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NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Friday, Aug. 23

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SUSPENSIONS

  • CB Chris Claybrooks has been suspended eight games by the NFL for violating the league's personal-conduct policy, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported.
  • CB J.C. Jackson has been suspended for the first game of the 2024 season by the NFL for violating the league's personal-conduct policy, Garafolo reported.

INJURIES

  • DL Darius Robinson is undergoing imaging on a calf injury Friday, coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters.


SUSPENSIONS

  • WR ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿Zay Jones has been suspended five games by the NFL for violating the league's personal-conduct policy, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported. The team later announced Jones' suspension.

TRADES

  • The Bears acquired LB Darrell Taylor in a trade with the Seahawks, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported. Chicago sent Seattle a 2025 sixth-round pick in the deal. Taylor has totaled 21.5 sacks since joining the league in 2020, including 9.5 sacks in 2022.


ROSTER CUTS

ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS

PRESEASON NEWS

ROSTER CUTS

  • LB Malik Jefferson released from injured reserve with injury settlement.

OTHER NEWS

  • Several Chargers players and members of the team's traveling party were stranded in an elevator at their team hotel and had to be removed through the elevator ceiling panel by Dallas Fire-Rescue, the team said in a statement. Los Angeles is in Dallas for its Week 3 preseason game on Saturday.

SUSPENSIONS

PRESEASON NEWS

  • QB Jacoby Brissett will start New England's preseason finale against the Commanders, coach Jerod Mayo told reporters. Drake Maye and most of the Patriots' healthy players will also play.

SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS

INJURIES

  • WR Ricky Pearsall (shoulder) has been dealing with a subluxation of his shoulder, similar to an injury he had in college, and the team has been giving it time to heal, per head coach Kyle Shanahan. Shanahan told reporters he hopes Pearsall can practice this week.
  • DL Leonard Floyd (knee) sprained his knee in Friday's preseason game against the Raiders and will undergo an MRI on Saturday, per Shanahan.
  • DL Yetur Gross-Matos (knee) sprained his knee and will undergo an MRI on Saturday, per Shanahan.

TRADES

  • The Seahawks traded LB ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿Darrell Taylor to the Bears, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported. Chicago sent Seattle a 2025 sixth-round pick in the deal. Taylor has totaled 21.5 sacks since joining the league in 2020, including 9.5 sacks in 2022.

PRESEASON NEWS

  • WR Mike Evans and OLB Lavonte David (rest) will not play in Friday's preseason game versus the Dolphins, head coach Todd Bowles said.

PRESEASON NEWS

  • QB Jayden Daniels won't play in Washington's preseason finale against the Patriots, coach Dan Quinn said. Daniels was named the starting QB earlier this week.


SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS

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