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Minor NFL Transactions: 5/6/17

May 6th, 2017 at 6:41pm CST by Sam Robinson

Here are today’s minor moves:

  • Canadian Football League import John Ojo didn’t last long with the Jets. Gang Green cut the cornerback just less than a month after signing him, Brian Costello of the New York Post reports (on Twitter). The 27-year-old Ojo worked out for the Dolphins in early April before landing with the Jets. The Former Edmonton Eskimos standout will venture onto waivers. New York selected two cornerbacks in the sixth round of the draft, Michigan’s Jeremy Clark and Ole Miss’ Derrick Jones, to impact the position going into the OTAs portion of the schedule.

Minor NFL Transactions: 4/7/17

April 7th, 2017 at 7:29pm CST by Connor J. Byrne

Friday’s minor moves:

  • The Jets have signed cornerback John Ojo, per a team announcement. This will be the first NFL opportunity for the 27-year-old Ojo, who went undrafted out of Florida A&M in 2014 and then hooked on with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. Ojo worked out for one of the Jets’ AFC East rivals, the Dolphins, on Monday.

East Notes: Redskins, Dolphins, Jets, Giants

April 4th, 2017 at 9:51pm CST by Dallas Robinson

The Redskins have lost $4.5MM in cap space after paying back a “salary cap loan” from the 2011 campaign, as Rich Tandler of CSNMidAtlantic.com explains. Once the lockout concluded in 2011, the league-wide salary cap was set at $120MM per team, a $3MM decrease from the previous capped year. Because of the discrepancy, the NFL allowed clubs to borrow cap space: up to $3MM in 2011, and up to $1.5MM in 2012. Both amounts had to be repaid by 2017, so the bill has now come due for Washington.

Here’s more from the NFL’s two East divisions:

  • The Dolphins are continuing their search for front seven players by researching draft prospects, reports Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Oklahoma defensive tackle Charles Walker has been invited for a meeting with the Fins, per Jackson, while the club is also showing interest in Temple linebacker Haason Reddick and Villanova defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon. Meanwhile, Miami worked out cornerback John Ojo — who spent 2016 with the Edmonton Eskimoes of the Canadian Footbball League — on Monday, but he’s expected to sign with another team, according to Jackson.
  • Ohio State safety Malik Hooker will visit with the Jets on Thursday, as Hooker tells SiriusXM NFL Radio (Twitter link). Hooker, considered one of the draft’s top two safeties along with Jamal Adams (LSU), will likely be selected within the top 10 picks later this month. In New York, a Hooker addition could possibly lead to the release of veteran defender Marcus Gilchrist.
  • After indicating he was stepping away from the NFL on Monday, Giants defensive end Owa Odighizuwa tweeted Tuesday that he’s “grateful to be part of Big Blue,” but New York sources (and a few Giants teammates) aren’t sure what is going on with the 25-year-old defender, per Ralph Vacchiano of SNY. While some observers believe Odighizuwa is dealing with “personal” problems, the entire nature of his tweets is still unclear.
  • The Redskins are working out offensive tackle John Kling, tweets Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. King signed with Chicago last summer after being undrafted out of Buffalo, but was waived during final cutdowns and never latched on with another team.