Gano appears to have added to his special-teams skill set by practicing as a long snapper this offseason, Serena Burks of USA Today reports.

Gano's roster spot is already secure as the team's kicker after he converted better than 88 percent of his field-goal attempts for the fourth year in a row in 2021, but his ability to provide a possible backup option behind current Giants long snapper Casey Kreiter is a plus. The 35-year-old signed a three-year, $14 million contract just three months after joining the Giants in August 2020 and is currently the only kicker listed on the team's official roster.

Blankenship (hip) is expected to compete with Jake Verity for the Colts' kicking job during OTAs and training camp, Kevin Hickey of USA Today reports.

Blankenship has held Indianapolis' starting kicker duties over the past two seasons when healthy, but he played just five games in 2021 before being placed on injured reserve with a hip injury in November. He ultimately converted 11 of 14 field-goals attempts and missed one extra-point attempt in 2021. Blankenship was relatively consistent in his rookie season with the Colts, and if healthy, he'll be the favorite to retain the kicking job.

The Saints signed Romo as an undrafted free agent Friday, Aaron Wilson of ProFootballNetwork.com reports.

Romo made 18 of 22 field-goal attempts -- including seven of nine from beyond 40 yards -- and all 34 of his extra-point attempts during his final campaign at Virginia Tech. The UDFA kicker likely will serve as a backup plan to Wil Lutz, who is recovering from core-muscle surgery but still expected to be ready for the start of the 2022 season.

Wright was released by the Jaguars on Wednesday, John Reid of The Florida Times-Union reports.

The Jaguars cut Wright coming off a season in which he appeared in 14 contests and made 21 of 24 field-goal attempts. He took over for the released Josh Lambo in Week 4 last season and never relinquished kicker duties. However, with a new coaching staff in place of 2022, Wright apparently wasn't viewed as sufficient competition for Ryan Santoso and Andrew Mevis, who remain on hand as the Jaguars' kicking options.

Dicker, who signed with the Rams as undrafted free agent last Wednesday, has been listed as a punter by the team, Stu Jackson of the team's official site reports.

Dicker worked as a kicker and punter for the Texas Longhorns last season. Although successful as a kicker, he also averaged 46.8 yards per attempt on 47 punts last season, which was good enough for third best in the Big 12. Following the release of veteran Johnny Hekker this offseason, the Rams signed Riley Dixon, who had been serving as the Giants' punter before his own release. Dicker ultimately could provide competition to not only Dixon, but also returning kicker Matt Gay.

The Browns have waived McLaughlin, Dan Labbe of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

The team also waived Chris Blewitt, moves prompted by the Browns' selection of fellow kicker Cade York in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft. McLaughlin, who made 15 of his 21 field-goal attempts and 36 of 37 extra-point tries in 2021 (his only season with Cleveland) now will look for an opportunity to compete for a roster spot elsewhere.

McLaughlin will be challenged for the starting placekicker job after Cleveland selected Cade York in the fourth round of the 2022 Draft, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

McLaughlin appeared to stabilize the Browns' kicking woes early in 2021 but faded in the second half. He converted six of 12 field-goal attempts from Week 7 and beyond and finished just 4-for-10 from between 40 and 49 yards. Enter York, the first kicker drafted and considered the top one on the board, who was successful on 15 of 18 attempts for LSU last season, including 5-for-7 from 50-plus yards. McLaughlin enters offseason activities as the incumbent, but the job will be York's to lose.

The Browns selected York in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft, 124th overall.

Kicker selections are rarely exciting, but York was a good one at LSU and boasts range at or pushing 60 yards. York's field goal percentage was 77.8 percent or better in each of his three seasons, so he has both range and accuracy as he steps into the Cleveland lineup.

Patterson signed a one-year deal with the Lions on Tuesday, Howard Balzer of SI.com reports.

Patterson was an exclusive rights free agent, who spent time with the Vikings and Patriots before finding a home with the Lions in his rookie season. The 22-year-old served as Detroit's kicker for seven games, making 13 of 14 field goal attempts and all 16 of his extra-point attempts. With Austin Seibert (hip) and Aldrick Rosas still on the Lions' roster, Patterson will still have to earn the starting job next season.

Gay signed his restricted free agent tender with the Rams on Thursday, Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic reports.

Gay received an original-round tender from the Rams, and he'll enter his third campaign with the team in 2022. He's been excellent across the last two seasons, combining to hit 46 of his 50 field-goal attempts and 64 of his 65 extra-point attempts.