2025 NFL Offseason Buzz: Patriots’ Christian Gonzalez limps off with leg injury

Signings, injuries, fans getting mad at owners – we’re only in training camp, and NFL news has already been nonstop.

You can follow along with all the latest and most notable free agent moves here. And here’s the latest on what’s happening around the league this offseason.

Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez limps off with apparent injury

On their first day in full-pads, the Patriots All-Pro corner had to leave training camp early when he limped off the field after a play guarding receiver Stefon Diggs in 11-on-11 drills. Gonzalez was seen limping off the field under his own power towards the locker room. Gonzalez was helped by the training staff, but did not return to practice.

Jets QB Justin Fields returns to team drills at training camp post-toe injury

Fields returned to team drills on July 28, four days after dislocating a toe on his right foot. He participated in 7-on-7 drills at camp over the weekend as the team eased him back into practice. Head coach Aaron Glenn said Fields had “a ways to go” before fully returning, but after a day off Sunday, Fields ran the offense during 11-on-11 drills. 

“He was limited, but he was limited the way that we want him to be limited,” Glenn said after practice. “He made some good throws out there. And again, when Justin gets on the field — I mean, we’re going to let him be who he is.”

The Cowboys will be without Jones for two to three months after the veteran guard suffered a broken bone in his neck during Sunday’s practice, per ESPN. Jones will not require surgery, though. He suffered the injury during a practice in which he was spending time with the starters, which had not been the norm to this point, as first-round pick Tyler Booker (No. 12 overall) had been in that role during training camp. Jones joined Dallas this season as a free agent.

Browns QB Kenny Pickett will be sidelined due to hamstring injury

Pickett’s injury is believed to have occurred during a red zone 11-on-11 drill late in Saturday’s practice, per ESPN. Head coach Kevin Stefanski is expected to address Pickett’s status before Monday’s practice. Pickett will be evaluated later in the week. The Browns have their first padded practice on July 28. Pickett is vying with veteran Joe Flacco and rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders for the starting spot.

Cowboys fans shout ‘Pay Micah!’ at Jerry Jones amid ongoing stalemate

Cowboys fans are growing increasingly impatient about the fact that the team has yet to reach a contract extension with All-Pro edge rusher Parsons, who’s entering the final year of his rookie deal. They let Jerry Jones know exactly how they feel about it too, shouting “Pay Micah!” as Dallas’ longtime owner addressed the crowd during the opening day of Cowboys training camp on Saturday in Oxnard, California, per CBS Sports.

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The Cowboys are coming off a disappointing 7–10 marketing campaign. They exercised Parsons’ fifth-year choice, preserving him below contract by way of 2025 for $24 million — effectively under market worth for simply one of many 5 greatest defensive gamers within the NFL. Nonetheless, Parsons reported to necessary minicamp in June. Jones made headlines final week when he seemingly took a dig at Parsons’ sturdiness, mentioning he had handled an harm for the primary time in his profession, lacking a handful of video games due to a excessive ankle sprain. 

The 26-year-old Parsons, who earned Professional Bowl honors in every of his first three seasons within the league, stays the one participant in NFL historical past to document at the very least 12.0 sacks in every of his first three years. 

Shavers was carted off the sector at coaching camp after hurting his proper ankle on what proved to be the ultimate play of apply Sunday. He made a catch ultimately zone and fell awkwardly whereas making an attempt to guard the ball from rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston. Shavers was on the bottom for a number of minutes whereas being tended to by the coaching employees, main to move coach Sean McDermott ending apply a couple of minutes sooner than scheduled.

The 25-year-old signed with Buffalo as an undrafted rookie free agent two years in the past and appeared in three video games with the Bills final season. Additionally, beginning linebacker Terrel Bernard and beginning receiver Curtis Samuel didn’t apply Sunday, as each are coping with hamstring accidents. The group had no replace on the severity of the accidents.

The 49ers activated second-year receiver Pearsall from the PUP checklist, and he practiced for the primary time this summer season. Purdy was additionally again at apply Sunday after lacking a session on Friday for private causes.

Pearsall had been out since injuring his hamstring through the offseason program. The Niners are relying on a giant season from the 2024 first-round choose after buying and selling away Deebo Samuel and with Brandon Aiyuk anticipated to overlook the beginning of the season recovering from knee surgical procedure. Pearsall completed the 2025 season with 31 catches for 400 yards and three touchdowns in 11 video games, together with 14 catches for 210 yards and two touchdowns in his remaining two video games.

McLaurin reported to coaching camp on Sunday following a four-day holdout, however the 2024 second-team All-Professional and the group have but to agree on new contract phrases. The Commanders eliminated McLaurin from the reserve/didn’t report checklist for camp and positioned their main receiver on the PUP checklist due to an ankle harm from the earlier season, in line with head coach Dan Quinn.

Regardless of the limbo standing, followers had been thrilled to see McLaurin, serenading him with chants of “Terry! Terry!” The 29-year-old spent roughly half-hour signing autographs and taking images earlier than briefly talking with reporters. 

McLaurin didn’t report on Tuesday alongside along with his teammates and incurred a $50,000 each day effective for skipping the primary 4 official days of camp. The seven-year veteran has one 12 months remaining on a three-year, $68.2 million extension signed in 2022 however has been in search of a brand new deal. He set a career-high with 13 landing receptions and had 1,096 yards final season on 82 receptions. 

McLaurin participated in early parts of Washington’s offseason program however skipped the on-field parts of OTAs and necessary minicamp.

Stafford will miss the second week of coaching camp to relaxation his sore again, in line with a number of studies. The 37-year-old hasn’t practiced with the Rams for the reason that begin of camp. Head coach Sean McVay initially mentioned Stafford would solely miss the Rams’ first 4 practices whereas recovering from again soreness that had “crept up” in latest weeks.

“I most likely spoke just a little bit too quickly, however the final purpose is (being prepared for Week 1 of the common season) and being conscious of that, so we’ll take it every week at a time with him,”  McVay mentioned after the Rams’ fourth apply of camp.

McVay was already planning to restrict the coaching camp practices of Stafford and a number of other veterans, and the coach historically doesn’t use any key gamers in Los Angeles’ preseason video games. 

“He’s doing very well,” McVay mentioned of Stafford, who’s heading into his seventeenth NFL season and his fifth with the Rams. “We’ve obtained a very good plan in place. We’re nonetheless going to take some extra time with him, although. Nothing has modified when it comes to the setback.”

Concern rising for Texans RB Joe Mixon‘s ankle harm

Mixon opened coaching camp on the non-football harm checklist after lacking OTAs and minicamp with an ankle harm. He is anticipated to overlook the vast majority of the preseason and shall be reevaluated nearer to the beginning of the common season, per ESPN. The 29-year-old Mixon, who injured his ankle through the offseason, rushed for 1,016 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2024, incomes him Professional Bowl honors in his first season for the Texans and spending the primary six years of his NFL profession with the Bengals. The Texans have their first preseason recreation on Aug. 9, a street tilt in opposition to the Vikings.

Test again for updates. 

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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