The Miami Dolphins acquired linebacker Stephone Anthony from the New Orleans Saints for a fifth round draft pick in 2018.

A 2015 first-round pick by New Orleans, Anthony has yet to play a down this season after starting 19 games over the past two seasons.

The Saints overhauled their linebacker corps this offseason.

The Dolphins needed more depth at linebacker due to the indefinite suspension of Lawrence Timmons.

Alex Smith spoke candidly about his future with the Kansas City Chiefs with the franchise using the 10th overall pick last year to select Patrick Mahomes. 

“For sure,” Smith said when asked if he felt like 2017 would be his last in Kansas City. “It absolutely does. Without a doubt.”

Smith's contract runs through the 2018 season.

“It’s a tough pill to swallow,” Smith said. “It’s like, man, [we] could’ve added this or this or this position or this player.”

Smith was traded to the Chiefs in 2013 after he lost his job to Colin Kaepernick.

The agent for Andrew Luck denied a report from ESPN's Mike Greenberg that there have been rumblings of a gap between he and the Indianapolis Colts that could eventually end his time with the franchise.

"Quite simply and succinctly, there's no truth to that comment at all," Will Wilson, Luck's agent, told WTHR-TV's Bob Kravitz. "Andrew did a long-term deal and he did it for a reason: He wants to be with the Colts and he's committed to the Colts. It's as simple as that. He looks forward to the opportunity to play when he's ready. He wants to get out there when he's ready, obviously. He's just going through rehab; it's the process he's going through."

Luck signed a six-year, $140 million contract with the Colts in 2016.

In an appearance on The Dan Dakich Show on Wednesday afternoon, Greenberg clarified his earlier comments.

"We can speculate, and that's what I did on the air this morning, and I realize I said it more definitively than I should have, in retrospect," Greenberg said. "When I realize now how many people are taking what I said as though I was reporting 'Andrew Luck wants to be traded,' I felt that it's very important that I clear that up. That if that's the way that came out, that's not in any way the way I intended it.

"What I intended to say was that I'm hearing people talking about Luck being unhappy with the direction of the franchise and speculating that it could get so bad that it might take that next step. And the agent categorically denied it. Those are the facts."

The New England Patriots have traded third string quarterback Jacoby Brissett to the Indianapolis Colts for Phillip Dorsett.

Andrew Luck's status for Week 1 is uncertain as he recovers from offseason shoulder surgery. Scott Tolzien will start if Luck is unable to play.

Dorsett was a 2015 first-round draft choice of the Colts (29th overall). He has played in 26 regular-season games (seven starts), totaling 51 catches for 753 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Brissett started and played all 66 snaps in the team's preseason finale against the Giants, going 28-of-39 for 341 yards, with 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. He also rushed for a touchdown. 

The Seattle Seahawks have acquired Sheldon Richardson from the New York Jets for Jermaine Kearse and draft considerations.

Richardson was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2013 and a Pro Bowler in 2014.

Matt Forte is confident the New York Jets won't trade him despite reports that they are shopping the running back.

Forte said he spoke to general manager Mike Maccagnan and was assured that he's not going anywhere.

"I know it’' not true," he said. "I checked with the man who makes the moves. He basically told me, 'Don't listen to the reports.'"