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Minor NFL Transactions: 7/31/24

July 31st, 2024 at 8:25pm CST by Ely Allen

Wednesday’s minor transactions to close out the month:

Baltimore Ravens

Waived (with injury settlement): DT Rayshad Nichols

Buffalo Bills

Signed: S Terrell Burgess
Waived: P Jack Browning

Carolina Panthers

Signed: RB Dillon Johnson
Waived (with injury designation): WR Daewood Davis

Indianapolis Colts

Waived: G Lewis Kidd

Kansas City Chiefs

Activated from active/PUP list: CB Jaylen Watson

Las Vegas Raiders

Placed on reserve/PUP list: LB Darien Butler

Miami Dolphins

Signed: WR Willie Snead
Waived: DT Mario Kendricks

Minnesota Vikings

Waived: LB Abraham Beauplan

New York Giants

Claimed off waivers (from Eagles): CB Mario Goodrich
Released (with non-football injury designation): CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver

Pittsburgh Steelers

Signed: WR Tarik Black
Waived: DL Jonathan Marshall

Seattle Seahawks

Signed: DT Rodney Mathews, RB Kairee Robinson
Waived: LB Easton Gibbs
Waived (with injury settlement): RB Ricky Person

Snead is the latest veteran wideout to join the Dolphins receiving corps. He hasn’t really contributed much to the NFL since his 2020 campaign with the Ravens, but he’ll get another chance this summer in South Beach.

Carolina brings in Johnson just a day after watching veteran Rashaad Penny hang up his cleats. In order to make room for Johnson, the Panthers let good of Davis, the team’s recent signee from the UFL.

Butler was waived after a failed physical two days ago. After going unclaimed, he’ll get to stay in Vegas by taking a place on the reserve/PUP list.

Minor NFL Transactions: 5/9/24

May 9th, 2024 at 9:15pm CST by Sam Robinson

Here are Thursday’s minor moves:

Atlanta Falcons

Signed: DE Kehinde Oginni

Cleveland Browns

Waived/failed physical: C Dawson Deaton

Green Bay Packers

Claimed (from 49ers): DL Spencer Waege
Waived: DL Rodney Mathews

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.