• The team officially announced that quarterback Tom Flores would miss the 1962 season while recovering from a lung infection and bronchiectasis (an abnormal widening of the bronchial tubes)

• His recovery was expected to continue for a few months and doctors expected him to be ready to go in 1963

• The team purchased the contract of quarterback Don Heinrich from the Dallas Cowboys for an undisclosed amount

• They also signed a pair of free agents: guard Joe Parks of the University of Tulsa and running back Hal Lewis out of the University of Houston