Oakland Raiders right guard Gabe Jackson agreed to a five-year, $56 million extension with the club on Friday, according to multiple reports.
The deal includes $26 million in guaranteed money, according to Spotrac.
Jackson is entering the final season on his rookie contract. The extension starts next season and runs through the 2022 campaign.
Jackson is a key figure on an offensive line that allowed an NFL-low 18 sacks last season.
–The Philadelphia Eagles released wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham after signing rookie quarterback Dane Evans to a three-year contract.
Green-Beckham, 24, joined the Eagles last August in a training-camp trade with the Tennessee Titans for offensive tackle Dennis Kelly.
The 6-foot-5, 237-pound Green-Beckham, a 2015 second-round pick, finished his one season in Philadelphia with 36 catches for 392 yards and two touchdowns.
Evans, 23, threw for 3,348 yards and 32 touchdowns with 12 interceptions as a senior at the University of Tulsa last year.
–Eagles linebacker Jordan Hicks injured his hand while on his honeymoon in Greece, according to multiple reports.
The team is still gathering information and Hicks’ injury is not considered to be major, according to ESPN.
Phillyvoice.com first reported Hicks injured his hand Thursday while exiting a pool during the honeymoon trip. He reportedly sent a video of his hand to team doctors to take a look.
The 25-year-old Hicks, who was selected by the Eagles in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft out of Texas, owns 135 tackles, two sacks, seven interceptions, one forced fumble, four fumble recoveries and 14 pass breakups in 24 career games, including starting all 16 games last season.
–Former Denver Broncos tight end Mitchell Henry died of complications from acute myeloid leukemia. He was 24.
Henry played at Western Kentucky, which announced his passing. He played in 47 games for the Hilltoppers during his college career, totaling 78 receptions for 1,094 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Henry, while at home in Kentucky late last year, experienced pain in his shoulder, according to ESPN. He went to a hospital, where doctors found a mass in his chest. He then began chemotherapy treatment.
Henry had been released from the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad in November.
–Baltimore Ravens tight end Darren Waller has been suspended for at least one year without pay for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, the league announced.
The suspension means Waller will forfeit his 2017 base salary of $642,774.
This is the second suspension for Waller in the past two years. After the first suspension, Waller told the club’s website that 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.
–Plans to expand the NFL International Series to China in 2018 are on hold for at least one more season.
With speculation surrounding a future NFL franchise in London and discussion as recently as 2016 about playing the postseason Pro Bowl on foreign soil — the league admitted discussions with officials in Sydney, Australia — expanding the International Series remains a goal.
Another regular-season game will be played in Mexico City this season, after the Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders played before a record crowd in November 2016.