Marquise Williams

Packers Bring Roster Down To 53

The Packers have announced the cuts that will bring their roster down to 53. The club has made the following moves:

Cut:

Placed On IR:

  • Kyle Steuck
  • DT Tyler Kuder

Reserve/Suspended:

Packers Cut Multiple Players

The roster trimming has begun early in Green Bay. Here are the Packers’ first few moves as they work toward the 53-man limit:

Waived/Injured:

Waived:

  • CB Warren Gatewood (Twitter link via Michael Cohen of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  • QB Marquise Williams

Minor NFL Transactions: 5/26/16

Today’s minor moves:

  • The Buccaneers have signed former FSU cornerback Javien Elliott and safety Kimario McFadden, as freelance reporter Jenna Laine tweets.
  • The Raiders announced that they have waived wideout Robert Herron. The 23-year-old has also spent time with the Buccaneers and Dolphins, compiling 58 yards and one touchdown with Tampa Bay in 2014.
  • Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle tweets that the Packers have cut quarterback Ryan Williams and replaced him with Marquise Williams. The team’s new 6-2 signal-caller out of North Carolina will join a quarterback grouping that includes Aaron Rodgers, Brett Hundley, and Joe Callahan.
  • Bengals kicker Jonathan Brown has been transferred to the injured reserve, tweets Wilson. The former Kentucky soccer standout went unclaimed after having been waived-injured.

Ben Levine contributed to this post.