Minor NFL Transactions: 9/13/25
Here’s are today’s minor transactions and standard gameday practice squad elevations:
Arizona Cardinals
- Elevated: TE Josiah Deguara
Baltimore Ravens
- Elevated: TE Zaire Mitchell-Paden
Buffalo Bills
- Elevated: LB Keonta Jenkins, DT Zion Logue
Chicago Bears
- Elevated: DE Tanoh Kpassagnon
Dallas Cowboys
- Signed to active roster: WR Ryan Flournoy
- Elevated: CB Zion Childress, CB Robert Rochell
Denver Broncos
- Elevated: FB Adam Prentice, LB Garret Wallow
Detroit Lions
- Elevated: LB Monty Rice
Indianapolis Colts
- Elevated: RB Ulysses Bentley IV, CB Chris Lammons
- Placed on IR: CB Jaylon Jones (story)
Jacksonville Jaguars
- Elevated: TE Quintin Morris
Miami Dolphins
- Signed to active roster: CB Cornell Armstrong
- Elevated: K Riley Patterson, RB Jeff Wilson
Minnesota Vikings
- Elevated: CB Fabian Moreau, OLB Gabriel Murphy
New England Patriots
- Elevated: CB Kobee Minor, LB Mark Robinson
New Orleans Saints
- Signed to active roster: DE Jonah Williams
- Elevated: S Terrell Burgess, DE Fadil Diggs
- Placed on IR: S Julian Blackmon (story)
New York Giants
- Elevated: LB Swayze Bozeman, DT Elijah Garcia
New York Jets
- Elevated: CB Korie Black
Philadelphia Eagles
- Elevated: S Marcus Epps, TE Cameron Latu
- Placed on IR: T Cameron Williams
Pittsburgh Steelers
- Elevated: LB Jon Rhattigan
San Francisco 49ers
- Signed to active roster: LB Curtis Robinson
- Elevated: QB Adrian Martinez, TE Brayden Willis
- Waived: DE Robert Beal Jr.
Seattle Seahawks
- Elevated: S D’Anthony Bell, DT Brandon Pili
Tennessee Titans
- Signed to active roster: C Corey Levin
- Elevated: RB Jordan Mims, T John Ojukwu
- Waived: T Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
With one quarterback on the reserve/non-football injury list and starter Brock Purdy inactive, Martinez comes up with the potential to appear in his first ever NFL game, though Niners fans hope his presence will not be necessary.
Bell will be active for tomorrow’s game as the Seahawks work to replace second-round rookie Nick Emmanwori in the secondary. Emmanwori has been ruled out with an ankle injury. Similarly, Wallow will be part of the Broncos’ efforts to fill in for injured linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who has been ruled out for the second week in a row.
Falcons Rule Out Younghoe Koo, Elevate John Parker Romo; S Jordan Fuller Placed On IR
The Falcons made it clear that kicker Younghoe Koo was in danger of losing his role as the team’s primary kicker as they hosted a number of free agents and eventually signed John Parker Romo to the practice squad. Atlanta made the decision today to rule Koo out for the game and promote Romo as a standard gameday practice squad elevation. 
Koo, playing in the fourth year of his five-year, $24.25MM contract, came into the season on thin ice. Koo’s first three years in Atlanta were stellar as he only missed seven of 94 field goal attempts. In the 2022 and 2023 seasons, though, Koo’s identical 32-for-37 results marked a career high for misses. The wheels seemed to come off in 2024 as Koo missed nine of 34 field goal attempts.
Therefore, when Koo missed a 44-yarder in an attempt to send the Falcons into overtime in their Week 1 matchup with the Buccaneers, it became apparent that he may lose more than just the game. With Romo coming in Tuesday, Koo had the week to change his coaches’ minds. In the end, he will not travel with the team. His out designation reasoning has been ruled as not being injury related.
Romo will get another opportunity after a short stint with the Vikings last year. When Minnesota’s regular kicker Will Reichard was placed on injured reserve, the team signed Romo to fill in. The latter did phenomenally in his time as a substitute, making 11 of 12 attempts, including a 55-yarder, though he did miss one of eight extra point attempts. Reichard’s stint on IR lasted the minimum four weeks, and Romo was waived upon his return.
The Falcons also placed safety Jordan Fuller on IR. The sixth-year veteran was among those released by Atlanta during roster cutdowns, but he found himself back in the fold shortly thereafter. Fuller played a special teams role in Week 1, but a knee injury will now result in an extended absence. At least a four-week spell on the sidelines is in store as a result of today’s move.
Atlanta’s other gameday elevation for Monday night is receiver David Sills. One of the team’s callups last week, Sills played just two snaps against the Buccaneers. A limited workload should again be in store this time around.
Adam La Rose contributed to this post.
NFL Practice Squad Updates: 9/13/25
Here are Saturday’s practice squad moves:
Chicago Bears
- Placed on practice squad/injured list: DE Xavier Carlton
Indianapolis Colts
- Signed: S Trey Washington
- Released: S Darrick Forrest
Washington Commanders
- Signed: TE Lawrence Cager
- Released: P Mitch Wishnowsky
The Commanders needed Wishnowsky as insurance with regular punter Tress Way dealing with back issues throughout the week, but having made it through Week 2 with a heathy Way, Washington brings back Cager, whom they dropped to make room for Wishnowsky.
Carlton was moved off the practice squad to make room for former third-round kicker Jake Moody, who cleared waivers after getting cut from San Francisco this week and signed a practice squad deal in Chicago.
Unique Details In Recent WR Extensions
In the past few weeks, we’ve seen the Commanders and Packers agree to extensions with top receivers. Terry McLaurin was able to cease a hold-in after finally receiving a deal worth signing, while a recovering Christian Watson signed a deal pushing back his eventual free agency another year into the future. Each deal, though, held a unique aspect worth discussing. 
We already covered several details of the extension that adds $87MM of new money to the 29-year-old McLaurin’s deal. New information comes in the form of incentives and some structure in the timing of payments. In each year through 2028, he’ll have the same three performance incentives. 83 receptions will net him $300K, 1,097 yards will net him another $300K, 10 touchdowns will net him another $300K, and making the playoffs will double any of the qualified bonuses to $600K.
A Pro Bowl bid will earn McLaurin $250K extra in each season, but first- or second-team All-Pro honors would trigger a $500K escalator, increasing his salary in the following season by that amount. He’ll be able to get $500K in each of the three news seasons for participating in voluntary offseason workouts, and for the next four years, he’ll have the potential to make $850K per season in per game active roster bonuses.
What makes this deal interesting, as Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer points out, is that the language of the deal poses it more as a two-year commitment. There is a $5.35MM injury guarantee for the 2027 season, but it doesn’t vest until April 1 of that year, so that day becomes a deadline for deciding whether or not to exercise what essentially become team options in ’27 and ’28. McLaurin had been seeking a big raise, but Washington had balked at the idea of giving him $30MM per year. Essentially, McLaurin gets his big raise for the next two years but little security in the following two.
The Packers agreed to extend Watson as they wait for him to come off the reserve/physically unable to perform list. The deal, per Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, includes the opportunity to make up to $1.83MM in per game active roster bonuses and $2.25MM in incentives, not to mention workout bonuses in each of the next two seasons.
Where the deal gets interesting here is the team’s decision to add three effective voidable years from 2027-29. Whereas voidable years are often utilized to spread cap hits out over a longer amount of time, these void years increase Watson’s 2025 cap impact. Per Ken Ingalls of Sports Illustrated, the void years allow Green Bay to circumvent the 12-month renegotiation waiting period, allowing them to potentially work out another extension for Watson next season. Ingalls claims it also makes Watson’s contract easily tradable in the case that he asks for a bigger raise next year and the Packers refuse.
Both deals are interesting innovations as each franchise got creative in their attempts to keep their players happy in the moment, while keeping the teams’ financial futures intact. We’re sure to see continued evolution of how front offices confront and structure contracts in ways that have not often been seen.
Patriots DC Terrell Williams Will Miss Week 2 Game
The Patriots will be without a key staffer this weekend as defensive coordinator Terrell Williams will be away from the team for a few days, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Though head coach Mike Vrabel is a former defensive coordinator, albeit only for a single season, he will entrust the defensive play-calling duties to inside linebackers coach Zak Kuhr, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss. 
Williams, a defensive line coach with the Lions for the past two seasons, was visiting home in Detroit in May of the offseason when he experienced a “health scare.” Doctors advised him to stay there instead of returning to New England for the start of rookie minicamp. He declined to give any details about the specifics of his health, though he said he would in the future.
In June, reports declared an uncertain timeline for the first-time coordinator’s return. At that point, Kuhr had been leading the defense throughout OTAs. Kuhr revealed at that time that his coordinator was making sure to check in on his staff and players daily via video conference. Williams’ determination to stay connected to the team paid off when he made a late-July return to New England in time for training camp.
This week’s newest update is unfortunate to see. Williams will be undergoing medical testing, but with so little information on his issues so far, Rapoport points out that there’s hope the absence will be unrelated to his previous health scare. Vrabel informed the media that he is expecting an update next week, “and then (they)’ll go from there.”
NFL Minor Transactions: 9/12/25
Here is today’s only minor transaction:
Kansas City Chiefs
- Waived (with injury settlement): DT BJ Thompson
A 2023 fifth-round pick, the Stephen F. Austin product has only appeared in one game, the final contest of his rookie season. During a team meeting last summer, Thompson suffered a seizure that resulted in cardiac arrest for more than 90 seconds. He regained consciousness a few days later. Ever since, the Chiefs have played it very safe when it comes to his playing future. He spent the summer on the active/non-football injury list and was not activated in time for the final roster cut deadline.
Vikings S Harrison Smith Expects To Be Back By Week 4
After mulling retirement in the early days of the offseason, Vikings safety Harrison Smith opted to play another year and re-signed to play with the only team he’s ever known. Unfortunately, what may end up being his final season of NFL play got off to an ominous start that’s seen him absent from football activities since August 11. Nearly a full month later, Smith finally spoke publicly on the matter today and asserted that he expects to be back by Week 4 of the regular season. 
The first rumors that rolled in at the end of August called Smith’s issue an illness. The ailment caused the 36-year-old to sit out of the team’s final two weeks of training camp, but reports claimed he was expected to make a full recovery. In his first comments since the news broke, per ESPN’s Kevin Seifert, Smith clarified that his struggles were unassociated with his mental health. Though he declined to go into specifics, he assured the media that the nature of the issue was “physical.”
“I’m just trying to get my conditioning up,” Smith said about his plans moving forward. “I’m going to go out there and see how much I can handle and go from there. I’ve already moved around, and I’m moving around well. It’s just volume and conditioning.”
The Vikings pointedly decided not to place him on an injured list at the roster cut deadline; the injured reserve with a designation to return and the reserve/non-football illness list were both viable options. They seemingly opted not to do so because he would have been forced to miss the first four weeks of the season before being eligible to return to the active roster, and they believed he would be ready to return sooner.
Smith appears to be doing his best to reward their confidence in him, as he told the media, “We’re kind of fluid with if I’m ready to go or not, and if I am going to help the team or not. That all matters. But I expect to be back before (the four-week mark).”
NFL Practice Squad Updates: 9/10/25
Wednesday’s taxi squad transactions:
Arizona Cardinals
- Signed: LB Channing Tindall
Buffalo Bills
- Signed: DT Phidarian Mathis
Cleveland Browns
- Signed: DE K.J. Henry
Houston Texans
- Signed: T Jaylon Thomas
Kansas City Chiefs
- Released: LB Cole Christiansen
Los Angeles Chargers
- Released from practice squad/injured list (with injury settlement): WR Jalen Reagor
Philadelphia Eagles
- Signed: DT Jacob Sykes
- Released: CB Eli Ricks
Pittsburgh Steelers
- Signed: QB Logan Woodside
San Francisco 49ers
- Signed: TE Messiah Swinson
Washington Commanders
- Signed: P Mitch Wishnowsky
- Released: TE Lawrence Cager
With regular punter Tress Way in danger of missing this week’s Thursday Night matchup in Green Bay with a back injury, Washington has signed the former 49ers veteran as insurance.
NFL Minor Transactions: 9/10/25
Here are today’s mid-week minor NFL transactions:
Arizona Cardinals
- Signed to active roster: WR Simi Fehoko
- Placed on IR: S Joey Blount
New Orleans Saints
- Waived: QB Hunter Dekkers
New York Jets
- Signed off Bengals’ practice squad: WR Isaiah Williams
- Waived: WR Xavier Gipson
Pittsburgh Steelers
- Signed to active roster: CB James Pierre
- Placed on IR: LB Malik Harrison, QB Skylar Thompson
Blount will reportedly be on injured reserve for the remainder of the season after Sunday’s neck injury. After colliding with a ball carrier at the same time as rookie linebacker Cody Simon, who suffered a concussion, Blount was seen in a neck brace after the game.
After Jets head coach Aaron Glenn told reporters that “players who made costly mistakes would not stay on the field,” per Brian Costello of the New York Post, Gipson has been waived from the team. In a close loss to the Steelers, Gipson coughed up a costly fumble. Williams will come up from Cincinnati, and his experience as a return man may hint at how New York might address the loss of Gipson.
The Steelers see two key backups hit injured reserve as they make room for Jabrill Peppers and Pierre. Harrison followed Patrick Queen this offseason as the second linebacker to make the move from rival Baltimore in as many seasons, but he didn’t have an established role on the Steelers defense yet. Thompson joins rookie sixth-round pick Will Howard on IR. Practice squad passer Logan Woodside now stands as QB3 behind Aaron Rodgers and Mason Rudolph.
Cowboys CB DaRon Bland To Miss Multiple Games
We saw an early rumor from ESPN’s Todd Archer that Cowboys cornerback DaRon Bland “could be” out for a couple of weeks, but Clarence Hill Jr. of All City DLLS confirmed that Bland will be out for at least two weeks with a right foot injury. 
The 26-year-old missed 10 games last year due to a fracture in his left foot after leading the NFL with nine interceptions, 209 interception return yards, and five interceptions returned for touchdowns in his sophomore campaign in 2023 — the five scores in a single season were an NFL record. Bland was able to return from injury for the final seven games of the season, and though he didn’t tally any more interceptions, he still graded out favorably per Pro Football Focus (subscription required), ranking as the 33rd-best cornerback out of 116 players graded at the position.
Dallas only had one of their starting cornerbacks at a time in 2024. Trevon Diggs missed all but one of the final seven games Bland returned for at the end of last year as his knee began to flare up and eventually required major knee surgery. To deal with both injuries, the team leaned heavily on nickelback Jourdan Lewis, who’s no longer with the team, and fifth-round rookie Caelen Carson, who’s currently on injured reserve.
The absence of Bland hurts a bit more considering that Diggs didn’t appear to be ready for a full workload in Week 1. While Bland and trade acquisition Kaiir Elam played all 62 defensive snaps in the team’s season-opening loss, Diggs was only on the field for 26 snaps. With Carson on IR, rookie third-round pick Shavon Revel starting the season on the reserve/non-football injury list, and second-year backup corner Josh Butler starting the season on the reserve/physically unable to perform list, the secondary in Dallas is getting thin.
The team’s healthy cornerbacks currently consist of Elam, seventh-round rookie Trikweze Bridges, Reddy Steward and long-time reserve corner C.J. Goodwin. Diggs is listed without an injury designation but still may be working his way back to full strength. Goodwin, a veteran special teamer, hasn’t made an NFL start since his rookie year in 2016, Steward appeared in one game for the Bears last year, and last week was his second NFL game appearance.
Things may be getting desperate in Dallas. A two-week absence for Bland may be manageable, but the Cowboys may still feel the need to fill out some depth at the position. Veteran cornerback Stephon Gilmore remains unsigned as a free agent, as does former Chargers corner Asante Samuel Jr. Samuel is still a free agent likely because of his injury issues, though, so he might not seem appealing to the Cowboys, but Gilmore started 15 games in his age-34 season in Minnesota in 2024.
Regardless, Dallas will hope to avoid a repeat of 2024 with Bland. Perhaps he’ll be back with no issues in two weeks’ time, but if there’s any risk of further injury to their young star cornerback, they might do well to let him sit a bit longer. Coming off his first game under his new four-year, $92MM extension, the priority will not be getting him back sooner but making sure he’s fully good to go.