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Wednesday NFL Transactions: NFC North

August 31st, 2022 at 3:35pm CST by Sam Robinson

Following the 53-man roster cutdown deadline Tuesday, many teams will make slight tweaks to their rosters. In addition to waiver claims, teams can begin constructing their 16-man practice squads today. These Bears, Lions, Packers and Vikings moves are noted below.

Here are Wednesday’s NFC North transactions, which will continue to be updated throughout the day.

Chicago Bears

Claimed:

DB Josh Blackwell (from Eagles), DL Kingsley Jonathan (from Bills), OL Alex Leatherwood (from Raiders), DL Armon Watts (from Vikings), LB Sterling Weatherford (from Colts), TE Trevon Wesco (from Jets) (story)

Released:

LB Joe Thomas

Waived:

LB Caleb Johnson, CB Duke Shelley, G Zachary Thomas, DT Khyiris Tonga

Placed on IR:

WR Tajae Sharpe

Signed to practice squad:

TE Chase Allen, C Dieter Eiselen, RB Darrynton Evans, CB Thomas Graham Jr., DL Sam Kamara, QB Nathan Peterman

Detroit Lions

Claimed:

DT Benito Jones (from Bills)

Waived:

RB Jermar Jefferson

Released from IR:

WR Trinity Benson

Signed to practice squad:

WR Maurice Alexander, LB Jarrad Davis, TE Derrick Deese, T Obinna Eze, TE Garrett Griffin, DL Bruce Hector, LB James Houston, RB Justin Jackson, WR Tom Kennedy, CB A.J. Parker, LB Anthony Pittman, T Dan Skipper, CB Saivion Smith

Green Bay Packers

Signed:

S Rudy Ford

Waived:

S Micah Abernathy

Signed to practice squad:

QB Danny Etling, WR Travis Fulgham, CB Rico Gafford, RB Tyler Goodson, LB La’Darius Hamilton, DL Jack Heflin, T Caleb Jones, LB Kobe Jones, DL Chris Slayton, RB Patrick Taylor, CB Kiondre Thomas, LB Ray Wilborn, WR Juwann Winfree

Minnesota Vikings

Waived:

WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette

Packers Cut Down Roster To 53

August 30th, 2022 at 8:09pm CST by Ben Levine

The Packers cut their roster down to 53 players today:

Waived

Waived/injured:

Placed on reserve/PUP:

RB Kylin Hill

The Packers ended up keeping only a pair of running backs in Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon, so the team must be feeling pretty confident that one of their waived RBs will pass through waivers and land on their practice squad. Patrick Taylor would seem to be the favorite for the RB3 role after collecting 25 touches in 2021. Meanwhile, the Packers kept seven wide receivers on their roster, so the release of Travis Fulgham was mostly due to a roster crunch.

The Packers no longer had a need for Ramiz Ahmed, as NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports (on Twitter) that the team activated kicker Mason Crosby off PUP after the veteran passed his physical. Crosby missed training camp and preseason while recovering from offseason knee surgery.

Packers Add 14 Undrafted Free Agents

May 21st, 2022 at 11:48am CST by Ben Levine

The Packers roster now includes 14 undrafted rookies:

RB BJ Baylor, Oregon State
LB Caliph Brice, Florida
LB Ellis Brooks, Penn State
DL Akial Byers, Missouri
WR Danny Davis, Wisconsin
RB Tyler Goodson, Iowa
OT Jahmir Johnson, Texas A&M
OT Caleb Jones, Indiana
LB Chauncey Manac, Louisiana
G George Moore, Oregon
DL Hauati Pututau, Utah
C Cole Schneider, Central Florida
S Tre Sterling, Oklahoma State
CB Raleigh Texada, Baylor

The Packers already added three rookie wideouts via the draft, but that didn’t stop them from signing Davis. The Wisconsin product played 51 games during his collegiate career, hauling in 1,642 yards and 14 scores. He also contributed a bit in the running game, and he even served as a backup punt returner.

The team also added a trio of linebackers. Brice is a good story, as the defender worked his way from Hutchinson Community College (Kansas) to Florida Atlantic, where he collected 141 tackles and 8.5 tackles for loss in 30 games. Brooks earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2021, and he finished his career with the Nittany Lions having compiled 230 tackles. Manac earned second-team All-Sun Belt in 2021 after collecting 57 tackles and 10.5 sacks.