Saturday’s practice squad moves:
Denver Broncos
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts
Los Angeles Chargers
Miami Dolphins
New York Jets
Thursday’s taxi squad moves:
Baltimore Ravens
Denver Broncos
Indianapolis Colts
New York Jets
Following the 53-man roster cutdown deadline Tuesday, many teams will make slight tweaks to their rosters. In addition to waiver claims, teams can begin constructing their 16-man practice squads today. These Colts, Jaguars, Texans and Titans moves are noted below.
Houston Texans
Signed:
Claimed:
Signed to practice squad:
Reverted to IR:
Indianapolis Colts
Signed:
Claimed:
Waived:
Signed to practice squad:
Jacksonville Jaguars
Signed:
Claimed:
Signed to practice squad:
Tennessee Titans
Signed:
Claimed:
Waived:
Signed to practice squad:
The Colts have gotten down to the 53 players who will start the year on the active roster. Here are the players who won’t:
The Colts made a number of tough decisions to close our the initial active roster. Aside from Montgomery, every other veteran the team released today has some form of starting experience under their belt. A youth movement in the defensive ends room kept Avery out of the mix, and Tomlinson wasn’t able to take advantage of Woods missing the who year on injured reserve.
Even more surprising perhaps was Indianapolis cutting ties with three drafted rookies after only four months. Fifth-round Auburn defensive back Simpson, sixth-round Marshall cornerback Abraham, and seventh-round Oklahoma defensive tackle Laulu all failed to make the 53-man roster, essentially marking those draft picks as wasted. If some late-round players end up breaking out into true contributors, the Colts are going to kick themselves for missing on those three selections.
On the other side of that, Indianapolis uncovered a gem in undrafted Marshall guard Dalton Tucker. Tucker made the roster and is one of only four interior offensive linemen backing up the starting three.
Many teams have started signing players to reserve/futures contracts, allowing organization to retain (routinely) young, practice squad players. Here are the latest reserve/futures contracts:
Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Denver Broncos
Indianapolis Colts
Las Vegas Raiders
Minnesota Vikings
New England Patriots
New Orleans Saints
New York Giants
New York Jets
Seattle Seahawks
Tennessee Titans
Washington Commanders
Today’s practice squad moves:
Buffalo Bills
Indianapolis Colts
Philadelphia Eagles
San Francisco 49ers
Today’s practice squad moves:
Arizona Cardinals
Carolina Panthers
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Chargers
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings
New York Jets
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mason Crosby‘s stint with the Rams has already come to an end. The veteran kicker was added to the practice squad with Lucas Havrisik struggling, and there was speculation that the long-time Packers kicker was going to get the start when he was promoted to the active roster. Crosby ended up being inactive against the Ravens, the first time in his career that he earned that designation.
Crosby will now look to continue his career elsewhere. The Packers moved on from their all-time scoring leader following a 2022 season where Crosby connected on 86.2 percent of his field goal attempts and 37 of his 39 XP tries.
Chase Cota is the son of former NFL safety Chad Cota, and he’s also the cousin of fellow Texans practice squad safety Brady Breeze. The wide receiver spent four years at UCLA before transferring to Oregon for the 2022 campaign. He finished that season with career-highs in receptions (36), receiving yards (497), and touchdowns (three). He spent the preseason with the Lions before catching on with the Chiefs practice squad. He spent the majority of the 2023 season in Kansas City before getting cut from the taxi squad last week.
Today’s practice squad transactions:
Baltimore Ravens
Carolina Panthers
Denver Broncos
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Los Angeles Chargers
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Here are the NFL’s practice squad moves from today:
Arizona Cardinals
Buffalo Bills
Carolina Panthers
Cleveland Browns
Houston Texans
Las Vegas Raiders
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New York Giants
New York Jets
Tennessee Titans
Washington Commanders
The Jets have decided to shoulder the risk of bringing on Winfrey, who was waived by the Browns in July after facing his second allegation of violence against a woman. He was not charged with anything in the case that led to his release from Cleveland, but combined with past off-field incidents, the allegations were enough to propel him towards free agency.
Today’s practice squad transactions:
Arizona Cardinals
Cincinnati Bengals
Detroit Lions
Las Vegas Raiders
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings
New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles
Seattle Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With Matthew Stafford questionable for Week 9, the Rams are adding some additional QB depth. Winn had a standout career at UT Martin before going undrafted in this year’s draft. The QB spent training camp with the Rams before eventually joining the Edmonton Elks in the CFL. As Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic notes, the signing is especially notable considering Winn also punted in college; Rams punter Ethan Evans is currently dealing with a sprained ankle.