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INDIANAPOLIS – Jonathan Taylor still doesn’t want to play for the Indianapolis Colts.The team still hopes the relationship can be mended.Not much changed Tuesday with the passing of the NFL’s 53-man roster cutdown deadline – and, with it, Indianapolis’ unofficial deadline for trading the disgruntled running back.No deal was consummated, with ESPN’s Adam Schefter reporting the Miami Dolphins and a mystery ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts, like the rest of the NFL, made a flurry of moves on Tuesday to finish the painful process of reducing the roster from 90 players to 53.And it remains clear that the team’s work is far from over.An already-young Indianapolis roster has clear needs for at least one wide receiver and experienced depth on the offensive line, along with the potential to add players at running back, ...

3-3 minutes 8/30/2023A position group that appeared to be a strength for the Houston Texans during the offseason is facing considerable uncertainty as the team's 2023 opener approaches.According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and ESPN's Field Yates, Texans offensive lineman Kenyon Green was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, effectively ending his second NFL season before it begins. Green underwent ...

9-11 minutes 8/30/2023The Texans locker room had become so crowded in recent days with more than 90 players that equipment managers had to bring in makeshift lockers so the new signees could have a place to change.After Tuesday, there will no longer be a use for those lockers. The Texans’ roster was cut to 53 by the NFL’s 3 p.m. deadline, though the roster remains fluid.The Texans still must assemble ...

Just like that the Broncos have a new kicker.Denver on Tuesday traded a 2024 conditional seventh-round pick to New Orleans for Wil Lutz. Lutz will be reunited with Broncos coach Sean Payton, his former coach with the Saints.To make room for Lutz, the Broncos waived kicker Brett Maher. Teams had to get rosters down from the 90-man offseason limit to the 53-man regular-season number on Tuesday.The Broncos ...

6-7 minutes 8/30/2023The day Sean Payton was hired as Denver’s head coach, he previewed what his first several months on the job would look like.“For the early part of six, seven, eight months, whenever you go to sleep at night, your checklist won’t be complete,” he said Feb. 6. “That’s just part of the deal.”There’s always still more work to do when trying to overhaul a roster and kickstart a franchise ...

BEREA, Ohio -- On the first day of practice after the Browns trimmed their roster to 53, Deshaun Watson and Elijah Moore were conspicuously absent from the practice field.As it turns out, both were sick. Coach Kevin Stefanski will update the media after practice Tuesday.With Watson out, rookie quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson was the only quarterback throwing to receivers and tight ends and handing ...

BEREA, Ohio — Marquise Goodwin danced his way onto the field on the first day of Browns training camp at The Greenbrier Sports Complex, and never stopped smiling even though he was sidelined with bloodclots in his legs and lungs the whole time.Watching him mentor young receivers such as Cedric Tillman and Elijah Moore, you never would’ve guessed the harrowing ordeal he went through in the spring when ...

Akron Beacon JournalThe Browns have tried to draft the solution to their kicking problems. They've tried to find it through free agency and the waiver wire. Now, they're going to the trade route to see if that's the solution.In Dustin Hopkins, who is being traded by the Los Angeles Chargers to Browns in exchange for a 2025 seventh-round pick, the team is acquiring about as veteran a kicker as they ...

Akron Beacon JournalBy 4 p.m. Tuesday, the Browns roster had to be trimmed down from its training camp limit of 90 to the regular season max of 53. That won't be the 53 players who likely will comprise the roster when they open the season on Sept. 10 against the Cincinnati Bengals, but it'll be somewhat close.Twice before, attempts have been made at guessing what that 53-man roster would look like ...