Janikowski ‘set’ to leave Raiders
Cravens reinstated
WASHINGTON, Feb 15, (RTRS): Sebastian Janikowski can hit the open market next month, bringing his 18-year run with the Oakland Raiders to a close.
According to ESPN, Janikowski was informed he would not be on the roster in 2018 as Jon Gruden — the coach who drafted Janikowski — returns to the sideline.
Janikowski agreed to a pay cut in 2017 and then was placed on injured reserve without playing in a regular season game. He turns 40 on March 2 . Janikowski has battled back problems and the Raiders considered parting with the 2000 firstround draft pick during training camp last summer.
He will leave Oakland as the Raiders’ all-time leader in games played and holds the NFL record for 50-plus-yard field goals (55).
After considering retirement and sitting out the entire 2017 season, Washington Redskins safety Su’a Cravens was reinstated Tuesday by the NFL to active status from the team’s reserve/left squad list.
Cravens applied for reinstatement with the NFL earlier this week.
With it granted, he is now eligible to play again, but there remains the question of whether or not his team still wants him back on the active roster after he stepped away from the Redskins shortly before the start of the 2017 season.
The San Francisco 49ers signed center Daniel Kilgore to a three-year contract through the 2020 season.
Kilgore was set to become a free agent next month.
Kilgore, 30, is coming off the best season of his seven seasons with the 49ers.
New England Patriots safety Devin McCourty underwent minor shoulder surgery sometime after the Super Bowl, according to an ESPN report.
Per the report, the surgery was considered a clean-up procedure.
McCourty was limited in practice during Week 17 with a shoulder issue, but he wasn’t listed on any injury reports during the postseason.
The Buffalo Bills hired longtime NFL assistant Terry Robiskie as wide receivers coach, the team announced.
Robiskie, 63, replaces Phil McGeoghan, who was hired Tuesday by the Los Angeles Chargers for the same role as receivers coach.