Author: Roster Insider

The Colts made several roster moves Friday, including placing running back Salvon Ahmed and cornerback Justin Walley on injured reserve. Ahmed and Walley are out for the season. Ahmed injured his ankle on a hip-drop tackle by Trey Washington in practice, and Walley, a third-round pick, tore his ACL in

C.J. Gardner-Johnson has gone from fearing a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament tear to possibly playing in the season opener. The Texans safety injured his knee Thursday, and it initially appeared a serious injury. An MRI later showed his ACL intact, however. Now, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that further testing

The Commanders are playing only one starter in Friday night’s preseason opener against New England. His name is not Jayden Daniels. Cornerback Trey Amos is the only “obvious” starter on offense or defense who is active for Washington, Nicki Jhabvala of TheAthletic.com reports. The Commanders announced Sam Hartman will start

The Cowboys placed a pair of offensive linemen on injured reserve Friday and they added one to the roster in another move. The NFL’s daily transaction report shows that they have claimed guard Nick Broeker off of waivers. Broeker was dropped by the Steelers on Thursday. Friday’s report also shows

Raiders quarterback Geno Smith played five seasons in Seattle, three as the Seahawks starter, before the team traded him to Las Vegas. There apparently is no love lost. Smith was caught by photographs and videographers flipping a fan a double bird before the preseason game in Seattle on Thursday night.

The Bears say they are committed to leaving Soldier Field and the city of Chicago so that they can build an indoor stadium in suburban Arlington Heights. Bears owner George McCaskey said today that the team’s plans are for a “transformative” stadium that would bring major events to the Chicago

The retirement of Jimmy Johnson opened a seat at the Fox NFL Sunday desk. The seat will be replaced by a current part-time member of the cast. Via Reuters.com, Fox has announced that former Patriots and Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski will replace Johnson. Gronkowski, 36, joins Curt Menefee, Terry

The wheels of justice often move as slowly as the negotiation of a Dallas Cowboys player contract. Via Matt Kyle of the Dallas Morning News, the trial of a sexual assault lawsuit against Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been delayed again. Most recently, it was due to begin on Monday,

Trey Lance and Taylor Heinicke are competing for the backup quarterback job behind Justin Herbert. The official depth chart lists Lance OR Heinicke as the No. 2. Lance started the Hall of Fame Game, and Heinicke will get his turn Sunday against the Saints, Eric Smith of the team website

Shedeur Sanders will have an extended debut for his first preseason action on Friday night. Via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski told the team’s radio broadcast on Thursday that Sanders will play the majority of the contest against the Panthers. When it comes to a

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is dealing with a disc issue in his back, but he wouldn’t be playing in Saturday’s preseason matchup with the Cowboys anyway. Los Angeles head coach Sean McVay hasn’t played starters or other players of significance in the preseason for the vast majority of his tenure,

Broncos defensive lineman Matt Henningsen may be out for the season. Henningsen suffered an Achilles injury during the team’s joint practice Thursday with the 49ers, and the team fears it will end his season, according to Mike Klis of 9 News. A final diagnosis won’t be made until Henningsen gets

The NFL’s broadcast deals include the ability to pull the plug if the network undergoes a change in control. CBS has undergone a change in control. The network’s new owner isn’t concerned about the NFL pulling the plug. “[T]hey still do have an out, but it’s not something that we’re

The agreement between the NFL and ESPN is “non-binding,” because it is non-approved by the federal government. The league has commenced the process of securing Uncle Sam’s blessing. Via Reuters, the NFL has performed outreach to 30 different congressional offices. The lobbying effort includes discussing the terms of the deal

The Dolphins don’t have one of their key offensive players for Friday’s joint practice with the Bears. Head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters in his press conference that receiver Tyreek Hill won’t participate with an oblique issue. “He’s trying to practice,” McDaniel said, via David Furones of the South Florida

Caleb Williams’ preseason debut with Ben Johnson as his head coach will not come this weekend. Johnson told reporters in his Friday press conference that Williams and about 17 of the club’s other starters will not play in Sunday’s exhibition matchup against the Dolphins. Chicago is having a joint practice

Bengals running back Chase Brown got eight touches on Thursday night — four touches on each of the two possessions with Cincinnati’s first-string offense on the field — and Joe Burrow says that kind of workload will be the norm for Brown this season. “He’s playing a huge role for

Some believe that the Browns, by starting rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders in tonight’s preseason opener, are setting him up to fail. But not even the hopelessly dysfunctional Browns-is-the-Browns are that dysfunctional. They drafted him. Why would they want him to fail? Tonight, they need him. Presumptive Week 1 starter Joe

On one level, players who want new contracts are present but not practicing, in order to leverage their teams into giving them new deals. On another level, something far more important is happening. The players are avoiding a potentially serious injury. Consider the case of Chargers tackle Rashawn Slater. Taken

If/when the “non-binding agreement” between ESPN and the NFL becomes final and binding, the NFL will own 10 percent of ESPN. As recently explained, that will inevitably impact the manner in which ESPN covers the NFL. For now, ESPN is telling its NFL reporters that it won’t. “Of course I’m

Ravens running back Keaton Mitchell burst on the scene by averaging more than eight yards per carry as a rookie in 2023, but a torn ACL cut his season short and limited him to seven lackluster appearances last season. There were signs of the old spark in Mitchell’s play on

Colts quarterback Daniel Jones was not expecting to do much in Thursday night’s game against the Ravens, but Anthony Richardson’s injury in the first quarter meant a change in plans for the veteran. Jones wound up playing 31 snaps and went 10-of-21 for 144 yards while leading the Colts to

The biggest play of Thursday’s preseason game between the Ravens and Colts came on an Indianapolis punt late in the first quarter. Ravens sixth-round pick LaJohntay Wester fielded the ball, weaved through would-be tacklers and then flew up the sideline for an 87-yard touchdown that looked like something Wester’s college

Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson was supposed to play most of the first half of Thursday night’s game against the Ravens, but that plan went out the window on the team’s second offensive possession. Ravens edge rusher David Ojabo was unblocked on a passing play and he drilled Richardson for a

Micah Parsons has not practiced at Cowboys training camp this summer, but he has been in attendance in street clothes while his teammates go through drills. That changed on Thursday, however. Reporters at the practice noted that Parsons was absent from the workout. Those reporters also noted that Cowboys owner

The Seahawks intercepted two passes in Thursday night’s preseason game against the Raiders. And they followed both interceptions with unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. The interceptions were by Josh Jobe and Nehemiah Pritchett, but the penalties weren’t on them. They were on the veterans on the Seahawks’ defense who weren’t even in

Xavier McKinney has played 37 consecutive games, counting the postseason. The Packers safety insists he will keep that streak alive, promising a calf injury he irritated this week won’t keep him out of the season opener. McKinney, though, does expect to miss the rest of training camp and all three