Eagles cut three veterans

It was cutdown day Saturday in the NFL. It was also suspension day.

While veterans Hugh Douglas, Jon Ritchie and Sean Landeta were released by Philadelphia and former first-round pick David Terrell was let go by New England, three players were suspended for four games by the NFL -- Kansas City offensive lineman John Welbourn, Cincinnati defensive end Duane Clemons, and Cleveland defensive back Michael Jameson.

Welbourn was suspended for four games for violation of the league's steroid policy. Jameson and Clemons were suspended for an unspecified violation of the league's substance abuse policy.

And running back Ricky Williams, who sat out all of last season, was officially put on the suspended list by Miami, which had known all along he would miss the first four games.

The Dallas Cowboys, meanwhile, signed wide receiver Peerless Price, cut this week by Atlanta.

Some of best-known players released were by the teams that met in the Super Bowl last season -- New England and Philadelphia

And the New York Giants released quarterback Jesse Palmer, best known for his appearance on the television show "The Bachelor."

The Patriots cut Terrell, who was signed in the offseason after being a disappointment in Chicago, which selected him with the eighth overall pick of the 2001 draft. His fate may have been decided when the team traded last week for wide receiver Andre' Davis from Cleveland.

Landeta, 42, has been trying to outlast Doug Flutie as the last player in the NFL from the USFL, which folded in 1986. Landeta was released by St. Louis last season and signed last month by Philadelphia.