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ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting that Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson will be suspended six games for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drug policy.

In the second half of our series on NFL injuries in 2018, we break things down by position groups. Injuries to quarterbacks, running backs, and linebackers are down. Injuries are way up everywhere else, and in the defensive backfield, they are unprecedented.

The New York Jets have announced the firing of general manager Mike Maccagnan. ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that vice president of player personnel Brian Heimerdinger has also been fired.

Our first look at injury data from the 2018 season reveals some plain truths: injuries are on the rise; Washington and Jacksonville had historically bad luck on offense last year; and no team we've ever analyzed has suffered more injuries on defense than last year's Buccaneers.

The Miami Dolphins and Xavien Howard have agreed to a contract extension that will make the cornerback the NFL's highest-paid player at his position.

The Seattle Seahawks have officially released safety Kam Chancellor and wide receiver Doug Baldwin with failed physical designations.

Chancellor has not played since injuring his neck in Week 9 of 2017 against Arizona. For contractual/financial reasons, neither player nor team ever used the word "retired" to describe him, but it has been expected for some time that he would never play again.

Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith announced via Instagram today that he will not play football in 2019.

"At this time, I must take time away from this game [and] get my world in order," Smith said in his statement. "I must give this time back to myself, my family, [and] my health. I appreciate all the support I will [and] will not get."

Smith went on to say he was not requesting a trade, nor announcing his retirement.

This month: the draft! Schedule releases! Twitter beefs! David Gettleman and John Elway try to talk their way out of trouble! Ryan Fitzpatrick gets fat! The Battle of Winterfell! All this and a 67-year-old man takes his shirt off!

The biggest NFL news on Friday night involved a veteran, not a rookie. How did Josh Rosen wind up in Miami after just one year in Arizona? And who got the better end of the trade, the Dolphins or Cardinals?

Arizona takes Kyler Murray first overall -- what does this mean for the future of the NFL? Also on the draft's first day: the Giants reach for a quarterback, Washington sits back and waits for theirs, Seattle makes a bunch of trades, pretty much every pass-rusher comes off the board, and Roger Goodell nearly dies.