Former Auburn, Alabama centers are inactive for Week 1 for the NFL season

By Andrew Hammond | ahammond@al.comBoth Connor Lew and Parker Brailsford will have to wait a week to suit up for the first time in the 2026 season. Shortly before the Noon CT window of NFL games, the league released their inactive for each team. Former Auburn center Connor Lew has been listed and an inactive as so is another fellow center, Parker Brailsford. Atlanta Falcons quarterback and former Crimson Tide star Tua Tagovailoa who was he projected starter until an injury late in the week will keep him out of Sunday’s debut vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers. Auburn’s Owen Pappoe will be out for the Tennessee Titans game against the New York Jets, and Riley Leonard will serve as the emergency quarterback for the A journalist of 19 years, Andrew Hammond's career has taken him from Wichita, KS to Birmingham, AL. In that time, he's excelled in producing quality content in radio, television and newspapers in newsrooms...