The Patriots could ill afford to lose an offensive lineman Monday night against the Dolphins. As football luck would have it, that’s exactly what happened.

Here are some details on some recent contracts, according to sources with knowledge of the situations.

Here’s the latest on a few of the free-agent visits happening around the league.

Oft-injured RB Beanie Wells will return to the Cardinals’ lineup Sunday against the Chiefs. He missed Arizona’s Week 10 game while nursing a nagging knee injury and infection.

I’ve seen enough of the Chiefs to know this team is for real, and I’m crediting much of their success to the offensive line.

The level of concern over the health of Antonio Bryant might have to be raised after the Bengals revealed he has missed four straight practices.

Passing along a few injury updates from the early games in Week 6.

Three Chiefs players have expressed unhappiness in Kansas City this offseason, and two didn’t show up for Saturday’s first minicamp practice, the Kansas City Star reports. Unfortunately for the Chiefs, both of the no-show players were the team’s only Pro Bowlers last season.

Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said Tuesday at the NFL Annual Meeting that the team will keep veteran tight end Tony Gonzalez, the longtime face of the franchise who was the subject of trade rumors last year. Running back Larry Johnson and offensive lineman Brian Waters reportedly are another story, according to the Kansas City Star, though Hunt told the paper he wasn’t willing to give up on Johnson just yet.