

-- Scott Bauer