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NFL Practice Squad Updates: 11/21/23

November 21st, 2023 at 6:13pm CST by Adam La Rose

Tuesday’s taxi squad moves:

Arizona Cardinals

Signed: WR Daniel Arias
Released: WR Davion Davis

Baltimore Ravens

Signed: TE Scotty Washington
Placed on IR: CB Kevon Seymour

Chicago Bears

Signed: DB Adrian Colbert, DL Michael Dwumfour
Released: QB Trace McSorley

Cleveland Browns

Released: RB John Kelly

Houston Texans

Signed: LB Marcell Harris

Las Vegas Raiders

Signed: FB Jakob Johnson
Released: TE Jesse James

Los Angeles Chargers

Signed: OLB Ty Shelby

Los Angeles Rams

Released: DB Cameron McCutcheon

Miami Dolphins

Signed: RB Darrynton Evans

Minnesota Vikings

Signed: OLB Austin Bryant
Released: WR Dan Chisena

New York Giants

Signed: RB Deon Jackson, T Joshua Miles
Released: RB Hassan Hall

New York Jets

Signed: CB Craig James

Pittsburgh Steelers

Signed: DB Henry Black
Released: LB Tyler Murray

Seattle Seahawks

Signed: T Jake Curhan

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed: WR Raleigh Webb, LB Vi Jones, CB Quandre Mosely
Released: CB Don Gardner, S Jaquan Johnson

Tennessee Titans

Signed: S Matt Jackson, RB Jonathan Ward

NFL Practice Squad Updates: 11/8/23

November 8th, 2023 at 8:03pm CST by Ben Levine

Today’s practice squad transactions:

Arizona Cardinals

Signed: WR Andre Baccellia, OL Austen Pleasants, CB Quavian White

Atlanta Falcons

Signed: OL John Leglue

Houston Texans

Signed: WR Alex Bachman
Released: WR Jared Wayne

Las Vegas Raiders

Signed: TE Jesse James

Los Angeles Chargers

Signed: NT Christopher Hinton

Minnesota Vikings

Signed: QB Tanner Morgan
Released: DL Sheldon Day

Seattle Seahawks

Signed: NT Austin Faoliu

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed: CB Don Gardner
Placed on IR: OT Silas Dzansi

Minor NFL Transactions: 9/5/23

September 5th, 2023 at 5:37pm CST by Ben Levine

Today’s minor moves:

Las Vegas Raiders

Waived from IR: CB Jordan Perryman, WR Isaiah Zuber

Los Angeles Rams

Waived from IR: DB Shaun Jolly

Minnesota Vikings

Waived from IR: LB Abraham Beauplan

San Francisco 49ers

Released from IR: K Zane Gonzalez
Waived from IR: WR A.J. Parker

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Waived from IR: CB Don Gardner

Today’s minor moves consistent exclusively of players getting released/waived from injured reserve. If players are placed on IR during the preseason, they’re not allowed to be activated by their team during the regular season. However, getting released from IR allows them to sign elsewhere and play immediately.

The most notable name on the list is kicker Zane Gonzalez, who has seen time in 63 career games. He most recently got into 12 games for the Panthers during the 2021 campaign, connecting on 20 of his 22 field goal attempts and 22 of his 23 extra point tries. The veteran will likely need an injury to hit before he gets another gig.

Buccaneers Set 53-Man Roster

August 29th, 2023 at 11:05pm CST by Ben Levine

Following the retirement of Tom Brady, the Buccaneers will be facing a pseudo-rebuild in 2023. Before they get to a challenging regular season, the team was forced to cut down their roster to 53 players today:

Released:

CB Anthony Chesley
LB Ulysees Gilbert
RB Patrick Laird
WR David Moore
DL Patrick O’Connor
DL Deadrin Senat

Waived:

WR Taye Barber
LB Brandon Bouyer-Randle
DL C.J. Brewer
RB Ronnie Brown
LS Evan Deckers
T Silas Dzansi
WR Kaylon Geiger
G Luke Haggard
CB Keenan Isaac
WR Cephus Johnson
S Richard LeCounte
WR Ryan Miller
G John Molchon
G Michael Niese
T Raiqwon O’Neal
DL Willington Previlon
OLB Jose Ramirez
OLB Hamilcar Rashed
LB J.J. Russell
OLB Charles Snowden
TE Tanner Taula
S Nolan Turner
WR Kade Warner
CB Rodarius Williams

Waived/injured:

TE Dominique Dafney
CB Don Gardner
S Kedrick Whitehead

Waived/failure to disclose physical condition:

C Chris Murray

After sitting out the 2021 campaign, Deadrin Senat got into 12 games for Tampa Bay in 2022. The defensive tackle ultimately finished the campaign with 17 tackles, one sack, and a pair of QB hits. The former third-round pick got into 22 games for the Falcons to begin his career.

Minor NFL Transactions: 8/27/23

August 27th, 2023 at 10:01pm CST by Ely Allen

With the preseason over for 30 of the NFL’s 32 teams, many have begun the process of working their rosters down to the eventual 53-man rosters they will open the season with:

Indianapolis Colts

Waived: WR Tyler Adams, WR Kody Case, G Emil Ekiyor, TE Nick Eubanks, K Lucas Havrisik, TE Michael Jacobson, T Matthew Vanderslice
Released: CB Teez Tabor

Las Vegas Raiders

Placed on IR: RB Brittain Brown, TE Jacob Hollister, WR Isaiah Zuber
Waived/injured: WR Chris Lacy
Waived: CB Isiah Brown, CB Bryce Cosby, DT Doug Costin, LB Isaac Darkangelo, QB Chase Garbers, G Vitaliy Gurman, RB Darwin Thompson

Los Angeles Chargers

Waived: OLB Carlo Kemp, CB Cam Brown

Minnesota Vikings

Waived: LB Wilson Huber, T Jarrid Williams
Released: LB Tanner Vallejo

New England Patriots

Released: DT Carl Davis, CB Rodney Randle
Waived: LB Diego Fagot, S Brad Hawkins, TE Johnny Lumpkin, RB C.J. Marable, CB Quandre Mosely, DT Justus Tavai, OL Micah Vanterpool, TE Scotty Washington, LB Carson Wells

New York Jets

Released: LB Nick Vigil

Pittsburgh Steelers

Waived: WR Aron Cruickshank

San Francisco 49ers

Waived: CB Nate Brooks, OLB LaDarius Hamilton, DE Breeland Speaks, LB Kyahva Tezino, DL Spencer Waege

Seattle Seahawks

Waived: TE Sal Cannella, DE Jordan Ferguson, WR Malik Flowers, CB Benjie Franklin, WR Justin Marshall, CB Chris Steele, RB Wayne Taulapapa

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Waived from IR with injury settlement: CB Don Gardner
Waived: OLB Hamilcar Rashed
Released: LB Ulysees Gilbert

Although never quite reaching the heights of his tenure with the Bengals, Vigil has a history as a strong contributor and potential starter at linebacker. Coming off a season that saw him only play in four games for the Cardinals before getting put on injured reserve, Vigil failed to stick in New York and will need to find his next opportunity elsewhere.

Vallejo’s tenure in Minnesota lasted a short two weeks. The special teams specialist will have to keep searching for his 2023 home.

NFL Reserve/Futures Deals: 1/17/23

January 17th, 2023 at 7:27pm CST by Ben Levine

Today’s reserve/futures deals:

Pittsburgh Steelers

WR Anthony Miller

Seattle Seahawks

OL Greg Eiland, LB Chris Garrett, DT Jarrod Hewitt, C Joey Hunt, WR Cade Johnson, OT Jalen McKenzie, CB Chris Steele, RB Darwin Thompson, WR Connor Wedington, WR Easop Winston Jr.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

OT Dylan Cook, CB Don Gardner, WR Kaylon Geiger, DL Mike Greene, OT Grant Hermanns, RB Patrick Laird, CB Duron Lowe, DL Willington Previlon, OLB Hamilcar Rashed, OT Justin Skule, OLB Charles Snowden, S Nolan Turner, TE David Wells

Tennessee Titans

OL John Leglue

Minor NFL Transactions: 10/27/22

October 27th, 2022 at 5:54pm CST by Ben Levine

Today’s minor moves:

Baltimore Ravens

Signed to active roster: DB Daryl Worley
Promoted: LB Devon Kennard, NT Isaiah Mack

Detroit Lions

Waived: DL Demetrius Taylor

Houston Texans

Signed: DL Jaleel Johnson

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed to active roster: S Nolan Turner
Promoted: CB Don Gardner, LB J.J. Russell

Wednesday NFL Transactions: NFC South

August 31st, 2022 at 4:16pm CST by Sam Robinson

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 Buccaneers, Falcons, Panthers and Saints moves are noted below.

Here are Wednesday’s NFC South transactions, which will continue to be updated throughout the day.

Atlanta Falcons

Claimed:

DT Matt Dickerson (from Chiefs), T Chuma Edoga (from Jets; story)

Released:

CB Mike Ford, S Dean Marlowe

Signed to practice squad:

WR Josh Ali, WR Cameron Batson, RB Caleb Huntley, TE MyCole Pruitt, S Teez Tabor, OL Tyler Vrabel

Carolina Panthers

Signed to practice squad:

TE Josh Babicz, OL Deonte Brown, S Juston Burris, QB Jacob Eason, CB Madre Harper, CB Tae Hayes, WR Ra’Shaun Henry, DE Drew Jordan, RB John Lovett, LB Arron Mosby, S Kenny Robinson, C Sam Tecklenburg, TE Colin Thompson, WR Derek Wright

New Orleans Saints

Claimed:

T Tanner Owen (from Bills)

Released:

RB Dwayne Washington

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed to practice squad:

CB Don Gardner, WR Kaylon Geiger, QB Ryan Griffin, DL Willington Previlon

Buccaneers Set 53-Man Roster

August 30th, 2022 at 7:00pm CST by Sam Robinson

Here is how the Buccaneers moved their roster down to the 53-man max Tuesday:

Released:

OLB Genard Avery
QB Ryan Griffin
S Logan Ryan (story)
DL Deadrin Senat

Waived:

OLB Andre Anthony
K Jose Borregales
T Dylan Cook
S Chris Cooper
CB Don Gardner
WR Kaylon Geiger
DL Mike Greene
TE J.J. Howland
G Sadarius Hutcherson
WR Tyler Johnson (story)
RB Patrick Laird
CB Kyler McMichael
C John Molchon
DL Benning Potoa’e
DL Willington Previlon
ILB J.J. Russell
WR Jerreth Sterns
WR Deven Thompkins
S Nolan Turner
OLB Jordan Young

Waived/injured:

OLB Elijah Ponder

Placed on IR:

CB Rashard Robinson

Ryan is expected to return soon, Greg Auman of The Athletic tweets. His release — from a contract containing no fully guaranteed money — is likely connected to Ryan Jensen‘s impending IR trip.

The Bucs should also be expected to retain Griffin on their 16-man practice squad, which can include up to six vested vets. Griffin has gone through a lengthy career without much actual usage. A 2013 Saints UDFA, Griffin has been with the Bucs since September 2015. Odds are, after he re-signed to stay in Tampa again this offseason, the veteran QB is part of the initial 2022 Bucs P-squad. Griffin, 32, has played in two career games. He would be the Bucs’ fourth passer — behind Tom Brady, Blaine Gabbert and Kyle Trask — if kept. So, the same arrangement as 2021.

The Bucs signed Avery last week. Avery spent the offseason with the Steelers but did not make their cut to 80; the Steelers have since traded for Broncos backup OLB Malik Reed. Borregales’ exit will give Ryan Succop the kicker job for a third straight year. After the Bucs went through several years of kicker instability, Succop has done well to inject reliability into the equation. Succop’s extension runs through 2023.

Minor NFL Transactions: 7/31/22

July 31st, 2022 at 5:33pm CST by Ely Allen

Here are the minor moves to wrap up the weekend:

Los Angeles Chargers

Signed: TE Sage Surratt

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Activated from active/PUP: CB Don Gardner

Surratt went undrafted last year after opting out of the 2020 college football season, an option given to all football players that year due to COVID-19. He considered entering the 2020 NFL Draft after an impressive redshirt sophomore season at Wake Forest, but ultimately decided to return before eventually opting out. Despite only playing in 9 games with the Demon Deacons in 2019, Surratt totaled 66 receptions for 1,001 yards and 11 touchdowns. Unfortunately, averaging 111.22 receiving yards per game in 2019 didn’t build his draft stock enough for the 2021 Draft. Surratt has spent time on the practice squads for the Lions and the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL but hasn’t seen the field for either. The Chargers will hope to tap into that explosive play from three years ago.