Mo. -- Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Steven Nelson will start the season on injured reserve, throwing a wrench into the team's secondary just days before the season opener Thursday night against the New England Patriots.

Roster purge of former 49ers players continues

10:53 PM

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- This says it all about what the 49ers' new regime thought of the roster it inherited from former general manager Trent Baalke and former head coach Chip Kelly: The 49ers elected to keep five undrafted rookies and 14 total first-year players among their 53-man roster on cutdown day Saturday.

Bears keep Sanchez as mentor, fallback

10:09 PM

LAKE FORREST, IL -- The Chicago Bears' decision to keep Mark Sanchez and go with three quarterbacks was one made with Mitchell Trubisky in mind. It's been anything butquarterback Brock Osweiler signed a four-year, $72 million contract that included $37 million in guaranteed money from the Houston Texans in March 2016, no one could have predicted that he would be a Denver Bronco again -- especially not just 18 months later.

Injuries, suspension impact Saints WRs

9:46 PM

METAIRIE, La. -- Formation of the New Orleans Saints' opening-day roster featured a surprise subtraction when wide receiver Willie Snead IV was placed on the suspended list for the first three games of the season.

Buccaneers land former Bronco S Ward

Flowers notes difference in New England

7:21 PM

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Linebacker Marquis Flowers suited up for his first New England Patriots practice Sept. 2, less than a week after the fourth-year special teamer was acquired in a trade from the Bengals. The young