Player Notes

The Texans once considered trading back from No. 15 overall in the 2022 draft.They’d already traded back from No. 13. Three straight teams selected three wideouts, and general manager Nick Caserio picked up the phone. The Eagles agreed to move up two spots, and the Texans pocketed three extra picks.Caserio then eyed the draft board at No. 15. He’d reveal to reporters later that night there was an opportunity ...

The Broncos swapped out a string of first-time head coaches for a Super Bowl champion. They beefed up their offensive line and retooled their roster with dozens of new players. Brought back Vance Joseph as defensive coordinator.More than all of those changes, however, perhaps the single biggest question mark hovering over Denver this fall is the play of quarterback Russell Wilson.His first year in ...

Right tackle Mike McGlinchey is one of the most important players on the Broncos’ roster, and there’s a $87.5 million contract to validate that statement.When McGlinchey left practice Aug. 8 due to a knee sprain, there was some concern given that he was the centerpiece of an offseason overhaul of the offensive line. But he is back in full strength after the injury scare.“It’s great to get back,” McGlinchey ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Browns fans hoping for a break Week 1 when they kick off their season against the Bengals on Sept. 10 at Cleveland Browns Stadium aren’t going to get it. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who injured his calf in training camp, was spotted walking to the practice field on Wednesday in Cincinnati with pads on and helmet in hand.ESPN’s Ben Baby tweeted a photo of Burrow with other Bengals ...

BEREA, Ohio -- Dorian Thompson-Robinson was napping last Thursday when the call came that Joshua Dobbs had been traded and he was now the No. 2 quarterback for the Cleveland Browns — one play away from replacing Deshaun Watson in this high-stakes season.“What a whirlwind,” Thompson said after the Browns’ 33-32 loss to the Chiefs in the preseason finale. “I was half-asleep. We just got off of work. ...

Cincinnati Bengals rookie defensive end Myles Murphy is a 6-foot-6, 275-pound first round pick who can run a 40-yard dash in 4.47 seconds. For his whole life, he has been bigger, stronger and faster than his competition.In college at Clemson, Murphy was a freshman All-American. After the Bengals drafted him this year, Murphy expected a similar transition where he’d hit the ground running and wreak ...

Brandon Beane ultimately thinks the move to trade defensive end Boogie Basham to the New York Giants was necessary, but that didn’t make it easy for the Buffalo Bills general manager.“We try to make the roster as competitive as we could,” Beane said on Wednesday. “That’s one of the discussions that was very tough, especially a guy that is still young (25), two years left on his deal. But we tried to ...

There were no significant surprises Tuesday afternoon as the Baltimore Ravens cut down their roster to 53 players. They kept 25 offensive players, 25 defensive players and three specialists, the exact mix they prefer. No position was left with improper numbers.There were no veteran cuts that came out of nowhere. General manager Eric DeCosta didn’t make any trades. All in all, it was a predictable cutdown ...

Among many out-of-nowhere facts about, well, out-of-nowhere Geno Smith: He was an English major in college.It’s been more than a decade now since the Seahawks quarterback who surprised the league in 2022 with a Pro Bowl season after seven years on NFL benches was studying in college. That was while he was starring at West Virginia through 2011.Why English?“I love to read and love to write,” he said ...

When Jaxon Smith-Njigba was told he needed wrist surgery, he informed Pete Carroll he’d be back on the field right away.When doctors told the Seahawks last week’s operation in Philadelphia to repair a broken bone in the rookie wide receiver’s left wrist went well and that he would be practicing again in about two weeks, Smith-Njigba told his team he’d be back sooner.So the smooth first-round draft ...