NFL News, Rumors, In/Out - post start of pre-season games

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DAL - LOT Tyron Smith has a torn hamstring and will miss multiple months this year - another hole on a OL for Cowboys
Now stating it was also an avulsion fracture of his knee as well, same as Becton of NYJ who is now out for season

edit to add - reports now out that he will miss at least until December
 
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Former CLE C J.C. Tretter has retired
BUF - have restructured contract of OL Dion Dawkins for cap space help
HOU - signs K Matt Amendola to cover short time injury by K Ka'imi Fairbairn
TB - waives WR Cyril Grayson with injury designation
MIA - Dolphins are supposedly offering TE Mike Gesicki in trade talks - HC is in denial on that...
NFL - begins its Thursday night broadcasts on Amazon Prime tonight
 
Rumor - PHI is talking to Cleveland about Kareem Hunt - per Schefter this is not happening as of yet. No talks have started
TB - Tom Brady to play in last Pre-season game
 
SF - Jimmie Ward will miss the first 4 games on IR
KC - Rookie CB Trent McDuffie placed in concussion protocol
BUF - rookie P Matt Araiza has had a civil suit filed against him as part of a gang rape charge. Due to this happening before he was drafted he won't be under NFL policies, and he is denying all charges
NYG - claimed WR Bailey Gaither off of waivers from Ravens, but have since waived him with a failed physical designation
CIN/LAR - had quite a few fights, but one in particular has video of DT Aaron Donald taking a Bengals Helmet and swinging it like a hammer. Per sources the League can't go after the players in practice as that falls under team jurisdiction, but per a report on PFT, the league CAN go after the Rams if they can show the team didn't control the situation well.
NYJ - Denzel Mims and his agent have requested a trade.
BAL - No Lamar Jackson this week for Ravens
NE - Patriots release CB Malcom Butler off of IR
LVR - reports out that the team could do any of multiple things with OL Alex Leatherwood - leave him at tackle, move him to guard, release him, trade him. Not doing real great this pre-season
SEA - RB Rashaad Penny tests positive for Covid
WAS - HC confirmed that RB Antonio Gibson will be main K returner
 
Panthers QB Sam Darnold carted off the field with a foot injury.

Update: Initial reports are saying high ankle sprain. MRI tomorrow
 
NFL - all teams must be down to 53 active players by Tuesday August 30, so cuts are coming.
KC - cut 5 players including RB Tayon Fleet-Davis
CAR - DT Derrick Brown is okay left game early, K Zane Gonzales has a groin injury
NE - Ty Montgomery RB has an ankle injury - severity not known yet
SF - per reports the trade market does not exist for Jimmy G, so team may have to sit on him
NO - losing OLT Trevor Penning with turf toe for a while
LAR - Aaron Donald may yet receive some kind of punishment from the league for the helmet attack in the joint practice
BUF - HC McDermott says team has to make decisions on P Araiza - using back up QB Matt Barkley as P for now
NYJ - GM Douglas says team has gotten a couple calls on Denzel Mims
NO - Both Jameis Winston and Jarvis Landry played last night
BAL - activated Ronnie Stanley OT off of PUP, and placed DL Tyus Bowser on reserve/PUP list
JAC - claimed K Jake Verity off of waivers from Colts
 
WAS - per reports - Brian Robinson was shot in the lower extremities, 2 shots. Per reports he is in stable condition and doing well
PIT - both Diontae Johnson and TJ Watt left injured - Watt got his knee hurt on low block and Johnson has a minor shoulder injury. Team says both will be okay and injury was not significant
PIT - it also seems after his last performance that Trubisky will be the starter for the Steelers
LVR - placed Brandon Parker OT to IR
NYG - per reports Tyrod Taylor suffered a back injury in last pre-season game, but teams says he will be fine
NYJ - HC Saleh said he thought WR Denzel Mims will be with team - he put up over 100 yds receiving on 7 catches in last pre-season game(showing off for future team??). GM confirmed reports that at least 2 teams have reached out for trade. Mims has requested a trade.
SEA - placed CB Tre Brown on reserve/PUP list
CLE - lost DE Chris Odom to a season ending ACL tear
TB - lost 2 more C's on last weekend's games. Tom better have his track shoes on this year....
MIA - signing FA DL/LB Trey Flowers
MIN - Vikings lose WR Bisi Johnson to another torn ACL - just like last year
LVR - Darren Waller has fired his current agent
NO - OL Trevor Penning will miss a large part of his rookie year due to surgery for turf toe and torn ligament in his foot
IND - Colts will place S Armani Watts on season ending IR due to the ankle injury he suffered on first kick off of last weekend's games
CAR - evidently the groin injury suffered by Gonzalez in pre-game warm ups is significant. Panthers are bringing in Piniero for try outs
NE - Tyquan Thornton WR to miss 6-8 weeks due to clavicle surgery
CAR - Sam Darnold to miss 4-6 weeks with high ankle sprain

should be major cut down day today and tomorrow as all teams must be down to 53 by 4pm ET Tuesday August 30
 
CAR - HC Rhule thinks 4 weeks for Sam Darnold
MIN - reports out that Vikings may be trading RB Alexander Mattison, also cut DL T.Y. McGill
MIA - Dolphins release WR Mohamad Sanu
DEN - cut P Sam Martin after refusing to take a pay cut
 
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