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Givens is expected to miss the start of the 2025 regular season due to a pectoral injury, David Lombardi of SFStandard.com reports.

It's not clear whether the injury is severe enough for Givens to begin the season on injured reserve, but he will be sidelined for the rest of training camp and for the start of the 2025 campaign. With Givens sidelined, there will be a battle between rookies CJ West and Alfred Collins for the second starting defensive tackle job next to Jordan Elliott.

Hockenson (leg/hip/back) won't take part in Monday's practice, Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com reports.

Hockenson sustained a lower-body injury at Saturday's session that left him with a noticeable limp. He's being listed with leg, hip and back issues as of Monday and will sit out drills. While second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy is expected to play in Saturday's preseason game against the Texans, it's unclear if Hockenson would be out there even if he was healthy enough to suit up.

McCarthy is expected to play in Saturday's preseason game against the Texans, Ben Goessling of The Minnesota Star Tribune reports.

McCarthy's workload in Minnesota's exhibition opener is to be determined. Beyond that, as coach Kevin O'Connell told Goessling, the Vikings "will more than likely" focus on a joint practice with the Patriots next Wednesday, Aug. 13 and then hold out McCarthy in the ensuing preseason contest with New England on Saturday, Aug. 16. How McCarthy looks after that point will determine whether or not he sees game action in the final preseason contest Friday, Aug. 22 at Tennessee.

McConkey (undisclosed) didn't practice Monday, Kris Rhim of ESPN.com reports.

Per Daniel Popper of The Athletic, McConkey was present for Sunday's walkthrough but then worked off to the side. Given that offensive coordinator Greg Roman told Popper on Saturday that the wideout's injury is "extremely minor," consider the 2024 second-rounder day-to-day as Sunday's preseason contest against the Saints approaches.

The Dolphins signed Myarick to a contract Monday.

The addition of Myarick gives the Dolphins depth at fullback while Alec Ingold works his way through the league's concussion protocol. Myarick last saw regular-season action in 2022 with the Giants, when he played 16 regular-season games and caught seven passes (on eight targets) for 65 yards and one touchdown. He spent the first six weeks of the 2024 regular season on the Texans' practice squad before being cut mid-October.

The Dolphins placed Conyers on injured reserve Monday due to a leg injury.

Conyers was a candidate to take one of the last spots on the Dolphins' 53-man roster, but his placement on injured reserve means he will not be eligible to play in 2025 barring an injury settlement. He signed with the Dolphins in late April as an undrafted free agent following his final collegiate season at Texas Tech.

The Browns signed Williams to a contract Monday.

Williams was let go by the Patriots on Wednesday, but he now has the opportunity to earn a spot on the Browns' roster. The 2019 sixth-rounder spent the first six years of his NFL career with the Bengals and served as a special-teams specialist in 2024, with only 10 of his 262 snaps coming on offense.

The Browns signed Van Vooren to a contract Monday.

The undrafted free agent out of St. Norbert was let go by the Seahawks in mid-June, but Van Vooren will get another shot at making an NFL roster with the Browns. He's a longshot to make the Browns' 53-man roster in late August, but a strong training camp could give Van Vooren the opportunity to stick around on the team's practice squad.

Hunter is listed as a starting wide receiver and second-string cornerback on the Jaguars' first unofficial depth chart of training camp, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

Hunter has been practicing on both offense and defense, as the rookie second overall pick looks to contribute on both sides of the ball in the NFL after doing so successfully in college at Colorado, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 2024. Offense seems to have taken priority over defense so far for Hunter, and his placement on the respective wide receiver and cornerback depth charts supports that assertion. The talented rookie appears poised to play a full-time role on offense out of the gate but may be limited to select packages as a rotational piece in the secondary.

Jennings (calf) isn't practicing Monday, Jennifer Lee Chan of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Jennings was bothered by a calf injury during the offseason program and then aggravated it in the first week of training camp. He's been absent from practices for more than a week now, freeing up more first-team reps for Ricky Pearsall, Demarcus Robinson and Jordan Watkins. Fellow 49ers wideouts Brandon Aiyuk (ACL) and Jacob Cowing (hamstring) also haven't been practicing.