St. Louis Rams: The Rams cleared up on the early battles at wide receiver by terminating the contract of wide receiver Terrence Wilkins, who was signed last season to replace Az Hakim as the third receiver.

Troy Edwards and rookie draft choices Shaun McDonald and Kevin Curtis moved ahead of Wilkins during the spring mini-camp. McDonald is trying to beat out Edwards as third receiver behind Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt.

The Rams also released veteran quarterback Scott Covington. They signed Greg Zolman Friday to compete for the third quarterback job.
-- John Clayton

San Francisco 49ers: Coach Dennis Erickson revealed Monday during a pre-camp conference call that quarterback Jeff Garcia aggravated a back problem while working with a trainer last week in Los Angeles. Garcia had an MRI and is currently rehabbing.

Erickson doesn't know if the injury will prevent Garcia from practicing early in camp.

"We'll just have to see; it is just so hard to evaluate," Erickson said. "Of course, everybody's on the cautious side right now, so we will just have to wait and see. It's just a disc that protruded, so they say. He had some back spasms. It's not going to be season ending by any means, but we will just have to take it slower right now. He had the MRI and he has some pain and spasms, so we will just have to wait and see."

Left tackle Derrick Deese had ankle surgery a month ago to remove loose debris in the ankle. He is going to miss some of training camp. Center Jeremy Newberry also had ankle surgery but he is closer to practicing, but the 49ers will be cautious in getting him on the field.
-- John Clayton

Denver Broncos: Danny Kanell's bid to make a NFL comeback ended Monday when the Broncos released him. The Broncos gave Kanell a chance in mini-camp to make the training camp roster.
-- John Clayton