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Ryan Fitzpatrick
Bucs Waive Noah Spence
Officially Named
The Buccaneers have waived former second round pick Noah Spence.
It’s a surprise move con- sidering Jason Pierre-Paul is expected to miss at least six weeks.
Spence played well in the preseason, but never lived up to being a second round pick.
There were high hopes for him in Todd Bowles’ sys- tem, allowing him to return to his natural position of a 3-4 outside linebacker.
career.
Bucs Cap 3-1 Preseason in Win Over Dallas
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers got two touchdowns and 16 total points from rook- ies and first-year players on Thursday night to defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 17-15, at AT&T Stadium. It was the third straight win for the Buc- caneers, who finished the 2019 preseason – their first under Head Coach Bruce Arians – with a 3-1 record. Every single one of those four games was decided by two points or less.
Former Cowboys, Bucs DE Ryan Russell Says He Is Bisexual
RYAN RUSSELL
An NFL player coming out as gay or bisexual is still rare, but maybe that will start to change.
Ryan Russell, a three- year NFL veteran who plays defensive end, announced he is bisexual in a story told in the first person to ESPN. Russell, a fifth-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys in 2015, played one game with the Cowboys in 2015 then parts of two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2016 and 2017.
Russell missed 2018 with a shoulder injury and is un- signed. He said in the ESPN story that going forward he wants prospective employers to know everything about him, including his sexuality.
Russell said he hasn’t lied about his sexuality, but had not shared that part of his life in the NFL world.
Dolphins’ Week 1 QB
Raiders Make Rodney
RYAN FITZPATRICK
begin as the starter, it proba- bly will not take too long be- fore Rosen sees action.
Hudson Highest-Paid
Center In NFL History
Though Fitzpatrick will
Russell Wilson Only QB On
The Oakland Raiders an- nounced Friday they had signed Rodney Hudson to an extension, to be worth three years and $33.4M. That $11.13M annual salary will make Hudson the highest- paid center in NFL history.
Just behind Hudson on the leaderboard are the Buf- falo Bills’ Mitch Morse ($11.125M), the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey ($11M) and the
Seahawks Roster After Geno Smith, Other Backups Cut
NOAH SPENCE
Hopefully Spence will find opportunity elsewhere and be able to revitalize his
It’s officially FitzMagic time in Miami.
The Dolphins on Thurs- day announced Ryan Fitz- patrick as their Week 1 starting quarterback.
Fitzpatrick was listed as the starter on the Dolphins’ first depth chart released ear- lier this month. First-year head coach Brian Flores has preached patience with 2018 first-round pick Josh Rosen, indicating the youngster was likely to open up the season as a backup.
RODNEY HUDSON
Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Ryan Jensen ($10.5M), per Over The Cap.
Russell Wilson is cur- rently the only quarterback on the Seattle Seahawks after the team announced its 53- man roster on Saturday.
Backup signal-callers Geno Smith, Paxton Lynch and J.T. Barrett were let go, leaving the seven-year starter as the lone quarterback left.
However, Boyle noted that the Hawks "can and likely will make more moves between now and next week-
Myles Jack, Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars and linebacker Myles Jack reportedly reached an agree- ment Saturday on a four- year, $57M contract extension with $33M in guar- anteed money.
The deal makes Jack the NFL's third-highest paid in- side linebacker behind the Seattle Seahawks' Bobby Wagner and New York Jets'
MYLES JACK C. J. Mosley.
RUSSELL WILSON
end."
One of those moves may
be bringing Smith back into the mix.
Reportedly Agree To 4-Year,
$57M Contract Extension
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