Player Notes

The Panthers brought back several familiar faces to their practice squad on Wednesday.Following the closing of the waiver wire, the team announced the signing of 11 players to the 16-man squad. Defensive lineman Raequan Williams, pass rusher Eku Leota and safety Eric Rowe headlined the group.The Panthers still have five open spots to fill, but for now, the group is stocked with holdover talent from ...

1. The no-spin zone: Falcons quarterback Desmond Ridder played only 17 snaps during the exhibition games.Is he ready to elevate the NFL’s 31st-ranked passing attack into at least the top half of the league?“I’m good,” Ridder said. “I’m great. I’m excited. Ready to get this thing going.”The Falcons took the playing the starters sparingly approach to the exhibition season. They plan to use practices ...

FLOWERY BRANCH — The Falcons were one of the NFL leaders in transactions last season, so you knew they were not done after their initial cutdown to 53 players.The Falcons filled 14 of their 16 practice-squad spots and flipped out an offensive tackle on the 53-man roster Wednesday.“We’ve still got two practice-squad spots to fill,” Falcons coach Arthur Smith said Wednesday. “Which we will, whether that ...

TEMPE — “Everything works out for a reason, right?”Quarterback Josh Dobbs was real close to calling Arizona his new home earlier this offseason.With his familiarity with offensive coordinator Drew Petzing and quarterbacks coach Israel Woolfork from their time in Cleveland together in addition to having crossed paths with general manager Monti Ossenfort in Tennessee and playing with running back James ...

Former Arizona Cardinals coach Steve Wilks testified in California on Friday via videoconference that he was given a burner phone by a team executive to communicate with General Manager Steve Keim during the then-GM's suspension from the league, according to a transcript of the deposition obtained by ESPN."It was a directive from Keim as well as Bidwill," Wilks said in the deposition, according to ...

MIAMI GARDENS — There was a point in the middle of Miami Dolphins training camp ahead of the 2023 season when coach Mike McDaniel added a Sunday practice to the schedule. The idea: Veterans shouldn’t get too many consecutive days off following a preseason opener where starters were rested.This practice, added within a week’s notice, could’ve easily been an opportunity for established players on the ...

This isn’t about getting over one’s skis because of some impressive play by a rookie during the NFL preseason. It’s more than that.Aidan O’Connell should be the Raiders’ No. 2 quarterback over Brian Hoyer to begin the season.Yes. O’Connell looked much better than a fourth-round pick out of Purdue in three preseason games, completing 70 percent of his passes with nearly 500 yards and three touchdowns. ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Bernhard Raimann was straining through a pass block deep in the backfield when he spotted something he never wanted to see.Anthony Richardson was standing nonchalant in the pocket, assuming a play in the joint practice between the Colts and Eagles was dead. But Derek Barnett thought otherwise, and the Eagles edge rusher swiped the football loose from Richardson's arms, scooped it up ...

28-35 minutes 8/29/2023C.J. Stroud is officially the Week 1 starter for the Texans. He began taking all the first-team reps in practice on Aug. 5. He started in all three preseason games. But what did the No. 2 overall pick out of Ohio State reveal? What can be expected from the franchise’s fourth opening-day starting quarterback in as many seasons?Here is a full breakdown of all 23 of Stroud’s preseason ...

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 ...