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Linebacker Uchenna Nwosu had knee surgery this offseason and he's not ready to pass a physical with the Seahawks yet.

The Seahawks announced that Nwosu has been placed on the physically unable to perform list. He won't be able to practice until he comes off the list, but he's on the active version of the list so he can be activated at any point this summer.

Seahawks General Manager John Schneider described Nwosu's surgery as a cleanup earlier this offseason, which suggests the team is not expecting him to miss significant time.

Nwosu has been limited to 12 games over the last two seasons due to pectoral, knee, and thigh injuries. He had three sacks in those games and he had 9.5 sacks in his last full season.

Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs will lose $500,000 from his base salary for not rehabbing at the team facility enough.

Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News reports the Cowboys will enforce the de-escelator in Diggs' contract that stipulated he participate in 84.375 percent of the offseason program at the team facility. Thus, Diggs' base salary will go from $9 million to $8.5 million for 2025.

The team had the option of not enforcing the clause, and Diggs is believed to be the first Cowboys' player to see his base salary lowered because of it. Dallas places base-salary de-escalator clauses in its large contracts, all but guaranteeing participation in the offseason program.

Diggs tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a Week 3 practice in 2023. Diggs now is rehabbing the same knee after chondral bone graft surgery Jan. 23, which entails transplanting pieces of bone tissue into the joint to stimulate growth.

He could miss most or all of the 2025 season.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones publicly rebuked Diggs for his previous rehab, which was away from the team facility. Diggs spent most of this offseason rehabbing in Miami.

Diggs, a two-time Pro Bowler who led the NFL with 11 interceptions in 2021, has played only 13 games the past two seasons with three interceptions.

For the first four years of Justin Herbert’s career, Mike Williams was a pillar of the Chargers’ receiving corps.

After spending 2024 elsewhere, Williams had returned to Los Angeles on a one-year deal in March.

But the true reunion was not to be, as Williams elected to retire at the onset of training camp. Williams had been placed on the physically unable to perform list earlier this week.

"I want what's best for Mike. He's always been there for us, and we’re going to be there for him," Herbert said in his Thursday press conference, via Eric Smith of the team’s website. "It's obviously a tough situation, and I've got so much respect for him as a teammate, as a friend, as a receiver, as a player, and the man that he is.

“We're going to be there for him however we can help. Football, at the end of the day, is a game and there's more to life than just football. I'm just hoping for the best for him.”

Herbert added that Williams was reliable in clutch situations.

“He's going to make a play and when everything mattered the most, he was going to show up," Herbert said. "That's what I'm going to remember the most about him, it was an honor to play alongside him, throw him the ball, and definitely heartbreaking, tough news to hear about. But we got his back no matter what.”

While Herbert noted that the Chargers “can’t replace a guy like that,” the quarterback still feels good about his receiving corps.

"Thankfully, we got a receiver room that continues to push each other, they compete, and they want to be the best,” Herbert said. “Thankfully, we got a lot of guys in that room that are going to make plays.

“We’ve seen it last year and the year before, it's a veteran group, and I'm excited for the opportunity for these guys."