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A number of players continue to sign reserve/futures contracts, which allows organizations to retain (mostly) young, practice squad players throughout the offseason. We’ve compiled today’s reserve/futures contracts below:

Carolina Panthers

DE Austin Larkin, OL Austen Pleasants

Denver Broncos

DE Marquiss Spencer

Kansas City Chiefs

WR Omar Bayless, TE Jordan Franks, WR Gary Jennings, RB Brenden Knox, FB Lorenzo Neal, WR/PR Matthew Sexton, DT Darius Stills

Los Angeles Chargers

WR Michael Bandy, DL Andrew Brown, LB Cole Christiansen, DB Ben DeLuca, LB Emeke Egbule, WR Maurice Ffrench, G Ryan Hunter, TE Hunter Kampmoyer, DL Forrest Merrill, WR Jason Moore, OT Foster Sarell

Los Angeles Rams

Signed: C Drake Jackson

New England Patriots

WR Malcolm Perry

New Orleans Saints

QB Blake Bortles, C Cohl Cabral, DT Malcolm Roach, CB Bryce Thompson, WR Kevin White, TE Ethan Wolf

New York Giants

WR Alex Bachman

Tennessee Titans

LB Kobe Jones, DB Chris Williamson

Washington Football Team

FB Alex Armah, RB Reggie Bonnafon

NFL Practice Squad Updates: 11/17/21

November 17th, 2021 at 6:02pm CST by Ben Levine

Today’s practice squad transactions:

Arizona Cardinals

Signed: RB Tavien Feaster

Atlanta Falcons

Signed: OL Rick Leonard
Released: K Elliott Fry

Baltimore Ravens

Signed: NT Isaiah Mack

Cleveland Browns

Released: DB Bryan Mills

Detroit Lions

Signed: WR Geronimo Allison

Houston Texans

Signed: OL Carson Green
Released: LB Connor Strachan

Jacksonville Jaguars

Signed: CB Michael Jacquet

Las Vegas Raiders

Signed: DL P.J. Johnson

Los Angeles Chargers

Signed: DT Caraun Reid

Miami Dolphins

Signed: LB Kobe Jones, QB Jake Luton
Released: QB Jake Dolegala

New York Giants

Signed: RB Jonathan Williams

Tennessee Titans

Signed: DL Amani Bledsoe, OL Bobby Hart

Falcons Cut 27 Players, Down To 53

August 31st, 2021 at 11:15am CST by Zachary Links

The Falcons are down to 53. With several hours to go before the 4pm ET/3pm CT deadline, the Falcons have released 27 players to meet the new max.

Some of these players will re-appear on the Falcons’ 16-man practice squad, if they’re not scooped up by another team. None of the cuts are particularly surprising, though D’Onta Foreman‘s name stands out on this list. The former UT star is still looking to reprise his rookie year with the Texans when he notched 327 rushing yards and two scores in ten games. However, he’ll have to do it somewhere else.

For now, the Falcons are keeping both of their backup quarterbacks. That means Feleipe Franks and Josh Rosen could be on the roster for the season opener, backstopping Matt Ryan.

Here’s the full rundown:

CB Delrick Abrams – Waived
DL Eli Ankou – Terminated, Vested Veteran
OL Willie Beavers – Waived
WR Trevor Davis – Terminated, Vested Veteran
DL Zac Dawe – Waived
ILB Emmanuel Ellerbee – Waived
RB D’Onta Foreman – Terminated, Vested Veteran
OL Matt Gono – Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform
WR Juwan Green – Waived
TE Parker Hesse – Reserve/COVID-19
RB Caleb Huntley – Waived
S Dwayne Johnson – Waived
OLB Kobe Jones – Waived
OL Sam Jones – Waived
P Dom Maggio – Waived/Injured
OL Ryan Neuzil – Waived
WR Antonio Nunn – Waived
S JR Pace – Waived
TE John Raine – Waived
WR Chris Rowland – Waived
OL Joe Sculthorpe – Waived
OLB Tuzar Skipper – Waived
DL Chris Slayton – Waived
OL Kion Smith – Waived
ILB Erroll Thompson – Waived
TE David Wells – Waived
CB Chris Williamson – Waived

Minor NFL Transactions: 8/30/21

August 30th, 2021 at 4:52pm CST by Sam Robinson

We’ll keep track of today’s minor moves here. Teams have until 3pm CT Tuesday to pare their rosters down to 53 players.

Arizona Cardinals

Released: DB Chris Banjo, DL Josh Mauro
Waived: WR Andre Baccellia, CB Jace Whittaker, S James Wiggins
Released from IR via injury settlement: LB Terrance Smith
Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: DT Jordan Phillips

Atlanta Falcons

Waived: DT Eli Ankou, DL Zac Dawe, S Dwayne Johnson Jr., DE Kobe Jones, WR Chris Rowland, LB Tuzar Skipper

Baltimore Ravens

Waived: WR Deon Cain, WR Devin Gray, WR Siaosi Mariner
Released: TE Eric Tomlinson

Buffalo Bills

Waived: CB Tim Harris, WR Brandon Powell, RB Kerrith Whyte

Carolina Panthers

Waived: G Mike Horton, S Jalen Julius, OL Aaron Monteiro

Cleveland Browns

Released: WR JoJo Natson
Waived: CB Brian Allen, TE Jordan Franks, OL Colby Gossett, DE Porter Gustin, QB Kyle Lauletta, DE Cameron Malveaux, TE Kyle Markway, S Jovante Moffatt, S Sheldrick Redwine, CB Manny Rugamba, LB Tegray Scales, DE Curtis Weaver, DT Marvin Wilson
Placed on IR: OT Greg Senat

Chicago Bears

Released: OL Adam Redmond
Waived: TE Scooter Harrington

Dallas Cowboys

Waived: S Steven Parker

Denver Broncos

Waived: TE Shaun Beyer, WR Tyrie Cleveland, TE Austin Fort, OT Drew Himmelman, WR Kendall Hinton, DE Isaiah Mack, CB Mac McCain, FB Adam Prentice, LB Curtis Robinson, QB Brett Rypien, OL Austin Schlottmann, RB Stevie Scott, CB Saivion Smith, LB Derrek Tuszka, WR Seth Williams

Detroit Lions

Waived: WR Victor Bolden, DT Miles Brown, CB Mike Ford, OL Evan Heim, S Alijah Holder, WR Damion Ratley

Houston Texans

Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: OT Laremy Tunsil
Waived/injured: CB Cornell Armstrong, LB Tae Davis
Waived: DB Shyheim Carter, OL Danny Isidora, TE Ryan Izzo, OL Carson Green, RB Buddy Howell
Released: QB Jeff Driskel

Indianapolis Colts

Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: C Ryan Kelly, WR Zach Pascal, QB Carson Wentz; the trio landed on the coronavirus list due to being high-risk close contacts, Tom Pelissero of NFL.com tweets
Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: G Quenton Nelson
Waived: CB Holton Hill, LB Isaiah Kaufusi

Jacksonville Jaguars

Waived: CB Corey Straughter
Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list: DE Josh Allen

Kansas City Chiefs

Waived: CB Zayne Anderson, WR Maurice Ffrench, RBDerrick Gore, DB Devon Key, RB Darwin Thompson, OL Darryl Williams
Traded: OL Yasir Durant (to Patriots for 2022 seventh-round pick, per Herbie Teope of the KC Star on Twitter)

Las Vegas Raiders

Released from IR via injury settlement: LB Darron Lee

Los Angeles Chargers

Waived: LB Jessie Lemonier

Los Angeles Rams

Waived: DB Brontae Harris, WR Jeremiah Haydel, G Jeremiah Kolone, G Jordan Meredith, DB Donovan Olumba, LB Troy Warner

Miami Dolphins

Waived: S Nate Holley, WR Khalil McClain, DE Tyshun Render, TE Carl Tucker
Released from IR via injury settlement: WR Robert Foster

New England Patriots

Waived: S Adrian Colbert, DL Bill Murray, WR Tre Nixon
Traded for: OL Yasir Durant (via Chiefs for 2022 seventh-round pick, per Herbie Teope of the KC Star on Twitter)

New Orleans Saints

Waived: S Eric Burrell, OG Derrick Kelly, CB Natrell Jamerson, DL R.J. McIntosh, OL Christian Montano, LB Shaq Smith

New York Jets

Waived: WR Lawrence Cager, S J.T. Hassell, CB Lamar Jackson, OL Corey Levin, Jeremiah Valoaga

Philadelphia Eagles

Waived: OL Ross Pierschbacher

Pittsburgh Steelers

Waived: WR Rico Bussey, LS Kameron Canaday, LB Jamar Watson

Seattle Seahawks

Waived: TE Ian Bunting, WR Darece Roberson

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Waived: LB Joseph Jones, DT Kobe Smith

Tennessee Titans

Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: G Nate Davis
Waived/injured: OL Chandon Herring
Released from IR via injury settlement: OL Brent Qvale (story)

Washington Football Team

Waived: WR Tony Brown, S Cole Luke, CB Linden Stephens, WR Isaiah Wright
Released: DT Devaroe Lawrence, LB Joe Walker

Falcons Sign 20 UDFAs

May 3rd, 2021 at 6:49pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

The Falcons became the latest team to announce their 2021 UDFA class on Monday, and it’s a big one. Atlanta inked the following 20 rookies to contracts:

Feleipe Franks, QB (Arkansas)
Caleb Huntley, RB (Ball State)
Javian Hawkins, RB (Louisville)
Austin Trammell, WR (Rice)
Antonio Nunn, WR (Buffalo)
JR Pace, S (Northwestern)
Dwayne Johnson, S (San Diego State)
John Raine, TE (Northwestern)
Marcus Murphy, CB (Mississippi State)
Kobe Jones, OLB (Mississippi State)
Alani Pututau, OLB (Adams State)
Eli Howard, OLB (Texas Tech)
Jack Batho, OL (South Dakota School of Mines)
Bryce Hargrove, OL (Pittsburgh)
Ryan Neuzil, OL (Appalachian State)
Joe Sculthorpe, OL (North Carolina State)
Kion Smith, OL (Fayetteville State)
Zac Dawe, DL (BYU)
Erroll Thompson, ILB (Mississippi State)
Dorian Etheridge, ILB (Louisville)

We already had full write-ups on the Franks and Hawkins signings, which you can read here and here. Hawkins’ deal came with $35K in guaranteed money, a $5K signing bonus and $30K salary guarantee, veteran NFL reporter Aaron Wilson tweets.

Meanwhile Thompson, the linebacker from Mississippi State, got $23K guaranteed, Wilson tweets. The Falcons signed three players from Mississippi State, so clearly they liked the program. The signings are pretty spread around, not concentrated on any one position.