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Patriots Work Out Elijah McGuire

By Zachary Links | at October 25, 2019 5:42 pm

After the Patriots got done smoking the Jets, they took a look at one of their former running backs. On Friday, the Jets auditioned running back Elijah McGuire, as Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle tweets.

McGuire spent the last couple of seasons with the Jets, up until his recent release. The tailback drew solid reviews in Jets practice over the last two years, but his career 3.3 yards per carry average isn’t much to write home about.

Austin Walter, a Rice product, also showed his stuff for the Patriots. Walter recently auditioned for the Texans as well, so he may have an opportunity to stay in the great state of Texas.

If McGuire or Walter wind up with the Pats, they might get to make their New England debut against the Browns on Sunday. And, if they don’t, they might find a spot on the Patriots’ always-growing emergency list.

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NFL Workout Updates: 10/22/19

By Sam Robinson | at October 22, 2019 8:57 pm

Here is Tuesday’s summary from the workout circuit:

Atlanta Falcons

DE Quinton Bell, DE/OLB Nate Orchard, DE/OLB Shane Ray (Twitter link via Adam Caplan of Sirius XM Radio)

Chicago Bears

DL Jay Bromley, DL Stacy McGee (Twitter link via Caplan)

Houston Texans

LS Andrew DePaola, LS Wes Farnsworth, CB E.J. Gaines, DE Dewayne Hendrix, RB Darius Jackson, DE Austin Larkin, WR J.J. Nelson, LS Matt Overton, WR Eli Rogers, RB Austin Walter (Twitter links via Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle)

Jacksonville Jaguars

LB Keishawn Bierria, LB Ukeme Eligwe, LB Nicholas Grigsby, LB Donald Payne, LB Christian Sam (Twitter link via Wilson)

Los Angeles Chargers

WR Jalen Guyton (per Wilson, on Twitter)

New England Patriots

WR Malik Henry, OL Aaron Monteiro (via Wilson, on Twitter)

New York Giants

DE Wes Horton (per Caplan, on Twitter)

Philadelphia Eagles

DL Willie Henry (Twitter link via Caplan)

Seattle Seahawks

LB Tashawn Bower (visit), WR Penny Hart, WR J’Mon Moore, WR Bobo Wilson (Twitter links via Caplan and Wilson)

Minor NFL Transactions: 10/12/19

By Sam Robinson | at October 12, 2019 4:09 pm

Here are Saturday’s minor moves:

Atlanta Falcons

Released: OL John Wetzel

Los Angeles Chargers

Promoted from practice squad: WR Jason Moore
Waived: TE Stephen Anderson

Los Angeles Rams

Promoted from practice squad: RB John Kelly
Waived: WR Nsimba Webster

Miami Dolphins

Promoted from practice squad: CB Nik Needham
Waived: S Doug Middleton

Minnesota Vikings

Promoted from practice squad: LB Cameron Smith
Waived: WR Davion Davis

New York Giants

Re-signed: QB Alex Tanney
Waived: RB Austin Walter

Seattle Seahawks

Promoted from practice squad: TE Jacob Hollister

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Placed on IR OG Zack Bailey

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Minor NFL Transactions: 10/10/19

By Sam Robinson | at October 10, 2019 5:16 pm

Here are Thursday’s minor moves, with the list being updated throughout the day:

Chicago Bears

Re-signed: TE Bradley Sowell

New York Giants

Promoted from practice squad: RB Austin Walter
Waived: QB Alex Tanney

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Promoted from practice squad: C Nate Trewyn

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NFL Practice Squad Updates: 9/18/19

By Sam Robinson | at September 18, 2019 9:02 pm

Here are Wednesday’s practice squad decisions:

Baltimore Ravens

Placed on practice squad IR: RB Mark Thompson

Indianapolis Colts

Cut: RB Bruce Anderson

New York Giants

Signed: RB Austin Walter
Cut: TE C.J. Conrad

Philadelphia Eagles

Signed: CB Craig James
Cut: TE Alex Ellis

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NFL Workout Updates: 9/17/19

By Sam Robinson | at September 17, 2019 9:15 pm

Here are Tuesday’s updates from the workout circuit, all links going to veteran NFL reporter Howard Balzer’s Twitter unless otherwise noted.

Atlanta Falcons

LB Carroll Phillips (per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, on Twitter)

Cleveland Browns

T Dino Boyd, G Colby Gossett, G Malcolm Pridgeon (Twitter links via Balzer and the Houston Chronicle’s Aaron Wilson)

Dallas Cowboys

T Paul Adams, WR Quincy Adeboyejo, CB Deante Burton, DT Justin Hamilton, DE Willie Henry, LB Jawaun Johnson, S Josh Jones, WR DaMarkus Lodge, WR Anthony Ratliff-Williams (via ESPN.com’s Todd Archer)

Detroit Lions

RB Benny Cunningham, RB Quinton Flowers, DE Durrant Miles, CB Marcus Sherels, LB James Vaughters (link)

Green Bay Packers

WR Keon Hatcher, RB Bo Scarbrough, RB Austin Walter, DL Anthony Zettel (Twitter links)

Indianapolis Colts

T Gerhard deBeer, Christian DiLauro, Brandon Hitner, C James Murray (link)

New Orleans Saints

LB Ray-Ray Armstrong, QB J.T. Barrett, TE Crockett Gillmore, WR Krishawn Hogan, TE Gabe Holmes, QB Chad Kanoff, WR Jordan Matthews, TE Brian Parker, LB Brian Peters, LB Malcolm Smith, WR Deonte Thompson, QB Phillip Walker (link)

New York Jets

LB B.J. Bello, CB Jordan Brown, CB Nigel Harris, CB Joshua Holsey, Shakial Taylor, CB Ahmad Thomas (link)

Oakland Raiders

WR Jamal Custis (Twitter link via Wilson)

San Francisco 49ers

LS Jon Condo, LS Garrison Sanborn, LS Drew Scott, T Sam Young (Twitter links via Balzer and ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter)

Seattle Seahawks

LB Malik Carney, CB Jeremy Clark, S Adrian Colbert, DT Lyndon Johnson, CB Greg Mabin, CB Duke Thomas (link)

Washington Redskins

RB Josh Ferguson, RB De’Angelo Henderson (Twitter links via Rapoport and NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo)

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NFL Workout Updates: 9/10/19

By Andrew Ortenberg | at September 10, 2019 9:55 pm

We’ve got another busy day of workouts, with many teams across the league hosting players.

Arizona Cardinals

S Briean Boddy-Calhoun; CBs Andre Chachere, De’Vante Harris

Buffalo Bills

QBs Keller Chryst, Taylor Heinicke; WRs Tommylee Lewis, Joe Parker, Terrance Williams; CB Marcus Sherels, WR Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi

Cleveland Browns

RB Marcus Murphy

Detroit Lions

DEs Jesse Aniebonam, Andrew Ankrah, Markus Jones; S Josh Jones; CB Jeff Richards

Indianapolis Colts

RBs Bruce Anderson, Darrin Hall; S Chris Banjo; DTs Earl Mitchell, Mike Pennel

Miami Dolphins

DB Jordan Brown; Ts Christian DiLauro, Storm Norton, Chidi Okeke; CB Deatrick Nichols

New York Giants

CBs Derrick Baity, Picasso Nelson; LBs Reshard Cliett, LaTroy Lewis; WRs Jamal Custis, Trenton Irwin; RBs Josh Ferguson, Austin Walter; DT P.J. Johnson; DEs Carroll Phillips, Kevin Wilkins; QB Jordan Ta’amu

New York Jets

WRs Carlton Agudosi, Amara Darboh, Krishawn Hogan, Joe Horn, DeAndre Thompkins, Jordan Veasy, Kendall Wright; TEs Stephen Anderson, Donald Parham, Ross Travis; QBs Taryn Christion, Tyree Jackson, Mike White, Ks Elliott Fry, Greg Joseph, Younghoe Koo, Tristan Vizcaino

Philadelphia Eagles

LB Paul Worrilow

Seattle Seahawks

CBs Linden Stephens, Herb Waters, D.J. White

Tennessee Titans

Gs Joshua Garnett, Chaz Green; C Wesley Johnson

Washington Redskins

LBs Jamell Garcia-Williams, Noah Spence; DL Datone Jones, T.Y. McGill, Caraun Reid, Adolphus Washington, Ethan Westbrooks

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49ers Cut Joshua Garnett, Reach Max

By Zachary Links | at August 31, 2019 7:29 pm

The 49ers got down to the 53-man roster maximum by releasing 24 players in total on Saturday, including former first-round pick Joshua Garnett.

The Niners used the No. 28 pick to select Garnett in 2016, but they never saw much from him at the pro level. The Stanford product started in eleven of his 15 games as a rookie, but even then, his performance was underwhelming – Garnett racked up penalties and didn’t excel in run blocking or pass blocking. Garnett then missed all of 2017 after undergoing knee surgery and only saw action as a reserve in seven games last year. At a rate of $10.35MM, it made little sense to keep Garnett for 2020, especially since the option would have been guaranteed for injury.

This year, Garnett is said to be healthy, but that ensured little in terms of performance, so he’s out. The Niners will save $1.7MM against $1.2MM in dead money.

Jordan Matthews was said to have had a strong camp, but the 27-year-old wide receiver wasn’t able to stick in SF. He inked a one-year, $1.8MM deal with the Niners in March, but he’ll exit with just his $300K signing bonus in hand.

Aside from Garnett and Matthews, here’s the rest of the Niners’ cuts:

Released

DB Antone Exum Jr.

LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles

DL Jamell Garcia-Williams

DL Kevin Givens

S Marcell Harris

TE Daniel Helm

WR Malik Henry

LB Elijah Lee

LB David Mayo

DL Damontre Moore