Monday roundup: Jets cut Joe McKnight, Braylon Edwards

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Joe McKnight to the Turk: "Are you outside?"

Turns out, he was.

The Jets cut McKnight — the running back who was arrested on traffic warrants, threatened a reporter and couldn't get on the field because of injuries — as the team pared 15 players from its roster Monday.

Also cut was veteran wide receiver Braylon Edwards, who had three stints with the Jets. Edwards played in the first two preseason games and had five catches for 72 yards. He didn't appear in Saturday night's game against the New York Giants.

It could be the end for Edwards, 30, who has battled knee problems. In eight seasons with four teams, he has caught 359 passes for 5,522 yards and 40 TDs. The Jets signed receiver Mohamed Massaquoi last week for depth.

McKnight has had a rocky summer off the field and on — dealing with migraines and a possible concussion, and then being carted off the practice field after he collapsed two weeks ago.

When he was taken to the medical tent, he believed Twitter taunts, which said he wasn't tough enough, were coming from a beat writer and he tweeted, "Are you outside?" — presumably as a threat. The tweets were coming from fans, McKnight later discovered.

Many (including McKnight) believed an unsettled situation at running back and McKnight's history as a kick returner would preserve a roster spot for him.

McKnight now will be haunted by his boast:

"I don't care who they bring in, they're going (to have to) kill me to take my spot. You understand that now?" McKnight said at the start of camp. "Just because they bring Goodson and Ivory in, they already think I'm gone. They just bringing people in for competition, they ain't bringing nobody in to say, 'Joe is done.' "

The Jets' running back situation remains cloudy, without a true feature back. Chris Ivory and Bilal Powell are vying for carries, and Mike Goodson, the Jets' biggest free-agent investment in the offseason, still hasn't joined the team after an offseason arrest on gun and drug charges.

Also cut were veteran guard Stephen Peterman, running back Chad Spann, offensive linemen Patrick Ford and Trey Gilleo, wide receivers Joe Collins, Marcus Rucker, K.J. Stroud and Rahsaan Vaughn, linebacker Sean Progar-Jackson, defensive backs Donnie Fletcher and Bret Lockett, punter Ryan Quigley and long snapper Patrick Scales.

Chargers not giving up on Ingram

The San Diego Chargers are still hoping outside linebacker Melvin Ingram might be able to return late this season.

Ingram suffered a torn ACL during an offseason practice in May. Rather than placing Ingram on the season-ending injured reserve list then, or at any point since, the Chargers added Ingram to the reserve-physically unable to perform list Monday.

Ingram will not count toward the Chargers' 53-man roster, and won't be eligible to return to practice until after Week 6.

Ingram, a first-round pick in 2012, was a backup last season but the Chargers had planned for him to start in the spot long held by Shaun Phillips, who was not re-signed after his contract expired. Phillips is now with the Denver Broncos.

The Chargers also placed cornerback Steve Williams (shoulder) and defensive tackle Byron Jerideau on injured reserve.

San Diego will need to make three more roster moves by Tuesday, 4 p.m. to get to the 75-man roster limit.

Stallworth looking for work

Receiver Donte Stallworth was among several cuts by the Washington Redskins Monday.

Stallworth was hindered through most of training camp by a hamstring injury. He caught two passes for 33 yards in preseason games.

The team signed him in June, three months after he was seriously burned in a hot air balloon accident in Florida. He faced a tough challenge making a roster that already includes Pierre Garcon, Joshua Morgan, Santana Moss and Leonard Hankerson.

Stallworth has played in 10 NFL seasons. He appeared in only one game last year with the New England Patriots before an ankle injury ended his season.

Bills lose CB with fractured wrist

Stephon Gilmore will miss six to eight weeks after fracturing his wrist in a preseason game against the Washington Redskins.

Losing Gilmore could cripple coordinator Mike Pettine's quest to have the Bills play an attacking-style defense. Pettine will need defensive backs who can cover man-to-man on the outside, and the Bills won't have their best cover corner.

JPP comes off PUP

The Giants have taken defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul off the physically unable to perform list, the team said Monday.

An All Pro in 2011, Pierre-Paul had disk surgery on his back in June. It is not known if Pierre-Paul will be ready to play in the regular-season opener at Dallas on Sept. 8.

"It's a big step," Pierre-Paul said. "I've been working hard for the past couple of months since I've gotten my surgery. I think I'm going to do good out there.

"I don't have any goals. I'm taking it day by day and that's all I can do. I'm not trying to rush. A back is a serious thing, a back surgery is a serious thing and you can't try to come back too early, you'll mess it up even more."

Pierre-Paul had a subpar 2012 season. After recording 16½ sacks in helping the Giants win the Super Bowl in 2011, he had 10 less last year as New York posted a 9-7 record and missed the postseason.

In recent weeks, the former first-round pick said he played in pain last season. The Giants close the preseason on Thursday night at New England.

Da'Rick Rogers among Bills' cuts

Undrafted rookie receiver Da'Rick Rogers was one of five players released by the Buffalo Bills.

The Bills, on Monday, also released defensive backs Dominique Ellis and Jumal Rolle, receiver DeMarco Sampson, and center Ryan Turnley. The moves were made a day before NFL teams are required to trim their rosters to 75 players.

Rogers failed to make an impact in Buffalo in a bid to make a fresh start following a troubled college career. As a sophomore in 2011, Rogers led Tennessee with 67 catches for 1,040 yards and nine touchdowns.

He was forced to transfer to Tennessee Tech last summer after the Volunteers suspended him indefinitely for violating team rules. Rogers said the suspension was the result of him failing multiple drug tests.

Chiefs TE injured again

The Kansas City Chiefs have lost injury-prone tight end Tony Moeaki, who fractured one of his shoulders in Saturday night's preseason victory over Pittsburgh.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday that Moeaki was undergoing further exams on the shoulder and did not say when the tight end would return.

The Chiefs were already banged up at tight end with rookie Travis Kelce dealing with a bruised knee. Reid said Kelce could be back in practice this week.

Contributing: The Associated Press