Cleveland Browns 10/28/2006 8:33 PMClevelandBrowns.com reports the Cleveland Browns have signed G Fred Matua to the active roster and have waived CB Antonio Perkins, the club announced today.Read more
Carolina Panthers 10/28/2006 2:36 PMThe Charlotte Observer reports Carolina Panthers backup RB DeAngelo Williams practiced today as the Panthers prepared for their Sunday night game with Dallas at Bank of America Stadium. Williams, who has been sidelined by a sprained right ankle, is still listed as questionable for the game on the team's injury report. He returned to practice Wednesday and then took Thursday off, concentrating on rehabilitation drills. HC John Fox called his status "day-to-day."Read more
Dallas Cowboys 10/28/2006 2:30 PMThe Star-Telegram reports after starting rookie fifth-round draft pick S Pat Watkins at free safety for the first six games of the season, the Cowboys are looking to an old Bill Parcells favorite. Free safety has been a sore spot, as Watkins has been in on the coverage of at least four long plays this season, three of them touchdowns. Watkins said he has not been practicing with the first-teamers this week. All signs point to Coleman making his first start Sunday night. S Marcus Coleman, 32, played for the first time last week but only on special teams. The NFL suspended Coleman for the first four games of the season because he violated the league's substance-abuse policy.Read more
New York Jets 10/28/2006 2:21 PMThe Star-Ledger reports Jets P Ben Graham has been booming kicks in practice the past two days. On Thursday he launched one 80 yards, with a little help from the wind. Yesterday he stood at the 5-yard line and punted the ball through the uprights and over the netting. He ran to retrieve it in the parking lot but came back empty-handed. It had sailed onto a nearby soccer field.Read more