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Minor NFL Transactions: 1/4/25

By Ely Allen | at January 4, 2025 9:47 pm

The last minor moves and standard gameday elevations of the 2024 NFL regular season:

Arizona Cardinals

• Signed to active roster: S Andre Chachere
• Elevated: RB Tony Jones Jr., T Luke Tenuta
• Placed on IR: T Jackson Barton

Atlanta Falcons

• Elevated: CB Lamar Jackson

Buffalo Bills

• Elevated: OL Will Clapp, DE Casey Toohill

Carolina Panthers

• Activated from IR: RB Miles Sanders (story)
• Placed on IR: LB Amaré Barno
• Signed to active roster: DE DeShawn Williams
• Elevated: OLB Thomas Incoom, OLB Kenny Dyson

Cincinnati Bengals

• Elevated: DT Domenique Davis, WR Kendric Pryor

Dallas Cowboys

• Signed to active roster: QB Will Grier
• Elevated: CB Troy Pride
• Placed on IR: CB Kemon Hall

Denver Broncos

• Elevated: DE Matt Henningsen

Detroit Lions

• Signed to active roster: DB Morice Norris
• Elevated: DL Chris Smith, CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver

Houston Texans

• Signed to active roster: CB D’Angelo Ross
• Elevated: DE Solomon Byrd, S Russ Yeast
• Placed on IR: LB Jamal Hill

Jacksonville Jaguars

• Elevated: DE Joe Gaziano

Kansas City Chiefs

• Elevated: LB Blake Lynch, QB Chris Oladokun

Las Vegas Raiders

• Elevated: TE John Samuel Shenker

Los Angeles Chargers

• Activated from IR: S Alohi Gilman (story)
• Elevated: WR Dez Fitzpatrick, S Eddie Jackson

Los Angeles Rams

• Elevated: T AJ Arcuri, OLB Keir Thomas

Miami Dolphins

• Elevated: T Ryan Hayes, QB Skylar Thompson

Minnesota Vikings

• Elevated: LB Calvin Munson, OLB Gabriel Murphy

New England Patriots

• Signed to active roster: CB Miles Battle, DE Truman Jones, LB Monty Rice, TE Jack Westover
• Elevated: WR Alex Erickson, TE Mitchell Wilcox
• Placed on IR: C Ben Brown, S Jabrill Peppers, WR Ja’Lynn Polk

New Orleans Saints

• Elevated: S Millard Bradford, RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire

New York Giants

• Signed to active roster: RB Dante Miller
• Elevated: OLB Boogie Basham, T Tyre Phillips

New York Jets

• Placed on IR: CB Sauce Gardner
• Signed to active roster: DL Bruce Hector
• Elevated: CB Tre Swilling, OL Zack Bailey

San Francisco 49ers

• Signed to active roster: DE Alex Barrett, LB DaShaun White
• Elevations: G Drake Nugent, WR Trent Taylor
• Placed on IR: G Spencer Burford, LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles

Seattle Seahawks

• Signed to active roster: CB Artie Burns, NT Brandon Pili
• Elevated: DT Quinton Bohanna, TE Tyler Mabry

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• Elevated: CB Dallis Flowers, LB Deion Jones

Tennessee Titans

• Signed to active roster: DE Khalid Duke, WR Tay Martin
• Elevated: S Gervarrius Owens, K Matthew Wright
• Placed on IR: LB Otis Reese

Ross’ new deal to the Texans’ 53-man roster is good through the 2025 season, as well. Ditto for Jones, signed to the active roster in New England today.

Sanders returned to practice this week, and his activation will allow him to close out his second Panthers season on the field rather than on the mend. His Carolina tenure has fallen well short of expectations and a release in the near future could be in the cards. Given the team’s backfield injuries, though, Sanders could handle a notable workload tomorrow while potentially auditioning for free agent suitors.

Gilman’s return will be welcomed by the Chargers’ defense. The 27-year-old has remained a full-time starter this season, his second straight handling first-team duties. Los Angeles is assured of a wild-card spot, but moving up to the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoff picture could be possible on Sunday. In any case, Gilman’s presence will be key for a Bolts defense which leads the league in points allowed per game (17.6).

Gardner’s campaign will come to an end after 15 games played. He fell short of a Pro Bowl nod for this first time in his young career, but the fourth pick of the 2022 draft remained a critical member of the team’s secondary when healthy. Gardner is eligible for an extension this offseason, and his financial future (which will include a fifth-year option decision in the spring) will be a key point of focus once New York’s head coach/general manager tandem is in place.