Today’s minor moves:
Carolina Panthers
- Placed on PUP: WR Marquez Stevenson
Cleveland Browns
- Activated from PUP: WR Anthony Schwartz
Green Bay Packers
- Activated from PUP: LB Tariq Carpenter, OT Caleb Jones, S Tarvarius Moore
Kansas City Chiefs
- Signed: WR Ty Scott
Las Vegas Raiders
- Signed: CB Isiah Brown
- Waived/injured: CB Jordan Perryman
Los Angeles Chargers
- Signed: LB Blake Lynch
New York Giants
- Signed: DT Kevin Atkins
San Francisco 49ers
- Signed: LB Kyahva Tezino
- Activated from PUP: P Mitch Wishnowsky
Seattle Seahawks
- Signed: LB Ben Burr-Kirven
Washington Commanders
- Released: S Xavier Henderson
Ben Burr-Kirven was a fifth-round pick by the Seahawks back in 2019, and he transformed into a key special teamer through his first two seasons in the NFL. However, he suffered a knee injury during the 2021 preseason that ended up wiping out that entire season. The issues persisted in 2022, and after spending that year on PUP, he was ultimately released in March. Coach Pete Carroll apparently reversed course and ended up bringing back the linebacker.
“He’s in a little bit of an experimental mode,” Carroll said earlier this year (via the team’s website). “The surgeries that he has had and the process he is going through, he is making progress. He’s always in the weight room with us. He’s always here working with a tremendous mentality. The nerve issues, really intricate stuff going on, so he’s had to have a really good attitude about it to stay in the fight and he is. He’s planning on getting back out there. So, we are going to give him every chance. If he can do it, this is going to be the place that he does it.”
Xavier Henderson was released today with an injury settlement, according to Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post (via Twitter). The undrafted free agent landed on the physically unable to perform list earlier this week.
What is the reasoning behind putting a player on the PUP list on Tuesday and removing him 2 or 3 days later?
Is there something unknown about the injury in question, or is there some financial benefit? Or something entirely different?