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Getty Images Adam Vinatieri has missed the past six training camp practices and two preseason games with a knee injury. He expects to return Thursday. “You’ll see me kick tomorrow,” Vinatieri said, via Andrew Walker of the team website. “We’re good.” Undrafted rookie Cole Hedlund has handled...

Getty Images Wednesday’s PFT Live draft focused on that one thing that could derail a team’s season: The Achilles heel. Big Cat and I ripped through four rounds, and of course we squabbled the whole time about which guy’s picks were better. You can check it out below, and you can let us know...

Getty Images The Seattle Seahawks placed guard Demetrius Knox on injured reserve on Tuesday after sustaining a quadriceps injury in Sunday night’s preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings. The team signed guard Landon Turner to fill the vacancy on the roster. Knox, an undrafted rookie...

Getty Images The Chargers defense suffered a big blow last week when safety Derwin James was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his foot that required surgery. James is expected to miss 3-4 months while recovering, which leaves the Chargers trying to fill the void left by a player who was...

Getty Images Chargers long snapper Mike Windt made a bonehead play in the first week of the preseason, which made him the subject of a Raiders film session, which meant he was the subject of ridicule on this week’s episode of Hard Knocks. But Windt was only put in the position to make his...

Getty Images Philip Rivers is willing to admit that Tom Brady‘s better than he is. And he’s also clear that Brady’s among the best of all time. But the Chargers quarterback thinks the result of individual games aren’t the best way to measure his Patriots counterpart’s greatness. During an...

Getty Images Mike Windt‘s long run as the Chargers long snapper has come to an end. The Chargers announced Windt’s release on Tuesday. He joined the team in 2010 and appeared in 132 regular season games with the team since coming aboard. Windt also did the long snapping in four postseason...

Getty Images With less than three weeks to go until Week One, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck won’t practice this week. Via Zak Keefer of TheAthletic.com, coach Frank Reich said Tuesday that Luck will continue to be absent from the team’s practices as the regular-season opener approaches. Luck...

Getty Images Dontrelle Inman is back with the team where he had his greatest success. Inman, the wide receiver cut by the Patriots over the weekend, is signing with the Chargers, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. The 30-year-old Inman played for the Chargers from 2014 to 2017 and had...

Getty Images Chargers safety Derwin James had a screw inserted in his foot as a freshman at Florida State. Doctors determined the screw bent last week and needs to be removed, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. James’ surgery is set for Thursday in North Carolina, via Schefter, with noted...

Getty Images Melvin Gordon is in California, but not back with the Chargers. The Chargers’ holdout running back told ESPN he is “training rigorously . . . and staying ready to play football.” He would not discuss his contract but said he wants to play football. “Just waiting on the call,”...

Getty Images Saints offensive tackle Chris Clark signed last week. He was carted off with an air cast on his right leg Sunday. Clark, 35, was injured with 1:14 left in the first half. He was attempting to block defensive linemen Jerry Tillery, who sacked Taysom Hill before rolling into the...

Fans who paid for tickets to Sunday afternoon’s game in Los Angeles probably were sick after watching mostly backups play. Philip Rivers and Drew Brees were among the stars who watched from the sideline. That left Teddy Bridgewater to start for the Saints. He nearly didn’t and probably...

Getty Images Teddy Bridgewater got the start at quarterback against his old team in the Saints’ first preseason game and he got the start against Drew Brees‘s old team on Sunday. Brees said during the week that joint practices with the Chargers were “more valuable” to him than a preseason game...

Getty Images The Chargers still don’t know when Derwin James will return to the field, but they know it won’t be soon. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Chargers safety will have surgery to repair the stress fracture in the fifth metatarsal in his right foot. Dr. Robert Anderson...

Getty Images The Chargers know they will begin the season without safety Derwin James. They don’t know how many games he will miss with a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal of his right foot. Coach Anthony Lynn said Friday he can’t put a timetable on James’ injury. “I’d like for him to...

Getty Images Well, here’s a pretty intriguing PFT headline. With all the talk about Patriots quarterback Tom Brady becoming a free agent after the season, another of the great quarterbacks of the past 20 years is also on track to become a free agent after the season — unless limited by the...

Getty Images The news didn’t seem good when Derwin James showed up at Chargers practice in a walking boot, and the team has confirmed that he’ll miss an extended time. Via Eric Williams of ESPN.com, the Chargers announced that the All-Pro safety was diagnosed with a stress fracture of the...

Getty Images The Chargers are missing their leading rusher because money, but they’re suddenly working without a number of other top players for the more conventional reasons. According to Eric Williams of ESPN.com, Chargers safety Derwin James is not practicing today, and was wearing a...

Getty Images The injury that has Chargers safety Derwin James in a walking boot is a bad one. James will miss significant time with a foot injury, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. It’s unclear what constitutes “significant,” but it sounds fair to say James is going to be out well into the...