Want NFL regular-season games streamed digitally to your phone or tablet? There will be an app for that, perhaps as soon as 2015.

The Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday that the NFL and digital providers — Yahoo, YouTube and Google among them — are in talks to stream at least one regular-season game next season via webcast.

Commissioner Roger Goodell said expansion of digital platforms is a priority. The league is bound by network contracts with NBC, ESPN and CBS with a season package distributed via DirecTV subscription.

Hans Schroeder, NFL senior vice president of media strategy, business development and sales, said one of the NFL’s three 9:30 a.m. ET kickoffs in London next season would be the ideal game to carry because it would reach audiences in Europe, Asia and the United States during times when football is likely to be consumed.

—Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider wants running back Marshawn Lynch to return to the team next season. Whether Lynch wants to play in 2015 is becoming the burning question for Seattle’s front office.

“Obviously, we think he’s a hell of a player. We want to have him back. He knows that. His representatives know that,” Schneider said Tuesday on 710 ESPN in Seattle. “He knows that if he’s back he’s not going to be playing at the same number he’s scheduled to make. He’s a guy that is a heartbeat guy that we’d love to have back. Now, whether or not he wants to play next year, I can’t answer that. I don’t know if he knows at this juncture.”

Barring an unexpected quick resolution to his contract situation, the Seahawks could go through much of the offseason without a clear indication of where Lynch stands. The Seahawks reportedly offered a two-year deal that would pay Lynch more than $10 million next season. He is in the final year of his current contract.

—Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s representatives and team general manager Kevin Colbert had initial dialogue geared toward a new contract.

Colbert made the admission to reporters Tuesday, several weeks after Roethlisberger said he was ready to discuss his next deal.

Roethlisberger, who is entering the final year of his contract, shared the passing title with New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. Roethliberger had a career best 103.3 passer rating with 33 touchdowns and nine interceptions. He turns 33 in March and his salary cap figure is over $18.3 million. He tied for the NFL lead with 4,952 passing yards.

—The Oakland Raiders on Monday announced the hiring of 12 coaches to complete the staff of new head coach Jack Del Rio, and six of the 12 are new to the NFL.

The most recognizable name among the new staff members is Ron Woodson, a member of the Hall of Fame who is back for his second stint with the Raiders. He will be an assistant defensive backs coach after coaching the Raiders cornerbacks in 2011.

Among the other key hires was Jethro Franklin, who was named defensive line coach after serving as the University of Miami’s defensive line coach the past four seasons.

Sam Anno, who spent the previous six years on the University of San Diego staff, will be a defensive assistant. Tim Holt, who served as offensive line coach at Stetson University in 2014, will be an assistant offensive line coach. Brent Vieselmeyer, who spent the past two seasons as the defensive coordinator at Houston Baptist, was named assistant linebackers coach. Jake Peetz was named senior offensive assistant after spending 2014 as a quality control coach with the Washington Redskins. Joe Gomes was named the head strength and conditioning coach after spending the past nine years as the director of performance for EXOS (formerly Athletes’ Performance). His three assistant will be Darryl Eto, Kevin Kijowski and Wesley Miller. Nick Holz and Travis Smith were both retained by the Raiders as quality control staffers – Holz for the offense and Smith for the defense.

—San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers will not require surgery on his ailing back.

Rivers said Monday night that his back is getting better. He played at least the final five games with the injury and considered going on injured reserve late in the season because of a bulging disk and rib injury.

Rivers, 33, is entering the final year of his contract with a salary of more than $15.5 million. General manager Tom Telesco said at the team’s season-ending press conference that keeping Rivers — and keeping him happy — is a top priority.

—Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn rounded out his coaching staff, including the addition of several former NFL players.

The moves included naming UCLA defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich linebackers coach. Ulbrich was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2014 after serving as the assistant head coach, linebackers coach, and special teams coordinator during his first two years with the Bruins. Last season, Ulbrich’s defensive unit was ranked third in the Pac-12 in total defense and star pupil Eric Kendricks won the Butkus Award.

In addition, Keith Carter was named assistant offensive line coach, Matt LaFleur as quarterbacks coach, Doug Mallory as defensive assistant/linebackers coach, Marquand Manuel as secondary coach/senior defensive assistant, Mike McDaniel as offensive assistant, Chris Morgan as offensive line coach and Chad Walker as defensive assistant/defensive backs.

—A Civil District Judge in New Orleans ruled Tuesday that Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson must undergo physical and mental exams in response to a lawsuit filed by his daughter challenging the mental competency of the 87-year-old.

Benson is facing a the lawsuit from daughter Renee LeBlanc, granddaughter Rita and grandson Ryan, who were removed as heirs last month when Benson decided to alter his succession plan for the pro sports franchises to place his wife, Gayle Benson, in control.

During the trial, the trust is not in Benson’s control.

The billionaire has had recent health problems, including in public appearances at NFL league gatherings. Relatives are seeking to have him ruled mentally unfit to oversee his fortune and New Orleans’ two professional sports franchises.

The window for NFL teams to use the restrictive franchise tag is officially open Monday.

Teams will receive information from the league this week estimated the value of the franchise marker, which restricts movement of potential free agents by providing the current team refusal rights to match any offer made to the player. Compensation, in the form of draft choices, can be accepted in return for allowing a designated franchise free agent to leave.

Players can be designated as “exclusive” free agents, the franchise marker that prohibits negotiations with any other team and, once signed by the player, guarantees that player a salary figure equal to the top five players at his position.

Players can be tagged between February 16 and March 2 at 4 p.m. ET.

The Denver Broncos confirmed Tuesday the hiring of Fred Pagac as outside linebackers coach and also named Tony Coaxum as assistant special teams coach.

Pagac’s 37 years as a coach include 13 years working with linebackers, a position he held with the Buffalo Bills in 2014.

Coaxum was a special teams coaching intern with the Baltimore Ravens last season. He also was an assistant coach at Army, his alma mater, for seven years.

—Monte Kiffin, the assistant head coach for defense last season with the Dallas Cowboys, will not return for the 2015 season, according to a report Tuesday.

Kiffin is the only coach on the staff who did not have his contract renewed by the Cowboys with the exception of Bill Callahan, who left after the 2014 season to become the offensive line coach for the Washington Redskins.

Kiffin is turning 75 this month but would like to continue coaching, ESPN reported.

—As Rick Dennison begins his new job as the offensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos, he’s not sure who will be his starting quarterback for the 2015 season.

That’s because Peyton Manning hasn’t decided yet whether he’ll come back for a fourth year with the Broncos. Dennison, who was the Broncos’ offensive coordinator form 2006 to 2008, is taking a wait-and-see approach with the Manning situation.

“I’m not proceeding with anything,” Dennison said Tuesday at an introductory news conference. “I’m letting him take his time because he deserves that.”

The New York Jets signed free-agent cornerback Curtis Brown to a contract on Tuesday.

Brown was out of the NFL last season after tearing the ACL in his left knee in November 2013 with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who released him last March. The 26-year-old Brown has 49 career tackles, two passes defensed and one forced fimble in 34 NFL games after he was drafted in the third round in 2011 by the Steelers out of Texas.