The Lions added a running back to the roster while they wait for Jahmyr Gibbs to get on the practice field.
The NFL’s daily transaction report shows that they signed Raheem Blackshear after a tryout. Wide receiver Lawrence Keys was waived with an injury designation.
Blackshear played 41 games for the Panthers from 2022-2024, but did not see any regular season action last year. He ran 52 times for 203 yards and three touchdowns and saw time as a returner during his years in Carolina.
The Lions also worked out running backs Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Hassan Haskins, and Kylin James on Tuesday.
Jets first-round pick Kenyon Sadiq is not practicing on Tuesday for the third straight day and head coach Aaron Glenn said in his press conference that the rookie tight end will miss more time.
Glenn said, per multiple reporters, that Sadiq will be out “a little bit” after suffering a setback in his recovery from hernia surgery. Sadiq, who was the 16th overall pick in April, had the procedure in May.
Glenn added that he is “very confident” that Sadiq will be available for the team’s Week 1 road date with the Titans.
2025 second-round pick Mason Taylor, Jeremy Ruckert, Jelani Woods, and Chase Curtis remain available at tight end for the Jets.
Is Aaron Rodgers really going to play in the preseason this month?
A report from Mike Silver of TheAthletic.com noted that Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy has asked Rodgers to play in the club’s first two preseason matchups. Rodgers told Silver that he didn’t necessarily want to play in the preseason, but if McCarthy wants it, the QB will suit up.
McCarthy was asked about Rodgers playing in the preseason during his Monday press conference and said it’s still to be determined.
“Those decisions, really, will be made once we get up to it,” McCarthy said, via Mark Kaboly of The Pat McAfee Show. “Trust me, I have a lot of ideas. … We have plans. But being in a healthy system, let’s see what happens — a lot can happen between now and then, too.
“But he’d like to play. I would like to see him play. But we won’t make a decision until we get all the way up to it because there’s more that goes into that than just having one player play. It’s the combination of the players.”
McCarthy and Rodgers’ separate comments do not necessarily match, as Rodgers explicitly told Silver, “I’m not saying I want to do it.” But with McCarthy as head coach, he’s the one who should have ultimate authority on the decision.
The Steelers will be facing Rogers’ two former teams to start the exhibition slate, hosting the Packers on Thursday, Aug. 13, and the Jets on Friday, Aug. 21. The Steelers will finish the preseason on Thursday, Aug. 27, on the road against the Bills.
The Lions have added some depth at tight end.
Detroit announced on Monday morning that the club has signed Nick Muse.
Muse, 27, has appeared in 16 career games, all of which came with the Vikings. Minnesota brought him into the league as a seventh-round pick in 2022.
He’s also spent time with the Eagles, Cardinals, Rams, and Jets.
As a corresponding move, the Lions waived receiver Tarik Black, who had joined the club in June.
The Jets have liked what they’ve seen from linebacker David Bailey so far this summer.
Bailey was given credit for three sacks in the team’s second practice of training camp, which is exactly the kind of impact that the Jets hoped to get off the edge when they made him the second overall pick of this year’s draft. Head coach Aaron Glenn called Bailey “everything that I imagined” at a press conference this week and veteran defensive lineman Harrison Phillips said on Saturday that the rookie is “in the backfield all the time.”
All of this has happened before the pads have come on at Jets camp and Bailey was asked on Saturday if he feels pressure to make immediate waves as a pro.
“I wouldn’t necessarily say I feel pressure,” Bailey said at a press conference. “It’s in the back of your mind. You know you’re the No. 2 pick, you know there’s high expectations just from the fans and also from teammates and the staff and everything. But I try to like not let that get to me. I try to say really nothing has changed, honestly. Like in terms of if I want to be the best, I’ve got certain things that I need to do. Getting in the playbook, taking care of my body, studying film, studying other pass rushers that I want to emulate my game after and just taking care of the things I can control.”
Bailey called sacking a quarterback “the best feeling in the world” and a Jets defense was lacking much of anything to feel good about last year will be hoping Bailey experiences it often during his rookie season.
