The Associated Press

The Cleveland Browns and Kellen Winslow Jr. appear closer to a deal.

Winslow's agent, Kevin Poston, was to meet Tuesday night with Browns president John Collins, team spokeswoman Julia Payne said. She did not know if Winslow was already in Cleveland or still in Houston, where Poston's office is based.

The meeting follows talks between the two sides that took place over the weekend.

A message left seeking comment with Poston on Tuesday was not immediately returned.

The rookie tight end and sixth overall pick in last April's draft has missed 12 days of training camp, including a preseason scrimmage against Buffalo.

A deal this week would get Winslow into camp in time for the Browns' first preseason game at Tennessee on Saturday.

Winslow began his holdout on July 30 when Poston rejected the Browns' initial offer - a six-year, $40 million deal that matched what Washington gave safety Sean Taylor, the No. 5 selection.

The Browns and Winslow were reportedly $12 million to $22 million apart with Poston seeking a contract similar to the six-year, $54.6 million deal that wideout Charles Rogers received last year from Detroit.

CARDINALS: Arizona is waiting anxiously for test results on the right knee of Anquan Boldin, the NFL offensive rookie of the year last season.

The Cardinals' only Pro Bowl player injured his right knee Tuesday morning while loosening up for practice and was carted from the field.

That came after he experienced soreness in the same knee on Monday, sitting out a morning practice, but he participated in an afternoon walkthrough.

Boldin had X-rays and an MRI exam but results will not be available until today because orthopedist Russell Chick, who administered the tests, also operated on running back Marcel Shipp's broken left leg Tuesday.

"His knee locked up on him, and so we're running some extensive tests," coach Dennis Green said Tuesday. "It's not locked up now."

Green said the injury was freakish.

"He wasn't running or anything," the coach said. "He was just actually not even hardly jogging, so I'm sure that something's going on inside, but we won't know until all the tests are done."

BUCS: Tim Brown was reunited with Jon Gruden on Tuesday when he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, joining the man who coached him in Oakland for four seasons.

The 38-year-old, nine-time Pro Bowl receiver will be counted on to bolster a receiving corps that is in desperate need of experienced help because of injuries and Keenan McCardell's holdout.

EAGLES: Jevon Kearse returned to practice Tuesday after leaving the field on Monday with a sprained left ankle.

"The ankle is 100 percent better," Kearse said. "If it wasn't well, I wouldn't have been able to practice."

Kearse plans to play in the preseason opener on Friday night against New England.

The defensive end, who signed an eight-year, $66 million deal with the Eagles in March, was carted off the field Monday after he hurt his ankle - the same one he injured last year in Tennessee, forcing him to miss two games.

Meanwhile, backup quarterback Koy Detmer underwent arthroscopic knee surgery. He is expected to miss about two weeks. Veteran Jeff Blake will be the second-team quarterback for the Eagles on Friday.

LIONS: Linebacker Boss Bailey will miss at least two to three weeks while recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.

Trainer Al Bellamy said Bailey was to undergo surgery Wednesday in Athens, Ga., to repair damaged cartilage. Dr. Mixon Robinson, a team physician at the University of Georgia, where Bailey played, will perform the operation.