National Football League roundup

[June 08, 2016]  June 7 (The Sports Xchange) - The Twitter account of the NFL was hacked on Tuesday and a tweet was sent out to the masses saying NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had died.

The NFL quickly expressed that Goodell was alive. The league deleted the tweet and said that its account had been compromised.

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Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib might not have been the victim of violence when he suffered a gunshot wound in his lower right leg early Sunday.

ABC in Denver reported that Talib had told police that he was too intoxicated to remember who shot him in the early morning hours, all while telling those close to him that he actually shot himself.

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NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Smith became the latest former player to report issues from head injuries when he revealed Monday that he suffers memory loss and deals with constant pain stemming from a playing career that lasted 19 seasons.

The 52-year-old Smith retired in 2003 after a stellar career that included four Super Bowl appearances with the Buffalo Bills. The defensive end finished his career with 200 career sacks, still the most in NFL history.

"I forget a lot of things sometimes," Smith told reporters while attending former teammate Jim Kelly's charity golf tournament in the Buffalo suburb of Batavia, N.Y.

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The Atlanta Falcons bolstered both sides of the line of scrimmage, signing defensive end Nordly Capi and guard Michael Huey.

Capi, 23, had three sacks in four preseason games with the Jacksonville Jaguars last season before serving on the Baltimore Ravens' practice squad. Huey, 27, has played with the Seattle Seahawks, San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins during his NFL career before competing with Arizona in the Arena Football League.

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Veteran safety Roman Harper has agreed to terms with the New Orleans Saints, returning to the franchise in which he won a Super Bowl title.

Harper, 33, spent the first eight seasons of his NFL with the Saints before playing the last two with the Carolina Panthers.

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have every member of their 2016 draft class signed after kicker Roberto Aguayo became the last to join the group on Tuesday.

Aguayo, one of the team's two second-round picks, signed his rookie deal, the team announced.

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Quarterback Cardale Jones became the last of Buffalo's seven players selected in the 2016 NFL Draft to sign with the Bills on Tuesday.

The team did not release financial details of Jones' rookie deal, which he signed after the Bills' organized team activities.

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Offensive lineman Shon Coleman is now among 11 of Cleveland's 14 draft picks to sign with the Browns.

The Browns announced the 6-foot-7, 310-pound Coleman is officially a member of the team. He was selected in the third round (No. 76 overall) of this year's draft. (Editing by Frank Pingue)

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