Bell pleads innocent in Lions whodunit

Detroit running back Rudi Johnson said Wednesday that the player who was waived to make room for him on the Lions' roster, Tatum Bell, took his luggage from team headquarters.

"All this happened when he got released [Monday]," Johnson said. "He came in to get some stuff out of his locker, and that's when he scooped up the bags."

Johnson said a woman returned the two Gucci bags to the practice facility Tuesday evening, but that the contents were missing. Gone were about $200 in cash and Johnson's ID and credit cards.

In a phone interview with the Detroit Free Press, Bell said: "I ain't no thief. I ain't never been one, and I ain't never going to be one. It was all a misunderstanding."

Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier remained in critical condition a day after getting shot in the front seat of his Cadillac Escalade outside an apartment complex in Jacksonville.

Redskins tackle Chris Samuels released a statement through his agent expressing his sorrow after a friend of the family died in an all-terrain vehicle accident on his Southern Maryland property on Saturday. Lashana Nicole Wilson, a lifelong friend of Samuels' girlfriend, lost control of the ATV and struck a tree.

• Panthers backup quarterback Matt Moore felt something pop in practice Wednesday. X-rays revealed a broken fibula. He will be out indefinitely.

• Quarterback Kyle Boller (shoulder) was placed on injured reserve by the Ravens, ending his season.

• Brett Favre was voted one of the Jets' offensive captains.

• Keith Davis re-signed with the Cowboys, nearly six months after the safety signed a two-year, $3.5 million free agent deal with the Dolphins. He was cut before Miami's final preseason game.