A man that was considered a "person of interest" in the murder of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams is in custody on first-degree murder.

Willie D. Clark is the 25-year-old that faces 39 counts, from murder to assault to attempted murder and even a weapon violation for the murder of Williams on a New Years Eve drive-by in 2007. Clark, who obviously had been in some trouble before, was already in custody in a different case when he became the first suspect named.

The altercation happened when Williams' crew and Clark's crew got in an argument outside a nightclub in Denver and Clark followed Williams' limo down Speer Boulevard and fired into the car, killing Williams and injuring two more.

Williams' mother, Rosalind Williams, said after finding out Clark had been indicted that it was the first step in a long process of justice.

"Oh, I got bittersweet news today," she said of her phone call from Detective Michael Martinez informing her of Clark's indictment. "There's still a long ways to go, a long trial ahead. And we have to make sure this doesn't happen to another family, too."

Travis Henry couldn't find work via conventional means -- NFL running back and porn star were probably his two best options -- so he turned to the streets. And four months after the Broncos released him, the Feds arrested him for allegedly trafficking cocaine.

But it gets worse (via the Denver Post):

Henry told one Billings, Mont., customer that he and his family were all "dead" if they didn't come up with $40,000 worth of cocaine lost when their home was robbed, according to the affidavit. To make up for the stolen cocaine, Henry and [James] Mack gave another customer 2 kilograms of fake cocaine, or drywall, along with 1 kilogram of real cocaine, the document says.

Turns out, the Billings, Mont., customer was an informant; he turned on Henry to avoid the whole "dead" thing. The account reads like a formulaic movie script, complete with Henry trying to outrun federal agents after he collected six bricks of coke from the informant. He was cuffed and stuffed a few houses away, which, along with his "I don't give a crap" Maurice Clarett approach to preparing for the NFL, pretty much guarantees the next time he plays football it'll either be via Madden or in the yard.

While it's easy to clown a guy for getting run down by law enforcement officials, Henry was carrying 13 pounds of cocaine. Hardly defensible, but it's something; Kenny Wright is just slow.

There's no real way to know if Travis Henry decided that trafficking cocaine was the best way to battle the recent economic woes our country has been facing. However, he does have a large family to feed, so it's reasonable to think that, without the steady income stream of professional athletics, he needed a little handy cash.

Regardless of how he ended up slinging the ya-o (isn't that what the kids call it?), he got busted. Of course. Via MDS at PFT:

Henry and another man were arrested yesterday, the Rocky Mountain Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration said in a statement. Both men are being held pending the filing of federal drug charges later today.

Henry ran afoul of NFL drug policies multiple times during his career. In 2007 he successfully challenged a failed drug test for marijuana. Broncos coach Mike Shanahan went to bat for Henry at the time, saying he had passed a lie-detector test.

To say that Henry has bad luck would be a tremendous understatement if the guy wasn't constantly begging to get in trouble.

Yesterday, I got up on the well-worn FanHouse pedestal and wondered why the league would fine Saints head coach Sean Payton for making vague comments about crappy officiating that directly affected the outcome of last week's Saints-Broncos game, when Cowboys owner Jerry Jones frequently -- and publicly -- ripped Ed Hochuli after he gifted the Broncos a win against the Chargers two weeks ago.

From Sunday NFL Countdown's Chris Mortensen:

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent out a memo this week basically clarifying to all clubs that any criticism -- public criticism -- of officials is unwarranted. Sean Payton of the Saints was fined $15,000 -- he was going to appeal because others had been critical and hadn't been fined, but guess what? Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones fined $25,000 for his public criticism of Ed Hochuli from two weeks ago.

So it sounds like Payton has decided to drop the appeal, even if he has a legitimate gripe. Like I wrote previously, rules are rules, and if the NFL stipulates that you can't ridicule game officials, even if it's OBVIOUS TO ANYBODY HALF-PAYING ATTENTION that Jamie Winborn was offsides.

Fine, whatever. But I'll say it again: it's one thing for Hochuli to inadvertently blow the whistle -- that happens -- but to not call a neutral zone infraction is much, much worse than pointing it out in a Monday press conference. At least for those of us not in the league office.

There are six NFL teams that have yet to lose a game this season. All are sitting at 3-0 (except the 2-0 Baltimore Ravens). Some of these teams entered the season with high expectations; Some are kind of surprising.

Here is a quick look at the undefeated teams and if they can keep it up.

Dallas Cowboys

Why they are here: They trot out the NFL's top offense. Tony Romo, Terrell Owens and Marion Barber have all been their usual dominant selves. Now they are getting production from guys like Felix Jones and Miles Austin. On the defensive side of things, they are quite stout but still aren't elite.

Why it could all go away: As scared people are that Sarah Palin would be a heartbeat away from the Presidency, Cowboys fans are scared that they are a Romo injury away from being the Houston Texans. Dallas' eggs are all in Romo's basket and they are trusting that massive offensive line can fully protect him. Also, Dallas plays in the brutal NFC East where anything can happen.

Outlook: Dallas will be in the playoffs and should be the odds-on favorite to get to the Super Bowl. The issue is the postseason, where history hasn't been on their side. Romo has yet to win a playoff game, Owens' teams haven't performed well in the postseason and the organization hasn't won in a decade. Despite how great Dallas could be during the season, people will stay skeptical when January rolls around.

Look, I understand that the league has rules about publicly criticizing officials (feel free to rip away behind close doors, however -- it's encouraged, even!) but fining Saints head coach Sean Payton for some vague comments about a humongous no-call in last week's loss to the Broncos -- Denver's Jamie Winborn was absurdly offsides on a critical 3rd and 1 late in the fourth quarter -- is sorta dumb.

Particularly since Jerrah Jones ripped Ed Hochuli several times after the Week 2 Chargers-Broncos debacle, and I'm pretty sure the Cowboys didn't even play in that game.

First, the $15,000 comments (from Payton's Monday press conference):

"There are some things that are frustrating about the game that don't sit well. When you guys take a peek at the television copy and I see a no-call, that's that much of a violation, I have a hard time swallowing that, because at some point there's a decision made to say I'm just not throwing the flag. At least that's how it appears to me. It's not a judgment call. You're either offsides or you're not. I have a problem with that."

And this was after Jones went on a Dallas-area radio show to tell Hochuli to "keep that whistle out your mouth."

Denver Broncos legend John Elway will reportedly marry former Oakland Raider cheerleader Paige Green.

Denver media reported Friday that the two-time Super Bowl winner proposed to 41-year-old Paige Green during a trip to Italy last week.

Elway told the Rocky Mountain News he was "looking forward to a long life together" with Green.

A telephone message left by The Associated Press with Elway's secretary wasn't immediately returned.

Elway divorced his wife of 18 years, Janet, in 2003. They had four children together (all are now adults).

He met Paige Green at a celebrity golf tournament held by former Raider legend Marcus Allen back in 2005. Elway, 48, reportedly proposed to Green, 41, during a trip to Italy last week. No date has been set for the wedding.

Since Green's Raiderette days, she has made a career out of acting in movies you've never seen.

Occasionally FanHouse's resident referee will chime in with thoughts on major topics relating to officiating. We call it The Zebra Report.

I guess I should first introduce myself, considering I'm under the moniker of "FanHouse's resident referee." I have been a football official for the past ten years ... or since I was 20. I've been a certified professional high school official for the past eight years, and have had the pleasure of working several high-profile games, including ones with nationally ranked teams.

I'm also not stupid. I realize the NFL officials are much better and more experienced than I am ... and this puts me in the minority, apparently, when it comes to fans of the NFL. Over the early weeks of the NFL season, I've seen nothing but whining about the officiating and talk of how embarrassing it has become. This is usually done by someone that knows nothing about the rules, and/or has obvious bias. Most arguments are flawed, lacking a grasp of the real rules, and the spirit of said rules.

This is why I have decided to initiate this column. We'll run it as often as controversial calls occur. While I am less qualified than the NFL officials, I'm not hampered by bias or a "CYA" mentality like the NFL league office. I will call it as a I see it.

There are four incidents in particular we'll review today. Check them out after the jump.

The NFL FanHouse brain trusts got together to identify which young quarterback they'd want if the choices included Eli Manning, Philip Rivers and Jay Cutler. Sure, there are some obvious oversights -- Ben Roethlisberger and Tony Romo immediately come to mind -- and Peter King will no doubt be miffed that Brett Favre and Tom Brady weren't included, but, hey, that's what our readers are for: to let us know (often loudly) when we're wrong.

Ryan Wilson: Jay Cutler is still maturing as an NFL quarterback and I think he has the most upside of the three. Yes, Eli Manning's won a Super Bowl and Philip Rivers proved his toughness during last year's postseason, but I think they're both pretty close to their ceilings as NFL players. That's not to say they're bad, just that Cutler could be much, much better. Particularly if Ed Hochuli referees every one of his games.

Michael David Smith: I think Cutler has the best arm of the three by a pretty wide margin. It's amazing how few people realized going into the draft that he was the best of the group of Cutler, Vince Young and Matt Leinart; Mike Mayock deserves a ton of credit for identifying Cutler's talent before just about anyone else.

Cutler has still only started 23 games in his career, so we still don't know a ton about him, but based on what we do know right now I think he's going to make about five Pro Bowls in the next 10 years.

I think we've all found it in our heart to forgive Ed Hochuli for what happened in Denver last Sunday, and are ready to get on with the rest of the NFL season. Sure, he may have cost the Chargers a shot at the playoffs, but we can give the guy points for contrition. Right, Jerry Jones?

The Cowboys owner took some not-so-subtle shots at Hochuli earlier in the week, and then, during a local radio appearance this morning, Jones was even less not-so-subtle.

"Rest assured, we all see the error and the impact of a bad call like that," Jerry said. "Now, you could easily say that it rests in the competence of the official not to blow that whistle and maybe an emphasis on that would dramatically change just a real awareness and be punitive in some areas.

"You know, that guy is quick to call penalties. He's quick to draw. He's known for that. ... He's very quick. His crews call a lot of penalties. Maybe the answer is to tell people like that, 'Keep that whistle out your mouth.'"

Got that, Ed: keep that whistle out of your mouth. Jerrah's not known for his eloquence, but he might be onto something. Doug Farrar, writing for the Washington Post's Smarter Stats, points out that Hochuli's crew called 58 false starts last year to lead the NFL (Gerry Austin's crew, by comparison, only called 26).

Jerrah's solution: getting rid of whistle-happy refs and replacing them with guys who will make sure the Cowboys win a freaking playoff game. Sort of: