Titans sign WR Boyd to 1-year deal
Wide receiver Tyler Boyd is signing a one-year contract worth up to $4.5 million with the Tennessee Titans, ESPN reported on Tuesday.
The move will reunite Boyd with new Titans head coach Brian Callahan, who previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Bengals since 2019.
Boyd, 29, will join DeAndre Hopkins, Calvin Ridley and Treylon Burks among others in Tennessee’s wide receiver room.
Boyd had 67 catches for 667 yards and two touchdowns in 17 games (13 starts) last season with Cincinnati.
He has 513 receptions for 6,000 yards with 31 scores in 120 career games (77 starts) since being selected by the Bengals in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
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Lions: Safety C.J. Moore is returning to Detroit after serving a oneseason suspension for violating the NFL’s gambling policy, NFL Network reported Tuesday.
The deal is for one year, but financial terms were not disclosed.
The Lions signed Moore as an undrafted free agent in 2019 and he played in 56 games (one start) for Detroit. He took part in at least 68 percent of the Lions’ special teams snaps in each of his four seasons with the team and contributed 48 tackles, two passes defensed, an interception and a fumble recovery.
The Lions released Moore, 28, in April 2023 after he was one of five NFL players — including four Lions — to receive suspensions for gambling violations. Wide receiver
Quintez Cephus, who like Moore served a seasonlong ban, signed recently with the Buffalo Bills after his reinstatement.
Cardinals: Former Jacksonville wide receiver
Zay Jones visited with Arizona on Tuesday, per multiple reports.
The Jaguars released Jones last week after picking LSU wideout Brian Thomas Jr. in the first round of the draft.
Jones, 29, caught 116 passes for 1,144 yards and seven touchdowns in 25 games (22 starts) during his two seasons in Jacksonville.
He has 287 catches for 3,028 yards and 18 scores in 104 games (67 starts) with the Jaguars, Oakland/ Las Vegas Raiders (201921) and Buffalo Bills (201719), who selected him in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Jets: New York may have found a new diamond in the rough from an
HBCU in its recent minicamp. Former North Carolina Central defensive back/kick returner Brandon Codrington has earned a contract with the Jets following rookie minicamp, according to Believe Sports Group.
Brandon Codrington was a building block for North Carolina Central under
Trei Oliver. He joined the team as a freshman in 2019 and was named third-team All-MEAC as he ranked third in the MEAC with a punt return average of 7.8 yards, and averaged 18.8 yards per kickoff return. Two years later he garnered All-MEAC First
Team honors as the thirdleading punt returner in NCAA Division I-FCS with a MEAC-best 15.0-yard punt return average in 2021.
Codrington scored two touchdowns on punt returns as a senior in 2023, both of them for 80-plus yards. He scored on an 81-yard punt return against Winston-Salem State in the opener and added an 85yard score against Howard later in the season.