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Minor NFL Transactions: 12/19/20

December 19th, 2020 at 3:55pm CST by Sam Robinson

Here are Saturday’s minor moves:

Atlanta Falcons

Promoted: CB Delrick Abrams Jr.

Baltimore Ravens

Promoted: CB Pierre Desir, QB Tyler Huntley, TE Eric Tomlinson
Waived: TE Luke Willson

Chicago Bears

Promoted: CB Xavier Crawford

Cleveland Browns

Promoted: G Michael Dunn

Dallas Cowboys

Activated from IR: CB Trevon Diggs
Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: CB Chidobe Awuzie
Promoted: T Jordan Mills, RB Sewo Olonilua, CB Chris Westry
Placed on IR: CB Deante Burton, LB Justin March-Lillard

Detroit Lions

Activated from IR: T Halapoulivaati Vaitai
Promoted: LB Kareem Martin, OL Marcus Martin, CB Alex Myres
Placed on IR: DL Da’Shawn Hand

Houston Texans

Activated from IR: LB Brennan Scarlett
Promoted: CB Anthony Chesley, WR Chad Hansen, DT Auzoyah Alufohai

Indianapolis Colts

Promoted: OL Joey Hunt

Jacksonville Jaguars

Activated from IR: CB Chris Claybrooks, G Andrew Norwell
Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: CB Tre Herndon
Promoted: CB Quenton Meeks, OL Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms

Las Vegas Raiders

Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: CB Isaiah Johnson

Los Angeles Rams

Promoted: DB Jake Gervase

New England Patriots

Activated off IR: LB Shilique Calhoun
Waived: DT Isaiah Mack

New Orleans Saints

Promoted: OL Will Clapp, WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey, WR Juwan Johnson, WR Tommylee Lewis
Waived: TE Garrett Griffin, QB Trevor Siemian
Placed on IR: WR Deonte Harris

New York Giants

Activated off IR: S Adrian Colbert
Promoted: QB Clayton Thorson, QB/WR Joe Webb, DB Jarren Williams, DB Quincy Wilson
Waived: DB Montre Hartage

New York Jets

Activated from IR: K Sam Ficken
Promoted: LB Noah Dawkins, LB Sharif Finch, DL Tanzel Smart

Philadelphia Eagles

Promoted: S Blake Countess, CB Jameson Houston

San Francisco 49ers

Activated from IR: LB Mark Nzeocha
Promoted: TE Daniel Helm, OL Dakoda Shepley, OL Isaiah Williams
Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: TE Charlie Woerner

Seattle Seahawks

Activated from reserve/suspended list: DE Damontre Moore
Placed on IR: RB Travis Homer, OL Jamarco Jones

Tennessee Titans

Promoted: LB Brooks Reed, OL Daniel Munyer, LB Wyatt Ray
Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: WR Kalif Raymond

Washington Football Team

Promoted: QB Steven Montez, RB Michael Warren

Minor NFL Transactions: 12/12/20

December 12th, 2020 at 4:54pm CST by Ben Levine

Here is Saturday’s usual barrage of minor moves:

Buffalo Bills

Activated from IR: LB Tyrel Dodson

Carolina Panthers

Activated from IR: LB Adarius Taylor
Promoted: DT Woodrow Hamilton, WR Marken Michel, DT Mike Panasiuk
Waived: LB Chris Orr

Cincinnati Bengals

Promoted: S Trayvon Henderson, DT Kahlil McKenzie, WR Stanley Morgan

Dallas Cowboys

Activated from IR: C Tyler Biadasz
Promoted: T William Sweet, CB Chris Westry
Waived: C Adam Redmond

Denver Broncos

Activated from IR: LB Derrek Tuszka
Promoted: TE Troy Fumagalli, CB Nate Hairston, S Alijah Holder, LB Josh Watson

Detroit Lions

Promoted: Kareem Martin, S Bobby Price, T Dan Skipper

Green Bay Packers

Promoted: G Ben Braden, TE Dominique Dafney, WR Juwann Winfree

Houston Texans

Promoted: CB Anthony Chesley, WR Chad Hansen, WR Steven Mitchell Jr., S Jonathan Owens
Waived: LB Nate Orchard

Indianapolis Colts

Promoted: P Ryan Allen, C Joey Hunt

Jacksonville Jaguars

Promoted: CB Quenton Meeks, K Aldrick Rosas, OL Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms
Waived: K Chase McLaughlin

Kansas City Chiefs

Promoted: DB Chris Lammons, OL Stefen Wisniewski

Las Vegas Raiders

Promoted: DE Vic Beasley, DE Chris Smith
Placed on IR: S Jeff Heath

Los Angeles Chargers

Activated from IR: RB Justin Jackson
Promoted: LB B.J. Bello
Waived: LB Asmar Bilal

Los Angeles Rams

Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: LB Jachai Polite; Polite tested positive for the coronavirus, according to ESPN.com’s Field Yates (via Twitter)

Minnesota Vikings

Promoted: LB Blake Lynch, LB Hardy Nickerson
Waived: S Curtis Riley

New Orleans Saints

Activated from IR: CB Justin Hardee
Promoted: WR Juwan Johnson, WR Tommylee Lewis
Placed on IR: CB Patrick Robinson

New York Giants

Promoted: CB Jarren Williams

New York Jets

Activated from IR: CB Bless Austin, TE Trevon Wesco
Promoted: WR Lawrence Cager, LB Noah Dawkins, S Saquan Hampton, WR Jaleel Scott
Placed on IR: S Ashtyn Davis, S Bennett Jackson, G Greg Van Roten

Philadelphia Eagles

Placed on IR: OL Jason Peters (story)
Promoted: CB Jameson Houston, CB Kevon Seymour, LB Rashad Smith

San Francisco 49ers

Promoted: DL Alex Barrett, CB Briean Boddy-Calhoun, DL Darrion Daniels, OL Dakoda Shepley

Seattle Seahawks

Promoted: LB Ray-Ray Armstrong, T Chad Wheeler

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Promoted: CB Herb Miller

Tennessee Titans

Activated from IR: CB Kareem Orr
Promoted: LB Wyatt Ray, LB Tuzar Skipper
Placed on IR: CB Breon Borders

Washington Football Team

Placed on IR: DE Ryan Anderson
Promoted: RB Javon Leake, T David Steinmetz

Cowboys To Sign Brandon Carr To Practice Squad

September 6th, 2020 at 3:15pm CST by Sam Robinson

Brandon Carr is coming back to the Cowboys. However, he will do so in an unusual way. The 12-year veteran agreed to join Dallas’ practice squad, Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News tweets.

As recently as a few years ago, he would not have been eligible to do so. But the NFL has loosened the practice squad eligibility requirements, and in this COVID-19-altered landscape, more veterans are allowed on taxi squads. Carr will bring a preposterous 192 career starts to the Cowboys’ practice squad.

Carr, who started every game for Dallas from 2012-16, visited the Cowboys earlier this week. The Ravens made him a free agent by not picking up his 2020 option.

Teams are allowed to carry up to six veterans with unlimited experience onto their P-squads this year. Carr will obviously be the most experienced of Dallas’ practice squad players. Here are the rest of the players on that unit, as of Sunday afternoon:

T Issac Alarcon
LB Francis Bernard
DB Deante Burton
DE Ron’Dell Carter
DT Justin Hamilton
LB Ladarius Hamilton
C Marcus Henry
TE Cole Hikutini
WR Jon’Vea Johnson
DB Luther Kirk
RB Sewo Olonilua
WR Aaron Parker
DB Saivion Smith
DB Chris Westry

Cowboys Get Down To 53

August 31st, 2019 at 8:27pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

The Cowboys have made their cuts to get down to 53 players. Nothing too surprising on this list, although there is at least one interesting takeaway. The Cowboys cut three running backs, leaving Alfred Morris and Tony Pollard as the only two currently with the team. That’s a strong indicator that the team is expecting Ezekiel Elliott back before Week 1.

Receiver Devin Smith also made the roster as their final receiver, which is a nice feel-good story. Drafted by the Jets 37th overall back in 2015, multiple ACL tears derailed his promising career. Smith has had brutal injury luck and hasn’t appeared in a game since 2016, so this is nice to see.

Waived:

OL Juwann Bushell-Beatty

OL Jake Campos

QB Taryn Christion

RB Jordan Chunn

LB Chris Covington

WR Reggie Davis

CB Treston Decoud

WR Jalen Guyton

LB Nate Hall

OL Mitch Hyatt

RB Darius Jackson

CB Michael Jackson

TE Marcus Lucas

OL Lukayus McNeil

CB Donovan Olumba

LB Justin Phillips

LB Kyle Quiero

P Kasey Redfern

LS Drew Scott

WR Cedrick Wilson

DE Daniel Wise

FB Ryan Yurachek

Waived/InjuredL

TE Codey McElroy

CB Tyvis Powell

S Jameill Showers

Reserve/PUP:

WR Noah Brown

Reserve/Injured

DE Jalen Jelks

WR Jon’Vea Johnson

DT Daniel Ross

CB Chris Westry

OL Cody Wichmann

Cowboys Add 13 UDFAs

April 30th, 2019 at 6:02pm CST by Sam Robinson

The Cowboys announced their 13-man UDFA group Tuesday. One familiar-looking name appears on this list. Here is the full contingent:

Larry Allen Jr., OL (Harvard)
Andrew Dowell, LB (Michigan State)
Luke Gifford, LB (Nebraska)
Jalen Guyton, WR (North Texas)
Nate Hall, LB (Northwestern)
Mitch Hyatt, T (Clemson)
Jon’Vea Johnson, WR (Toledo)
Brandon Knight, T (Indiana)
Justin Phillips, LB (Oklahoma State)
Derrick Puni, T (Central Missouri)
Ricky Walker, DE (Virginia Tech)
Chris Westry, CB (Kentucky)
Daniel Wise, DE (Kansas)

Allen is indeed the son of Hall of Fame Cowboy Larry Allen. Like his father, Larry Allen Jr. primarily works as a guard. He earned first-team All-Ivy League honors twice. While Clemson’s defensive line received the draft attention, Hyatt was a two-time first-team All-American.

The younger brother of Patriots defensive end Deatrich Wise, Daniel Wise was a two-time first-team All-Big 12 player. Westry stands 6-foot-4, making him a natural fit for Kris Richard‘s scheme. One of three linebackers in this group, Phillips led Oklahoma State in tackles last season. Dowell was among the Big Ten’s 2018 tackle leaders, registering 97 with the Spartans as a senior.