Dallas Cowboys defensive end Sam Williams made an emotional return to practice on Tuesday after suffering a torn ACL early in training camp a year ago.

Dawson Knox won't be ready for the start of Buffalo Bills training camp. As for the reason? The Bills didn't make that clear. All that's known for sure is that the tight end was placed on the non-football injury list Tuesday night, before Buffalo's first training camp practice Wednesday.

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The Buffalo Bills haven’t started training camp practice yet and are already placing a key veteran on an injury list.

After practice, defensive end Micah Parsons shared his side of the ongoing contract extension dispute with the Cowboys.

The Cowboys are forging ahead with Diggs’ replacement until he returns. He expressed confidence that things are progressing in his rehab work. He disputed on X that he’s behind in his recovery and also made note that the Cowboys knew of his plans this offseason

The Carolina Panthers will be without another key player at the start of training camp. As announced on Tuesday, the Panthers have placed defensive lineman Bobby Brown III on the active/non-football injury list. Brown's injury was not disclosed in the team's official statement.

There's a starting spot open on the San Francisco 49ers offensive line, and one of the players in line to win it shouldn't miss much time to injury.

The Packers signed wide receiver Will Sheppard, who went undrafted after catching 48 passes for 621 yards and six touchdowns at Colorado last season.

The Lions won't don pads until Friday, but the defensive physicality was on full display at Tuesday's practice.