NFL notebook: Bengals ink LB Burfict to 3-year extension

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict signed a three-year extension on Thursday.

Burfict’s deal is worth $38.68 million, according to multiple reports.

The 26-year-old is playing through the final season of a four-year contract in 2017. He will miss the first three games of the campaign due to a suspension for repeated violations of on-field safety rules.

–Former NFL linebacker Drew Wahlroos committed suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot to the chest. He was 37.

The San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office said Wahlroos died Saturday.

Wahlroos played in 21 games for the St. Louis Rams from 2004-05. He was released prior to the 2006 campaign. Wahlroos played collegiately for Colorado from 1999-2002.

–The Kansas City Chiefs released C.J. Spiller, marking the second time in under a week that they have cut the running back.

Kansas City also released offensive lineman Jordan Devey, with the moves coming just hours ahead of the team’s season-opening game against the defending champion New England Patriots.

The departures of Spiller and Devey likely are moves that allow the Chiefs to sign them following the season opener without guaranteeing their contracts.

–Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald is expected to miss Sunday’s season opener against the Indianapolis Colts as he continues his prolonged holdout, ESPN reported.

Donald has been absent throughout training camp and the preseason, accumulating approximately $1.4 million in fines. If the 26-year-old All-Pro fails to report before Sunday’s game, he will lose one game check from a contract that pays him a base salary of $1.8 million.

The 6-foot-1, 280-pound Donald has been a Pro Bowl selection in each of his three NFL seasons, playing all 48 games. In 2016, he started all 16 games and recorded 47 tackles, eight sacks, five passes defensed and two forced fumbles.

–Calvin Pryor will be released by the Cleveland Browns after the safety reportedly was involved in a fight with a teammate during Thursday’s practice.

Coach Hue Jackson confirmed the team’s decision to part ways with Pryor.

Pryor was acquired from the New York Jets in exchange for linebacker Demario Davis on June 1. He collected 60 tackles and one forced fumble in 15 games last season. He had 184 tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles in 44 career contests since being selected by New York with the 18th overall pick in the 2014 draft.

–Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy missed a portion of Thursday’s practice with what the team referred to as a “stomach bug.”

McCoy missed a stretch of team drills before finishing the session in a limited capacity.

Coach Sean McDermott dismissed any concern for the moment of the team’s expected workhorse to miss Buffalo’s regular-season opener against the New York Jets.

McCoy rushed for 1,267 yards and 13 touchdowns last season and had 350 yards receiving and one score.

–Kicker Sebastian Janikowski agreed to a $1 million pay cut in his new deal with the Oakland Raiders, multiple outlets reported.

Janikowski’s base salary has been lowered from $4.05 million to $3 million fully guaranteed, but the 39-year-old can earn an additional $250,000 incentive if he makes 83 percent of his field goals this season, ESPN reported. He made 82.86 percent of his kicks in 2016.

Janikowski was guaranteed $238,000 of his $4.05 million salary after he remained on the roster Tuesday. The former first-round pick’s full salary would have been guaranteed had he been on the roster Saturday.