Bryan Smith News

Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio had a message for tight end Marcedes Lewis at the start of the offseason.

Three days of practice and 19 snaps in the Jaguars' victory over Tennessee last week catapulted outside linebacker Bryan Smith up the team's depth chart.

The Jaguars signed second-year defensive end Bryan Smith off the St. Louis Rams practice squad Monday following Jacksonville's 31-24 win at Houston on Sunday.

Macho Harris will start at safety for the Eagles in Week 1 against the Panthers.

Mississippi State senior running back Anthony Dixon was suspended for Saturday's season-opener against Jackson State.

A.J. Feeley is still on the Philadelphia Eagles' roster. Michael Vick is not. That's probably just a temporary situation, but that was the upshot as the Birds reached the 53-man limit Saturday night by using a special exemption for their newest, still-suspended quarterback while keeping the one few expected to still be with the team once final ...

Shawn Andrews hasn't played in a game in almost a year, hasn't played at tackle since college, and hasn't practiced much this preseason.

Despite all of the problems that Mother Nature threw at the AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship this weekend, the Illinois Motorcycle Dealers Association, the Illinois State Fairgrounds crew and AMA Pro Racing staff were able to salvage Sunday's Springfield Mile race.

The Eagles placed quarterback Michael Vick on the exempt/commissioner's permission list on Saturday and cut 17 players to get to the mandatory 53-man limit.

Hugh Douglas, the Eagles' most proficient pass-rusher during coach Andy Reid's first four seasons as head coach, had signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars during the 2003 free-agent period, and now the search was on for the team's next disruptive defensive end.

Cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu and defensive end Bryan Smith, two mid-round 2008 draft choices, were among the 17 players released by the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday, as part of the team's "cut- down day" transactions.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley Biggest surprise: I guess putting quarterback Michael Vick on the commissioner's special exemption list might qualify, but it might only be for a day or two.

Post Patterns will take 2-of-3 on its pre-cutdown guesses , although Eldra Buckley in favor of Kyle Eckel was the NFL roster equivalent of a gimme.

Defensive back Jack Ikegwuonu #33 of the Philadelphia Eagles practices during minicamp at the NovaCare Complex on May 1, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Eagles made the first batch of their final cuts this afternoon by releasing tight end Eugene Bright, linebacker Curtis Gatewood and defensive tackle Willie Williams.

Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle factory rider Kenny Coolbeth roared to a decisive win in the AMA Grand National Twins main on the Indy Mile at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

Everyone else is doing it, so I figured I'd throw my one cent in on who's going to make the Eagles' 53-man roster when cuts are announced Saturday at 6 p.m. Here are Brookie's predictions in Sunday's paper .

Coolbeth Takes It All at Indy Round of AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

Bryan Smith stunned the fans at the Indy Mile Saturday afternoon by clocking in an amazing lap at 38.242 seconds on his Screamin' Eagle / Harley Davidson / Moroneys XR750.

Jared Mees has never led the AMA Grand National Twins Championship this late in the season.