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[August 30, 2017] Aug 29 (The Sports Xchange) - Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson will sign a one-day contract with the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday and officially retire with the organization, the team announced.

Dickerson, 56, told AM 570 in Los Angeles that he and the Rams are also working on a way for him to have an official role with team.

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The New England Patriots acquired linebacker Marquis Flowers from the Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick.

Flowers has played primarily on special teams for Cincinnati since being selected out of Arizona with a sixth-round draft pick in 2014. The 25-year-old recorded seven tackles last season and 15 total in 32 games over the last two years.

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The Buffalo Bills could have an issue under center with quarterbacks Tyrod Taylor and T.J. Yates still in the league's concussion protocol.

Coach Sean McDermott updated the condition of the two on Tuesday, two days ahead of the team's final preseason game against the Detroit Lions.

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The New York Giants waived Owa Odighizuwa on Tuesday, one day after the defensive end was suspended for the first four games of the season for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing substances.

A third-round draft pick out of UCLA in 2015, Odighizuwa appeared in jeopardy of not making the 53-man roster in the wake of a nondescript preseason.

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The Detroit Lions waived offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandjio.

Kouandjio was expected to compete with former No. 2 overall pick Greg Robinson for the Lions' left tackle position after Taylor Decker underwent offseason shoulder surgery.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers acquired tight end Vance McDonald and a fifth-round selection in the 2018 draft from the San Francisco 49ers for a fourth-round pick in the same draft.

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McDonald recorded career highs in receiving yards (391), yards per reception (16.3) and touchdowns (four) in 11 games last season before sustaining a shoulder injury. The 27-year-old McDonald has reeled in 64 receptions for 866 yards and seven touchdowns in 48 career games since being selected by San Francisco in the second round of the 2013 draft.

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reiterated his support of Ezekiel Elliott with the second-year running back in New York appealing his six-game suspension.

"... It's a very complicated issue because you have no evidence here. That's all I want to say about it. But it creates quite a convoluted approach by Zeke's representatives and by the league that I really hate is a focus of all of our attention. I do. Even though others would say that the issue needs this kind of focus and you're using the NFL for visibility."

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Indianapolis Colts cornerback Vontae Davis is considered week-to-week with what the team is labeling a "pretty significant" groin injury.

Coach Chuck Pagano revealed the injury status of the two-time Pro Bowl selection on Tuesday.

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Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman has cleared the NFL's concussion protocol and is ready for action, coach Dan Quinn announced.

Freeman has been sidelined for more than two weeks with a concussion, although it is unlikely he'll play in Atlanta's final preseason game.

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Washington Redskins nose tackle Phil Taylor Sr. will miss the entire upcoming season with a torn left quad, coach Jay Gruden announced.

Taylor sustained the injury during the first quarter of Sunday's preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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