Hall of Fame cornerback Adderley dead
Herb Adderley, the Hall of Fame cornerback who joined the NFL as a running back and became part of a record six championship teams with the Packers and Cowboys, has died. He was 81.
His death was confirmed by the team Friday, with no details given. Nasir Adderley, a safety for the Los Angeles Chargers, tweeted that his cousin was a “unique soul who has had such an incredible influence on my life.”
Herb Adderley played in four of the first six Super Bowls and won five NFL championships with Green Bay and one with Dallas during his 12-year career.
But he was always a Packer at heart.
“I’m the only man with a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl ring who doesn’t wear it. I’m a Green Bay Packer,” Adderley said in the book “Distant Replay,” a memoir by former Packers teammate Jerry Kramer.
Along with former teammates Fuzzy Thurston and Forrest Gregg, Adderley is one of four players in pro football history to play on six championship teams. Tom Brady is the other. Adderley was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
Texans’ Ankou dealt to Cowboys
The Texans have agreed to trade reserve defensive tackle Eli Ankou to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a 2022 seventhround draft pick, according to a league source not authorized to speak publicly.
Ankou, 26, is a native of Canada and a former undrafted free agent who was signed by the Texans out of UCLA. Ankou (6-foot-3, 290 pounds) was recently claimed off waivers from the Indianapolis Colts, but never played for the Texans this season.
Browns’ Garrett expected to play
Myles Garrett returned to practice after missing two days with an ankle injury and the Browns expect the NFL sacks leader to play Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders.
Garrett, a Texas A&M product, mssed two days with an ankle injury.
Garrett, who leads the league with nine sacks, said he tweaked his ankle leading into last week’s game against Cincinnati and then again while recording two sacks and forcing a fumble in the 37-34 win.
Odds and ends
Kris Richard, Dallas’
passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach, is in the process of scheduling a Thursday interview for the Giants’ head coach vacancy, a source told the Dallas Morning News. The NFC East rival fired coach Pat
Shurmur following a 9-23 record in two seasons at the helm. … Minnesota linebacker Todd Davis tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday morning. … The New Orleans Saints have ruled our receivers Michael Thomas and Marquez Callaway for Sunday’s game in Chicago due to injuries. Thomas, named AP 2019 Offensive Player of the Year after setting an NFL record with 149 catches in a season, is missing his sixth straight game because of a two separate injuries sandwiched around a one-game suspension. … The Ravens signed All-Pro left tackle Ronnie Stanley to a fiveyear contract extension. Stanley, who was set to become an unrestricted free agent next offseason, agreed to a new deal worth $112.9 million overall through the 2025 season, according to ESPN, including $70.9 million guaranteed. The annual value ($19.8 million) is less than that of the three-year, $66 million deal that left tackle Laremy Tunsil signed with the Texans during theo ffseason.