Jets sign K Blake Grupe

49ers tight end George Kittle is practicing this week and he’s moving into team drills in the days leading up to their trip to Australia, so any worries that his return from a torn Achilles hit a snag should be put to rest.

“I don’t know exactly what I said there, but it was probably just me not speaking right,” Shanahan said. “George has been great. He’s passing everything. We’re just getting him out with the team these three days and anytime when you come back out and practice with the team going against people and stuff — I hope there’s not a setback in that way. That has nothing to do with his injury or anything, that has to do with his coming back and practicing these three days. There was nothing that I meant to say that people looked into. If I did say that, it was an accident.”

Shanahan apparently misspoke about Kittle and a possible setback with the injury. As the story said, Kittle’s status for Week 1 against the Rams remains up in the air, but his overall timeline hasn't changed. The 49ers-Rams will play on Thursday night, Sept. 10.

Rookie Cade Klubnik made the cut to the 53-man roster as the only backup to Geno Smith and head coach Aaron Glenn said at a Monday press conference that the team plans to stick with the fourth-round pick as their No. 2 at the position.

“He’s our backup quarterback and he’ll do a good job,” Glenn said.

The Jets didn't make a move for another QB, leaving the job to Klubnik, who was a a three-year starter at Clemson. He landed in the fourth round after his production dropped in his final college season, the story pointed out. Klubnik had a nice a camp and garnered positive press at the same time. Klubnik was a popular, later round dynasty pick in drafts, and while he won't hold value in typical fantasy leagues right now, it's easy to see a path to start some games behind the 36-year-old Smith.

The Seahawks made it official that running back Zach Charbonnet will start the season on the physically unable to perform list, and that makes it clear how big a role rookie running back Jadarian Price is going to have in the defending champions’ offense.

Price is the clear-cut No. 1 running back in Seattle, and backing him up will be George Holani, who gained just 73 yards on 22 carries last season, and Emanuel Wilson, a career backup in Green Bay who signed with the Seahawks this offseason.

We all saw this coming once the Seahawks spent first round draft capital on Price this past spring. Price was a popular name in dynasty leagues all summer long but with redraft league drafts approaching quickly, or already taking place, Price is going to make for a popular RB selection after a lot of the bigger names fall off the board. As the story said, last year the Seahawks used a two-back system with Charbonnet and Kenneth Walker sharing carries. Walker left in free agency and the Seahawks did not add any notable running backs other than Price. We list Price as RB22, but if his passing work can develop there is certainly room to improve on that ranking.