NFL ROUNDUP Training camp news

49ers: Defensive end Chidi Ahanotu was signed on Thursday. Ahanotu has played 10 NFL seasons with Tampa Bay, St. Louis and Buffalo. He started 14 games for the Bills last season, getting five sacks. He agreed to a one-year deal that includes a $25,000 signing bonus. Ahanotu hopes to add depth to the 49ers' defensive line after a difficult training camp for the unit. Dana Stubblefield was cut and Chike Okeafor signed with Seattle in the off-season, while Bryant Young and Jim Flanigan have been limited by injuries.
Titans: Brad Kassell, signed more than a year ago as a long snapper, will start at middle linebacker Saturday night against Cincinnati in a bid to win the job left vacant when Randall Godfrey was released. Kassell, it turned out, had never been a long snapper. But he made the roster last season with his special teams work and now is competing with Frank Chamberlin and Rocky Calmus. Kassell was undrafted after playing at North Texas, while the other two were draft choices. Calmus won the Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker while in college. Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, who has missed four straight days of practices with a sore left leg, will have more intensive examinations. Haynesworth was hurt last weekend in the Titans' 37-24 exhibition victory over Buffalo when he was caught in a pile. The Titans originally listed his injury as a sprained ankle, but he also is having problems in his lower leg. End Jevon Kearse sprained his right ankle Tuesday and will miss the final two exhibitions, while end Carlos Hall will miss Saturday's game as he heals from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. But free safety Lance Schulters, who had missed the past three days with swelling in his knee, will play.
Lions: Cornerback Dre' Bly will miss Saturday's game against the Browns because of a sprained ankle. Bly also missed Detroit's first two exhibition games with the injury.
Ravens: Defensive end Michael McCrary announced his retirement Thursday. A seventh-round draft pick by Seattle in 1993, the 6-foot-4, 250-pound end had 71 sacks and 561 tackles during his 10-year career, making the Pro Bowl twice and earning a Super Bowl ring with the Ravens three years ago.
Chargers: LaDainian Tomlinson gave the team a scare when he left Wednesday's practice on a golf cart with a bruised heel. He was back in uniform Thursday. Tomlinson, the NFL's second-leading rusher last year, didn't do much work, but he reported little discomfort. The team didn't do any additional tests, and Tomlinson could see limited action Saturday against the Texans. Wide receiver David Boston, also bothered by a sore heel on Wednesday, returned to practice. Starting cornerback Tay Cody pulled up with a strained hamstring.
Defensive tackle Leonardo Carson was arrested Thursday in his hometown of Mobile, Ala., for investigation of first-degree burglary and second-degree kidnapping. Carson, on leave to attend his grandmother's funeral, was booked into Mobile County Metro Jail and later released on $57,500 bond. According to a report released by the Mobile Police Department, officers were flagged down by a woman Thursday afternoon regarding a possible kidnapping. The woman told officers that Carson had forcibly entered an apartment, physically assaulted her and forced her into his vehicle, the report said.
Texans: Rookie running back Domanick Davis returned to full practice Thursday for the first time since breaking his right hand in a blocking drill at the outset of training camp July 29. The initial prognosis called for him to return in three to five weeks. But the team doctors told him last week the break healed quickly and he was able to return early.
Seahawks: Defensive tackle Chad Eaton and linebacker Orlando Huff are out with knee injuries and both will likely miss the season opener Sept. 7 against New Orleans. Defensive end Chike Okeafor is out with a sore ankle and safety Damien Robinson's separated shoulder has limited his participation to non-contact workouts. Both could recover in time to play against New Orleans.
-- Associated Press