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Minor NFL Transactions: 8/3/20

August 3rd, 2020 at 3:04pm CST by Zachary Links

We’ll keep track of today’s minor moves here. For the running list of opt out decisions, check out PFR’s 2020 Opt Out Tracker.

Arizona Cardinals

Released: OL Jake Benzinger, S Reggie Floyd, WR Rashad Medaris

Baltimore Ravens

Signed: TE Jerell Adams

Cincinnati Bengals

Released: WR Moritz Bohringer, RB Devwah Whaley

Cleveland Browns

Released: RB Brian Herrien

Detroit Lions

Claimed: DT Daylon Mack (from Ravens)
Signed: DT Jashon Cornell

Green Bay Packers

Released: QB Jalen Morton, FB Elijah Wellman

Las Vegas Raiders

Released: DB Jordan Brown, TE Paul Butler, K Dominik Eberle, LB Marquel Lee, C Erik Magnuson, LB Liam McCullough, WR Anthony Ratliff-Williams

Miami Dolphins

Claimed off waivers (from Colts): CB Picasso Nelson

Minnesota Vikings

Waived: WR Davion Davis, DB Kemon Hall

New Orleans Saints

Released: WR Tommylee Lewis, DE Gus Cumberlander, S Chris Johnson, OG Adrian Magee, RB Taquan Mizzell, WR Maurice Harris, DT Taylor Stallworth

New York Jets

Waived: OL Ben Braden, RB Trenton Cannon, OLB Wyatt Ray

San Francisco 49ers

Re-Signed: DE Alex Barrett

Seattle Seahawks

Re-Signed: DE Branden Jackson
Waived: DL Josh Avery

Tennessee Titans

Re-signed: G Zac Kerin

Washington Football Team

Released: DE Cameron Malveaux, DB Maurice Smith, TE Caleb Wilson, RB Josh Ferguson

NFL Practice Squad Updates: 10/16/19

October 16th, 2019 at 4:58pm CST by Zachary Links

Today’s practice squad moves:

Detroit Lions

Signed: WR Tom Kennedy

Green Bay Packers

Signed: RB Damarea Crockett, CB Tremon Smith
Cut: TE Ethan Wolf

Houston Texans

Signed: OT Kyle Murphy
Cut: C Marcus Henry

Los Angeles Chargers

Signed: RB Derrick Gore
Cut: RB Detrez Newsome, OT Tyree St. Louis

Miami Dolphins

Signed: DB Jayson Stanley

New York Jets

Signed: LB Frankie Luvu

Philadelphia Eagles

Signed: C Keegan Render

San Francisco 49ers

Signed: WR Deontay Burnett
Cut: WR Malik Henry

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed: C Anthony Fabiano, WR Ishmael Hyman, RB Aca’Cedric Ware

Washington Redskins

Signed: RB Josh Ferguson

NFL Workout Updates: 10/16/19

October 16th, 2019 at 8:10am CST by Sam Robinson

Here is the latest from the workout circuit:

Chicago Bears

DL Daryle Banfield, DL Fadol Brown, C Anthony Fabiano, DL P.J. Johnson, T Kyle Murphy, C Keegan Render, DL Jay-Tee Tiuli (per Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune, on Twitter)

Cincinnati Bengals

DE Nate Orchard, DT Anthony Zettel (via the Houston Chronicle’s Aaron Wilson, on Twitter)

Cleveland Browns

LB Marquis Flowers (per Wilson, on Twitter)

Green Bay Packers

S Chris Johnson, RB David Williams (per Wilson, on Twitter)

Houston Texans

T Chris Clark, T Kyle Murphy (per Howard Balzer of BalzerFootball.com, on Twitter)

Indianapolis Colts

DB Trae Elston, S Mike Tyson, DB Isaiah Wharton (via Wilson, on Twitter)

Kansas City Chiefs

DT Justin Ellis, DL Mike Pennel (per Wilson, on Twitter)

New England Patriots

K Nick Folk, K Greg Joseph, K Austin MacGinnis, K/P Austin Rehkow, K Giorgio Tavecchio (per Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, on Twitter)

New Orleans Saints

RB Travaris Cadet (via Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, on Twitter)

New York Jets

C Ryan Crozier, DL Corbin Kaufusi, C James Murray (per Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News and Wilson, Twitter links)

Pittsburgh Steelers

RB Tony Brooks-James, RB Darrin Hall (via Wilson, on Twitter)

Seattle Seahawks

LB Andrew Dowell (visit), LB Brady Sheldon, LB Sutton Smith, LB Pita Taumoepenu (via Balzer, Twitter links)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

LB Keishawn Bierria, DB Jordan Brown, C Anthony Fabiano, LB Robert McCray, WR Eli Rogers, RB Aca’Cedric Ware, LB Kyle Wilson (per Jenna Laine and Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, on Twitter)

Tennessee Titans

LB Nigel Harris (per Wilson, on Twitter)

Washington Redskins

FB Tommy Bohanon, FB Michael Burton, FB Derrick Coleman, RB Josh Ferguson, FB Tre Madden, FB Elijah Wellman (according to Wilson and NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, Twitter links)

NFL Workout Updates: 9/17/19

September 17th, 2019 at 9:15pm CST by Sam Robinson

Here are Tuesday’s updates from the workout circuit, all links going to veteran NFL reporter Howard Balzer’s Twitter unless otherwise noted.

Atlanta Falcons

LB Carroll Phillips (per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, on Twitter)

Cleveland Browns

T Dino Boyd, G Colby Gossett, G Malcolm Pridgeon (Twitter links via Balzer and the Houston Chronicle’s Aaron Wilson)

Dallas Cowboys

T Paul Adams, WR Quincy Adeboyejo, CB Deante Burton, DT Justin Hamilton, DE Willie Henry, LB Jawaun Johnson, S Josh Jones, WR DaMarkus Lodge, WR Anthony Ratliff-Williams (via ESPN.com’s Todd Archer)

Detroit Lions

RB Benny Cunningham, RB Quinton Flowers, DE Durrant Miles, CB Marcus Sherels, LB James Vaughters (link)

Green Bay Packers

WR Keon Hatcher, RB Bo Scarbrough, RB Austin Walter, DL Anthony Zettel (Twitter links)

Indianapolis Colts

T Gerhard deBeer, Christian DiLauro, Brandon Hitner, C James Murray (link)

New Orleans Saints

LB Ray-Ray Armstrong, QB J.T. Barrett, TE Crockett Gillmore, WR Krishawn Hogan, TE Gabe Holmes, QB Chad Kanoff, WR Jordan Matthews, TE Brian Parker, LB Brian Peters, LB Malcolm Smith, WR Deonte Thompson, QB Phillip Walker (link)

New York Jets

LB B.J. Bello, CB Jordan Brown, CB Nigel Harris, CB Joshua Holsey, Shakial Taylor, CB Ahmad Thomas (link)

Oakland Raiders

WR Jamal Custis (Twitter link via Wilson)

San Francisco 49ers

LS Jon Condo, LS Garrison Sanborn, LS Drew Scott, T Sam Young (Twitter links via Balzer and ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter)

Seattle Seahawks

LB Malik Carney, CB Jeremy Clark, S Adrian Colbert, DT Lyndon Johnson, CB Greg Mabin, CB Duke Thomas (link)

Washington Redskins

RB Josh Ferguson, RB De’Angelo Henderson (Twitter links via Rapoport and NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo)

NFL Workout Updates: 9/10/19

September 10th, 2019 at 9:55pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

We’ve got another busy day of workouts, with many teams across the league hosting players.

Arizona Cardinals

S Briean Boddy-Calhoun; CBs Andre Chachere, De’Vante Harris

Buffalo Bills

QBs Keller Chryst, Taylor Heinicke; WRs Tommylee Lewis, Joe Parker, Terrance Williams; CB Marcus Sherels, WR Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi

Cleveland Browns

RB Marcus Murphy

Detroit Lions

DEs Jesse Aniebonam, Andrew Ankrah, Markus Jones; S Josh Jones; CB Jeff Richards

Indianapolis Colts

RBs Bruce Anderson, Darrin Hall; S Chris Banjo; DTs Earl Mitchell, Mike Pennel

Miami Dolphins

DB Jordan Brown; Ts Christian DiLauro, Storm Norton, Chidi Okeke; CB Deatrick Nichols

New York Giants

CBs Derrick Baity, Picasso Nelson; LBs Reshard Cliett, LaTroy Lewis; WRs Jamal Custis, Trenton Irwin; RBs Josh Ferguson, Austin Walter; DT P.J. Johnson; DEs Carroll Phillips, Kevin Wilkins; QB Jordan Ta’amu

New York Jets

WRs Carlton Agudosi, Amara Darboh, Krishawn Hogan, Joe Horn, DeAndre Thompkins, Jordan Veasy, Kendall Wright; TEs Stephen Anderson, Donald Parham, Ross Travis; QBs Taryn Christion, Tyree Jackson, Mike White, Ks Elliott Fry, Greg Joseph, Younghoe Koo, Tristan Vizcaino

Philadelphia Eagles

LB Paul Worrilow

Seattle Seahawks

CBs Linden Stephens, Herb Waters, D.J. White

Tennessee Titans

Gs Joshua Garnett, Chaz Green; C Wesley Johnson

Washington Redskins

LBs Jamell Garcia-Williams, Noah Spence; DL Datone Jones, T.Y. McGill, Caraun Reid, Adolphus Washington, Ethan Westbrooks

Texans Trim Roster To 53

August 31st, 2019 at 9:50pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

The Texans made a flurry of roster moves to get down to 53 players today. Among the notable names that were cut was former Browns cornerback Briean Boddy-Calhoun. Boddy-Calhoun started at least seven games for Cleveland in each of the past three seasons, but couldn’t crack Houston’s roster after signing a one-year deal back in March.

Receiver Chad Hansen, a fourth-round pick of the Jets in 2017, was also let go. He’s bounced around the league ever since New York cut bait after just one season. Houston also cut ties with reserve pass-rusher Joel Heath. An undrafted rookie in 2016, Heath started 15 games for the Texans across his first two years in the league.

Here are the rest of the players who failed to make the team:

Waived:

WR Floyd Allen

OLB Jesse Aniebonam

CB Derrick Baity Jr.

OLB Davin Bellamy

RB Damarea Crockett

OLB Jamal Davis II

T Christian DiLauro

WR Johnnie Dixon

NT Javi Edwards

S Austin Exford

RB Josh Ferguson

S A.J. Hendy

RB Karan Higdon Jr.

DE Albert Huggins

S Chris Johnson

WR Tyron Johnson

T Rick Leonard

WR Steven Mitchell Jr.

NT Walter Palmore

CB Jermaine Ponder

OLB Gimel President

G Malcolm Pridgeon

G Maurquice Shakir

WR Vyncint Smith

DE Tracy Sprinkle

QB Jordan Ta’amu

WR Jester Weah

Waived-injured:

ILB B.J. Bello

ILB Xavier Woodson

Placed on IR:

QB Joe Webb III

Texans, Jets Eyeing RB Trades

August 30th, 2019 at 7:28pm CST by Sam Robinson

With less than 20 hours until teams must have 53-man rosters finalized, two franchises are seeking backfield help. Both the Texans and Jets are looking for running backs via trade, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle tweets.

The Texans may feature the league’s thinnest backfield, having lost three-year starter Lamar Miller for the season. They acquired Duke Johnson from the Browns, but the career passing-down back has maxed out at 104 carries in an NFL season — and that came in 2015. Last season, Johnson took just 40 handoffs in 16 games.

Houston has a host of rookies vying to make the final cut, along with special-teamer Taiwan Jones. No one besides Johnson on the Texans’ roster has carried the ball more than 20 times in a season, and it looks like this backfield will add an outside hire soon — either via trade or the waiver wire. The Texans cut Josh Ferguson on Friday.

Elijah McGuire did not make the Jets’ roster, but Gang Green still employs Le’Veon Bell, Ty Montgomery, Bilal Powell and Trenton Cannon. Their need does not look to be on the same level as the Texans’.

NFL Reserve/Futures Contracts: 1/8/19

January 8th, 2019 at 8:19pm CST by Zachary Links

Here are the latest reserve/futures contract signings from around the NFL. These deals will go into effect on the first day of the 2019 league year, with players joining their respective clubs’ offseason 90-man rosters:

Baltimore Ravens

G Kofi Amichia
T Randin Crecelius
CB Robertson Daniel
RB Tyler Ervin
FB Christopher Ezeala
S Bennett Jackson
LB Alvin Jones
TE Nick Keizer

Buffalo Bills

WR Duke Williams

Chicago Bears

OL Dejon Allen
DL Abdullah Anderson
DB John Franklin III
WR Tanner Gentry
WR Cyril Grayson
DB Michael Joseph
DB Jonathon Mincy
RB Ryan Nall
LB James Vaughters
LB Josh Woods

Cleveland Browns

OL David Bright
DB Ashton Lampkin

Miami Dolphins

LB Sam Eguavoen

New England Patriots

C Jake Eldrenkamp

New York Jets

WR Stacy Coley
DE Harvey Langi

Philadelphia Eagles

WR Carlton Agudosi

Houston Texans

TE Jerell Adams
LB Davin Bellamy
RB Josh Ferguson
LB Chris Landrum
OT Rick Leonard
G Maurquice Shakir
T David Steinmetz
WR Jester Weah
WR Issac Whitney

Philadelphia Eagles

LB Alex Singleton

Pittsburgh Steelers

K Matt McCrane

Seattle Seahawks

CB Jeremy Boykins
WR Caleb Scott
WR Keenan Reynolds
CB Simeon Thomas
SS Marwin Evans
TE Tyrone Swoopes
LB Justin Currie
C Marcus Henry
G Jordan Roos

NFL Practice Squad Updates: 11/12/18

November 12th, 2018 at 8:02pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

Here are today’s practice squad moves:

Houston Texans:

Signed: RB Josh Ferguson
Released: WR Malachi Dupre

Patriots Release RB Josh Ferguson From PS

November 10th, 2018 at 9:00am CST by Ben Levine

The Patriots have replaced one offensive weapon with another. NESN.com’s Doug Kyed reports that the team has signed wideout Damoun Patterson to the practice squad. The team released running back Josh Ferguson to make space on the roster.

Ferguson is the more notable of the two players, as the former undrafted free agent out of Illinois has 26 career games under his belt. The 25-year-old’s best season came in 2016, when he hauled in 20 receptions for 136 yards. He also added another 15 carries for 20 yards.

Ferguson joined the Patriots’ practice squad earlier this week. He’d have had an uphill battle to join the 53-man roster, but he surely had a shot considering the Patriots injured running backs corps. Jeremy Hill and Rex Burkhead are currently sitting on the injured reserve, and Sony Michel is hoping to return this weekend after a two-week layoff. Otherwise, the team has been relying on a combination of James White, wideout Cordarrelle Patterson, and Kenjon Barner.

Patterson, an undrafted rookie out of Youngstown State, has spent time with both the Steelers and Buccaneers this season. He had nine receptions for 112 yards with Pittsburgh during the preseason. It’s likely that the 24-year-old won’t be promoted to the active roster, as each of the Patriots’ six healthy wideouts have a role either on offense or special teams.