Here are Tuesday’s minor moves:
Carolina Panthers
- Signed: K Matthew Wright
- Waived: OL B.J. Wilson
- Waived/failed physical: DE Jalen Redmond
Chicago Bears
- Signed: TE Lachlan Pitts, LB Barrington Wade
- Waived: K Andre Szmyt
- Waived/injured: TE Jake Tonges
Houston Texans
- Placed on IR: WR Jesse Matthews
Indianapolis Colts
- Activated from active/PUP list: DE Tyquan Lewis
Los Angeles Chargers
- Signed: T Matt Kaskey
New England Patriots
- Placed on active/PUP list: DE Trey Flowers
New Orleans Saints
- Re-signed: TE J.P. Holtz
New York Jets
- Claimed (from Buccaneers): T Grant Hermanns
- Signed: DE Pita Taumoepenu
- Released: DT Isaiah Mack
- Waived/injured: T Yodny Cajuste
- Reverted to IR: QB Chris Streveler
Philadelphia Eagles
- Signed: WR Johnny King
- Waived: T Chim Okorafor
- Activated from active/PUP list: WR Devon Allen
Pittsburgh Steelers
- Signed: S Jalen Elliott
- Waived/injured: WR Ja’Marcus Bradley
San Francisco 49ers
- Signed: RB Jeremy McNichols
- Waived: RB Ronald Awatt
Seattle Seahawks
- Waived/injured: CB Andrew Whitaker
Washington Commanders
- Signed: P Colby Wadman
- Placed on IR: DT Curtis Brooks
Flowers, who agreed to terms with the Patriots earlier today after a workout, suffered a foot injury in October of last season. That setback cut short a Dolphins run after four games. Flowers, who will turn 30 next week, last played for the Patriots in 2018.
McNichols joined Duke Johnson, Brian Hill and Jason Huntley at a recent 49ers workout. The 49ers are without Elijah Mitchell for what is expected to be a short stretch. A five-year veteran, McNichols most recently saw action for the Titans in 2021, helping the team as a pass-catching back (28 grabs for 240 yards) while Derrick Henry missed time with a foot fracture.
Allen suffered an injury while competing in the opening rounds of the 110-meter hurdles competition at the USA Track and Field Championships in July. The two-time Olympian owns the sixth-fastest hurdle time this year (13.04 seconds) but missed a key chunk of Eagles camp. This marks his second bid to make Philadelphia’s 53-man roster. Allen, 28, spent last season on the Eagles’ practice squad and stayed with the team via a reserve/futures contract in February.
The Panthers’ regular kicker, Eddy Pineiro, is battling a groin injury. Carolina gave Pineiro, their 2022 kicker, $2.25MM guaranteed earlier this offseason. The Jaguars’ primary kicker in 2021, Wright kicked in four Steelers games and two Chiefs contests last season.
A rookie UDFA, Whittaker suffered a torn patellar tendon in a recent Seahawks practice, KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson tweets. Matthews also sustained a season-ending injury — a torn ACL — during a Texans workout, Wilson adds (on Twitter).
The Jets made some interesting moves. Streveler was originally listed as waived, but is now shown as “reverted to IR.” He did injure his thumb, but if he’s placed on the IR now, he’s not allowed to play this year as long as he’s on the Jets roster. They may come to an injury settlement then waive him again.
Pita Tamoepenu was the XFL defensive player of the year. He could have a shot to make the roster. I see what’s going on with the offensive line moves. Hermanns had been a Jets’ practice squad resident in the past, so it’s not surprising they turned to him as a fill-in during camp.
K Matthew Wright is a nice signing for Carolina. Eddy should be fine for the start of the season but the Panthers need someone to kick in Saturday’s preseason game against the Jets.
Wright is a very good kicker, he played well for Pittsburgh when he had to step in for Boswell. He played well in Jacksonville when he made 21-of-24 field goals (87.5%) for the Jags in 2021, while also converting 13-of-15 extra point attempts that year. He was only with KC for a couple of games but he managed to make a 59 yard field goal against the Raiders during that time.
Wright is an accurate kicker who plays well in big moments. The only knock on him is leg strength, particularly when it comes to kickoffs. During his time in JAX and PIT he totaled 46 kickoffs with only 7 of those going for a touchback. Aside from that the Cowboys should give Wright a call once Carolina is done with him.
Not really sure why the Bears are signing all these TE’s. With Kmet, Tonyan and Lewis it seems like a set deal. I would have liked to have seen Szmyt kick a few at least. Unless the plan is to try and sign him to the Practice Squad without anybody seeing him. If so, That’s a dumb plan.
Perhaps the Bears think they are going to stumble onto another Mike Ditka. There was a time back when Pace was GM, where they had at least 10 TEs rostered going into camp.
Mike Ditka? LOL. If they’re looking to find another Mike Ditka off the waiver wire then they need to reevaluate their selection process. And anybody who follows any plan Ryan Pace had needs to be reprogrammed. Soon