Owners eye pass interference challenge

NFL owners meeting today in Key Biscayne, Fla., will consider a proposal to refine the new rule that allows challenges involving pass interference, and may also announce locations to host upcoming drafts.

Owners voted in March to allow interference calls or non-calls to be challenged by coaches and reviewed via replay as a one-year experiment.

The tweak proposed this week would take the decision to review pass interference in the final two minutes of each half out of the hands of the officials. Reviews in the final two minutes would require a coach’s challenge, too.

Under the rule adopted in March, in the final two minutes only officials in the booth can stop the game for reviews involving pass interference, as is the case with other reviewable plays.

Bills extend Hughes

The Buffalo Bills signed top pass rusher Jerry Hughes to a two-year contract extension that will keep the defensive end in Buffalo through 2021. Hughes’ contract was set to expire after the upcoming season.

Hughes will be guaranteed about $19 million, and could make as much as $23 million should he meet all the incentives.

Meanwhile, Bills tight end Tyler Kroft is out indefinitely with a broken foot and will need surgery, joining three other free-agent signings who are sidelined because of injuries.

Bills coach Sean McDermott said Kroft was injured at practice Monday.

The 26-year-old Kroft signed a three-year, $18.75 million contract after playing four seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals. There were expectations of Kroft becoming Buffalo’s top tight end after the Bills released former starter Charles Clay.

Bucs cut McCoy

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are moving on from Gerald McCoy, releasing the six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle and describing the move as a mutual agreement after nine seasons.

McCoy, the third overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft, was due to make $13 million next season, but none of it was guaranteed.

Coach Bruce Arians did not want to talk about the decision following one of the club’s OTA workouts, saying he had wished McCoy well in a statement released by the Bucs, and that “there’s no need for answering questions about that.”

“We’ve already moved on,” said the coach, preparing for his first season in Tampa Bay.

McCoy, 31, had six sacks and a team-leading 21 quarterback pressures in 2018, when the Bucs went 5-11 and missed the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season. He has 54½ sacks in 123 career games, was an All-Pro in 2013 and a Pro Bowl selection every year from 2012-17.

Wagner sitting out

Bobby Wagner will be present for the Seattle Seahawks’ optional offseason activities.

Just don’t expect him to take part.

That was the message from the All-Pro middle linebacker as Seattle continued the first week of organized team activities. Wagner’s contract is up after next season and he indicated there had been preliminary talks regarding a new deal.

Wagner’s decision doesn’t go as far as creating the distraction of a contract holdout but it does make it clear he doesn’t intend to take any risks until he has a new deal.

Wagner has his eyes on the contract signed by C.J. Mosley with the New York Jets this offseason that averages $17 million per season . ...

Safety Josh Jones was absent from the Packers’ second day of OTAs and reportedly wants a trade.

The team signed veteran safety Adrian Amos in free agency and traded up in the first round to select safety Darnell Savage.

“I have not talked to him,” new coach Matt LaFleur said after practice.