The Official Chris Neild Beard Update

It’s been a while since we’ve updated the facial hair growth on rookie nose tackle Chris Neild, and at last look, he was planning to keep it for training camp.  At that point, Neild wasn’t sure if he would be around longer, so no need to make hasty predictions.

However, now that he’s a member of the 53-man squad, there’s no need to get rid of it.

“I dunno what the plan is,” he said.  ”I’ve been shampooing it.”

In August, Neild was living out of the team hotel and was primarily using low-grade hotel shampoo.  Since then, he’s upgraded to