NFL notebook: Browns WR Callaway cited for marijuana possession

Cleveland Browns rookie wide receiver Antonio Callaway's off-field troubles have extended into the professional ranks. Callaway, a fourth-round pick in this year's NFL Draft, was cited for marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license when he was stopped early Sunday morning in Strongsville, Ohio. "The case is under investigation," a spokesman for the Strongsville (Ohio) Police Dept. told Cleveland.com on Tuesday, while declining further comment. Callaway had a turbulent career at Florida that caused him to tumble in the draft. His arrest came hours before Cleveland traded wide receiver Corey Coleman to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. On Monday, Callaway was elevated to the first-team unit in place of Coleman, the No. 15 overall pick of the Browns in the 2016 draft. "We are aware of the citation (and) are in the process of gathering more information and will comment further at the appropriate time," the Browns said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. Cleveland head coach Hue Jackson told reporters that he was not aware of the incident until Tuesday. The Browns traded up in the fourth round to take Callaway, who was suspended twice at Florida and missed the entire 2017 season for allegedly using stolen credit card information to fund bookstore accounts. --Carolina Panthers offensive guard Amini Silatolu will undergo surgery Friday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, the team announced. It was the second major injury among offensive linemen in less than two weeks for the Panthers. Starting right tackle Daryl Williams dislocated his right patella and tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee on July 28 and is out indefinitely. Silatolu, who is entering his sixth season with Carolina, had been receiving the bulk of first-team snaps at left guard. Undrafted free agent Brendan Mahon is expected to get first crack at taking his place. Panthers head athletic trainer Ryan Vermillion said Silatolu's "return to the field will be evaluated on a week-to-week basis." --Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa left practice with a left foot injury, multiple media outlets reported. Bosa was able to walk off the field on his own, albeit without his left shoe, and was being evaluated, according to socalnewsgroup.com. ESPN reported that Bosa escaped injury. "He's fine. Nothing serious," a source with knowledge of the injury told the network's Adam Schefter. A first-round pick out of Ohio State (No. 3 overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft, Bosa was named to the Pro Bowl in 2017 after racking up a team-leading 12.5 sacks while starting all 16 games. Bosa finished with 70 tackles and also had four forced fumbles last season. --Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles isn't sounding the alarm despite missing practice for the third straight day. Foles has been sidelined due to upper-body soreness, notably muscle spasms in the neck and shoulder area. "Nothing crazy ... it's going to be fine," the reigning Super Bowl Most Valuable Player said, via NJ.com. "It's not a big deal. We're just being smart." Head coach Doug Pederson said no decision has been made about whether Foles will play in a preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday. With Carson Wentz continuing his recovery from a knee injury, third-string quarterback Nate Sudfeld and Joe Callahan likely will get the snaps versus the Steelers. --Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is expected to see action in the team's preseason opener. Texans coach Bill O'Brien told reporters it is "more likely" that his second-year quarterback will be on the field when the team faces the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night, the Houston Chronicle reported. It will mark the first game action for Watson since he suffered a torn ACL on a non-contact play in practice on Nov. 2 that ended his promising 2017 rookie season. O'Brien declined to specify any plans on how much action Watson will see, although it's likely the former No. 12 overall draft pick will not play more than one or two series. --Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is expected to rejoin the team for practice following the first exhibition game. Brown has been sidelined since suffering a quadriceps strain last week, although he was at Tuesday's walkthrough in advance of Thursday's preseason opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, ESPN reported. Coach Mike Tomlin told reporters that he expected his star wideout to return to action following Thursday's game. A number of Pittsburgh veterans will sit out the game, including starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. "He won't be playing in the game," Tomlin said of Brown, per the NFL Network. "He is getting closer to return in terms of his health. But he won't be playing in the game ... look forward to getting him back out there when we get back from Philadelphia." --Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin is expected to be ready to play in the team's regular-season opener, coach Pete Carroll said. Baldwin has been shut down due to a sore knee that has been an issue since prior to the start of training camp. While Carroll told 710 ESPN that he expects Baldwin to be on the field against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 9, the coach is not as confident in the status of defensive end Dion Jordan. Jordan is sidelined with what Carroll called a "stress issue" in his shin. "Doug, for sure," Carroll said. "Dion, we won't know until we get him back out. We know exactly what's going on with Doug. He's going to be able to make it back barring setbacks of some kind." --New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said that wide receiver Eric Decker's previous experience with offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels will help him get acclimated to his new team. Decker, who signed with the Patriots last week, was reunited with McDaniels after the latter served as his head coach with the Denver Broncos. The 31-year-old Decker was selected by the Broncos with a third-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. "Yeah, I'm sure it will," Belichick said. "Well, he's a smart guy. I know he has recall from some of the things that we do that Josh did at Denver that are carryover. There's a lot of differences, but there's certainly a lot of carryover." Decker agreed with that assessment when he met with reporters on Tuesday. Decker said he has a great deal of respect for McDaniels and welcomes the opportunity to play for him again. McDaniels and Decker weren't together long in the previous stint, as McDaniels was fired 12 games into Decker's rookie season. --Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon will remain on the reserve/did not report list but it will not cost him an accrued season toward free agency. The Browns were planning to remove Gordon from the list by Tuesday's deadline for players under contract who have not reported to camp. However, such a move was deemed unnecessary after the team learned that there is an exception to the rule for players who haven't reported due to hardship or illness, according to the NFL Network. Gordon announced last month that he would not join the team for the start of training camp as "a part of my overall health and treatment plan." Gordon has missed the majority of the last three seasons because of suspensions related to violations of the NFL's substance abuse policy. --Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay said Monday that "I'd be surprised" if holdout defensive tackle Aaron Donald came to training camp Tuesday or shortly thereafter. McVay doesn't expect Donald to be around for a while as the Rams and the Pro Bowler attempt to reach agreement on a new contract. Donald, the 2017 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, reportedly is seeking a contract that would top the six-year, $114 million deal signed by Ndamukong Suh in 2015. Donald's salary this year is $6.892 million as part of the fifth year on his rookie contract. Donald faces a Wednesday deadline to report and gain a year toward free agency. --Jarvis Landry said that he and fellow wide receiver and close friend Odell Beckham Jr. have had talks about the latter joining the Cleveland Browns. Landry, who trains with his former LSU teammate, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that he believes Beckham would be open to the scenario. "If things like that are able to happen and the team can make it happen, then why not?" Landry said. "He definitely would be (up for it). He would be." Beckham, who enters the final year of his rookie deal, remains under contract with the New York Giants. His agent is seeking a deal that would make the three-time Pro Bowl selection the highest-paid receiver in the league, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. --Devontae Booker is listed at the top of the Denver Broncos' running back depth chart. The Broncos' backfield has been in motion since last season's leading rusher, C.J. Anderson, moved on to the Carolina Panthers. Anderson recorded a career-high 1,007 yards on 245 carries last season before signing a one-year, $1.7 million deal with the Panthers. Booker resides ahead of rookie Royce Freeman, De'Angelo Henderson and rookies Dave Williams and Phillip Lindsay on the depth chart released by the team. The 26-year-old Booker rushed 79 times for 299 yards and a touchdown last season while also reeling in 30 passes for 275 yards. He has 253 carries for 911 yards and five rushing scores since being selected with by the Broncos with a fourth-round pick of the 2016 NFL Draft. --The Arizona Cardinals placed starting center A.Q. Shipley on season-ending injured reserve, the team announced. The move came three days after the 32-year-old Shipley suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. Shipley started all 16 games each of the past two years, and he was the only member of the starting offensive line who did not miss games because of injury last season. Mason Cole, the Cardinals' third-round draft pick out of Michigan, is expected to take over Shipley's starting role. --Frank Gore has been rather impressed with fellow Miami Dolphins running back Kenyan Drake. In fact, Gore went so far as to say that he understood the Dolphins' rationale for trading Jay Ajayi to the Philadelphia Eagles midway through last season with Drake in the fold. Ajayi rushed for 1,272 yards in 2016. "I was like, 'Man, I kinda see why they traded Jay Ajayi,'" the 35-year-old Gore said, via the Palm Beach Post. "He's very talented. Jay Ajayi was a great back, too, but Kenyan is a very talented guy. He's smart. He can do everything on the field. I think that me and him can really help this team be successful this year." Drake flourished in the nine games following Ajayi's departure, racking up 851 yards from scrimmage (619 rushing, 232 receiving) and four touchdowns. --Baltimore Ravens tight end Darren Waller has been reinstated by the NFL after serving a suspension of more than 13 months, the team announced. Waller was suspended for at least one year without pay for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. The league announced that suspension on June 30, 2017. It was the second suspension in as many years for Waller, who also received a four-game ban on July 1, 2016, for a similar violation. Waller said the first suspension came after he tested positive for marijuana. Waller had 10 receptions for 85 yards and two touchdowns in 2016. He has played in 18 games for the Ravens over the past two seasons. --Oakland Raiders linebacker Tahir Whitehead said he supports the NFL's new helmet rule and doesn't think it will prevent him from being a physical player. Several NFL players have spoken out against the new rule that prohibits lowering the helmet to initiate contact. Whitehead, however, said the rule itself is pretty clear and that it's a positive step toward player safety. "It's pretty much self-explanatory," the 28-year-old Whitehead told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "You don't lower your head to initiate contact. At the end of the day, it's protecting the offensive guy, but most importantly, you're protecting yourself. "We've all seen what happened countless times last year where guys lower their head and risk not only injuring the guy on offense but exposing yourself to injury. It just makes sense." Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase added a familiar face, signing running back Jeremy Langford. Gase, current Dolphins offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains and Langford worked together with the Chicago Bears before Gase took the head coaching job with the Dolphins. The 26-year-old Langford's best season was his first in Chicago in 2015, when the rookie fourth-round draft pick rushed for 537 yards and six touchdowns on 148 carries and caught 22 passes for 279 yards and one touchdown. The following year, Langford suffered an injury that led to Jordan Howard seizing the job and finishing second in the NFL in rushing. In 2017, Langford was let go by the Bears during the preseason and he spent time with the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Jets on their NFL and practice squad rosters. --The Tennessee Titans released tight end Phillip Supernaw, the team announced. Supernaw spent the past three seasons with the Titans, appearing in 47 games and making six starts. He had four receptions for 39 yards and scored his first career touchdown in 2017. The release of Supernaw was among a series of moves by Tennessee, which placed linebacker Nate Palmer on injured reserve and signed tight end Jerome Cunningham and linebacker Brandon Chubb. Cunningham spent parts of the past two seasons with the Titans, but his only playing experience came in 2015 with the New York Giants. He started three of nine games and had eight receptions for 59 yards. --The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed offensive tackle Jarron Jones, the team announced. Jones has spent time on the practice squads of the Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks, but he has yet to play in an NFL game. A defensive tackle at Notre Dame, the 6-foot-6, 320-pound Jones is attempting to make the transition to the offensive line. He initially signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2017.