Author: Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY

With many notableplayers around the league expected to sit out Thursday’s finales, here’s our look at the winners and losers of the NFL preseason.

Derwin James, who was a Pro Bowl and all-pro selection as a rookie, is expected to be out for some time for the Los Angeles Chargers.

Only seven players have been selected in the last nine years of the supplemental draft, but teams could take a look at options on Wednesday.

Gerald McCoy won’t be leaving the NFC South after all, as the defensive tackle lands with the Panthers after being cut by the Buccaneers.

Doug Baldwin rose from an undrafted free agent to become one of Russell Wilson’s favorite targets, but now he has been released by the Seahawks.

The Jaguars will be without one of their defensive mainstays for the 2019 season, as Telvin Smith has said he will sit out the year.

Daniel Jones might be in for a long wait behind Eli Manning, as Giants GM Dave Gettleman pointed to the possibility of “the Green Bay model.”