NFL Practice Squad Updates: 11/29/23

Here are Wednesday’s practice squad moves:

Detroit Lions

• Signed: WR Tom Kennedy
• Released: WR Dylan Drummond

Green Bay Packers

• Signed: WR Bo Melton, RB James Robinson

Houston Texans

• Signed: K Matt Ammendola

New England Patriots

• Signed: WR Mathew Sexton, K Matthew Wright

New Orleans Saints

• Signed: CB Shemar Jean-Charles

Rumored to be eyeing kickers after rookie Chad Ryland‘s game-tying miss in Week 12, the Patriots will give Wright another opportunity. The Jaguars’ primary 2021 kicker, Wright has not kicked in a game this season. He logged six as a replacement leg — for the Steelers and Chiefs — last season. The Pats drafted Ryland in the fourth round and jettisoned Nick Folk on roster-cutdown day, trading the veteran to the Titans. Ryland has missed 35-yard field goals in back-to-back games; the Patriots will now give him competition.

Waived to make room for Monday claim Derek Barnett, Ammendola remains in place as the Texans’ Ka’imi Fairbairn fill-in. Ammendola, who also worked as a Harrison Butker replacement last season in Kansas City, will be elevated to Houston’s active roster once again, KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson notes. Ammendola missed two 50-plus-yard field goals, including a game-tying 58-yard try, last week. Fairbairn, who is recovering from a strained quad, can be activated from IR next week.