Raiders sign ex-Bear Ricky Manning Jr.
The Oakland Raiders have signed cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. and released tight end John Paul Foschi.
The move announced Saturday improves Oakland's depth in the secondary.
Manning has 14 interceptions in six seasons. He went to the Super Bowl with Carolina following the 2003 season and with the Bears following the 2006 season. He is best remembered for intercepting 3 passes from Donovan McNabb in the 2003 NFC championship game against Philadelphia.
Manning missed most of last season with the St. Louis Rams with a broken ankle.
Ravens lose Smith: Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Marcus Smith will undergo season-ending right knee surgery after tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament in Thursday's game against the Washington Redskins.
A fourth-round draft pick last season, Smith was vying for playing time behind Derrick Mason, Mark Clayton and Demetrius Williams.
Brock suffers injured hand: Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Raheem Brock injured his left hand in the first half of Friday night's 13-3 preseason loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
Brock's status for Thursday's home game against the Philadelphia Eagles has not been determined.
Waiting on Mendenhall: Last season didn't tell them. Their first exhibition game didn't tell them.
Nearly 16 months after drafting Rashard Mendenhall in the first round, the Pittsburgh Steelers still don't know what they've got in the former Big Ten offensive player of the year at Illinois.
Is he the next Willie Parker, a running back who begins rolling out 1,000-yard seasons immediately after getting into the lineup? Or is he the next Tim Worley, a first-round Steelers failure whose career stalls from the start and never takes off?
Mendenhall is deep into his second training camp with a team that won the Super Bowl last season without him, yet he remains a big question mark simply because the Steelers haven't seen enough of him because of injury.
Westbrook rejoins Eagles: Brian Westbrook has returned to Philadelphia Eagles practice for the first time since off-season ankle surgery. The star running back had surgery to remove scar tissue and bone fragments from his right ankle in June. He initially hurt the ankle last season in Week 3 against Pittsburgh.
Westbrook also had his left knee cleaned out shortly after the Eagles lost to Arizona in the NFC championship game last January. He experienced pain in the ankle while rehabbing the knee.