Новости за 03.09.2017

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The Steelers have made their third trade in the last two days. Safety J.J. Wilcox is headed to Pittsburgh from Tampa Bay. The Steelers gave the Buccaneers their sixth-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and the Buccaneers will also ship their seventh-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft to the Steelers. Wilcox signed a [more]

The Giants announced eight of the 10 players who will join their practice squad. All eight played for the Giants in the preseason finle against the Patriots on Thursday night. The signings includes tackle Adam Bisnowaty, the team’s sixth-round pick this year. The Giants made Bisnowaty (No. 69 in photo) the 200th overall selection, and [more]

The Jaguars announced seven players they have signed to their 10-player practice squad. The list includes defensive back Tracy Howard and offensive lineman Chris Reed, both of whom have played in the regular season. Reed went undrafted in 2015 and spent his first season on the team’s practice squad. He appeared in 10 games last [more]

The Vikings announced seven players signed to the practice squad, but the list doesn’t include quarterback Kyle Sloter. The former Broncos quarterback was on his way to the Twin Cities to sign his contract, which will pay him three times the minimum practice squad salary. The Vikings chose Sloter over former University of Minnesota quarterback [more]

The Colts had four quarterbacks on their initial 53-man roster, but they dropped that number to three on Sunday. Stephen Morris is the odd man out. The team announced that Morris was one of five players they waived to make room for five they claimed earlier in the day. Morris was 38-of-56 for 399 yards [more]

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It likely pained the Texans to cut offensive lineman David Quessenberry (No. 77 in photo) on Saturday, but they made it clear they wanted him back. After the cancer survivor cleared waivers, Houston signed him to its practice squad. Quessenberry was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in June 2014. He completed radiation treatment and his cancer [more]

The Redskins’ plans at safety this season were thrown for a loop on Sunday morning when Su'a Cravens came to the team’s facility to tell team president Bruce Allen that he was going to retire a year after the team took him in the second round. That decision is on hold at the moment as [more]

The NFL might as well go ahead and give J.J. Watt the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. The Texans defensive end began an online fundraising page last Sunday, seeking $200,000 in donations for victims of Hurricane Harvey. In a week, more than 169,000 people have donated more than $18 million with the goal [more]

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The Cowboys released linebacker Mark Nzeocha after acquiring linebacker Jayrone Elliott in a trade with the Packers. Nzeocha, a seventh-round choice in 2015, played mostly special teams in his two seasons with the Cowboys. He played 52 snaps on defense last season after getting just 14 as a rookie. Elliott provides depth for the Cowboys [more]

And now we wait.

Jeremy Langford started the 2016 season as the Bears’ starting running back. He may start the 2017 season without a job. The Bears announced on Sunday that Langford has been waived as part of the moves to make room for three players they claimed off of waivers. Langford started the first three games of last [more]

The Texans only kept four wide receivers on their initial 53-man roster and Will Fuller won’t be playing in Week One as he continues to recover from a broken collarbone. That made it little surprise that they sifted through the discard piles around the league to find an addition to the group. The NFL announced [more]

When the Dolphins were awarded kicker Cody Parkey on a waiver claim Sunday, it seemed like just a matter of time before word of Andrew Franks‘ release would hit the wire. That word came on Sunday afternoon. The Dolphins haven’t made an official announcement at this point, but Franks said farewell in a tweet that [more]

The Ravens didn’t keep a traditional fullback on their 53-player roster, choosing instead to use defensive lineman Patrick Ricard or tight end Nick Boyle at the position in situations that call for a fullback. But the Ravens re-signed fullback Ricky Ortiz to their practice squad Sunday, a day after releasing him. Baltimore announced five other [more]

Cowboys executive Stephen Jones recently described the team as mere “observers” in the Ezekiel Elliott case. Paperwork filed in connection with the case suggests otherwise. Cowboys general counsel Jason Cohen has submitted a declaration (an affidavit signed without official notarization, routinely used in federal court) that both explains the harm the team will suffer due [more]

The Bills added three players on waivers Sunday, which means that they needed to dump three players who made it through the initial cut to 53 players. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that one of them is wide receiver Philly Brown. Running back Jonathan Williams and linebacker Gerald Hodges were previously reported as other cuts. [more]

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The 49ers knew they were going to be short a defensive end, so they claimed one off waivers. Per the league’s transaction report, the 49ers were awarded Xavier Cooper from the Browns. Cooper was a third-round pick out of Washington State in 2015, but like a lot of former Browns pick, never quite lived up [more]

Quarterback Kyle Sloter was waived by the Broncos on Saturday as they made the cut to 53 players and cleared space for the return of Brock Osweiler, but he wasn’t claimed by any other teams in the league. That’s not because no one was interested in having him around, however. Sloter announced on Twitter that [more]

The Colts cut center Brian Schwenke, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Schwenke lasted in Indianapolis only six months after the team signed him as a key free agent, giving him a one-year, $1.3 million deal. The Colts chose instead to go with undrafted rookie Deyshawn Bond behind starter Ryan Kelly, who remains out after undergoing [more]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has thought about what his emotions will be like at Homestead. It could be like a special moment he shared with Steve Latarte in 2014.