Donald is holding out in a bid for new deal
Former Pitt and Penn Hills High School star Aaron Donald did not report for the first practice of training camp Thursday with the Los Angeles Rams.
The defensive tackle was the NFL’s defensive player of the year in 2017 when he also was a camp holdout. Donald is seeking an enormous new contract from the Rams. He is due to make nearly $6.9 million this season in the fifth year of his rookie deal.
Donald skipped the Rams’ entire training camp a year ago and missed the first game of the regular season shortly after reporting. Colts
Quarterback Andrew Luck was pain-free and throwing easily as he made his first practice appearance in 19 months because of a shoulder injury.
Cardinals
Arizona signed defensive ends Arthur Moats and Jacquies Smith to one-year contracts. Moats (6 feet, 246 pounds) has played eight seasons with Buffalo and the Steelers. He played in 14 games with the Steelers in 2017 as an outside linebacker. Smith (6-2, 260 pounds) played three seasons for Tampa Bay from 2013-17 and part of the 2017 season with Detroit.
Falcons
Coach Dan Quinn had good reason not to worry about Julio Jones showing up for training camp. Jones told Quinn weeks ago he would report on time, even as the superstar wide receiver sought to have his contract renegotiated. Finally, close to midnight Wednesday the Falcons announced that they had reached an agreement to renegotiate Jones’ deal next year.
Jaguars
Defensive end Dante Fowler spoke publicly for the first time since the NFL suspended him without pay for the season opener at the New York Giants for attacking a man in a parking lot near his hometown in July 2017. Fowler pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of battery, criminal mischief and petty theft.
Eagles
Wearing a brace around his surgically repaired left knee, Carson Wentz participated in all of Philadelphia’s first training camp practice. About seven months and two weeks removed from two knee ligaments being torn in a December game against the Los Angeles Rams, Wentz took a handful of reps, mainly leading the second-team offense.