Player Notes

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. ...

The Titans have claimed defensive back Kindle Vildor off waivers from the Chicago Bears, according to the league’s transaction report.In addition, one of the players the Titans signed to the practice squad on Wednesday is former Cleveland Browns kicker Cade York, per ESPN. He was 24-for-32 on field-goal attempts last season overall, including 10-for-15 from 40 yards and beyond. The Titans had traded ...

Nashville TennesseanTennessee Titans running back Hassan Haskins was supposed to have a date in court on Wednesday, but his trial has been pushed back to Sept. 25.Haskins was charged with aggravated assault by strangulation in June after a domestic disturbance with his girlfriend. Haskins' girlfriend was also charged with aggravated assault and was also charged with assault with a deadly weapon and ...

Nashville TennesseanThe Tennessee Titans submitted one waiver claim following NFL cutdown day, adding cornerback Kindle Vildor from the Chicago Bears.Vildor has been in the NFL for three years since the Bears picked him in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He's played in 44 games, making 22 starts. He has 97 tackles, 10 pass breakups, one interceptions and one sack in his career.By claiming Vildor, ...

Nashville TennesseanThat didn't take long.The Tennessee Titans have signed 16 players they waived Tuesday back onto their practice squad Wednesday morning. Per NFL rules, the Titans had to trim their roster down to just 53 active players Tuesday, which resulted in the Titans waiving almost 40 players over the course of the last week. One of those players, Thomas Odukoya, doesn't count against the limit ...

Nashville TennesseanNow that the Tennessee Titans have trimmed their roster to 53 players, it's time to talk depth chart.Per NFL rules, the Titans cut their roster down to just 53 players on Tuesday, parting ways with nearly 40 players who spent the offseason with the team over the course of a week. Some players who survived the cut were more surprising than others, including five undrafted rookies ...

8/30/2023Twenty-three days. That’s how long Kyle Dubas held the record for executing the most ridiculously lopsided trade in Pittsburgh sports history (recent history, anyway).Omar Khan smashed it to pieces.I’d still say it’s pretty remarkable that Dubas, the Penguins’ new president of hockey operations, reeled in Norris Trophy-winning defenseman Erik Karlsson for a gently used Mikael Granlund and ...

8/30/2023The Steelers are signing veteran cornerback Desmond King, who was released by the Houston Texans, and adding him to their 53-man roster, team sources have told the Post-Gazette.To make room for King, who was a first-team All-Pro in 2018, the Steelers are expected to release punter Braden Mann.The Steelers were looking to add a cornerback from the waiver wire because their depth on the outside ...

8/30/2023When it came time to choose which players would serve as reserves along the offensive line, the Steelers chose youth and versatility over experience. Among the four backups on the initial 53-man roster, three have no NFL experience.That might seem like it’s a big risk for the coaches, but rookies Broderick Jones and Spencer Anderson and Dylan Cook, a first-year player who spent last season ...

8/30/2023Tuesday’s “First Call” has some advice for young Pittsburgh Steelers from a former rival of the club. A number of ex-Steelers and Pitt Panthers didn’t survive NFL cutdown day. And we look at how the success of the Steelers draft class ended up influencing the depth chart.Betting on BentonThe performance of one of the Steelers rookies dictated at least one of the Steelers roster cuts Tuesday.Second-round ...