Minor NFL Transactions: 11/10/25
Here’s a look at Monday’s minor moves from around the NFL…
Cincinnati Bengals
- Elevated: LB Brian Asamoah II
Green Bay Packers
- Elevated: LB Kristian Welch
Los Angeles Rams
- Signed to active roster: LS Jake McQuaide
- Waived: LS Alex Ward
Tennessee Titans
- Designated to return from IR: S Mike Brown, RB Kalel Mullings
The Titans will have 21 days to activate Brown and Mullings after opening their practice windows. Brown worked exclusively on special teams over four games before going on IR with a knee injury on Oct. 4. Mullings, a sixth-round rookie from Michigan, appeared in two games but didn’t record any offensive snaps before an ankle injury sent him to IR on Sept. 26.
Eagles Activate LB Nolan Smith From IR
The Eagles are getting a pass-rushing reinforcement back ahead of a Monday night showdown with the Packers. The team has activated edge rusher Nolan Smith from IR, per Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Smith is returning less than a week after Philadelphia opened his 21-day practice window.
The Eagles have gotten off to a 6-2 start despite limited contributions from Smith, who has been out since suffering a strained triceps in Week 3. Smith started in his first three appearances this year and logged 10 tackles.
After working in a reserve role as a rookie, the 2023 first-round pick from Georgia broke through last season with 42 tackles and 6.5 sacks in 16 games (10 starts). Smith performed even better during the Eagles’ four-game playoff run, notching 16 tackles and four sacks to help the team to a championship. However, he tore his triceps in the Eagles’ 40-22 Super Bowl LIX win over the Chiefs and had to undergo surgery.
Fortunately for Smith and the Eagles, the 24-year-old’s latest triceps injury wasn’t as severe as the one he suffered last February. He’ll now return to a pass-rushing group that has undergone a makeover during the past couple of weeks. The Eagles brought franchise icon Brandon Graham out of retirement in late October. Not content to stop there, general manager Howie Roseman acquired Jaelan Phillips from the Dolphins for a third-round pick before last Tuesday’s trade deadline.
The Smith-Graham-Phillips trio will play together for the first time Monday in a potential playoff preview against the 5-2-1 Packers. They’ll join Jalyx Hunt and Joshua Uche as the Eagles’ main edge options.
Along with activating Smith, the Eagles elevated outside linebacker Patrick Johnson from their practice squad on Monday. Johnson has played in seven games this year and picked up one sack. With 136 special teams snaps this season, he ranks fifth on the team.
Seahawks Place DT Jarran Reed, WR Dareke Young On IR
NOVEMBER 9: General manager John Schneider said on a Seattle Sports radio appearance (via Condotta) Reed recently underwent surgery on his wrist. Recovery from the procedure has not gone as planned, so instead of continuing to play through the issue (as he did last week) Reed will look to fully heal while on IR.
NOVEMBER 8: The Seahawks announced that they have placed defensive tackle Jarran Reed and wide receiver Dareke Young on IR. Reed is dealing with wrist and thumb issues, while Young has a quadriceps injury. Both players will miss a minimum of four games.
Reed, a 10th-year man who began his second stint with the Seahawks in 2023, has once again been a significant contributor this season. Appearing in all eight of the 6-2 Seahawks’ games before his IR placement, Reed has logged a 47.3% snap share with 17 tackles and 1.5 sacks. The 6-foot-3, 315-pounder’s wrist injury limited him to a season-low 17 snaps in a blowout win over the Commanders last week.
Although Reed’s wrist has bothered him, the IR placement comes as a surprise after he was a full participant in practice during the week. Reed’s thumb problem seems to be a new development, though, and it will help lead to a lengthy absence. As Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times notes, only Reed’s wrist malady was listed on the injury report throughout the week. The team announced his thumb injury on Saturday.
Young has totaled just four catches in 39 games since the Seahawks used a seventh-round pick on him in 2022. The 26-year-old has picked up a pair of receptions for 48 yards in six games this season. Most of Young’s impact has come on special teams, where he has played 48.4% of snaps in 2025.
Along with Young, the Seahawks are dealing with injuries to fellow receivers Cooper Kupp (hamstring, heel), Tory Horton (groin, shin), and Jake Bobo (calf) ahead of Sunday’s matchup with the NFC West rival Cardinals. Kupp is questionable, Horton is doubtful, and Bobo is out.
To replenish their depth, the Seahawks signed D-tackle Quinton Bohanna and receiver Cody White from their practice squad to their 53-man roster on Saturday. They also elevated receiver Ricky White III and linebacker Patrick O’Connell from their practice squad.
Jets’ Breece Hall Didn’t Request Trade; Latest On Jermaine Johnson
The Jets grabbed the most headlines in the NFL at the Nov. 4 trade deadline, moving on from star defenders Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams in blockbusters with the Colts and Cowboys. After the departures of Gardner and Williams on Tuesday, a report that running back Breece Hall wanted a trade emerged. Nothing came together, leaving Hall to finish the season with the Jets.
Addressing the rumors earlier this week, Hall said that he did not request a trade, per Brian Costello of the New York Post. At the same time, the 24-year-old neither confirmed nor denied whether he would have welcomed a change of scenery. With his first-ever trip to the open market on the horizon in the offseason, Hall will be able to choose where he plays in 2026. That is, if the Jets don’t slap the franchise tag on him.
While Hall may not have asked out of New York before the deadline, he did think the team would trade him, Armando Salguero of OutKick relays. The Jets reportedly turned down a fourth-round offer from the Chiefs. Gang Green wasn’t going to budge for less than a third-rounder.
Like Hall, Jets edge rusher Jermaine Johnson was popular in the rumor mill leading up to the deadline. Johnson also stayed put, but it wasn’t for lack of interest. The 49ers were among the teams in on Johnson, according to CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones, who reports that one club offered the Jets a third-rounder for him.
It’s unclear if that was San Francisco, but a swap with the 49ers would have reunited Johnson with Robert Saleh. Now the 49ers’ defensive coordinator, Saleh was the Jets’ head coach when they used a first-rounder on Johnson in 2022. He made his lone Pro Bowl under Saleh in 2023.
A deadline day report indicated the Jets had netted at least one second-round offer for Johnson, but Jones’ information clashes with that. The Jets wanted a second-rounder for Johnson, per Jones. General manager Darren Mougey wasn’t going to move Johnson for less. The Jets picked up Johnson’s fifth-year option for 2026 last spring, meaning they’re not in immediate danger of losing him to free agency.
The Jets wouldn’t part with Hall or Johnson before the deadline, but those two will remain fascinating names to watch during the offseason. The team has a few months to re-sign Hall – if that fails, it could tag him – and Johnson is likely to draw trade interest again in 2026.
Latest On Eagles’ New-Look Defense
Now coming off their bye week, the reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles will have a different look on defense heading into a Monday night showdown with the Packers. Philadelphia made one of the most noteworthy moves at this year’s trade deadline, acquiring pass rusher Jaelan Phillips from Miami for a third-round pick on Monday.
With Phillips on the verge of his Eagles debut, his presence could impact linebackers Nakobe Dean and Jihaad Campbell. After suffering a torn patellar tendon in the playoffs last January, Dean opened the 2025 campaign on the physically unable to perform list. He didn’t begin seeing significant snaps until Week 7, leaving Campbell as one of the Eagles’ top two linebackers alongside Zack Baun.
Although Campbell, a first-round pick from Alabama, held his own during Dean’s absence, the latter amassed a higher number of defensive snaps in a 38-20 win over the Giants in Week 8. Despite that, Zach Berman of The Athletic expects Campbell to log the majority of playing time down the stretch.
While Campbell can also line up on the edge, there’s now less need for the rookie in that role. The Eagles are suddenly much deeper in that area with Phillips on board, Nolan Smith returning from IR, and Brandon Graham coming out of retirement. Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio is set to deploy “a more defined split between nickel and base,” writes Berman, which points to fewer snaps for Dean. Considering Dean’s a pending free agent, that would be a disappointing development for the 24-year-old.
The 6-2 Eagles will also enter the second half of their season with a remodeled secondary after free-wheeling general manager Howie Roseman swung a pair of cornerback trades during their bye. Roseman reeled in Michael Carter II from the Jets for a 2027 seventh-round pick and wide receiver John Metchie on Oct. 29. A few days later, he landed Jaire Alexander from the Ravens in a late-round pick swap on Nov. 1.
Carter is an established slot corner, yet the Eagles already have second-year standout Cooper DeJean in the fold. The addition of Carter could point to the Eagles moving the versatile DeJean outside on a full-time basis, but that’s unlikely to happen, according to James Palmer of The Athletic. The Eagles can continue shifting DeJean between the slot and the boundary, though, as no one has stepped up on the outside as a capable complement to No. 1 corner Quinyon Mitchell. Adoree’ Jackson and Kelee Ringo have struggled, while Jakorian Bennett went on IR on Sept. 24 with a pectoral injury.
The Eagles opened Bennett’s practice window on Oct. 22, and he has been a full participant this week. It seems he’ll be back sooner than later. At the very least, he and Alexander will give the Eagles more depth on the outside down the stretch.
Alexander was a two-time Pro Bowler during a fruitful run with Green Bay from 2018-24. However, after he underwent offseason knee surgery, the 28-year-old was unable to regain his old form in his short Baltimore stint. A healthy scratch for most of his time with the Ravens, Alexander has played just 61 defensive snaps this year.
The oft-injured Alexander, who hasn’t played more than seven games in a season since 2022, said this week (via Berman) that he’s healthy, adding that he believes he’s still in his prime. It remains to be seen how often the Eagles will use Alexander, but Roseman took a low-cost flier with the hope that he has something left in the tank.
49ers Activate G Ben Bartch From IR
Ben Bartch opened 2025 as the 49ers’ starting left guard, but he has missed most of the season since suffering a high ankle sprain in Week 2. Bartch, who landed on injured reserve on Sept. 17, is now ready to return after sitting out for almost two months. The team announced on Saturday that it has activated Bartch from IR.
A fourth-round pick of the Jaguars in 2020, Bartch has struggled with injuries throughout his NFL career. He played just three games last season, though Bartch still won the summer competition to take over as San Francisco’s top left guard after Aaron Banks accepted a four-year, $77MM offer from Green Bay in free agency.
Now that Bartch is back, it’s unclear whether he’ll immediately regain his starting job. Connor Colby started six games in Bartch’s absence, but Spencer Burford took the reins in a win over the Giants last week. The 49ers haven’t decided whether Bartch or Burford will start in a key game against the NFC West rival Rams on Sunday, per Noah Furtado of the San Francisco Chronicle.
To make room for Bartch, the 49ers placed defensive end Mykel Williams on IR. The first-rounder’s rookie season ended when he tore his ACL last week. To help fill his void, the 49ers elevated defensive linemen Clelin Ferrell and Sebastian Valdez from their practice squad on Saturday.
Ferrell, who signed with the 49ers in late October, made his debut with the team last week and picked up a sack. Valdez went undrafted out of Washington this year. He’s now in line to make his NFL debut on Sunday.
Buccaneers Activate Luke Goedeke From IR
After returning to practice on Nov. 3, Buccaneers right tackle Luke Goedeke is already set to rejoin their lineup. The team announced that it has activated Goedeke from injured reserve. Goedeke is now eligible to play against the Patriots on Sunday.
The Buccaneers have gone without Goedeke since he aggravated a foot injury in a Week 2 win over the Texans. The team has since welcomed back left tackle Tristan Wirfs from offseason knee surgery. He and Goedeke are now set to bookend the Bucs’ line for the first time this year. That’s excellent news for a unit that lost right guard Cody Mauch to a season-ending knee injury in mid-September.
Injuries have torn through the Buccaneers’ offense this season, but they’re still 6-2 and in first place in the NFC South. Quarterback Baker Mayfield has offered an MVP-level performance despite the long-term absences of Goedeke, Wirfs, wide receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, and running back Bucky Irving, among others.
The return of Goedeke should make life easier on Mayfield. A second-round pick in 2022 and a former tackle at Central Michigan, Goedeke spent most of his rookie year at guard. He made a full-time transition to tackle in his second season and hasn’t looked back. Goedeke started in all 30 of his appearances from 2023-24, leading the Buccaneers to hand him a four-year, $90MM extension this past September.
To make room for Goedeke, the Buccaneers waived safety Sebastian Castro. Signed off the Steelers’ practice squad in late September, the undrafted rookie from Iowa picked up one tackle in his lone appearance with the Buccaneers in Week 6.
In other Saturday moves, the Bucs elevated linebackers Nick Jackson and Mohamed Kamara from their practice squad for Sunday’s game. Jackson, another undrafted rookie from Iowa, is in line for his season debut. This is the second elevation of the season for Kamara, who played in five games with the Dolphins as a fourth-round rookie last year. Those two are up with the Buccaneers having ruled out LBs Haason Reddick and Markees Watts for Week 10.
Packers Notes: Reed, Cox, Lloyd, McManus
The Packers have gone most of the season without wide receiver Jayden Reed, who underwent clavicle and foot surgeries in mid-September. With the Packers off to a 5-2-1 start and leading the ultra-competitive NFC North, Reed could act as a second-half reinforcement for the team. Reed’s foot injury has fully healed, though his clavicle isn’t 100% yet, Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Thanks in part to Reed’s three-catch, 45-yard, one-touchdown effort in Week 1, the Packers coasted to a 27-13 win over the division rival Lions. They’re due to face each other again on Thanksgiving. If Reed doesn’t return in Detroit, he should be back in Week 14 against another NFC North foe, Chicago, according to Silverstein. In the meantime, he’ll undergo weekly MRIs on his collarbone before the Packers’ medical staff clears him.
With Romeo Doubs, Matthew Golden, Christian Watson, Dontayvion Wicks, Malik Heath, and Savion Williams, the Reed-less Packers still have a crowded receiving corps. Doubs is the only member of the group who has posted strong production over the entire season, though Watson has put up quality numbers in his first two games back from the torn ACL he suffered last year. Furthermore, quarterback Jordan Love lost one of his main targets, breakout tight end Tucker Kraft, to a season-ending ACL tear in a stunning home loss to Carolina last week. That’s all the more reason the Packers will gladly welcome back Reed, who averaged 60 catches, 825 yards, and seven TDs per year over his first two NFL seasons.
Like Reed, defensive end Brenton Cox is also trending toward a return, per Silverstein. Cox suffered a groin injury in Week 1, leading the Packers to place him on IR. They haven’t opened his 21-day practice window yet, but once they do, he shouldn’t require the full three weeks before reentering the Packers’ defensive mix. The third-year man totaled four sacks in just seven games in 2024. When healthy, he’ll add to Green Bay’s pass-rushing choices behind Micah Parsons, Rashan Gary, Lukas Van Ness, and Kingsley Enagbare. Teams approached the Packers about their edge surplus before the Nov. 4 deadline, but they rebuffed those clubs, Silverstein reports.
While the news is positive with Reed and Cox, there doesn’t appear to be a return in sight for injured running back MarShawn Lloyd. A third-round pick from USC in 2024, Lloyd played just one game as a rookie on account of multiple ailments (including appendicitis). This season hasn’t gone any better for Lloyd, who has spent all of it on IR with hamstring and groin injuries.
Lloyd has visited specialists to get the bottom of his issues, which Silverstein writes may be the result of a knee injury he suffered in college. The Packers still have high hopes for the speedy Lloyd, who they hope will serve as a capable complement to Josh Jacobs and Emanuel Wilson, but they’re leery of activating him until they’re sure he’s healthy.
Switching gears to special teams, kicker Brandon McManus has disappointed since re-signing with the Packers on a three-year, $15.3MM deal last offseason. After missing only one of his 21 field goal tries and knocking in all 30 extra points last year, McManus has gone 11 of 16 on FGs (a dismal 68.8%) and 15 of 16 on PATs this season. The 34-year-old, who injured his quad in October, has missed three game-tying or game-winning kicks. He failed to convert a 43-yarder in a three-point loss last week.
Despite McManus’ struggles, his job isn’t in jeopardy yet (via Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk). While the Packers brought in Lucas Havrisik as insurance last month, head coach Matt LaFleur said that McManus will retain his position heading into a crucial game against the Eagles on Monday night.
Bears’ T.J. Edwards Undergoes Hand Surgery
Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards underwent surgery on a broken hand this week, head coach Ben Johnson announced (via Courtney Cronin of ESPN). While the Bears have already ruled Edwards out for Sunday’s game against the Giants, they are not planning to place him on injured reserve.
An IR stint would require at least a four-game absence, though the Bears are optimistic Edwards will return before then. He’ll play with a clubbed cast on his hand when he comes back.
The Bears have already placed four other defenders – cornerbacks Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon, tackle Shemar Turner, and end Dayo Odeyingbo – on IR since late September. Thanks in part to their injury problems, the Bears rank 26th in total defense and 29th in points per game allowed.
Edwards, a 2019 undrafted free agent, spent the first four seasons of his career with the Eagles before inking a three-year, $19.5MM deal with the Bears in 2023. After back-to-back 17-start, 100-tackle seasons in Chicago, the team signed the former Wisconsin Badger to a two-year, $20MM extension last spring. However, multiple injuries have shelved Edwards in 2025.
A hamstring issue kept Edwards from playing in three of the 5-3 Bears’ first eight games. Edwards’ hamstring has bothered him all season, though he has nonetheless piled up 31 tackles. Pro Football Focus ranks his performance an impressive 12th among 78 qualifying linebackers.
With Edwards unable to play in Week 10, Noah Sewell will fill in alongside Tremaine Edmunds to comprise the Bears’ top LB duo. Sewell, a third-year man, has logged the first five starts of his career this season. He has amassed 39 tackles, though PFF hasn’t been enamored of his work, ranking him 58th at the position. Rookie fourth-rounder Ruben Hyppolite, a healthy scratch in four games this year, is next on the depth chart. Hyppolite has totaled just 18 defensive snaps.
Giants’ Graham Gano Battling Neck Injury; Younghoe Koo Likely To Kick Sunday
NOVEMBER 7: Gano is not taking part in Friday’s practice. To little surprise, then, Daboll said (via ESPN’s Jordan Raanan) he “assumes” it will be Koo handling kicking duties in Week 10.
NOVEMBER 6: Injuries have been a frequent problem for Giants kicker Graham Gano since he signed a three-year, $16.5MM contract extension in 2023. After combining for 18 of a possible 34 appearances from 2023-24, Gano has already missed four of the Giants’ nine games this year. He could sit out again when the Giants face the Bears on Sunday.
Gano, now battling neck soreness, spent time on IR earlier this season with a groin injury. The 38-year-old missed a field goal in a 34-24 loss to the 49ers last Sunday, his second game since coming off IR, but has connected on his other nine attempts this season. Gano is is also a perfect 9 for 9 on extra points.
While Gano has put together a more-than-respectable career since debuting with Washington in 2009, the former Pro Bowler admitted Thursday that injuries and outside criticism have taken their toll (via Ralph Vacchiano of FOX Sports).
“It’s unbelievably frustrating,” Gano said. “I can’t control the injuries that have happened. It’s not like I’ve done something that is out of the ordinary outside of the building to hurt myself or anything. I just want to play ball, and constantly not being able to is tough. Doing everything I can to try to come back and play, and that’s my hope.”
If Gano is unable to suit up in Week 10, the Giants are preparing to use practice squad kicker Younghoe Koo, head coach Brian Daboll said (via Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post). Also a former Pro Bowler, Koo had a long run with the Falcons, who released him after a costly missed field goal in a 23-20 loss to the Buccaneers in Week 1. The 31-year-old caught on with New York’s practice squad on Sept. 23.
Although Koo has been with the Giants for about a month and a half, he hasn’t kicked in a game with them yet. The Giants instead turned to Jude McAtamney during Gano’s four-game absence. McAtamney converted his only two field-goal attempts while filling in for Gano, but he missed three of his 12 extra-point tries. Two of those misses came in a 33-32 loss to the Broncos in Week 7. The Giants cut and re-signed McAtamney to their practice squad after their Denver disaster, and the Northern Ireland native is now behind Koo in the pecking order.
Despite having Koo and McAtamney around as fallback options, the Giants worked out free agent kicker Ben Sauls on Thursday, according to Dan Duggan of The Athletic. As Duggan notes, the undrafted rookie from Pittsburgh signed with Atlanta’s practice squad after the team moved on from Koo. The Falcons cut Sauls on Tuesday.