Green Bay released former Pro Bowl defensive tackle Mike Daniels after seven seasons Wednesday, parting with one of its best players in a move that saves $8.31 million on the salary cap.
Daniels was due to make $8.5 million this season — $7.6 million in base salary, a $500,000 roster bonus and a $400,000 workout bonus — in the final year of a four-year, $41 million contract extension. With Daniels off the books, the Packers are $15.3 million under the cap.
Daniels, a fourth-round pick of the Packers in 2012, made the Pro Bowl as an alternate in 2017. He missed two games that year because of a hip injury, and he finished 2018 on injured reserve after a foot injury halted his season after 10 games.
Gordon a holdout
Melvin Gordon is officially a holdout as the Chargers get ready to begin training camp. The Chargers placed the running back on the reserve/did not report list as players went through physicals and meetings. Gordon is going into the final year of a rookie contract and will earn $5.6 million.
Gordon has gained over 1,200 yards from scrimmage and scored 10 or more touchdowns in three straight seasons. He was sixth in the AFC in yards from scrimmage (1,375), ninth in rushing (885 yards) and scored 14 touchdowns last season as the Chargers made the playoffs for the first time since 2013.
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• Taylor Lewan, Tennessee's three-time Pro Bowl left tackle, says the NFL has suspended him for the first four games of the season for violating the league's policy on performance enhancers.
• The Buccaneers will open training camp with Jason Pierre-Paul on the active/non-football injury list. The 10th-year pro suffered a neck fracture in a single-car crash in South Florida on May 2 and his status for the upcoming season remains uncertain.
• The Jets are setting up camp without defensive lineman Quinnen Williams, the No. 3 overall pick in April who remains unsigned. Williams is slotted to receive a four-year contract worth $32.6 million fully guaranteed, with a fifth-year team option. The sticking point appears to be of how the former Alabama star's signing bonus — $21.7 million — will be paid.
