Veteran cornerback Dre’ Bly has signed a one-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers, who moved quickly to fill the spot created by Walt Harris’ knee injury. ”We lost a Pro Bowl-caliber player in Walt Harris this week, and we were able to fill that void with another Pro Bowler in Dre Bly,” 49ers general manager Scot McCloughan said. “It was important to get Dre in here quickly so that he can get acquainted with our system, our coaches and his new teammates.”
The Dallas Cowboys are shopping outside linebacker Greg Ellis, multiple sources told FanHouse on Thursday. Dallas is serious about a potential move because on Thursday, the final day of this week’s organized team activities, the team sent Ellis home, not allowing him to practice.
Max Jean-Gilles landed on injured reserve when he broke the fibula in his right leg just before halftime of the Eagles‘ Thanksgiving night game against the Arizona Cardinals. His hopes of returning to the starting lineup are slim, but he is more focused on recovering from his injury, which required the surgical insertion of eight screws and a plate. “I still have a long way to go,” Jean-Gilles said. “I’m about 60 percent right now.”
Jon Gruden, who was fired last season after the Buccaneers lost their final four games to miss the playoffs, sounded like a man taking a one-year sabbatical rather than someone making a career change. Once, when asked about the length of his contract, he said, “I’m a short-term, goal-oriented person.” “I dearly miss coaching.”
Browns QB Brady Quinn has been running the first-team offense the last two days of coach Eric Mangini’s first voluntary minicamp. ”There’s no overwhelming significance to that,” Mangini said Thursday. Mangini said that Quinn got the nod over Derek Anderson “because he’s done a really outstanding job in the off-season program.” ”Not that Derek hasn’t done well,” Mangini added, “but [Quinn] got the edge, so he took the first reps.”
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