Teams continue to sign players to reserve/futures contracts, allowing the organization to retain (routinely) young, practice squad players throughout the offseason. Here are the latest reserve/futures contracts:
Teams have until 3pm Tuesday to slash their rosters from 80 to 53 players. Here are the Monday moves teams are making en route to doing so. The list will be updated throughout the day.
The deadline for teams to extend tender offers to their restricted free agents and exclusive rights free agents looms next week. We’ll keep tabs on the latest here:
Here are Tuesday’s minor moves. While the Titans are moving some players off their reserve/COVID-19 list, other teams have placed players on their respective coronavirus lists.
Atlanta Falcons
Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: DT Marlon Davidson; the rookie defensive lineman tested positive for the coronavirus, Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com tweets.
Promoted: CB Tyler Hall
Buffalo Bills
Promoted: CB Dane Jackson, LB Andre Smith
Dallas Cowboys
Signed off Browns’ practice squad: QB Garrett Gilbert
Green Bay Packers
Placed on IR: TE Josiah Deguara, C Jake Hanson
Kansas City Chiefs
Placed on reserve/COVID-19 list: FB Anthony Sherman; the 10th-year veteran did not test positive for the coronavirus, according to NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero (on Twitter).
Los Angeles Rams
Promoted: S JuJu Hughes
Placed on IR: S Jordan Fuller
Minnesota Vikings
Waived: Hercules Mata’afa
New York Jets
Promoted: CB Lamar Jackson
Philadelphia Eagles
Waived: DB Grayland Arnold, DE Casey Toohill
San Francisco 49ers
Claimed off waivers from Buccaneers: CB Parnell Motley
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Promoted: CB Ross Cockrell, LB Chapelle Russell
Tennessee Titans
Activated off reserve/COVID-19 list: LB Kamalei Correa, CB Kristian Fulton
Promoted: LB Darren Bates, WR Cody Hollister, CB Kareem Orr, OL David Quessenberry
September 6th, 2020 at 5:07pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg
Josh Rosen has found a new home. The highly drafted quarterback will be signing with the Buccaneers’ practice squad, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network (Twitter link).
Rosen will now get to learn from Tom Brady in the quarterbacks room. The UCLA product has had a tough time in the pros, and was just recently cut by the Dolphins after Miami failed to find a trade partner. Heavily hyped coming out of college, Rosen was drafted 10th overall by the Cardinals in 2018. His rookie season was a disaster, as Arizona went 3-13 and head coach Steve Wilks was fired after just one year.
The Cards elected to start fresh the following offseason, drafting Kyler Murray with the first pick and making Rosen expendable. He was quickly dealt to the Dolphins in exchange for a second-round pick. He started three games in Miami but didn’t play well and failed to beat out Ryan Fitzpatrick for playing time.
Obviously Rosen’s circumstances have been far from ideal, and he’s had to deal with things that are extremely rare for such a highly drafted quarterback. Now he’ll be not just learning from Brady, but reuniting with Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich as well. Leftwich was quarterbacks coach and interim offensive coordinator during Rosen’s season in Arizona, when he started 13 games.
This seems like an ideal situation for Rosen to land, and a chance to jumpstart his career. For the Bucs it’s a nice low-risk signing, as they don’t currently have anyone waiting in the wings for whenever the 43-year-old Brady decides to hang up his cleats. Through 16 career NFL starts Rosen has averaged 5.7 yards per attempt with 12 touchdowns and 19 interceptions.