Morgan Moses was back and he couldn’t help but dance a little to celebrate. The veteran right tackle practiced Friday for the first time in training camp — marking the first time the New York Jets had all five of their projected starting offensive line on the field together this summer.
“Being able to go out there today and just run around with the guys and feel like you’re 10 years old again playing football,” Moses said with a big smile, “man, it just felt fantastic.”
Now that Moses is back, the starters will have a chance to practice together with more than a month remaining before the regular-season opener at San Francisco on Sept. 9.
“It’s always beneficial,” coach Robert Saleh said of having all five starters healthy. “At the same time, the league is chaotic, right? So the odds of us playing with the same five all season are slim to none, so it’s good for them to work with one another and different combinations, as long as we maintain our communication.
“But, to get our Week 1 group out there as quick as possible so they can jell, that definitely can be beneficial.”
Moses was the final piece of the Jets’ revamped O-line to practice in team drills after having offseason surgery to repair a torn pectoral with which he played most of last season with Baltimore.
He joined center Joe Tippmann, left tackle Tyron Smith and guards Alijah Vera-Tucker from Bishop O’Dowd High and ex-Raider John Simpson as the starting linemen charged with helping protect quarterback Aaron Rodgers and making the offense run.
“Everybody in that room wants to win and wants to do it at a high level, too,” Vera-Tucker said. “We all have big expectations, not only for ourselves but for each other.”
Lamb, Cowboys in contact amid holdout >> The Dallas Cowboys remain in contact with wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, who is holding out of training camp while seeking a new contract, owner Jerry Jones said.
“I don’t think that’s anything I would comment on as far as proximity on meeting of minds, but we’re all talking,” Jones said.
Lamb is going into the last year of his rookie contract after being drafted 17th overall in 2020. He led the NFL in receptions last season (135) and was second in yards receiving (1,749) and third in touchdown receptions (12).
Lamb previously skipped minicamp in June, a decision that came one day after Minnesota Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson agreed to the most valuable contract for a non-quarterback in league history.
Lamb and Jefferson are effectively neck-and-neck in career statistics after being selected six picks apart in the first round in 2020. What Lamb and his representatives can point to while arguing he’s worth a record-setting deal is that the 25-year-old has increased his production in receptions, yards receiving and touchdown receptions in each of his four seasons.
Browns RB Foreman out of hospital >> Cleveland Browns running back D’Onta Foreman has returned to the team one day after being flown to a hospital with a head injury sustained in practice.
Foreman had been taken to a hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, on Thursday by helicopter. The 28-year-old got hurt during a special team’s drill as the Browns continued their opening week of practice at The Greenbrier Resort.
A team spokesman said Foreman was released from the hospital. He will travel with the Browns back to Ohio on Friday.
Foreman never lost feeling in his extremities after taking a direct blow to the head. He was wearing a padded, protective Guardian Cap over his helmet. The Browns’ medical staff immobilized Foreman on the field as a precaution before he was flown to the medical center 80 miles away.
“Scary, thank God he’s OK,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said Friday.
The Browns signed Foreman as a free agent in March to give them some depth as star Nick Chubb works his way back from a season-ending knee injury.
Foreman has also played for Houston, Tennessee, Carolina and Chicago. He’s rushed for 2,326 yards and 14 career touchdowns.
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