NFL notebook: 'Zero chance'
Williams reports for Redskins opener
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[August 30, 2019]
A day after Washington Redskins
team president Bruce Allen said he expects holdout left tackle Trent
Williams to return to the team, former teammate DeAngelo Hall said
Williams won't be back by the regular-season opener.
"I reached out to him, and he's like, 'Man, there's zero chance I'll
be in that building next week,'" Hall said on The Athletic's "Hail
to the Podcast" on Thursday, saying he spoke to Williams after
Allen's comments emerged Wednesday.
"I hear some whispers that he might show up," Hall added, "and then
I talk to him and it's like, 'Nah, I'm not showing up. We haven't
talked, we haven't addressed the issues.'"
Hall and Williams were teammates for eight seasons, from when
Williams was drafted in 2010 until Hall retired after the 2017
season.
--Free agent defensive end Ryan Russell revealed that he is
bisexual, telling his story through ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz in a piece
posted to ESPN.com.
Currently looking to get back into the league after missing last
season with a shoulder injury, the 27-year-old Russell said that
after he met with an NFL team earlier this month, he told himself,
"This is the last time I will ever interview for a job as anything
other than my full self."
"Have I lied to teammates, coaches, trainers, front-office
executives and fans about who I am? Not exactly," Russell continued.
"But withholding information is a form of deceit. And I want the
next part of my career -- and life -- steeped in trust and honesty."
--After Houston Texans pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney reportedly fired
his agent and visited with the Miami Dolphins, a report indicates
the interest may not be reciprocal.
At least if it involves departing with left tackle Laremy Tunsil.
Citing "a well-placed source," the Miami Herald's Adam H. Beasley
reported Dolphins players "would revolt" if the team sent Tunsil to
Houston in a deal for Clowney. As reports came out mentioning a
potential Tunsil-for-Clowney deal, the Dolphins reportedly told
Tunsil's camp the team has no plans to trade him.
--Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt underwent surgery to
repair a sports hernia and missed the preseason finale.
"A full recovery is anticipated," per the team, prior to Hunt's
planned return to action in Week 10.
The Nov. 11 game against the Buffalo Bills marks the date Hunt is
eligible to rejoin the team after serving an eight-game suspension
for violating the NFL's personal-conduct policy.
--The Buffalo Bills traded second-year guard Wyatt Teller to the
Browns.
The Browns also receive a 2021 seventh-round draft pick from the
Bills in exchange for fifth- and sixth-round selections in 2020.
Teller, 24, was drafted in the fifth round by Buffalo in 2018 and
appeared in eight games (seven starts) during his rookie campaign.
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Washington Redskins Trent Williams reacts as medical personnel work
on him on the field after the last play of regulation time against
the Green Bay Packers in NFL game in Landover, Maryland, October 10,
2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing
--Carolina Panthers kicker Graham Gano's knee injury doesn't seem to
be getting better, and he could land on injured reserve for the
first half of the season, NFL Network reported.
Gano, who finished the 2018 campaign on IR with a knee injury, has
not kicked at all during the preseason, with Joey Slye handling
those duties.
Slye entered Thursday 6 for 6, including makes of 55 and 54 yards,
then drilled a 59-yard field goal in the preseason finale against
the Pittsburgh Steelers.
--The Atlanta Falcons are bringing 44-year-old kicker Matt Bryant in
for a tryout Friday, according to multiple reports.
Bryant made 20 of 21 field goals in 13 games with the Falcons last
season, but the team released him in February and opted to go with
Giorgio Tavecchio.
Tavecchio, 29, has struggled in the preseason, however. He has
missed five of his six field-goal attempts from 30-plus yards,
including a 53-yarder Thursday.
--Dallas Cowboys rookie guard Connor McGovern suffered a setback in
his recovery from a partially torn pectoral muscle and could miss
the season, multiple outlets reported.
McGovern reportedly does not need surgery, but the timetable for
recovery is unknown.
--The neck injury sustained by Seattle Seahawks cornerback Kalan
Reed earlier this month will likely end his NFL career, his agent
told NFL Media.
Reed injured his third and fourth vertebrae on Aug. 18 and was
placed on injured reserve this week.
--NFL teams will play five games outside the United States in 2019,
and commissioner Roger Goodell said there's room for more.
"The reality is that the demand for playing those games is greater
than we have in the inventory," Goodell told Sports Business
Journal.
--A group of retired players involved in a class-action lawsuit
against the NFL over brain injuries was defrauded by their attorney
and his Florida investment firm, the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
The SEC charged Cambridge Capital Group Advisors of Tallahassee,
attorney Phillip Timothy Howard and investment manager Don Warner
Reinhard with defrauding 20 investors, who largely were the former
players.
--Field Level Media
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