With Paris Johnson Jr. out for the season with a torn biceps, the Cardinals have added a former first-round pick to their offensive line.
Offensive tackle Jedrick Wills is signing with Arizona off of Buffalo’s practice squad, according to a report from NFL Network.
Wills, 27, was selected by Cleveland at No. 10 overall back in 2020. He missed the 2025 season, allowing his injured knees to fully heal after he struggled to play through the 2024 season.
Wills has started 57 games, all for the Browns. His time there coincided with that of current Cardinals QB Jacoby Brissett.
The Cardinals announced they’ve placed Johnson and tight end Hunter Long on injured reserve.
Veteran tight end Teagan Quitoriano was promoted to the 53-man roster off of Arizona’s practice squad.
Additionally, the Cardinals have re-signed tight end Kenny Yeboah to the practice squad, while also signing offensive lineman Austin Decals and safety Mark Perry to the unit.
Offensive lineman Vershon Lee and cornerback D’Shawn Jamison were released from the practice squad.
Bills Clips
The Bills are not benching cornerback Maxwell Hairston, who has struggled this season. Bills coach Joe Brady is already manifesting a bounce-back game for Hairston on Monday Night Football in Week 5.
“Max Hairston’s going to make a play this week, and you guys are going to be asking me questions like ‘Oh man, what was it like seeing him respond from the previous game?’” Brady said, via Nick Suss of ESPN.
Hairston, a first-round pick in 2025, was beaten by Patriots receiver Romeo Doubs for two touchdowns in one-on-one coverage in a 29-26 loss to New England. Hairston would not speak to the media after the game, violating the NFL’s media access policy.
On Monday, Hairston held an impromptu news conference to apologize.
“Feeling very emotional,” Hairston said. “I let my emotions get the best of me, and I didn’t want to say something I might have regretted. You live and you learn. . . . That’s kind of immature, and I’m better than that. So I wanted to get that out of the way.”
The Bills rank 27th in passing yards allowed, and only the Lions are allowing more first downs. Hairston, though, has drawn the most criticism for his lackluster effort at times. He appeared to have an angle on Patriots tight end Hunter Henry on third-and-10, but didn’t go full speed and Henry picked up the first down, denying Josh Allen and the offense another chance with the ball.
Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard said Hairston’s effort clearly wasn’t good enough.
Hairston addressed his play and his allowing his emotions to get the best of him.
“I have to be in control of my emotions within the game,” Hairston said. “It comes with learning, experiencing certain stuff. I have to be better in that aspect.”
It sounds like Aaron Donald’s comeback will continue in Week 5.
After Donald did not play in Sunday’s win over the Eagles due to back soreness, head coach Sean McVay told reporters on Monday that the hope is that Donald will return for the coming Monday night matchup against the Bills.
“That’s the direction it looks like it’s trending in,” McVay said, via Stu Jackson of the team’s website.
Donald, who has been dealing with back soreness, has played 54 percent of Los Angeles’ defensive snaps across two games this season. He’s registered four total tackles with one for loss and one quarterback hit.
Additionally, McVay noted the team is hopeful cornerback Jaylen Watson will be able to return this week after missing Sunday’s game with a shoulder injury.
The Rams’ first injury report of the week will be released on Thursday.
On Sunday, OBJ met EC3. And the stellar, game-winning catch made by Patriots receiver Efton Chism III will result in more chances to make more next-level grabs.
“Sure, of course,” coach Mike Vrabel told reporters on Monday regarding whether Chism has earned more opportunities. “That’s what happens. I mean, guys continue to take advantage of their opportunities, they get more opportunities. I mean, we’ve been finding ways to work Chis in there previously. And it’s a balance, but he certainly did a lot of things well. I know that he’ll continue to do things well for us and continue to know a bunch of different spots.”
On Sunday, Chism was on the field for 34 offensive snaps. Targeted four times, he had two catches for 42 yards, including the 23-yard clincher.
In Week 1 against the Seahawks, Chism was inactive. In Week 2 vs. the Steelers, Chism had 10 snaps; he was targeted once, for minus-2 yards. In Week 3 at the Jaguars, Chism had 16 snaps. He had one catch on two targets, for one yard.
So he has already been earning more work, one game at a time. And it looks like Chism will get even more.
Which means that, contrary to the prediction from Bills safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson, we probably will hear from him again.
The Patriots beat the Bills on Sunday, but Bills safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson wasn’t throwing much credit to the Patriots for the victory after the game.
Patriots wide receiver Efton Chism’s one-handed catch in the end zone with under two minutes to play gave his team a 29-26 win. Gardner-Johnson called Chism a fringe NFL player and doubted that he would be able to do that again while making it clear that he doesn’t put much stock in how the result reflects the two teams.
“We’re not getting into no bulletin board material. An elevated guy made a helluva catch,” Gardner-Johnson said, via Thad Brown of WROC. “Probably won’t hear from him again. Respectfully. I say that with a lot of confidence. because it’s like [Maye] didn’t put his confidence in his best player. He would have thrown to Doubs or somebody, but they won the game. Whatever, they didn’t do s—t better than us. We gotta play better. They can mark that, we’ll be back to see them again. . . . A practice squad player made a helluva play. You do it again, he probably won’t make it again. Simple.”
In reality, Chism has never spent any time on the New England practice squad. Gardner-Johnson’s travels around the league did include a stint on the Ravens’ practice squad last season, which Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel seemed to reference on WEEI Monday.
“For a guy that’s been on eight teams in four years? I mean, I guess he knows the drill,” Vrabel said.
The two teams will see each other again in New England in Week 13 and bulletin boards in both locker rooms may have some references to the back and forth leading up to that one.
Bills wide receiver DJ Moore was forced to leave Sunday’s loss to the Patriots due to a shoulder injury.
Moore left in the second quarter of the game and did not return to action. Moore previously hurt the shoulder in Week 2 and aggravated the injury after catching one pass and running once early in the game.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that it is not believed to be a long-term issue, but head coach Joe Brady had no update on Moore’s condition or outlook after the 29-26 loss.
Moore has 12 catches for 178 yards and a touchdown through his first four games with the Bills.
After an ugly start to this season, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye bounced back today.
Maye went to Buffalo and played very well in a hostile environment, completing 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, with three touchdowns, plus a few big plays running the ball, as the Patriots won 29-26. Maye did throw an interception, but it wasn’t his fault, as it bounced out of receiver Romeo Doubs’ hands before the Bills got it on a lucky deflection.
The game-winning touchdown was scored by Patriots wide receiver Efton Chism, who made a sensational diving catch in the end zone with 1:50 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen scored another rushing touchdown, his seventh of this season, which made him the all-time leading touchdown scorer in Bills franchise history, moving him ahead of Andre Reed and Thurman Thomas. But other than that play, Allen didn’t do anything with his legs, and he didn’t make as many big plays with his arm as Bills fans are accustomed to, either.
The Bills are still in first place in the AFC East at 3-1, but the 2-2 Patriots showed today that they’ve got plenty of fight left in them.
Cornerback Joey Porter Jr. will make his first appearance of the 2026 season on Sunday.
Porter is active for the Cowboys less than a week after joining the team in a trade with the Steelers. Porter was listed with a back injury while in Pittsburgh, but his contract impasse with the team was seen as the true reason for his inactivity and Porter was not on the injury report for the Cowboys.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that Porter is expected to play a limited number of snaps against the Texans in his Cowboys debut, but his presence should be welcomed for a defense that has struggled to find consistency over the first month of the season.
Cowboys at Texans
Cowboys: LB DeMarvion Overshown, CB Cobie Durant, CB Caelen Carson, RB Emari Demercado, LB James Houston, OL Ajani Cornelius, WR Camden Brown
Texans: LB Azeez Al-Shaair, DE Chris Braswell, OL Febechi Nwaiwu, OT Nate Thomas, TE Marlin Klein
Titans at Ravens
Titans: RB Michael Carter, CB Jaylon Jones, G Drew Moss, OT Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson, TE Kylen Granson, DT Jackie Marshall
Ravens: QB Joe Fagnano, LB Trey Hendrickson, WR Chris Moore, DT Aeneas Peebles
Patriots at Bills
Patriots: OT Dametrious Crownover, TE Tanner Arkin, QB Behren Morton, CB Christian Gonzalez, DT Christian Barmore, CB Channing Canada
Bills: WR Skyler Bell, S Jalon Kilgore, CB Christian Benford, LB Mike Danna, G Ar’maj Reed-Adams, OT Jude Bowry, DL T.J. Sanders
Jets at Bears
Jets: WR Adonai Mitchell, RB Breece Hall, CB Nahshon Wright, LB Kiko Mauigoa, LB Kinglsey Enagbare, G Dylan Parham, TE Mason Taylor
Bears: QB Caleb Williams, OL Ozzy Trapilo, CB Cam Lewis, DL Jaydon Loving, DL James Lynch, DL Jamree Kromah
Jaguars at Bengals
Jaguars: CB Montaric Brown, WR C.J. Williams, CB Christian Braswell, S Jalen Huskey, LB Jack Kiser, OL Daniel Faalele, DE Wesley Williams
Bengals: S Bryan Cook, S Kyle Dugger, LB Swayze Bozeman, OL Myles Hinton, WR Colbie Young, DT B.J. Hill, DT Landon Robinson
Cardinals at Giants
Cardinals: QB Carson Beck, CB Starling Thomas, S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, LB Cameron Robertson, OL Josh Fryar, WR Reggie Virgil
Giants: S Ar’Darius Washington, RB Devin Singletary, CB Nikko Reed, LB Jihad Ward, OL J.C. Davis, TE Thomas Fidone, DL Bobby Jamison-Travis
Rams at Eagles
Rams: WR C.J. Daniels, QB Ty Simpson, CB Cam Lampkin, CB Jaylen Watson, OL Bill Murray, TE Colby Parkinson, DT Aaron Donald
Eagles: WR Hollywood Brown, WR DeVonta Smith, QB Cole Payton, S Marcus Epps, LB Zack Baun, OT Lane Johnson, OL Fred Johnson, TE Dallas Goedert
Packers at Buccaneers
Packers: OL Jacob Monk, G Kevin Zeitler, G Aaron Banks, DT Anthony Campbell
Buccaneers: LB Rueben Bain, QB Baker Mayfield, DB Benjamin Morrison, TE Ko Kieft, OL Luke Haggard, OL Billy Schrauth, DL DeMonte Capehart
Both Ravens running back Derrick Henry and Bills quarterback Josh Allen have scored six rushing touchdowns through three games. Via NBC Sports research, they each have a chance to tie the record for the most rushing touchdowns through the first four games of a season.
The current mark is nine, shared by Hall of Famer Jim Brown (1958), Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith (1995), and Stephen Davis (1999).
So it’s three to tie, and four to beat the record.
Henry’s opportunity comes in his first game against his former teams, the Titans. Allen’s comes in the first home game in the new Buffalo stadium against their biggest rivals, the Patriots.
If Henry scores at least two, he’ll take over fourth place on the list of all-time games with multiple touchdowns. He’s tied with Hall of Famer Randy Moss at 37 such games. Smith had 39, Hall of Famer LaDanian Tomlinson had 44, and Hall of Famer Jerry Rice had 46.
A pair of rushing touchdowns also would allow Henry to match Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk (Colts and Rams) and Hall of Famer Marcus Allen (Raiders and Chiefs) with 40 or more rushing touchdowns with multiple teams.
There are a lot of Hall of Famers mentioned in this blurb. Inevitably, Henry and Allen will have that distinction attached to their names, too.
Bills linebacker Joe Andreessen grew up outside of Buffalo and finished his college time in the city, so it’s fitting that he’s set to spend even more of his career there.
The Bills announced on Saturday that they have signed Andreessen to a two-year contract extension. Per multiple reports, the deal is worth $5 million with $3 million in guaranteed money.
Andreessen signed with the Bills after going undrafted in 2024 and he has appeared in 33 games for the team. Most of his playing time has come on special teams and he led the team with 21 tackles in that role last season.
Andreessen has 66 tackles, three tackles for loss and three quarterback hits over his entire time with the Bills.
