Anderson Is Not Part of Patriots’ Plans

Running back Jamal Anderson won’t be part of the New England Patriots’ immediate plans, after all.

A day after Anderson’s agent said a deal was all but done, Coach Bill Belichick said Anderson won’t be on the roster.

Belichick refused to get into specifics about the decision, but said of the oft-injured back, “I don’t quite think he was ready. Maybe it will change, and maybe it won’t.”

Belichick said Anderson, 29, agreed with his decision.

“He took the physical, and after watching him and talking to him, we both felt this was the right thing to do at this time,” Belichick said.

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Ki-Jana Carter was cut by the Green Bay Packers, perhaps ending his injury-plagued career.

Carter, drafted No. 1 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1995, never challenged for the Packers’ backup tailback job behind starter Ahman Green.

The Packers also cut 11-year veteran kicker Louie Aguiar, who played in Green Bay in 1999.

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San Francisco 49er backup quarterback Cade McNown needs surgery on his left shoulder and will miss the season.

General Manager Terry Donahue said that McNown will have the operation in the next few weeks and will be placed on injured reserve.

The injury to the shoulder first occurred two years ago, when McNown was the Chicago Bears’ starter.

McNown, the 12th pick in the 1999 draft from UCLA, started 15 games in Chicago, throwing 16 touchdown passes and 19 interceptions.

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Carolina Panther safety Jarrod Cooper pleaded no contest to drunken driving in connection with a one-vehicle accident in February.

Cooper was given a 90-day suspended jail sentence and put on unsupervised probation for a year. The judge also fined him $800 and ordered him to surrender his driver’s license for a year.

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The Seattle Seahawks signed veteran offensive tackle Jerry Wunsch to a one-year contract.

The 6-foot-6, 339-pound Wunsch will immediately become the Seahawks’ starting right tackle. Wunsch reportedly signed a one-year contract for $750,000 that included a $200,000 signing bonus. He was scheduled to make $1.05 million with Tampa Bay this season, but was released Sunday.

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Cleveland Brown quarterback Tim Couch bruised his right forearm during Monday night’s loss to the Green Bay Packers.

The club initially said X-rays were negative and that Couch had strained his elbow. However, after the game, Couch said he strained his forearm.

“He’s got a bruise of his forearm and with him it’s going to be day-to-day,” Coach Butch Davis said of Couch.

“Obviously, with all these guys we’re going to err on the side of caution.”

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New York Jet strong safety Sam Garnes, signed as a free agent in the off-season, broke his thumb during practice.

Neither Garnes nor any of the coaches were certain when the injury occurred. Garnes will not play in Friday night’s exhibition finale against Philadelphia.

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Buffalo Bill guard Jerry Ostroski, unable to fully recover from knee surgery, announced his retirement.

Ostroski, who was entering his ninth season and had been the longest serving member of the Bills, had spent training camp on the physically unable to perform list recovering from knee surgery.

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Jeff Robinson, the long snapper signed to solve one of the Dallas Cowboys’ biggest problems, was put on injured reserve.

The move means Robinson, who got a $4.8-million, four-year contract from the Cowboys, won’t play this season.

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Wide receiver Patrick Jeffers, slowed the last two years because of knee injuries, was released by the Carolina Panthers.... The Houston Texans put safety Leomont Evans, temporarily paralyzed in the team’s exhibition opener, on injured reserve.