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Wednesday NFL Transactions: NFC North

August 28th, 2024 at 2:22pm 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 Bears, Lions, Packers and Vikings moves are noted below.

Chicago Bears

Signed:

FB Khari Blasingame

Claimed:

Placed on IR:

LS Patrick Scales

Signed to practice squad:

LB Micah Baskerville, OL Theo Benedet, TE Stephen Carlson, DL Byron Cowart, OL Jake Curhan, LS Scott Daly, WR Collin Johnson, DB Quindell Johnson, LB Carl Jones, DL Jamree Kromah, DL Dashaun Mallory, DB Tarvarius Moore, QB Austin Reed, DB Reddy Stewart, DB Ro Torrence, WR Samori Toure

Detroit Lions

Signed:

Claimed:

LB Trevor Nowaske,

Signed to practice squad:

LB Mitchell Agude, C Kingsley Eguakun, QB Jake Fromm, RB Jermar Jefferson, T Jamarco Jones, WR Tom Kennedy, TE James Mitchell, S C.J. Moore, DL Pat O’Connor, WR Tim Patrick, DL Kyle Peko, WR Allen Robinson, DL Chris Smith, DL Isaac Ukwu, TE Shane Zylstra

Green Bay Packers

Signed:

Claimed:

K Brayden Narveson

Signed to practice squad:

DL Deslin Alexandre, QB Sean Clifford, DL James Ester, K Alex Hale, WR Julian Hicks, OL Donovan Jennings, CB Kalen King, RB Nate McCrary, RB Ellis Merriweather, CB Robert Rochell, G/C Lecitus Smith

Minnesota Vikings

Signed:

Claimed:

Signed to practice squad:

G Henry Byrd, DE Andre Carter II, RB Myles Gaskin, LB Dallas Grant, TE N’Keal Harry, WR Lucky Jackson, WR Jeshaun Jones, DeWayne McBride, S Bobby McCain, LB Bo Richter, OL Tyrese Robinson, WR Thayer Thomas, TE Robert Tonyan, CB Jaylin Williams, DL Jonah Williams, CB Nahshon Wright

Packers Announce 53-Man Roster

August 27th, 2024 at 11:23pm CST by Ben Levine

The Packers featured the youngest roster in the NFL last season, and they’re set to return most of that young core in 2024. Still, the team had to move on from a long list of inexperienced players as they pared their roster down to 53 players. The organization announced the following roster moves today:

Released:

LB Kristian Welch

Waived:

DL Deslin Alexandre
DL Brevin Allen
DL Keshawn Banks
K Anders Carlson (story)
QB Sean Clifford (story)
WR Grant DuBose
DL James Ester
CB Gemon Green
K Alex Hale
WR Julian Hicks
OL Donovan Jennings
S Anthony Johnson Jr.
OT Caleb Jones
CB Kalen King
RB Nate McCrary
RB Ellis Merriweather
DL Zach Morton
OL Royce Newman (story)
TE Henry Pearson
QB Michael Pratt (story)
CB Robert Rochell
LB Chris Russell
S Benny Sapp III
DL Keonte Schad
OL Lecitus Smith
WR Dimitri Stanley
TE Messiah Swinson
OT Luke Tenuta
WR Samori Toure
DL Spencer Waege
WR Jalen Wayne
TE Joel Wilson
LB Christian Young

Waived/injured:

CB LJ Davis
LB Ralen Goforth

Placed on IR:

TE Tyler Davis
RB AJ Dillon (story)
DL Jonathan Ford (designated for return)

Linebacker Kristian Welch brings the most experience of the bunch, with the former UDFA appearing in 57 career games in time with the Ravens and Packers. He spent the 2023 campaign in Green Bay, where he played all 210 of his snaps on special teams. Considering his limited experience on defense, there’s a chance the Packers are tinkering with their roster and intend to bring the veteran back via the practice squad.

Minor NFL Transactions: 7/26/24

July 26th, 2024 at 6:46pm CST by Ely Allen

Today’s minor moves to wrap up the week:

Carolina Panthers

Signed: WR Devin Carter, TE Feleipe Franks, CB Kiondre Thomas
Placed on reserve/PUP list: WR Cam Sims
Reverted to IR: DT Popo Aumavae
Waived: T Christian Duffie, S Clayton Isbell, WR Sam Pinckney

Cincinnati Bengals

Signed: CB Nate Brooks, WR Hakeem Butler, P Ryan Rehkow

Green Bay Packers

Activated from active/NFI list: CB Corey Ballentine, T Caleb Jones
Activated from active/PUP list: OL Donovan Jennings

Kansas City Chiefs

Signed: OLB Owen Carney
Waived: LB Luquay Washington

Los Angeles Rams

Placed on IR: CB Derion Kendrick (story)
Placed on reserve/retired list: DT Aaron Donald (story)

New England Patriots

Waived: CB Kaleb Ford-Dement

Philadelphia Eagles

Activated from active/NFI list: WR Shaquan Davis

Seattle Seahawks

Signed: S Marquise Blair
Waived: S Jonathan Sutherland

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed: TE Salvatore Cannella

Blair reunites with the Seahawks after two years away. A former second-round pick for Seattle, Blair spent parts of 2022 with the Panthers and Eagles before spending last year out with an Achilles tear.

Cannella, who formerly went by Sal, played for the Arlington Renegades of the UFL earlier this year, leading the league with six receiving touchdowns and finishing first among tight ends with 53 catches and 497 yards. He’s been in an out of the NFL with stints in the USFL and XFL before; the Bucs are hoping this time will stick.

Minor NFL Transactions: 7/17/24

July 17th, 2024 at 6:47pm CST by Ely Allen

Some roster movement today in minor transactions as several teams are starting to add players to early injured lists:

Chicago Bears

Placed on active/NFI list: T Kiran Amegadjie
Placed on active/PUP list: DT Jamree Kromah

Denver Broncos

Placed on active/NFI list: RB Blake Watson

Green Bay Packers

Placed on active/NFI list: S Kitan Oladapo
Placed on active/PUP list: OL Donovan Jennings, TE Tucker Kraft, QB Alex McGough, T Zach Tom

Houston Texans

Placed on active/NFI list: DE Dylan Horton
Placed on active/PUP list: FB/TE Andrew Beck, LB Del’Shawn Phillips, CB D’Angelo Ross
Waived (with injury designation): WR Jaxon Janke, DE Pheldarius Payne
Waived (with non-football injury designation): G LaDarius Henderson

Kansas City Chiefs

Signed: WR Kyle Sheets
Placed on active/NFI list: DE BJ Thompson
Placed on active/PUP list: DT Derrick Nnadi, DE Charles Omenihu, G Joe Thuney, CB Jaylen Watson

Los Angeles Chargers

Placed on active/NFI list: LB Junior Colson

Seattle Seahawks

Signed: WR Marcus Simms

There was good news on the Horton front back in May as it was announced that the Texans defender had completed his final treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma. As a rookie out of TCU, Horton sat out the final seven games of the 2023 season on the non-football illness list. As he continues to work his way back to the field, it appears he’ll start the summer on the list, as well.

Thompson’s situation in Kansas City also received some good news of late. After suffering a seizure that caused him to go into cardiac arrest in early-June, the Chiefs defender continues to make progress towards a return. He’ll start the summer on the non-football injury list but will continue to work his way back as he continues with medical procedures, per Nate Taylor of The Athletic.

Packers Sign Eight UDFAs

April 30th, 2024 at 9:29pm CST by Ben Levine

After leaving this past weekend with one of the league’s largest draft classes, the Packers are continuing to add rookies to their roster. The team announced that they’ve signed eight undrafted free agents:

Peter Bowden, LS (Wisconsin)
James Ester, DL (Northern Illinois)
Ralen Goforth, LB (Washington)
Jarveon Howard, RB (Alcorn State)
Donovan Jennings, OL (South Florida)
Trente Jones, OL (Michigan)
Rodney Mathews, DL (Ohio)
Messiah Swinson, TE (Arizona State)

South Florida offensive lineman Donovan Jennings earned a significant pay day to join the Packers. The rookie got a $10K signing bonus and $100K in guaranteed salary to catch on with Green Bay, per Aaron Wilson of KPRC2 in Houston. As Wilson notes, that signing bonus is higher than any the organization handed out in 2023, and the Packers also didn’t give any of their UDFAs guaranteed money last offseason.

Elsewhere on offense, the team added Arizona State’s Messiah Swinson. The tight end had 15 catches during his first season in Arizona in 2022, but he followed that up with only six receptions in 2023.

On the other side of the ball, the Steelers added a pair of pass rushers in James Ester and Rodney Mathews. Ester compiled eight sacks and 16 tackles for loss during his final three seasons at Northern Illinois, while Mathews collected 14.5 tackles for loss in his final three seasons with the Bobcats.