Player Notes

Soon after he was drafted by the Giants this year, wide receiver Jalin Hyatt was sent a video message by Odell Beckham Jr. asking him not to “break all my records in your rookie year.”Hyatt at least will match one of OBJ’s numbers, officially switching from No. 84 to No. 13 for his initial NFL campaign — the jersey number Beckham wore during his five accomplished seasons with the Giants from 2014-18.Wide ...

Rams general manager Les Snead has been to the mountain top but his vantage point at the moment might be deep in the valley as the Rams are coming off a 5-12 title defense that led to the severing of ties with significant players from a roster that won the Super Bowl just a year earlier.Snead spoke via video conference on Wednesday, addressing his 53-man roster entering the Sept. 10 season opener and ...

It’s a little early still for a Detroit Lions preview column. It’s never too early for hype, as evidenced by the deluge of coverage and anticipation for the season opener the last several months.Shoot, you could argue that the hype train, as Dan Campbell called it back in late July, began the moment his team secured a victory against the Packers in Green Bay in January.The Lions' 2022 season wasn’t ...

The Detroit Lions are bringing back a familiar face to compete for the kicking job.The Lions re-signed kicker Michael Badgley to their practice squad Wednesday, a month after they cut him just before the start of training camp.Badgley made 20 of 24 field goals and all 33 extra point attempts in 12 games with the Lions last season after joining the team in October to help stabilize a poor kicking game.He ...

The Detroit Lions hoped to bring Starling Thomas V back on their practice squad after they cut the rookie cornerback Tuesday. The Arizona Cardinals had other ideas.The Cardinals were awarded Thomas off waivers Wednesday, the only Lions cut claimed by another team.The Lions did not make any waiver claims.Thomas had an impressive spring after signing with the Lions as an undrafted free agent and played ...

The Detroit Lions still have only two running backs on their 53-man roster, and although that's expected to change before next week's season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, the team added insurance at the position Wednesday to its practice squad.The Lions agreed to a practice squad contract with former New York Jets running back Zonovan "Bam" Knight, his agent announced on X (formerly known ...

The Dallas Cowboys continued the process of lining up their personnel for 2023 with adjustments to the active roster and signings to the practice squad.Cornerback Nahshon Wright (ankle) and tackle Matt Waletzo (shoulder) were moved to injured reserve as expected, sidelining them for the first four games of the seasons.The team re-signed deep snapper Trent Sieg and backup tackle Chuma Edoga.The Cowboys ...

FRISCO — Trey Lance is thankful for his time with San Francisco.He’s excited about his fresh start in Dallas.The third player taken in the 2021 draft doesn’t want to dwell on what didn’t happen with the 49ers. But it did lay the groundwork for what he’ll do with the Cowboys.“I learned a ton,’’ Lance said about San Francisco after going through a brief practice with his new team Tuesday afternoon. “Like ...

People cannot stop talking about it. I cannot stop writing about it. Maybe we are all simply damaged goods on this topic.It’s entirely possible that the Cowboys’ and Dolphins’ trade of disappointing cornerbacks at the cutdown deadline Tuesday will play a more significant role in Dallas’ season than Friday’s draft pick trade for quarterback Trey Lance. That doesn’t make a discussion of Noah Igbinoghene’s ...

Justin Fields runs on Saturday.The most important decision of Ryan Poles’ career will play out over 17 games this season.The Bears general manager will be monitoring every Justin Fields decision, throw and result to try to answer the most important question facing the franchise: is their quarterback of the future?If he is, Fields will be eligible for a life-changing contract extension next offseason. ...