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Seahawks Activate C Jalen Sundell, TE Eric Saubert From IR

December 13th, 2025 at 8:56pm CST by Adam La Rose

Jalen Sundell has been sidelined for the Seahawks during each of the team’s past four games. Seattle’s starting center will be available for Week 15, however.

Sundell has been activated from injured reserve. The 26-year-old suffered a knee injury, prompting his shift to IR. Encouragingly, though, he has managed to recover after missing the minimum number of games.

On Monday, it became clear Sundell would return to practice this week. With no setbacks having been encountered, he will be in the lineup tomorrow against the Colts. It remains to be seen if the former UDFA will immediately reprise his role at center, the position he earned during training camp. Head coach Mike Macdonald declined to say how Sundell would be handled upon activation.

Olu Oluwatimi has served as the Seahawks’ starting center since Sundell went down. With both now healthy, Macdonald will need to decide to move Oluwatimi back to the bench or contemplate playing Sundell at right guard. Taking the latter route would see Anthony Bradford lose his first-team spot.

In any case, the Seahawks will have healthy depth up front for the closing stages of the campaign. At the tight end position, meanwhile, Eric Saubert is back in the fold. The journeyman has also been activated from IR on the day he and the team agreed to a one-year contract extension. Saubert has played a rotational role as a run blocking presence this season, but with rookie Elijah Arroyo now on IR himself, he could see a slight uptick in usage for a brief stint.

At 10-3, Seattle is still in contention to land the top seed in the NFC. The team now has two IR activations remaining for the stretch run of the regular season.

Colts Expect Daniel Jones To Recover From Achilles Tear By Training Camp

December 13th, 2025 at 8:08pm CST by Adam La Rose

On Tuesday of this week, Daniel Jones underwent surgery on the Achilles tear which brought an early end to his 2025 season. A recovery timeline has now emerged for the pending free agent.

The Colts expect Jones to be sidelined for a period of six to eight months, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. That is notably shorter than the standard recovery timeframe in the case of Achilles tears. If it holds true, however, Jones will meet the team’s target of receiving clearance in time for training camp next summer.

Of course, it remains to be seen if Indianapolis will still have Jones in place by that point. The former No. 6 pick inked a one-year free agent deal and took on starting duties for 2025. Largely speaking, things went far better than anyone expected and the Colts were 7-1 at one point this season. A drop in play on the part of the team occurred when Jones also attempted to play through a fracture in his fibula prior to suffering his Achilles tear.

That injury cast doubt on whether or not a new Colts pact will be agreed to during the coming offseason. As Schefter and colleague Stephen Holder note, though, the team expects to retain Jones for at least 2026. Per Holder, the timeline in place for the 28-year-old is likely to inform Indy’s plans at the quarterback position this spring. No talks on a new contract had taken place prior to Jones going down but will commence this offseason, per Schefter.

A new Colts pact would certainly not come as a surprise, but the structure of such a contract will no doubt be impacted by the injury. That leaves Jones’ financial future as a major storyline around the NFL leading up to a free agent period set to be devoid of other established starters (or at least those who are not approaching the tail end of their careers). Anthony Richardson and Riley Leonard are also in place, but they are now viewed as QB1 options for the Colts at this point.

With Jones sidelined, Richardson on IR and Leonard dealing with a PCL sprain suffered in Week 14, it will be Philip Rivers leading the offense tomorrow. Indianapolis (8-5) is currently outside of the playoff picture, and Rivers could be counted on to handle starting duties the rest of the way. After the season, attention will turn to Jones and his ability to meet a loft recovery target.

Seahawks, Eric Saubert Agree To Extension

December 13th, 2025 at 7:13pm CST by Adam La Rose

Eric Saubert‘s tenure in Seattle will continue beyond the closing stages of the season. The veteran tight end has agreed to a Seahawks extension, veteran insider Jordan Schultz reports.

This is a one-year deal, per Schultz. Saubert was on track for free agency this spring, but that will no longer be the case. Seattle is the eighth team Saubert has played for over the course of his career (and the 11th he has been a member of), and this news means it will be the third with which he has spent more than one year.

The Seahawks released Saubert in October. At that time, he was attached to a veteran salary benefit contract. Players on deals of that kind cannot receive in-season extensions, something which was a team goal in this case. As ESPN’s Brady Henderson explains, Seattle’s decision to immediately re-sign Saubert to a standard contract was based on the desire to keep him in place for 2026.

The Seahawks also have third-year tight end AJ Barner and second-round rookie Elijah Arroyo in place on the depth chart. Those two have combined to make 55 catches this season, and they will remain key elements of Seattle’s offense moving forward (although the latter has landed on IR). Saubert, as expected, has chipped in as a blocking presence when on the field. The 31-year-old has registered only one reception in seven games this season.

Nevertheless, Saubert has contributed on special teams in addition to his work as a run blocker. The former fifth-rounder will be tasked with continuing in that role through the end of this season but also into next year. With Barner and Arroyo attached to their rookie contracts, Saubert will round out a cost-effective TE trio through at least next season.

Giants Designate CB Art Green For Return From IR, Activate LB Darius Muasau

December 13th, 2025 at 6:30pm CST by Adam La Rose

DECEMBER 13: Green remains on IR at this point but Muasau has been activated, per a team announcement. That will allow him to return to action in Week 15.

DECEMBER 9: The Giants could have a pair of defenders back in the fold in time for their Week 15 game. Linebacker Darius Muasau and cornerback Art Green have been designated for return from injured reserve, per a team announcement.

Muasau has been on IR for one month due to an ankle injury. Green, meanwhile, has been sidelined one week longer while recovering from a hamstring ailment. Both players now have up to 21 days to practice before they must be brought back onto the active roster.

[RELATED: IR Return Tracker]

In the case of Muasau in particular, having him available for the closing stages of the season would be a welcomed development. The 2024 sixth-rounder made seven starts as a rookie, and he remained a first-team presence through the current campaign before being injured. Muasau has logged a 56% snap share in 2025, totaling 32 tackles and one sack in eight games. He will look to resume that level of production upon returning to action.

Bobby Okereke has remained a starter this season, his third in New York. Fellow linebacker Micah McFadden has not played since undergoing foot surgery in September, though, something which has created a vacancy in the Giants’ starting lineup. Muasau, 24, finishing strong would help his chances of securing his spot as a defensive regular for 2026.

Green will not be expected to see the field on defense when he returns. The former UDFA is also in his second season with New York, but he has strictly contributed on special teams to date. Having logged a snap share of 78% in that regard prior to his injury, Green will no doubt reprise his role as a key third phase presence once he is activated.

NFL Practice Squad Updates: 12/13/25

December 13th, 2025 at 5:43pm CST by Ely Allen

Here are Saturday’s only taxi squad moves:

Seattle Seahawks

Akers and Griffin are staying in Seattle days after getting waived by the Seahawks. After having cleared waivers, the two have returned to the team on p-squad deals.

NFL Minor Transactions: 12/13/25

December 13th, 2025 at 5:33pm CST by Ely Allen

Here are today’s minor moves and standard gameday practice squad elevations for Week 15’s Sunday slate of games:

Arizona Cardinals

Buffalo Bills

Carolina Panthers

Cleveland Browns

Denver Broncos

Detroit Lions

Green Bay Packers

Houston Texans

Kansas City Chiefs

Las Vegas Raiders

Los Angeles Chargers

Los Angeles Rams

New England Patriots

New Orleans Saints

New York Giants

New York Jets

Philadelphia Eagles

Seattle Seahawks

Tennessee Titans

Washington Commanders

Nichols began the year on the reserve/PUP list. The eight-year veteran has been hampered by injuries since signing with the Cardinals in 2024. After playing just six games last year, Nichols’ 2025 campaign will end after only four appearances.

Bryant makes his return to the Texans’ offense to replenish a thinned out tight ends group, while in Seattle, the Seahawks place their second-round rookie tight end, Arroyo, on injured reserve with a knee injury.

In Buffalo, this will be Jackson’s third and final standard gameday practice squad elevation. If the team wants to see him in another game this season, they’ll need to sign him to the 53-man roster. The same is true for Strong in Green Bay, Jackson and Mafi in Las Vegas, Smyth in New Orleans, Sam in Philadelphia, and Jones in Seattle.

On the flip side of that, in Denver, Turner has been signed to the 53-man roster after running out of elevations last week.

Thomas suffered a shoulder injury in Week 14 and it will end his season. The third-round rookie confirmed on social media today he is set to undergo surgery in the near future. Thomas made five starts in 2025, totaling 22 tackles and seven pass deflections.

Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs Out Week 15

December 13th, 2025 at 4:49pm CST by Ely Allen

It appears Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs could utilize all 21 days of his practice window as Mike Garafolo of NFL Network announced today that the veteran will remain on injured reserve after being designated to return at the turn of the month. He was questionable to play against the Vikings this week. Even yesterday, The Athletic’s Jon Machota relayed that Diggs expected to play, but it appears the team’s skepticism has won out, as he is now officially out and inactive.

Diggs is now set to miss his ninth week in a row, so it’s no wonder he is antsy to get back onto the field. “I’m ready,” he told members of the media following practice on Friday. “It’s definitely been hard (not playing) because, of course, you want to get back out there. But people feel how they feel, and you just gotta roll with the punches and keep pushing forward.”

Diggs’ road to recovery has been a rocky one in more ways than one. Back in October, as Diggs was continuing to work his way back from a knee injury, he suffered a concussion in his home, landing him on IR. Even further back, in the offseason, the Cowboys fined Diggs $500K for “failing to meet workout participation requirements at the team’s headquarters.”

Per Machota, as good as Diggs has been in his return to the field, the team brass appears to be waiting on improvement in “other areas beyond his work on the field.” Head coach Brian Schottenheimer filled reporters in on the situation.

“He’s still in the ramp-up period,” Schottenheimer told them this week. “I think he does feel healthy. I know he wants to play, but at the end of the day, we have to do what we think is in the best interest of not just him, but also the football team. And when you miss some time, there’s the ramp-up period. It is not just for your body but for your mind and figuring out some of the defense, and there’s some new faces in the huddle and things like that.”

Schottenheimer then relayed that Diggs needed to show them “he’s ready to do everything the right way.” When asked to clarify what that entailed, Schottenheimer simply said, “Everything. Consistency through everything.” There wasn’t much clarification past that, but Schottenheimer claimed that this week was better than the last, and if next week is again an improvement, Diggs can expect to be on the field. At this point, it’s improvement or nothing. Digg’s 21-day practice window will close a week from today, so if he doesn’t get activated this week, he’ll revert to season-ending IR.

A move that dire, when Diggs clearly feels he’s healthy enough to play, could be detrimental to his relationship with the organization. Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports tells us multiple sources have claimed that the relationship between Diggs and Dallas has “soured” and “been severed.” Diggs’ contract has an out built in after this season, and if the two sides are no longer seeing eye-to-eye, we may see the end of his tenure with the Cowboys.

For his part, Diggs has said he wants his future to be in Dallas, per Machota. Diggs said that he understands “at the end of the day, it’s a business” and that “whatever happens, happens.” According to Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News, Diggs told the media he doesn’t have an agent and that he represents himself.

Ravens Activate S Ar’Darius Washington, OLB Tavius Robinson to 53-Man Roster

December 13th, 2025 at 3:10pm CST by Ely Allen

The Ravens are getting some defensive reinforcements for the closing stretch of the regular season. Baltimore is activating veteran safety Ar’Darius Washington from the reserve/physically unable to perform list and third-year pass rusher Tavius Robinson from injured reserve. Both players held starting roles before being placed on their respective injured lists.

It was seven months ago, to the day, that Washington suffered an Achilles tear that was expected to hold him out for the entirety of the 2025 NFL season. A former undrafted free agent out of TCU, Washington started out as a strong special teamer and a role player on defense. When Baltimore’s defense was struggling throughout defensive coordinator Zach Orr‘s first season, the team jettisoned veterans Marcus Williams and Eddie Jackson and placed Washington as a starter next to star Kyle Hamilton.

With Washington and Hamilton manning the defensive outfield, the Ravens defense rebounded, becoming one of the league’s strongest in the back half of the season. Shortly after suffering the offseason injury, Washington made a late-season return the target of his recovery. By arriving with four weeks left in the regular season, he’s more than met that goal. In Washington’s shorter-than-expected absence, the Ravens have become accustomed to fielding a three-safety defense. At any one time, the team will usually have rookie first-rounder Malaki Starks and trade acquisition Alohi Gilman in the secondary as the versatile, All-Pro Hamilton roams to places of greatest need.

With so many assets in the secondary, the Ravens may slow-play Washington’s return to the field. Alternatively, they may attempt to utilize him in a similar role to Hamilton. In the past, they’ve moved Washington back and forth between nickel and safety, so he holds a versatility of his own that the team could easily utilize out of their talent-rich safeties room.

Robinson has missed the last eight weeks after suffering a broken foot. Logging two sacks in his first six games of the season, Robinson led the team in that statistic before landing on IR. The Ravens have attempted to make improvements to their pass rush this season, giving Robinson a starting job across from Kyle Van Noy, drafting Mike Green in the second round, and making two trades that saw Odafe Oweh sent to Los Angeles (in exchange for Gilman) and Dre’Mont Jones arrive in Baltimore.

It hasn’t amounted to much, considering the Ravens currently rank 30th in the league with only 19 sacks this season. They’ll hope that adding Robinson back to the fold will help in that regard. The Ravens have been working with 51 players on their active roster since placing running back Justice Hill and defensive tackle Taven Bryan on IR in late-November, so no corresponding moves were needed to activate Washington and Robinson.

Bears To Place CB Kyler Gordon On IR

December 13th, 2025 at 2:59pm CST by Connor Byrne

Kyler Gordon‘s regular season is over. The Bears are placing the cornerback on injured reserve, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com.

This is the second IR stint of 2025 for Gordon, who’s dealing with a groin injury. A hamstring injury sidelined Gordon for the first four games of the season. Groin and calf issues then forced Gordon to IR for the first time on Oct. 25.

After establishing himself as one of the league’s premier nickel corners from 2022-24, Gordon signed a three-year, $40MM extension in April. Gordon missed nine games during his first three years in the league. He’ll add another 14 to the total this season. In three appearances, Gordon picked up seven tackles and a sack.

Despite minimal contributions from Gordon, the Bears are 9-4 and in possession of the last playoff spot in the NFC. The team has little room for error over the final four weeks of the season, though, and losing Gordon again is an unwelcome development. He missed the Bears’ loss to the NFC North rival Packers last Sunday after injuring himself in pregame warmups.

Fortunately for Chicago, it has a capable and battle-tested in-house replacement in veteran C.J. Gardner-Johnson. Since joining the Bears in late October, Gardner-Johnson has chipped in 33 tackles, three sacks, a forced fumble, and an interception in six games.

Along with announcing Gordon’s return to IR, the Bears elevated running back Brittain Brown and linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin from the practice squad ahead of their Week 15 matchup with Cleveland. Both players have now reached the maximum of three standard elevations this season. The Bears will have to sign either player to their active roster if they want to use them again.

Rams Activate WR Tutu Atwell From IR

December 13th, 2025 at 2:20pm CST by Adam La Rose

DECEMBER 13: Los Angeles officially made the move today to activate Atwell from injured reserve. After sitting out the last seven weeks, the speedy wideout will return for the closing stretch of the regular season in time for a nice runup to a likely postseason run.

Additionally, the Rams have announced that they will call up safety Tanner Ingle as a standard gameday practice squad elevation for tomorrow’s game.

DECEMBER 11: The Rams have one of the league’s best receiver tandems in Puka Nacua and Davante Adams. The team will soon be even healthier at the position.

Tutu Atwell had his 21-day practice window opened on November 26. He is now set to suit up in time for Sunday’s contest against the Lions. Head coach Sean McVay said (via ESPN’s Sarah Barshop) Atwell will be activated from injured reserve this week.

The fifth-year Ram landed on IR in late October due to a hamstring injury. There was initial optimism Atwell would only miss the minimum four games while recovering and then return to the lineup in Week 13. Instead, he has been absent for the past six contests. During that span, Los Angeles has gone 5-1 to remain in strong contention for the NFC’s No. 1 seed.

Nevertheless, getting Atwell back in the fold will give the Rams a boost on offense. The former second-rounder posted a career high in catches (42) and yards (562) last season. That resulted in a one-year, $10MM pact being worked out in March. With the deal being guaranteed in full, expectations were high in the case of a player who had previously been linked to trade speculation.

To date in 2025, Atwell has only managed four receptions in six games. The Louisville product will look to serve as a complementary option in the passing game down the stretch and into the postseason while he approaches free agency. The Rams, meanwhile, will continue to reply heavily on Nacua (who leads the league with 93 catches) and Adams (who is pacing the NFL with 14 receiving touchdowns).

Having only brought back Ahkello Witherspoon so far this season, Los Angeles still has seven IR activations remaining at this point. That figure will drop to six in the near future when Atwell is officially returned to the active roster.

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