The Bengals released veteran OL Max Jean-Gilles on Saturday, according to a league source.

The Colts released DT Tommie Harris on Saturday, according to a league source.

The names are starting to roll in as NFL teams announce their final player cuts by Saturday at 6 p.m. ET., in order to reach the league’s 53-man roster limit.

Ryan Torain was reportedly in danger of losing his spot on the Redskins depth chart, which may have done damage to his fantasy value.

Frank Gore this week signed a three-year contract extension that’s worth a maximum of $21 million — this in a climate where netting a new deal of any sort for a 29-year-old running back is difficult at best. But the details of Gore’s pact with the 49ers point out just how stark the market forces are for NFL running backs as years and injuries mount.

A Jets spokesman confirmed that Jets QB Greg McElroy underwent surgery on a dislocated right thumb Friday morning. He will be out indefinitely, but the Jets have no plans at this time to place McElroy on injured reserve.

Former Cowboys center Andre Gurode will visit the Lions on Friday, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Bengals DB Leon Hall has agreed to terms on a four-year, $39 million contract with the Bengals.

The final game of the preseason, between the Raiders and Seahawks, offers one big question: Will Terrelle Pryor make his NFL debut?

Elliot Harrison again joins the boys to break down the NFC side of the best tailback franchise in NFL history and then, once and for all, just who is the Running Back U of the NFL. The answer just might surprise you.

Todd Haley and the Chiefs flirted with one of the potential pitfalls of playing starters deep into a preseason finale Thursday night, keeping QB Matt Cassel and other first-teamers in the game late into the second quarter against the Packers.

The two series that Jaguars QB David Garrard played in the preseason finale against the Rams on Thursday night were rather forgettable.

The much-anticipated debuts of Albert Haynesworth and Shaun Ellis became official Thursday night in Foxborough, Mass., as both were in the starting lineup in the preseason finale against the Giants.

We’re now five days away from the start of the 2011 NFL season, when the Green Bay Packers will host the New Orleans Saints in a meeting between the last two Super Bowl winners. The Saints know firsthand how tough it can be to get back to the playoffs the following year, much less the big game.

As expected, Jahvid Best is in uniform and on the field for the Lions tonight in Buffalo. But it’s still significant — and not just for fantasy owners — because it amounts to the first sighting of the running back in a while.