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Minor NFL Transactions: 7/28/25

July 28th, 2025 at 10:35pm CST by Nikhil Mehta

Arizona Cardinals

Signed: CB Keni-H Lovely

Baltimore Ravens

Activated from non-football injury list: LB Jake Hummel

Buffalo Bills

Signed: WR Deon Cain
Waived: CB Daryl Porter Jr.

Carolina Panthers

Activated from active/NFI list: DT Bobby Brown, P Sam Martin

Cleveland Browns

Signed: RB Toa Taua

Detroit Lions

Signed: CB Nick Whiteside

Green Bay Packers

Activated from active/NFI list: OL Elgton Jenkins

Indianapolis Colts

Signed: DT Josh Tupou
Placed on IR: OT Jack Wilson

Miami Dolphins

Waived: RB Nate Noel

Minnesota Vikings

Activated from active/PUP list: LB Chaz Chambliss

New England Patriots

Activated from active/NFI list: S Josh Minkins

New Orleans Saints

Released: OT Josh Ball

New York Jets

Placed on reserve/retired list: RB Zach Evans

San Francisco 49ers

Released: WR Quintez Cephus

Seattle Seahawks

Signed: RB Donovan Kaufman
Placed on IR: RB Kenny McIntosh (story)

Tennessee Titans

Signed: WR Ramel Keyton

Jenkins, who switched to center this offseason, was dealing with a back injury in training camp and participated in a limited capacity on Monday, per USA Today’s Ryan Wood.

Evans, a sixth-round pick by the Rams in 2023, played in 10 games as a rookie but didn’t make the 53-man roster in 2024. He joined the Jets’ practice squad in December and signed a reserve/futures contract in January, but opted to retire instead.

NFC Staff Updates: Eagles, Packers, Panthers

July 27th, 2025 at 10:20pm CST by Ely Allen

The Eagles recently announced a number of title changes and new hires in their personnel and operations departments, per Mike Garafalo of NFL Network.

In his 15th season in the NFL, and his ninth in Philadelphia, Matt Holland was elevated to assistant director of college scouting. After holding personnel positions in Washington and Cleveland, Holland joined the Eagles in 2017 as a pro scout, elevating to senior pro scout, northeast area scout, senior college/pro scout, and most recently, midwest area scout. His promotion goes hand-in-hand with that of Jarrod Kilburn, who’s been named assistant director of pro scouting. Kilburn worked pro scouting internships for the team back in 2012 and 2014 but didn’t join the team in an official capacity until 2022, when he was hired as a college/pro scout after a 2021 internship.

Others receiving new titles in the scouting department are new pro scout Terrence Braxton, new west coast area scout Rod Streater, and midlands area scout Duke Tobin Jr. Braxton is entering his third year with the team and earns the promotion after switching from operations to scouting last year. Streater joined the team in 2022 as a northeast area scout and has been serving as the team’s NFS scout in the two years since. Preston Tiffany has been hired to fill Streater’s vacant NFS scouting role after a lone year as the director of player personnel at LSU. Tobin, the son of the Bengals’ director of player personnel, is in his third year with the Eagles, following roles as a player personnel associate and a scouting assistant.

We also now finally have a job title for Joe Douglas, who was announced as a new hire back in May. Per Garafolo, Douglas, the former Jets general manager, will be joining Matt Russell, the former Broncos vice president of player personnel, and Dave Caldwell, the former Jaguars general manager, in the shared titles of senior personnel directors/advisors to the general manager. Howie Roseman now has two former GMs and a VP of player personnel advising him.

In operations and analytics, James Gilman has been promoted to senior director of football research and strategy, Jon Liu has been elevated to director of football analytics, and Zachary Steever has been named assistant director of football research and strategy. Gilman is in his eighth year with the team, having started as a quantitative analyst and elevating to senior quantitative analyst, assistant director of football analytics, and director of football analytics. Liu fills Gilman’s old role in his eighth year with the team. He started as a football analytics intern before elevating to football operations analyst, football analytics coordinator, and assistant director of football analytics. Steever steps into the new role after serving as a senior quantitative analyst last year.

Additionally, Grant Reiter was named football transactions coordinator after serving as football transactions intern in 2022 and football transactions associate in 2024. His 2023 season was spent with the Browns as a football administration & research/strategy assistant. New hires in the group are football operations coordinator Molly Rottinghaus and software developer Leif Thorson.

Here are a couple of other staff updates from around the NFC:

Back in May, it was announced that Packers president and chief executive officer Mark Murphy would be passing on his titles to Ed Policy at the team’s annual shareholders meeting, per Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. That meeting occurred on Friday inside Lambeau Field. At the meeting, the team also went over the annual financial report, released the Wednesday before, per team editor Mike Spofford. Green Bay reported $83.7MM in operating profit in FY2025, a $23.6MM increase from last year. The anomalous increase was the result of an extra home game, courtesy of the 17-game schedule, showing just how impactful those extra home games are for the teams that get them.
Lastly, the Panthers hired Benjamin Brown to serve as director of data science, according to ESPN’s analyst expert Seth Walder. Brown previously served as the NFL data science manager for PENN Entertainment and has held roles with SumerSports and Pro Football Focus, as well.

Minor NFL Transactions: 7/27/25

July 27th, 2025 at 7:11pm CST by Ely Allen

Here are Sunday’s minor transactions to close out the weekend:

Arizona Cardinals

Signed: CB Steven Gilmore

Buffalo Bills

Activated from active/NFI list: TE Dawson Knox, WR Laviska Shenault

Detroit Lions

Released (with injury designation): CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver

Green Bay Packers

Activated from active/NFI list: RB Amar Johnson

Kansas City Chiefs

Activated from active/PUP list: T Jawaan Taylor, TE Tre Watson

New York Jets

Claimed off waivers (from Dolphins): CB Ryan Cooper Jr.
Waived: P Kai Kroeger

Arizona is adding the brother of Stephon Gilmore after placing two cornerbacks on injured reserve earlier today. Thomas-Oliver was released by the Lions a day after suffering a hamstring injury in practice. He had returned to practice only three days ago from the active/non-football injury list.

Minor NFL Transactions: 7/26/25

July 26th, 2025 at 7:30pm CST by Adam La Rose

Saturday’s minor moves around the league:

Buffalo Bills

Signed: WR Kelly Akharaiyi
Placed on reserve/retired list: WR David White

Carolina Panthers

Reverted to IR: CB M.J. Devonshire

Green Bay Packers

Signed: CB Garnett Hollis Jr.

Houston Texans

Activated from active/PUP list: C Eli Cox, LB K.C. Ossai, RB J.J. Taylor

NFL Minor Transactions: 7/25/25

July 25th, 2025 at 6:43pm CST by Ely Allen

Friday’s minor moves as we head into the weekend:

Carolina Panthers

Signed: CB Mello Dotson, OLB J.J. Weaver
Waived (with injury designation): CB M.J. Devonshire
Waived: OLB Amare Barno

Cleveland Browns

Signed: WR Winston Wright

Green Bay Packers

Claimed off waivers (from 49ers): RB Israel Abanikanda

Los Angeles Chargers

Signed: WR JaQuae Jackson
Waived: T Elijah Ellis

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Reverted to reserve/PUP list: T Silas Dzansi

Tennessee Titans

Signed: WR Matt Landers
Waived: WR Colton Dowell

Packers Holding LT Competition; Latest On Elgton Jenkins

July 25th, 2025 at 4:57pm CST by Sam Robinson

Zach Tom‘s four-year, $88MM extension affirmed the right tackle’s status as a cornerstone Packer, but a question about the team’s direction at left tackle remains. A position battle is ongoing.

Rasheed Walker will need to hold off 2024 first-round pick Jordan Morgan for the job, Brian Gutekunst said. The eighth-year Green Bay GM called this (via ESPN.com’s Rob Demovsky) an open competition but pointed to Walker’s 32 starts as a reason he is the frontrunner for the gig.

On the surface, a former seventh-round pick competing with a priority add (via the 2024 first round) is odd. But Walker has proven to be a late-round find for Green Bay. Pro Football Focus graded the former No. 249 overall pick just outside the top 40 in each of the past two years, after he played in just one game as a 2022 rookie.

Walker’s rookie deal expires after the season, and with two big-ticket O-line payments (to Tom and Aaron Banks) made this year, a free agency path appears clear. Morgan also could be in line to take over at LT in 2026, provided he cannot unseat Walker in training camp. This would set up Walker, with a good contract year, to be one of the 2026 market’s top prizes. He started 15 regular-season games in 2023 and all 17 last season.

A decorated left tackle at Arizona, Morgan split time between left and right guard as a rookie. His injury-shortened season included 120 RG snaps and 65 on the left side, but the former No. 25 overall pick did not see too much action last season. Sean Rhyan operated as the Packers’ primary right guard; the former third-round pick is now in a contract year. Morgan working as a swingman in Year 2 would suggest something is off here, but it also could be possible he loses this competition but unseats Rhyan at RG.

The Morgan-at-right guard plan is technically on the Packers’ back burner, but Elgton Jenkins‘ back injury slid Rhyan to center and allowed Morgan reps at RG, per Channel3000.com’s Jason Wilde. Rhyan said (via Wilde) he believed he has solidified himself as a starting guard. In 543 snaps last season, PFF ranked him 46th among guard regulars. It would surprise if Morgan did not have another chance to crack the starting lineup, but Rhyan would stand in his way if the high-level investment cannot beat out Walker at LT.

Shifted from left guard to center this offseason, Jenkins does not appear in danger of missing regular-season time. Gutekunst hopes the Pro Bowler returns soon, though the team is dealing with a frustrated new snapper thanks to a contract issue.

Jenkins, who has played all over Green Bay’s line, expressed frustration with his deal now that Banks supplanted him as the Packers’ highest-paid blocker. Tom eclipsed both last week. Jenkins is on the Pack’s active/NFI list, meaning he sustained the injury away from the team facility. No guarantees remain on Jenkins’ four-year, $68MM extension — one that runs through the 2026 season.

Additionally, the Packers confirmed (via the Green Bay Press-Gazette’s Ryan Wood) they are playing it safe with Christian Watson‘s ACL rehab. Not expected back until around midseason, the contract-year wide receiver will not go through a full practice during training camp. This makes him a clear candidate for the reserve/PUP list, which would bring at least a four-game absence. Gutekunst added (via Wood) Watson’s rehab has gone “great.”

CB Rumors: Flott, Giants, Sneed, Titans, Hill, Bengals, Barron, Broncos, Diggs, Packers

July 25th, 2025 at 3:13pm CST by Sam Robinson

The Giants used a first-round pick on Deonte Banks in 2023 but have not seen the Maryland product justify his draft slot yet. This led to the Paulson Adebo signing. While Adebo is entrenched as a first-stringer, Banks may not be merely set to slide from New York’s No. 1 cornerback to a sidekick role. Cor’Dale Flott‘s latest summer ascent continues, as The Athletic’s Dan Duggan notes the fourth-year defender received the first crack at the CB2 role during team drills. This appears a full-on competition. Flott had received minicamp work with the 1s, doing so after he impressed last summer en route to a slot-to-boundary shift.

Banks has started all 29 games he has played; being unable to hold off Flott would represent another setback for the former No. 24 overall pick. Flott would not have a path back to the starting slot role were he to lose this battle, as 2024 third-rounder Dru Phillips resides there now. This competition represents a big chance for the 2022 third-round pick, who is due for free agency in 2026.

Here is the latest from NFL secondaries:

A quad injury led to a lengthy L’Jarius Sneed absence last season; it was severe enough to end his season five games in. The trade acquisition did not receive full clearance during the Titans’ offseason program; this came before he proclaimed himself fully healthy in late June. Sneed has since landed on the active/PUP list. Brian Callahan said (via ESPN.com’s Turron Davenport) a knee surgery led to placement on the injured list. The knee cleanup, rather than the quad injury, kept Sneed out of Tennessee’s offseason program. An ominous June report suggested anything the Titans receive from Sneed in 2025 would be “a bonus.” This is a situation to monitor, as Sneed is on a four-year, $76.4MM extension.
In better AFC CB news, Dax Hill avoided Cincinnati’s active/PUP list. Coming back from a Week 5 ACL tear, Hill avoided the Bengals‘ camp injured list despite not participating during Cincy’s offseason program, SI.com’s Jay Morrison notes. While Hill will be eased into work slowly, new DC Al Golden said the former first-round pick — a converted safety — has the flexibility to play outside or in the slot. Hill saw just 23 slot snaps last season before going down, playing mostly on the boundary. Despite Hill not contributing much just yet, the team picked up the young DB’s fifth-year option in May.
On the versatility topic, Jahdae Barron could land at multiple positions in Denver. While the first-round pick has been viewed as most likely to replace Ja’Quan McMillian in the slot this year, the Denver Post’s Luca Evans notes he opened Broncos camp as the starting outside corner opposite Patrick Surtain. This would threaten Riley Moss‘ job security, but the Broncos have been cross-training their top draftee. Barron played across the secondary at Texas, including at safety, giving Denver a chess piece of sorts, but primarily manned the perimeter during his standout 2024. Moss impressed before a late-season MCL injury last year, but Barron could carve out some time at the CB2 spot rather than merely being a slot-focused cog.
Bo Melton‘s wide receiver-to-corner switch is sticking. With the Packers loaded at wide receiver following first- and third-round investments, Matt LaFleur said (via The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman) Melton will indeed play mostly corner during training camp. A wideout during his first three seasons, Melton began working at corner during the Pack’s offseason program. While not a roster lock at corner, Melton will switch and avoid a logjam that includes the team’s four top incumbent WRs (Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks, Christian Watson) along with Matthew Golden and Savion Williams.
Trevon Diggs saw a $500K salary reduction for not working enough at the Cowboys‘ facility this offseason, per the Dallas Morning News’ Calvin Watkins. Diggs needed to attend 84% of Dallas’ offseason workouts to ensure the $500K. Although the former All-Pro corner said he was surprised the Cowboys are withholding the $500K, he indicated he remains happy in Dallas (Twitter links via Watkins and CBS Sports’ Patrik Walker). Diggs, whose knee rehab leaves him likely to miss early-season time, is due $8.5MM in base salary this season.

Nathaniel Hackett Joins Packers Staff

July 24th, 2025 at 7:55pm CST by Ben Levine

A familiar face is back with the Packers. Coach Matt LaFleur revealed today that former offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett is back with the organization in “an analyst role for our defense,” per Albert Breer of TheMMQB.

Hackett was once one of the bright, young offensive minds in the NFL. After cutting his teeth as the Bills offensive coordinator, he took the same role with the Jaguars in 2016. Jacksonville had a pair of dismal seasons during Hackett’s three years on the sideline, but their one successful campaign saw the offense finish the year ranked fifth in points scored.

He caught on with LaFleur’s new staff in Green Bay ahead of the 2019 season. Working alongside Aaron Rodgers, Hackett helped guide the Packers offense to three relatively successful seasons. This included a 2020 season where Green Bay led the league in points scored, and the team followed that up with a 10th-place showing in 2021. Rodgers also won back-to-back MVPs while playing in Hackett’s system.

That performance helped earn the coach his first (and, at the moment, only) head coaching gig in Denver, but things couldn’t have gone much worse. After guiding the Broncos to a 4-11 start, Hackett was fired from his role, making him only the fifth head coach since 1970 to not make it through a full season with his new club. Still, his relationship with Rodgers helped get him the OC job with the Jets in 2023.

We’re all familiar with how that went. Rodgers’ season-ending injury in 2023 helped buy Hackett another season, but when Jeff Ulbrich took over as interim HC following Robert Saleh‘s firing in 2024, the OC was stripped of his play-calling duties. Predictably, Hackett was let go by the end of the campaign.

Now, he’ll resurface in a familiar spot in Green Bay. It’s interesting that he’s been hired for a defensive role, although it’s not particularly rare in today’s day and age. Just last year, the Packers made a similar hire with Saleh, as the ousted Jets coach was hired to provide a defensive viewpoint to the team’s offense.

“I just think it’s a fresh perspective,” LaFleur said (via ESPN’s Rob Demovsky). “You kind of, especially when you take a defensive guy and put them on offense and vice versa, and offensive guy and defense, it gives you a little different lens to see it through and talk through. And so, he’s sitting in with all our, with our defensive staff, and he’s been in the linebacker room and kind of just going through the film and, you know, gives them a good offensive perspective.”

Minor NFL Transactions: 7/23/25

July 23rd, 2025 at 6:55pm CST by Ely Allen

With several training camps underway, here are today’s minor NFL transactions:

Baltimore Ravend

Placed on active/NFI list: LB Jake Hummel

Buffalo Bills

Placed on active/NFI list: WR Laviska Shenault

Carolina Panthers

Signed: CB Tre Swilling
Waived: QB Ethan Garbers

Chicago Bears

Released: S Tarvarius Moore

Cleveland Browns

Claimed off waivers (from Eagles): DE K.J. Henry

Green Bay Packers

Activated from active/PUP list: CB Micah Robinson, LB Quay Walker

Houston Texans

Placed on active/PUP list: DE Denico Autry, DE Derek Barnett, C Eli Cox, DT Foley Fatukasi, DT Kurt Hinish, LB K.C. Ossai, RB Dameon Pierce, RB J.J. Taylor
Placed on active/NFI list: CB Alijah Huzzie, RB Joe Mixon
Waived: CB Keydrain Calligan

Los Angeles Chargers

Reverted to reserve/PUP list: T Savion Washington

Los Angeles Rams

Placed on active/PUP list: WR Tru Edwards, TE Mark Redman

New England Patriots

Activated from active/PUP list: LB Jahlani Tavai
Activated from active/NFI list: CB Carlton Davis, WR Jeremiah Webb

New York Giants

Reverted to reserve/PUP list: S Anthony Johnson

New York Jets

Signed: OL Samuel Jackson
Activated from active/NFI list: LB Aaron Smith

Philadelphia Eagles

Signed: DT Joe Evans
Placed on active/PUP list: LB Nakobe Dean
Waived (with injury designation): OL Marcus Tate

Seattle Seahawks

Placed on active/NFI list: DT Johnathan Hankins

Tennessee Titans

Signed: DT Timmy Horne, RB Jermar Jefferson
Place on IR: QB Will Levis (story)
Placed on reserve/retired list: OLB Lorenzo Carter (story)

Washington Commanders

Signed: WR Tay Martin
Placed on active/PUP list: G Sam Cosmi (story)
Placed on reserve/did not report list: WR Terry McLaurin (story)

Houston fans may be discouraged to see a few big names on injured lists, but all is not lost. Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 tells us that Mixon’s “medical outlook is positive” as the team plans to gradually increase his activity throughout camp. Likewise, Autry is expected to ease his way back into camp workouts, as well. Pierce, on the other hand, is expected to be ready to come off the list at the start of camp.

Per ESPN’s John Keim, Cosmi likely won’t see much time on the field in camp, but he appears to be hitting all the mile markers en route to being healthy for the start of the regular season. With McLaurin officially beginning his holdout yesterday, the team has made the corresponding roster move. McLaurin will rack up fines of $50K per each day missed, but if the team can come to terms on an extension, they can make sure those fines are nullified.