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Getty Images Texans rookie Tytus Howard will have to wait at least a week to make his NFL debut. He is among the team’s inactives. The 23rd overall choice broke his finger in the third preseason game. The Texans listed him is questionable on their status report Saturday despite his full...

Getty Images Falcons receiver Julio Jones arguably is the best in the league at what he does. He’s about to be paid better than any other person who ever has played the position. Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports that Jones’ new contract extension will pay out roughly $66 million over three...

Getty Images The timing of the Raiders’ decision to release receiver Antonio Brown takes him out of play for all but three of the teams still to play in Week One. Brown’s release doesn’t become official until 4:00 p.m. ET on Saturday. So he can’t be signed by another team before then. However...

Getty Images In late August, Texans head coach Bill O’Brien said he wasn’t hopeful that wide receiver Keke Coutee would play in the regular season opener because of an ankle injury. The outlook has brightened a bit since then. Coutee was limited in all three practices this week and drew a...

Getty Images The Texans kept Trevor Daniel over Bryan Anger in final cuts. That doesn’t mean Daniel is the team’s punter long term. Houston has worked out former Patriots punter Ryan Allen and former Vikings punter Matt Wile, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports. The Patriots decided on Aug. 19 to keep...

Getty Images Commissioner Roger Goodell won’t be answering questions under oath, after all. After a Louisiana trial court judge ordered Goodell and three game officials to testify in the lawsuit filed over the outcome of the NFC Championship game, the NFL took the matter to the Louisiana...

Getty Images Saints quarterback Drew Brees has taken some criticism this week after he appeared in a promotional video made by Focus on the Family, a Christian organization that opposes gay marriage and gay adoption. In a new video released today, Brees said he opposes all forms of...

Getty Images Falcons owner Arthur Blank long has expressed optimism at getting a long-term deal completed with Julio Jones before the start of the season. Five days before the first game against the Vikings, the Falcons are “very, very close” to doing just that. Blank told Jeff Schultz of...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is amazed by what Drew Brees has accomplished . . . and by what the Saints quarterback hasn’t accomplished. In 18 seasons, Brees has done almost everything he possibly can. He’s won a Super Bowl, won Super Bowl MVP, earned 12 Pro Bowls and owns...

Getty Images Saints rookie defensive end Carl Granderson was not expected to be with the team this fall after he was sentenced to six months in prison in July by a judge who rejected a plea deal on sexual battery charges that would have allowed Granderson to serve probation rather than spend...

Getty Images The Dolphins kept Kiko Alonso on their 53-man roster, but only for a day. Alonso has been traded to the Saints this morning, according to multiple reports. There’s no word yet on what the Saints sent back to Miami, but it presumably isn’t much, given that Alonso has a base salary...

Getty Images Dez has caught it. And it is his desire to play football again. Little more than a month after receiver Dez Bryant said he had no interest in playing football, he’s planning a comeback. Bryant tells Jane Slater of the NFL that he’s hoping to return to the NFL in the middle of...

Getty Images The Saints have set their initial 53-man roster for the 2019 season. The group does not include veteran defensive tackles Ziggy Hood and Sylvester Williams, each of whom looked like possible members of the team with David Onyemata suspended for the opener and Sheldon Rankins still...

Getty Images In the first round of the 2016 draft, three consecutive receivers were picked in the 20s. Two are expected to be cut today. One is apparently close to happening. Mike Jones of USA Today reports that Washington plans to cut receiver Josh Doctson. Washington drafted Doctson after...

Getty Images Veterans who aren’t starters can often become endangered species this time of year, as teams don’t want to guarantee any more salary than they have to. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Saints are cutting veteran defensive lineman Ziggy Hood. A former first-rounder of the...

Getty Images The Saints are cutting tight end Dan Arnold, Nick Underhill of TheAthletic.com reports. New Orleans converted him from receiver last year. He played 10 games with one start in 2018 and made 12 catches for 150 yards and a touchdown. In four preseason games, Arnold made seven...

Getty Images The Saints have removed 17 players from their active roster a day ahead of the deadline to pare rosters down to 53 players. Some of the moves were report ahead of the NFL’s transaction wire, including the releases of cornerback Kayvon Webster and running back Kerwynn Williams...

Getty Images Tommylee Lewis has his place in NFL history regardless whatever else happens in his career. The league expanded replay after a non-pass interference call during the NFC Championship Game when Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman interfered with Lewis. But Lewis is on the...

Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as NFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Dallas Waived nine players, including running back Darius...

Getty Images The Saints are releasing veteran cornerback Kayvon Webster, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The team signed him in June. Webster was a starter for the only two games he was healthy enough to play last season with the Texans, but injuries are a major concern. He missed the first...