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Player News

• Anthony Smith (DB) STL

  Updated 11/7/09 4:57 PM

  The Jaguars have been awarded Smith off waivers from the St. Louis Rams.

  Impacts: Smith, a third-round draft pick by Pittsburgh in 2006, has played 48 games with 14 starts for the Steelers and Rams. He has 99 tackles, four interceptions and 23 special teams tackles. Smith played two games for the Rams this season before he was waived Thursday.

• Kendrick Clancy (NT) NO

  Updated 11/7/09 4:09 PM

  Clancy was placed on injured reserve Saturday, ending his season.

  Impacts: Clancy, a 10th-year player in his third season with the Saints, played in two games and was inactive for five others because of the injury.

• DeMario Pressley (DT) NO

  Updated 11/7/09 3:45 PM

  The Saints signed Pressley from the practice squad to the active roster.

  Impacts: Pressley, a second-year lineman out of North Carolina State, was selected by the Saints in the fifth round of the 2008 draft. The 6-foot-3, 301-pounder spent his rookie season on injured reserve rehabbing a foot injury suffered early in training camp.

• Jack Williams (CB) DEN

  Updated 11/7/09 1:53 PM

  Williams has been waived by the Broncos, who have signed veteran Ty Law.

  Impacts: Williams was a fourth-round pick out of Kent State in 2008 who apparently didn't fit into coach Josh McDaniel's future plans.

• Ty Law (CB) NYJ

  Updated 11/7/09 9:50 AM

  The Broncos have shored up their secondary with another veteran, signing Law.

  Impacts: The 35-year-old Law, who has been to five Pro Bowls, gives the Broncos five players over 30 in the defensive backfield that now sports a combined 20 Pro Bowl selections. To make room, the Broncos waived defensive back Jack Williams. Law's signing also likely means reduced playing time in the nickel and dime packages for rookie Alphonso Smith.

• Ty Law (CB) NYJ

  Updated 11/6/09 3:08 PM

  Law has agreed to terms on a deal with the Denver Broncos. Carl Poston, one of Law's agents, confirmed the news Friday to The Associated Press. The agreement came after Denver's media availability and a Broncos spokesman said the team had no comment.

  Impacts: The 35-year-old Law, a perennial Pro Bowl selection, will fit right in with veterans Champ Bailey, Andre' Goodman, Brian Dawkins and Renaldo Hill, all in their 30s.

• T.J. Houshmandzadeh (WR) SEA

  Updated 11/6/09 2:49 PM

  Houshmandzadeh says he's "shocked" with the fuss Seattle's making over him. The outspoken receiver said Friday he's been getting messages from former teammates in Cincinnati asking why people on and around the Seahawks have been making a big deal about his angry gestures and comments about not getting the ball more.

  Impacts: Houshmandzadeh, who signed a $40 million, five-year contract in the spring, has just 35 receptions through seven games. He had 92, 112 and 90 catches in his last three years with the Bengals.

• Kendall Simmons (G) NE

  Updated 11/6/09 2:13 PM

  The New England Patriots have released Simmons, who was inactive for six of his seven games with the team.

  Impacts: Simmons, 30, signed with the Patriots on Sept. 6 after being waived by the Pittsburgh Steelers. They chose him with the 30th pick of the first round in 2002 out of Auburn and he started all 80 games in which he played during seven seasons with Pittsburgh. He missed the entire 2004 season with a right knee injury and was limited to four games last year by a right Achilles' tendon injury.

• Bob Sanders (SS) IND

  Updated 11/6/09 1:27 PM

  Sanders will miss the remainder of the 2009 season with a torn biceps tendon, the latest round of bad injury news for the 7-0 Colts.

  Impacts: After struggling to get on the field with a bum knee that lingered all offseason, Sanders had played in the Colts' last two games but made just three tackles. He injured his arm in Sunday's win over San Francisco. This is a huge loss to the Colts' defense, but not a surprising one considering he's been hurt as often as he's played in his six-year career.

• Aaron Rouse (SS) NYG

  Updated 11/6/09 1:27 PM

  Riding a three-game losing streak, the Giants decided Friday to insert Aaron Rouse into the starting lineup at safety for Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers.

  Impacts: Rouse will replace beleaguered veteran C.C. Brown, who has been beaten twice on deep passes for touchdowns during the losing streak.

• Matt Ryan (QB) ATL

  Updated 11/6/09 12:37 PM

  Ryan has shown his human side over the last three weeks, throwing seven interceptions after being picked off just 13 times in his first 20 regular-season games.

  Impacts: Not all were his fault, of course. There were protection issues and tipped balls and receivers not always running the proper route. But it all comes back to the quarterback, the guy known as Matty Ice. "You've got to ride the ebb and flow of a season," Ryan said. "There's going to be ups and downs. It's a long, long year. At the end of it, you look back and kind of judge how you did."

• Ben Roethlisberger (QB) PIT

  Updated 11/6/09 12:37 PM

  The woman who filed a lawsuit accusing Roethlisberger of raping her has quit her job at the Lake Tahoe hotel-casino where she claims the assault occurred in the NFL quarterback's penthouse room more than a year ago.

  Impacts: The woman had been working as a VIP host at Harrah's Lake Tahoe in July 2008 when she alleges the two-time Super Bowl champ for the Pittsburgh Steelers lured her to his room under false pretenses and forced himself on her. He was in town playing in a celebrity golf tournament. Roethlisberger has denied the allegations and maintains the woman acted voluntarily at all times while in his room.