Jones, 25, was suspended for six games by the NFL after an alcohol-related scuffle in October with a team-provided bodyguard at a Dallas hotel. The team said last month that it planned to release him.
Giants: : The NFL players union filed a grievance contesting the $1 million the team withheld from wide receiver Plaxico Burress' signing bonus after he shot himself in the thigh in November at a nightclub.
Legal briefs were filed Friday in the second of the union's two claims on Burress' behalf, NFL Players Association spokesman Carl Francis said. No dates for the grievance hearings have been set.
The Giants suspended Burress, 31, for four games after the accidental shooting in Manhattan. He was charged with felony gun possession.
Also, the Giants re-signed David Carr to back up Eli Manning at quarterback.
Redskins: : Mel Kaufman, a linebacker who played in three Super Bowls with Washington and was a former scout for the NFL team, has died. He was 50.
Kaufman died in his Santa Margarita, Calif., home Saturday, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo announced yesterday. An autopsy was scheduled for tomorrow.
Browns: : Quarterbacks Ken Dorsey and Bruce Gradkowski, who both started games for Cleveland last season, were cut.
Buccaneers:: Backup quarterback Luke McCown, who appeared in seven games with Tampa Bay over four seasons, re-signed.
Jurisprudence: : Former Falcons running back Jamal Anderson, 36, was released Sunday from jail in Atlanta on $6,000 bond after his arrest on drug charges, authorities said.
Lions: : Detroit released former Ravens guard Edwin Mulitalo.
