NFL ROUNDUP | News and notes

Colts: Free agent tight end Kyle Miller (Mount Union) has been signed. Miller (6-foot-5, 257 pounds) spent his rookie training camp in 2011 with Jacksonville but did not make the Jaguars’ regular-season roster. Miller had 62 receptions for 872 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior in 2010 with Mount Union.

Saints: New Orleans coach Sean Payton, assistant Joe Vitt and GM Mickey Loomis will have their appeals hearing Thursday for punishment connected to the team’s bounty system. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams did not appeal his indefinite suspension.

Lions: Defensive tackle Nick Fairley was arrested Tuesday in Mobile, Ala. on a charge of possessing marijuana, authorities said. Citizens called to complain that Fairley’s Cadillac Escalade was speeding and officers smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle and found a small amount in an ashtray.

New uniforms: For fans worried that Nike was going to give their favorite NFL team’s uniform an extreme makeover, full-blown Oregon style, no need to fret. Ben Roethelisberger still looked very much like a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nobody would have mistaken Jermichael Finley for anything but a Green Bay Packer. And the Browns’ jersey wore by Joe Haden was still brown. Going for a slightly sleeker but very familiar look, the NFL unveiled its new uniforms Tuesday. Nike, the league’s latest apparel maker, stayed away from the wildly experimental designs it uses with the University of Oregon, get-ups that sometimes make it hard to identify the Ducks. “You look good, you play good,” said Finley, Green Bay’s tight end. “Hopefully that kicks into effect this season.” Nike put on a fashion show at a Brooklyn film studio, with a player from each of the 32 franchises modeling his team’s new threads. There were no surprises. Commissioner Roger Goodell said the goal of the redesign was to combine “tradition with innovation.” Aside from a sharp look, Todd Van Horne, Nike’s creative director for football and baseball, said the players wanted the uniforms to be as light as possible. The second-most important quality was fit. “The Browns, it’s all about traditions,” Haden said. “A lot of the Browns fans, they didn’t want us to change up. They really didn’t want you to change it up at all.”

Associated Press