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Minor NFL Transactions: 8/15/22

August 15th, 2022 at 5:39pm CST by Adam La Rose

Today’s minor moves:

Baltimore Ravens

Released: RB Corey Clement
Waived: CB Robert Jackson

Carolina Panthers

Placed on IR: LB Kamal Martin
Waived (injury settlement): CB Devin Jones

Chicago Bears

Waived: DE Carson Taylor

Cincinnati Bengals

Placed on IR: C Ben Brown

Cleveland Browns

Waived: WR Derrick Dillon

Dallas Cowboys

Waived: DT Austin Faoliu
Waived (injury designation): TE Ian Bunting, FB Ryan Nall, WR Ty Fryfogle, CB Kyron Brown

Denver Broncos

Waived (injury designation): OL Ben Braden

Detroit Lions

Released: TE Garrett Griffin
Waived: TE Nolan Givan, C Ryan McCollum

Green Bay Packers

Claimed off waivers (from Panthers): TE Nate Becker
Waived: LB Randy Ramsey, C Cole Schneider, CB Donte Vaughn

Houston Texans

Waived: LS Harrison Elliott, RB B.J. Emmons
Released: WR Chad Beebe

Indianapolis Colts

Activated from PUP list: WR Mike Strachan

Jacksonville Jaguars

Waived (injury designation): K Elliott Fry
Waived: RB Matt Colburn, QB Jake Luton, WR Ryan McDaniel, DE Wyatt Ray

Los Angeles Chargers

Waived (injury designation): DT Forrest Merrill, OC Isaac Weaver
Waived: WR Maurice Ffrench, QB Brandon Peters, S Skyler Thomas

Miami Dolphins

Signed: NT Niles Scott
Placed on IR: CB Trill Williams (story)

New Orleans Saints

Signed: DE Niko Lalos, DT Jaleel Johnson
Placed on IR: OT Ethan Greenidge
Waived (injury settlement): DB Bryce Thompson
Waived (injury designation): DB Jordan Brown, S Isaiah Pryor
Waived: DE T.J. Carter, S Jack Koerner, DE Scott Patchan, K John Parker Romo, WR Easop Winston

New York Giants

Claimed off waivers (from Bills): CB Olaijah Griffin

New York Jets

Waived: WR Keshunn Abram

Pittsburgh Steelers

Signed: LB James Vaughters
Waived (injury designation): LB Tuzar Skipper

San Francisco 49ers

Waived: DT Tomasi Laulile, WR KeeSean Johnson, RB Josh Hokit

Seattle Seahawks

Activated from active/PUP list: OT Liam Ryan
Placed on IR: WR Cody Thompson
Waived: CB Josh Valentine-Turner, DT Antonio Valentino, OL Eric Wilson, WR Deontez Alexander

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed: RB Patrick Laird
Placed on IR: RB Kenjon Barner
Waived: TE Ben Beise

Washington Commanders

Activated from active/PUP list: OT Cornelius Lucas

Minor NFL Transactions: 8/14/22

August 14th, 2022 at 5:00pm CST by Rory Parks

We will keep track of today’s minor moves here:

Arizona Cardinals

Released: DL Kingsley Keke, OL Haggai Chisom Ndubuisi, OL Greg Long, RB Ronnie Rivers, CB Breon Borders

Buffalo Bills

Released: TE Jalen Wydermyer, CB Olaijah Griffin, OL Jordan Simmons, OL Derek Kerstetter

Carolina Panthers

Released: RB Darius Bradwell, TE Nate Becker, LB Kamal Martin, OL Wyatt Miller, CB Chris Westry

Cincinnati Bengals

Waived: CB Abu Daramy-Swaray, RB Shermari Jones, WR Pooka Williams Jr.

Green Bay Packers

Signed: K Ramiz Ahmed
Released: K Gabe Brkic

New England Patriots

Signed: CB Devin Hafford

Philadelphia Eagles

Waived: OL William Dunkle, LB Ali Fayad

San Francisco 49ers

Activated from active/PUP list: TE Charlie Woerner

The most notable name amongst the Cardinals’ cuts is Keke. The 25-year-old made 17 starts with the Packers over the past two seasons, and was claimed off waivers by the Texans in February. Houston cut him in May, however, leading him to the Cardinals. In the waning months of the offseason, the 2019 fifth-rounder will need to find another NFL home in time for Week 1.

Another recent Packers draftee being let go is Martin. The 2020 fifth-rounder made six appearances last season with Carolina, playing all-but exclusively on special teams. Each of the team’s other roster cuts had yet to play in for the Panthers, including Westry, who had showed potential in 2021 when briefly starting for the Ravens.

Minor NFL Transactions: 10/4/21

October 4th, 2021 at 11:20am CST by Zachary Links

We’ll keep track of today’s minor moves here:

Arizona Cardinals

Promoted: S Chris Banjo
Waived: OL Koda Martin

Atlanta Falcons

Promoted: P Dustin Colquitt

Carolina Panthers

Promoted: LB Kamal Martin
Waived: G Michael Jordan

Indianapolis Colts

Claimed off waivers (from Buccaneers): DT Khalil Davis

Los Angeles Chargers

Signed: DL Forrest Merrill
Promoted: DL Breiden Fehoko
Placed on IR: DL Justin Jones, LB Kenneth Murray Jr.

Minnesota Vikings

Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: CB Cameron Dantzler

Seattle Seahawks

Designed for return: DB Tre Brown

Washington Football Team

Placed on IR: CB Torry McTyer

NFL Practice Squad Updates: 9/10/21

September 10th, 2021 at 5:09pm CST by Zachary Links

We’ll keep track of today’s practice squad moves here:

Atlanta Falcons

Signed: K Elliott Fry
Placed on practice squad IR: DL George Obinna

Baltimore Ravens

Released: T Andre Smith

Carolina Panthers

Signed: LB Kamal Martin
Released: CB Jalen Julius

New York Jets

Signed: OL Ross Pierschbacher

San Francisco 49ers

Signed: S Kai Nacua
Released: LB Rashad Smith

Tennessee Titans

Released: OL Christian DiLauro

Packers Cut Kamal Martin

August 23rd, 2021 at 1:49pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

As teams trim their rosters down to the required 80 players, the Packers have made a notable cut. Green Bay has waived linebacker Kamal Martin, a source told Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com (Twitter link).

Martin was a fifth-round pick of the team just last year, and his release raised plenty of eyebrows. Numerous Packers beat writers were quick to express surprise that Martin wasn’t even able to make it to final cuts. The Minnesota product was running with the ones for a lot of last offseason, and he started six games for the Pack in 2020.

It is pretty rare for a guy to go from six-game starter to released well before final cuts in the span of one year, especially when there was no coaching change with the team. Martin had 24 tackles, three for a loss, and one sack in 10 games last year.

Normally an inside linebacker, the team was trying him out at outside linebacker earlier this training camp, which in hindsight would’ve been a sign he was battling for his roster spot.

Minor NFL Transactions: 11/10/20

November 10th, 2020 at 1:47pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

We’ve got a long list of all the minor transactions from the last day or so:

Arizona Cardinals

Waived: CB De’Vante Bausby

Atlanta Falcons

Promoted: LB Edmond Robinson

Chicago Bears

Signed: DT Anthony Rush
Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: Deon Bush, Lachavious Simmons

Cincinnati Bengals

Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: DL Margus Hunt

Denver Broncos

Claimed off waivers from Cardinals: CB De’Vante Bausby

Detroit Lions

Placed on IR: CB Tony McRae
Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: LB Jarrad Davis

Green Bay Packers

Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: QB Jordan Love, LB Kamal Martin, RB Jamaal Williams

Houston Texans

Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: LB Dylan Cole, LB Whitney Mercilus, G Max Scharping
Placed on IR: LB Kyle Emanuel, LB Brennan Scarlett
Claimed off waivers from Washington: DE Nate Orchard

Indianapolis Colts

Waived: DL Ron’Dell Carter
Promoted: WR DeMichael Harris

Kansas City Chiefs

Activated from reserve/PUP list: T Martinas Rankin
Waived: DE Demone Harris

Los Angeles Rams

Waived: LB Natrez Patrick

Minnesota Vikings

Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: LB Todd Davis
Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: LS Austin Cutting
Waived/failed-physical: LB Ben Gedeon
Placed on IR: DB Holton Hill

New England Patriots

Claimed off waivers from Cardinals: TE Jordan Thomas
Waived: LB Cassh Maluia
Placed on IR: TE Dalton Keene

New York Giants

Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: G Will Hernandez
Waived: CB Corey Ballentine

New York Jets

Activated off NFI list: CB Bryce Hall
Waived: QB Mike White
Placed on IR: TE Trevon Wesco

San Francisco 49ers

Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: WR Kendrick Bourne

Washington Football Team

Promoted: WR Jeff Badet
Waived: WR Tony Brown

Minor NFL Transactions: 10/24/20

October 24th, 2020 at 4:48pm CST by Sam Robinson

Here is another spree of Saturday minor moves:

Arizona Cardinals

Promoted: DL Trevon Coley

Atlanta Falcons

Promoted: DE Austin Edwards, LB Edmond Robinson

Buffalo Bills

Placed on IR: LB Tyrel Dodson

Carolina Panthers

Promoted: G Mike Horton, WR Marken Michel

Chicago Bears

Moved from IR to reserve/COVID-19 list: CB Michael Joseph

Cincinnati Bengals

Activated from IR: DT Mike Daniels
Promoted: CB Winston Rose
Waived: DT Kahlil McKenzie

Dallas Cowboys

Activated from IR: OL Cameron Erving
Promoted: T Jordan Mills, C Adam Redmond
Placed on IR: T Brandon Knight

Green Bay Packers

Activated from IR: LB Kamal Martin
Promoted: S Henry Black, G Ben Braden, RB Dexter Williams, DL Billy Winn

Jacksonville Jaguars

Activated from IR: RB Devine Ozigbo
Promoted: S Doug Middleton, TE Eric Saubert
Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: RB Chris Thompson

Kansas City Chiefs

Promoted: OL Danny Isidora, WR Marcus Kemp
Placed on IR: DL Khalen Saunders

Las Vegas Raiders

Promoted: CB Dylan Mabin

New England Patriots

Promoted: LB Tashawn Bower, DT Nick Thurman

New Orleans Saints

Promoted: WR Austin Carr, OL Will Clapp, WR Juwan Johnson

New York Jets

Activated from IR: OL Cameron Clark
Promoted: K/P Sergio Castillo, LB Bryce Hager

Pittsburgh Steelers

Promoted: FB Trey Edmunds, LB Jayrone Elliott

San Francisco 49ers

Promoted: S Johnathan Cyprien, S Jared Mayden

Seattle Seahawks

Promoted: LB Ray-Ray Armstrong

Tennessee Titans

Activated from IR: S Dane Cruikshank
Promoted: LB Darren Bates, OL David Quessenberry

Washington Football Team

Promoted: WR Jeff Badet, WR Tony Brown, DT Devaroe Lawrence
Placed on IR: OL Saahdiq Charles, WR Antonio Gandy-Golden

Packers Sign Fifth-Round LB Kamal Martin

July 9th, 2020 at 7:01pm CST by Dallas Robinson

The Packers announced that they’ve signed fifth-round linebacker Kamal Martin to his rookie contract.

Martin may have been drafted earlier than the fifth round were it not for a knee injury that cost him several games during his senior season at Minnesota. The 6’3″, 240-pounder eventually underwent surgery and missed the combine, but former NFL scout and Senior Bowl director Jim Nagy tweeted that Martin would have a been a top-three senior linebacker had his medical history been less checkered.

Despite missing games in 2019, Martin was still named honorable mention All-Big-10 after posting 66 tackles and two interceptions in eight contests. Nagy says Martin is a prototypically “long and athletic space linebacker” who could prove to be something of a steal for Green Bay.

The Packers now have just two members of their 2020 draft class that remain unsigned. Here’s the full list:

1-26: Jordan Love, QB (Utah State): Signed
2-62: A.J. Dillon, RB (Boston College): Signed
3-94: Josiah Deguara, TE (Cincinnati)
5-175: Kamal Martin, LB (Minnesota): Signed
6-192: Jon Runyan, G (Michigan): Signed
6-208: Jake Hanson, C (Oregon)
6-209: Simon Stepaniak, T (Indiana): Signed
7-236: Vernon Scott, S (TCU): Signed
7-242: Jonathan Garvin, DE (Miami): Signed