Player Notes

With the preseason finally concluded, it's time to learn the identity of the 2023 New Orleans Saints.But while we will soon know who the Saints are, we won’t know what they will be until they open the regular season against the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 10.So many questions remain.Are these Saints as good as they think they are?Are they poised to shock the league and make an unexpected leap to greatness ...

And so it begins.On Monday, the Vikings made a number of cuts, parting ways with 15 players in total. All teams in the NFL must finalize their roster by 3 p.m. Tuesday.Maybe the most notable name the Vikings let go was quarterback Jordan Ta’amu, a former XFL star, who the Vikings signed last week ahead of the preseason finale against Arizona.The Vikings also waived defensive tackle Calvin Avery; cornerback ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — There’s no “oh s—, it’s getting real” moment like the practice after the first wave of cuts.The Los Angeles Rams have to get down to 53 players by Tuesday at 1 p.m. PT, and waived 14 Monday on their way to that number. The preseason is over, and as the crowd of players on the field diminishes, the stakes rise.So, too, has the scrutiny over two players in particular, after a ...

Detroit Lions quarterback Nate Sudfeld tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in Friday's preseason finale against the Carolina Panthers and will miss the 2023 season, a person familiar with the diagnosis told the Free Press on Monday.Sudfeld was injured on his only series of the game, when he stepped awkwardly while scrambling near the Panthers sideline.Lions coach Dan Campbell said ...

Jalen Hurts is the franchise quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles.He is coming off a season in which he led the Eagles to the Super Bowl and finished second in NFL MVP voting.Hurts was rewarded with five-year, $255 million deal, which averages $51 million year, the third highest-paid player in the NFL.Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he had considered a scenario in which Hurts would have been a backup ...

Trey Lance has arrived.The Cowboys’ new quarterback is putting in work at The Star, getting to know teammates, coaches and the offense with the team preparing for its regular season opener at the New York Giants next week.For the near future, Lance will participate in what coach Mike McCarthy called, “young player meetings three times a week” in addition to post-practice work.Lance got to North Texas ...

Four months after he was drafted in the second round (53rd overall), Bears rookie defensive tackle Gervon Dexter is not the player he was at Florida.“Completely the opposite player now,” Dexter said. “Like getting off the ball, playing vertical and learning how to do some of those things. Even my rush ability has turned [to] a whole different level.”That transformation is encouraging for the Bears, ...

Chicago Bears offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka always has considered himself a patient person with an ability to see the bigger picture. Thus, as he paced the sideline at Soldier Field during Saturday’s preseason finale against the Buffalo Bills, he suppressed his restlessness with a double dose of football curiosity.For 3 hours and 9 minutes, with the Bears running 59 plays on offense and 27 more on ...

As the Chicago Bears go through the process of finalizing moves to reach the 53-man roster limit by 3 p.m. Tuesday, the team is bringing in a veteran offensive lineman.A league source confirmed Monday night that the Bears are acquiring Dan Feeney from the Miami Dolphins via a trade. Compensation is not known but chances are it involves a late-round draft pick.Feeney, 29, can play both guard and center, ...

Kyler Murray will start the season by remaining on the Cardinals’ Physically Unable to Perform list and thus missing at least the first four weeks of the schedule. Veteran backup Colt McCoy, however, won’t be starting in Murray’s place.In a surprise move on Monday, the Cardinals released McCoy, 36, with coach Jonathan Gannon saying it now will be an open competition between newly acquired Joshua Dobbs ...