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| Date | Player | News |
| 8/9/2010 | Dave Zastudil, P | Zastudil will miss more training camp when he returns from Colorado after getting his right knee examined. Analysis: Zastudil had been expected to return to the Browns by now, but coach Eric Mangini said "plans changed" and the eight-year veteran will not be back until Wednesday. Mangini said Zastudil did not undergo another procedure on his knee. He had surgery on a torn patellar tendon late last season. Mangini did not say Monday when he expected Zastudil to be back on the field. |
| 8/9/2010 | Percy Harvin, WR | Harvin was not at practice again Monday morning. Analysis: Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said he's unsure when Harvin will return while he deals with personal issues. Harvin's grandmother died last Sunday, and he has missed 14 consecutive practices since then. |
| 8/9/2010 | John Gill, DT | Gill isn't expected to play for the team this season after a public intoxication arrest over the weekend. Analysis: Team president Bill Polian said Monday that he expects the NFL to place Gill in a roster category that would keep him inactive this season. Gill was arrested early Sunday after Indianapolis police found him passed out in a ditch. A police report said Gill tried to stand but kept falling over. The 23-year-old Gill was released from jail after the charge was dropped. Gill played in two games as a rookie with the Colts last season. |
| 8/9/2010 | Kenny Phillips, S | Phillips is back at practice for the first time in almost 11 months. Analysis: The 23-year-old took part in 12 plays Monday in his first action since undergoing major surgery on his left knee in September. Phillips slipped twice during the seven-on-seven drills at the University at Albany, but he quickly got up. He blamed the problem on his cleats. |
| 8/9/2010 | Gerard Lawson, CB | Lawson has been arrested in Cleveland on charges that include driving under the influence. Analysis: Cuyahoga County Sheriff's spokesman John O'Brien says Lawson was taken into custody early Sunday after deputies saw him leaving an accident scene downtown. O'Brien says deputies caught up with him several blocks away. No injuries were reported. A court appearance was scheduled for Monday. Court records do not show an attorney for the player. |
| 8/9/2010 | Andrew Crummey, G | The Panthers claimed Crummey off waivers from Jacksonville on Monday. Analysis: The 6-5, 300-pound Crummey was let go by the Jaguars on Sunday. He's also briefly spent time with Washington and Cincinnati. |
| 8/9/2010 | Jason Capizzi, T | The Panthers signed Capizzi on Monday. Analysis: The 6-foot-9, 330-pound Capizzi has bounced around several teams and practice squads over the past few seasons. He was waived by Cleveland in June. |
| 8/9/2010 | Brian Cushing, LB | Cushing says his positive test for a fertility drug was the result of overtraining. Cushing is suspended for the first four games this season after testing positive last September for HCG, a drug on the league's banned substance list. Cushing says he never took the drug, which can be used to restart testosterone production after a steroid cycle, and has no idea how it got into his body. Analysis: Cushing worked out with his team on Monday morning. He says doctors have told him that the failed drug test resulted from "overtraining athlete syndrome,'' a condition that he says can trigger hormonal spikes. Texans owner Bob McNair flew to New York on Monday to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in hopes of getting Cushing's punishment reduced. The league denied Cushing's appeal of the suspension in February. |
| 8/8/2010 | A.J. Edds, LB | Edds tore his right ACL during Monday's practice. Analysis: "He did a good job. A.J. looked like he had some really good promise,'' coach Tony Sparano told the Miami Herald. "A.J. will bounce back from this.'' |
| 8/8/2010 | Walt Harris, CB | The Ravens placed Harris on injured reserve Friday just eight days into training camp. Analysis: According to the Baltimore Sun, Harris said he had a sore Achilles tendon. |
| 8/8/2010 | John Gill, DT | Indianapolis police have arrested Gill after finding him passed out in a ditch on the side of a road about 4 a.m. Sunday.In the police report, Officer Ricardo Flores Jr. says he called out to Gill, who tried to stand up, but couldn't and kept falling over. Flores says he eventually leaned Gill against his police car to keep him from falling. Analysis: Gill was arrested for public intoxication. Colts spokesman Craig Kelley says the team is aware of the incident but doesn't have all the details and has no comment. Gill is in his second year with the Colts and played in a scrimmage game Saturday in Anderson as part of the team's training camp. |
| 8/8/2010 | Titus Ryan, WR | Ryan suffered a broken left thumb in Sunday's Hall of Fame game against Cincinnati. Analysis: According to the Dallas Morning News, Ryan will likely be heading to injured reserve depending on the severity. |
| 8/8/2010 | Chris Crocker, S | Crocker injured his right ankle Sunday in the Hall of Fame game against Dallas. Analysis: He is questionable to return. |
| 8/8/2010 | John Phillips, TE | Phillips, who had four receptions for 60 yards in Sunday's Hall of Fame game against Cincinnati, had his right knee examined after leaving in the first half. Analysis: He is not expected back in the game. |
| 8/8/2010 | Brian Leonard, RB | Leonard suffered a sprain of his left foot late in the second quarter of Sunday's Hall of Fame game against Dallas on a reception and was helped from the field. Analysis: He will not return and will be further examined when the team returns to training camp. |
| 8/8/2010 | Michael Jenkins, WR | Jenkins will miss four to six weeks with a right shoulder injury. Analysis: The team did not say if Jenkins, who was hurt in a team scrimmage Friday night, will need surgery or whether his shoulder might be separated for dislocated. |
| 8/8/2010 | Colt Brennan, QB | The Oakland Raiders signed Brennan and could have the former Hawaii star on the field for Thursday's preseason opener at Dallas. Analysis: Brennan took a handful of snaps with the Raiders' second-team offense Sunday, completing 4 of 6 throws. He also spent time with quarterbacks coach Paul Hackett after practice before heading to his room for a crash course in Oakland's offense. Brennan was Washington's sixth-round draft pick in 2008. He was cut by the team on Monday after the Redskins signed John Beck. |
| 8/8/2010 | Matt Hasselbeck, QB | Hasselbeck sat the scrimmage portion of Sunday's practice after getting some early reps. Analysis: Coach Pete Carroll said Hasselbeck had a sore hamstring but will be back at practice Tuesday after a day off Monday. |
| 8/8/2010 | Isaiah Stanback, WR | Stanback tore his Achilles' tendon during drills in Saturday afternoon's practice, thus ending a hometown comeback bid this season by the former University of Washington quarterback. Analysis: Stanback was waived/injured on Sunday. |
| 8/8/2010 | Terrell Owens, WR | Owens believes he should still be playing for the Dallas Cowboys. Instead, Owens was playing against them Sunday night as a member of the Cincinnati Bengals in the Hall of Fame game that opened the NFL preseason. Analysis: Owens spent three years in Dallas, one of five stops during his career that is about to enter a 15th season. Even though he received a four-year contract extension before the 2008 season, he was released by the Cowboys amid headlines that the wide receiver feuded with quarterback Tony Romo and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. He played for Buffalo in 2009 and signed with the Bengals when training camp started this year. |
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