Today’s minor moves heading into the Saturday slate of games:
Arizona Cardinals
- Placed on IR: S Chris Banjo, DE Jonathan Ledbetter
Kansas City Chiefs
- Promoted from practice squad: WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette, K Matthew Wright
Las Vegas Raiders
- Promoted from practice squad: LB Austin Calitro, WR Chris Lacy
New England Patriots
- Reverted back to IR: P Jake Bailey
- Moved from IR to reserve/suspended by club: P Jake Bailey, CB Jack Jones
Philadelphia Eagles
- Waived: G Sua Opeta
After working out for the Chiefs yesterday and signing to their practice squad today, Wright will be promoted immediately as a gameday elevation for tomorrow’s regular season finale against the Raiders. Regular kicker Harrison Butker has been ruled out for the fifth game this year and the first time since Week 5 of the season, opening up a playing opportunity for Wright this week.
Bailey has been on injured reserve since Week 9 and was designated to return from IR around December 21, while Jones was placed on IR only a week ago on New Year’s Eve. Bailey’s return window has since closed reverting him to season-ending IR, but in one of the less common transactions seen this season, he and Jones were both moved from an IR designation to the reserve/suspended by club designation. The exact reason why each player has been suspended by the team is unclear, but it is apparently the result of two separate incidents.
From the Philadelphia Eagles:
Life Ain’t Easy for a Boy names Sua….
Are the Patriots players suspended?
Opeta getting waived is kinda shocking. I guess one of the IR guys is ready to return.
Bailey had returned to practice from injured reserve Dec. 21, and he participated in parts of practices the next two weeks. Mike Reiss of ESPN reports the team suspension is “due, in part, to differing viewpoints on if Bailey was ready to return to game action.”
Bailey went on injured reserve Nov. 19 with a back injury.
Jones emptied belongings from his locker into a large bag last Friday, per Reiss, and his suspension is related to Jones being fined for the team for missing rehabilitation appointments.
Per nbc