NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Sunday, May 5

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Free Agents

RETIREMENTS

  • RB Duke Johnson announced his retirement after eight seasons in the NFL. A third-round pick by Cleveland in 2015, Johnson gained a career-high 1,041 scrimmage yards in 2017 as a shifty dual-threat out of the backfield. Johnson’s pass-catching services were dealt to Houston via trade ahead of the 2019 season before he landed in Miami and Buffalo, where he spent his final season in the NFL in 2022.

Seattle Seahawks

SIGNINGS

  • NT Buddha Jones

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