Long-time NFL assistant coach Tom Moore hasn’t retired, after all. The 87-year-old offensive guru will return to where it all started.
Iowa.
Via Scott Dochterman of The Athletic, Moore will serve as senior consultant to the head coach and offensive advisor at the school where Moore played quarterback from 1958 through 1960. He also started his coaching career there, from 1961 to 1962.
Moore’s coaching career after leaving Iowa took him to Dayton, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Minnesota, the New York Stars of the WFL, and Minnesota again before becoming an NFL assistant coach in 1977.
He spent 13 seasons with the Steelers, four with the Vikings, three with the Lions, and one with the Saints.
Moore arrived with the Colts in 1998, Peyton Manning’s rookie season. Moore served as Manning’s offensive coordinator for the first 11 years of his career, before taking on a senior position in 2009 and 2010.
Moore then went to the Jets for a year, the Titans for a year, the Cardinals for five years (with head coach Bruce Arians). After taking 2018 off, Moore reunited with Arians in Tampa Bay, where Moore worked as an offensive consultant from 2019 through 2025.
In all, Moore has won four Super Bowl rings — two with the Steelers (1978, 1979), one with the Colts (2006), and one with the Buccaneers (2020). Now, 64 years after leaving Iowa, his career is coming full circle.
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The Texans signed running back Evan Hull on Monday, the team announced.
Hull was among the tryout players the Texans had in their rookie minicamp.
Hull, 25, entered the NFL as a fifth-round pick of the Colts in 2023. He has also played for the Steelers and Saints, rushing for 49 yards on 20 carries and catching two passes for 12 yards in his career.
The team cut tight end Luke Lachey in a corresponding move.
Lachey, a seventh-round draft pick from Iowa in 2025, spent last season on the Texans’ practice squad. He is the son of former NFL offensive tackle Jim Lachey.
Jacksonville has added a veteran running back.
The Jaguars announced on Monday that they’ve signed Ameer Abdullah.
Abdullah, who turns 33 in June, spent last season with the Colts, mainly playing special teams. However, he did have 60 yards rushing with one touchdown, along with 16 catches for 99 yards.
Abdullah spent the previous three seasons with the Raiders, tallying 311 rushing yards with two TDs plus 40 catches for 261 yards with three touchdowns in 2024.
A Lions second-round pick in 2015, Abdullah has appeared in 154 games with 26 starts for Detroit, Minnesota, Carolina, Las Vegas, and Indianapolis.
Additionally, the Jags announced they’ve re-signed offensive lineman Sal Wormley, placed offensive lineman Jordan White on the reserve/retired list, and waived running back Ja’Quinden Jackson.
Three years after the Colts rolled the dice on quarterback Anthony Richardson with the fourth overall pick in the draft, his career enters a new phase. He seems to be embracing that.
It’s the smart move. After skipping the first two weeks of the offseason program, Richardson showed up. He’s seemingly all in.
After hoping for a trade that never materialized before or during the draft, it had to be difficult to welcome a situation that has not gone well. Thrust into action as a rookie before he was ready. Benched temporarily during his second season. Dropped to No. 2 behind Daniel Jones during training camp of his third year.
To make things worse, a freak accident left him with a fractured orbital bone and temporary vision loss, wiping out his chance to salvage the season after Jones suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Both sides seemed to be interested in moving on. With no trade — and with a fully-guaranteed compensation package of $5.69 million in 2026 — the Colts have no reason to cut Richardson and pay all but the minimum for a player with his experience level ($1.145 million). A single injury could open the door for a trade, allowing the Colts to avoid more of the money owed, and to a obtain mid-to-low-round draft pick (which is much better than nothing at all).
Richardson has every reason to put in the work and be ready to play. He could (should) win the backup job over Riley Leonard. If Jones suffers an injury, Richardson would then get a chance to play. With free agency looming for Richardson next March, it could become a golden opportunity to set up a second act.
However it plays out, this year is a reset for Richardson. He’s not the starter. He’s not competing to be the starter. He needs to focus on working and developing and positioning himself for an opportunity that could come, at any time.
Jones has played a full season only once in his seven-year career. Chances are that Richardson will get a chance, at some point. His best move is to do everything he can to be ready for that chance when it comes, because that chance could change everything.
Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson stayed away from the team for two weeks as he sought a trade. He showed up to the Colts’ voluntary work on Monday despite an uncertain future.
Richardson is recovering from a right eye injury.
Coach Shane Steichen addressed Richardson’s future on Friday, although he did not allow much.
“He’s back in the fold right now. That part’s been good,” Steichen said, via James Boyd of TheAthletic.com. “He’s working, going through his fundamentals, details, out there throwing with the guys. And that’s where it’s at right now.”
Richardson, the No. 4 overall pick in 2023, lost the starting job to Daniel Jones last season.
He still wants a trade, but according to Boyd, Richardson will approach his situation with professionalism.
Steichen sidestepped a question about whether Richardson would compete with Riley Leonard, a 2025 sixth-round pick, for the backup job to Jones.
“Right now, we’re in May. We’ll see how it goes, obviously, with all that,” Steichen said. “But [Richardson’s] working. He’s here. He’s in good spirits. He’s cleared to play with the vision stuff, so that part’s good.”
Richardson had a freak pregame accident on Oct. 12 that left him with a fractured orbital bone in his eye.
Linebacker John Bullock is rejoining the Buccaneers.
Tampa Bay claimed Bullock off waivers on Friday, a day after the Colts waived him. Indianapolis had claimed Bullock off waivers in January after the Bucs released him.
Bullock signed with the Bucs as an undrafted free agent in 2025, and he was one of three undrafted free agents to make the team.
He played 15 games with the Bucs in 2025, seeing action on five defensive snaps and 253 on special teams. Bullock totaled 10 tackles.
The Colts signed most of their draft class on Thursday night.
The team announced that second-round linebacker CJ Allen, third-round safety A.J. Haulcy, fifth-round defensive end George Gumbs, sixth-round defensive end Caden Curry, seventh-round running back Seth McGowan, and seventh-round wide receiver Deion Burks have signed their four-year rookie deals. The Colts did not have a first-round pick, so Allen was their top choice this year.
A pair of fourth-round picks — guard Jalen Farmer and linebacker Bryce Boettcher — remain unsigned.
The Colts also announced that they have signed 12 undrafted free agents. They are Arkansas defensive tackle Cam Ball, Wisconsin safety Austin Brown, Ole Miss linebacker Tahj Chambers, Duke wide receiver Sahmir Hagans, Purdue wide receiver E.J. Horton Jr., Virginia defensive end Mitchell Melton, Texas running back Lincoln Pare, Penn State tackle Nolan Rucci, Arkansas wide receiver Raylen Sharpe, Alabama center Geno VanDeMark, Abilene Christian running back Jordon Vaughn, and LSU linebacker West Weeks.
Safety Nasir Adderley’s bid to return to the NFL as a member of the Colts has come to an end.
The Colts announced that they have released Adderley on Thursday. Adderley signed with the team in mid-April in a move that brought a three-year retirement to an end.
Adderley was a 2019 second-round pick of the Chargers and retired after playing four seasons with the team. Adderley made 44 starts during his time with the Chargers and ended his time with the team with 232 tackles, two interceptions, a half-sack, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
The Colts also released cornerback Kenny Moore and waived linebacker John Bullock on Thursday.
Cornerback Kenny Moore had requested a trade back in April. But with nothing materializing, he’s now set to hit the open market.
Moore asked for and was granted his release from the Colts on Thursday, the team announced.
Indianapolis G.M. Chris Ballard had indicated last month that this could be the ultimate outcome.
By releasing Moore, the Colts will save $7.06 million against the cap with a $6.05 million dead cap charge.
Moore, 30, had been with the Colts since 2017. He played 132 games for the franchise with 111 starts, recording 21 interceptions, 68 passes defensed, six forced fumbles, and 11.5 sacks.
Moore made the Pro Bowl in 2021.
Additionally, the Colts waived linebacker John Bullock, who had joined the team in January as a waiver claim.
Colts wide receiver Josh Downs will be squaring off against his younger brother at some point during the 2026 season, but that’s not the only thing he has to look forward to this fall.
Downs posted career lows in catches and receiving yards in 2025, but said at a Wednesday press conference that “there’s probably more opportunities there for me” in the current Colts offense. Michael Pittman was traded to the Steelers this offseason, which leaves Downs and Alec Pierce as the top options at wide receiver for quarterback Daniel Jones.
That uptick coincides with the final year of Downs’ rookie contract, which is something he admits has been on his mind even as he guards against making it the kind of thought that impacts his preparation.
“Obviously, you think about it a little bit,” Downs said. “At the end of the day, you’ve got to play football, you’ve been playing this sport your whole life. I feel like just going out there, putting in the work, and having fun with it. I was talking to [Jonathan Taylor] about it yesterday. JT was telling me ‘Don’t even think about it, just go out there and play. Keep doing what you’re doing.’ That’s the most important thing, not to think about chasing money. I feel like that’s when you lose yourself.”
Pierce had the best season of his career under similar circumstances and he cashed in with a major payday this offseason. Downs could make it two in a row if all falls into place in a few months.
