Detroit Lions 10/31/2006 8:09 AMThe Detroit Free Press reports the Lions have released WR Az-Zahir Hakim in the latest of several -- sometimes surprising, sometimes confusing -- moves concerning their receiving corps. Hakim's agent, Charles Price, heard the news Monday morning when he got off a plane and checked his messages. "I was absolutely stunned by it," Price said. "And then I called him, and he was equally stunned." President Matt Millen and HC Rod Marinelli declined to comment on Hakim's release, except to say it was a football decision.Read more
Miami Dolphins 10/31/2006 8:04 AMThe Palm Beach Post reports in an effort to address their struggles in the secondary, the Dolphins have demoted starting SS Travares Tillman. S Yeremiah Bell is expected to make his first career start Sunday against the Chicago Bears.Read more
New York Jets 10/31/2006 8:02 AMThe Star-Ledger reports the Jets' future Hall of Fame RB Curtis Martin won't play this season because of a bone-on-bone condition in his right knee and his career is likely over, several players and a team official told The Star-Ledger yesterday. They all spoke on the condition of anonymity because of Jets HC Eric Mangini's policy of giving few details on injuries. Mangini said two weeks ago that the earliest Martin would begin practicing would be after the Browns game, which the Jets lost, 20-13, on Sunday in Cleveland. But yesterday, Mangini pushed that date to next week, the deadline for the team to make a decision on whether to allow Martin to practice or place him on the injured reserve list. Getting put on injured reserve would end his season. That decision must be officially made by next Tuesday.Read more
Cincinnati Bengals 10/31/2006 7:58 AMThe Dayton Daily News reports QB Anthony Wright is ready to resume his duties as backup quarterback. HC Marvin Lewis announced Monday that Wright, who underwent surgery to have his appendix removed Oct. 13, has been medically cleared to practice. The timing is perfect because Wright gets to suit up against his former team. The Ravens chose not to re-sign Wright, and he joined the Bengals in April as an unrestricted free agent. "I told (the coaches) I was coming back, regardless, for this game â stand on the sideline and have a chance just to see it from a different view, and play these guys," Wright said.Read more
