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Ryan Mathews Does Not Practice with Ankle Injury
Chargers running back Ryan Mathews only had two carries in the second half of last Sunday’s loss to the Patriots, which seemed off even though he lost eight yards on those plays.
The Chargers were leading the game into the fourth quarter, so there was plenty of impetus to run the ball and take some time off the clock, but Mathews wasn’t feeling healthy enough for that to happen. Mathews hurt his right ankle when he was tripped up on a play late in the first half and sat out Wednesday’s practice with the injury.
In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]
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Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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