Dallas Cowboys OT Tyron Smith (rest) and OG Zack Martin will not play in the team’s preseason game Saturday, Aug. 17, against the Los Angeles Rams in Honolulu. Martin has been dealing with a back issue while the Cowboys elected not to subject Smith to the long flight to and from Hawaii.

Los Angeles Chargers QB Philip Rivers is likely to play out the final season of his current four-year, $83.25 million contract in 2019 before he and the team address a new deal next offseason, according to sources.

Los Angeles Chargers S Derwin James (unspecified) is sitting out practice Friday, Aug. 6, with a walking boot on his right leg.

Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers (back) was held out of the team’s exhibition game against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, Aug. 15, due to back tightness, and head coach Matt LaFleur said afterward it’s not a ‘necessity’ to have Rodgers play at all in the preseason. ‘I think we’d like to see him, but you’re talking about a veteran quarterback that’s played a lot of football,’ LaFleur said via PackersNews.com following Thursday’s game. ‘I don’t think it’s a necessity, but it’s certainly something that we’d like to see.’

Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson chatted with Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers after the teams’ preseason game Thursday, Aug. 15. ‘Have a great season, man,’ Rodgers said at the end of the conversation. ‘Slide a little bit.’

Denver Broncos OG Ronald Leary is wearing pads but is participating on a limited basis in a joint practice with the San Francisco 49ers on Friday, Aug. 16, as he recovers from Achilles tendon surgery.

Oakland Raiders WR Antonio Brown (foot) fired back Thursday, Aug. 15, at an Adam Schefter report saying Brown would retire if he couldn’t play with his preferred helmet. ‘I don’t know where they got that, who made that up, either,’ Brown said following the team’s preseason win over the Arizona Cardinals. ‘Why would I retire, man? I’ve got a beautiful career. I’m healthy. I love to play the game… I’m grateful to play the game’

Free-agent LB Joshua Smith re-signed Friday, Aug. 16, with the Tennessee Titans. In a corresponding move, the LB James Folston was released.

Updating previous reports, Jacksonville Jaguars RB Alfred Blue (ankle) was diagnosed with a sprained ankle.

Atlanta Falcons S Damontae Kazee (rib) is day to day with a rib injury.