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Colts Place DE Kemoko Turay On PUP List, Cut Roster To 53

September 5th, 2020 at 4:13pm CST by Sam Robinson

Here are the players the Colts cut to slash their roster down to 53 players Saturday:

Waived:

CB Andre Chachere
TE Dominique Dafney
G Jake Eldrenkamp
WR Daurice Fountain
TE Farrod Green
DE Gerri Green
WR DeMichael Harris
T Brandon Hitner
C Joey Hunt
WR Marcus Johnson
QB Chad Kelly
DT Kameron Kline
K Chase McLaughlin (story)
T Carter O’Donnell
C Javon Patterson
CB Lafayette Pitts
CB Jackson Porter
S Donald Rutledge
CB Tremon Smith
TE Andrew Vollert
DT Chris Williams
DT Robert Windsor
CB Travis Reed

Released:

TE Xavier Grimble

Placed on reserve/PUP list:

DE Kemoko Turay

Turay’s PUP placement will shelve him for at least the season’s first six games. It is a concerning sign for the former second-round pick, who suffered a broken ankle last October. The Colts were counting on him to play a key edge-rushing role, potentially as the counterpart to starter Justin Houston. The team has not been connected to Jadeveon Clowney since March and also avoided investments in other available pass rushers this offseason.

Kelly spent time on Indianapolis’ practice squad last year and could well end up there again. The Colts recently signed Hunt, a former Seahawks backup/spot starter, and added Grimble this offseason. Both Grimble and his ex-Steelers teammate, Roosevelt Nix, failed to make the Colts’ roster. However, despite the players’ extensive experience, each could be placed on Indianapolis’ 16-man practice squad this year. Teams are permitted to carry six practice squad players with unlimited experience.

NFL Workout Updates: 9/24/19

September 24th, 2019 at 9:00pm CST by Sam Robinson

Here is the latest from the workout circuit:

Arizona Cardinals

S Chris Banjo (Twitter link via the Houston Chronicle’s Aaron Wilson)

Atlanta Falcons

DE Jonathan Bonner, DE Hunter Dimick (Twitter link via Howard Balzer of BalzerFootball.com)

Buffalo Bills

WR Quincy Adeboyejo, WR Reggie Davis, WR J.J. Jones, WR Darvin Kidsy, WR J’Mon Moore (Twitter link via Wilson)

Detroit Lions

C Russell Bodine, OL Tyler Gauthier, DL Joel Heath, DL Frank Herron, DL Zach Kerr, DL Mike Pennel (Twitter link via Wilson)

Indianapolis Colts

S Kentrell Brice, S Deiondre’ Hall, S A.J. Hendy, S Shalom Luani, DB Lafayette Pitts (per Wilson, on Twitter)

Miami Dolphins

WR Emanuel Hall, WR Andy Jones, WR Damoun Patterson, WR DeAndre Thompkins (per Balzer, on Twitter)

New York Jets

DB Blake Countess (per Wilson, on Twitter)

Oakland Raiders

LB Reshard Cliett, LB Quentin Poling, LB Tegray Scales (Twitter link via Wilson)

Seattle Seahawks

OL Brandon Hitner (via Wilson, on Twitter)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

QB Taryn Christion, RB Quinton Flowers, DB John Franklin, WR Ishmael Hyman, WR Marcus Johnson, WR Codey McElroy, WR Jaydon Mickens, QB Phillip Walker (via Balzer, on Twitter)

Tennessee Titans

LB Davin Bellamy, LB Tre’ Crawford, DT Lyndon Johnson, LB Ahmad Thomas, DE Kevin Wilkins, LB Trevon Young (per Balzer, on Twitter)

Bills Reach 53-Man Max

August 31st, 2019 at 4:10pm CST by Zachary Links

The Bills dropped a host of players on Saturday to reach the 53-man limit, but they also carved out spots by other means. Fifth-round linebacker Vosean Joseph (shoulder) and running back Senorise Perry (quad) were placed on IR while undrafted linebacker Tyrell Dodson was placed on the Commissioner’s exempt list.

Here’s the full list of cut players in Buffalo:

DE Sam Acho
TE Nate Becker
WR Victor Bolden Jr.
TE Kyle Carter
S Kurt Coleman
WR Nick Easley
DE Jeff Holland
QB Tyree Jackson
OT Jarron Jones
LB Deon Lacey
CB Cam Lewis
CB Ryan Lewis
OL Eric Magnuson
WR Ray-Ray McCloud
RB LeSean McCoy
K Chase McLaughlin
CB Captain Munnerlyn
RB Marcus Murphy
DT Kyle Peko
WR Cam Phillips
CB Lafayette Pitts
OL Demetrius Rhaney
CB Denzel Rice
WR David Sills
TE Keith Towbridge
RB Christian Wade
S Abraham Wallace
DT L.T. Walton
WR Duke Williams
DE Eddie Yarbrough
DT Roderick Young

Minor NFL Transactions: 4/17/18

April 17th, 2018 at 5:50pm CST by Dallas Robinson

Today’s minor moves:

Atlanta Falcons

Signed: DB Tyson Graham, DT Garrison Smith, DT Justin Zimmer

Baltimore Ravens

Re-signed: WR Quincy Adeboyejo, RB Alex Collins, CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste, TE Vince Mayle, LB Patrick Onwuasor, OL Maurquice Shakir, OL Matt Skura (ERFA)

Buffalo Bills

Re-signed: TE Nick O’Leary, CB Lafayette Pitts, TE Logan Thomas, DE Eddie Yarbrough (ERFA)

Carolina Panthers

Re-signed: WR Damiere Byrd, OL Tyler Larsen, P Michael Palardy (ERFA)

Chicago Bears

Signed original round RFA tender: CB Bryce Callahan

Green Bay Packers

Re-signed: WR Geronimo Allison, CB Donatello Brown, QB Joe Callahan, WR Michael Clark; FB Joe Kerridge, G Justin McCray, T Adam Pankey, G Lucas Patrick, S Jermaine Whitehead (ERFA)

Los Angeles Rams

Re-signed: RB Malcolm Brown, K Sam Ficken, CB Troy Hill (ERFA)

New York Jets

Signed original-round RFA tender: S Rontez Miles, TE Neal Sterling

Seattle Seahawks

Re-signed: LB Paul Dawson
Re-signed: C Joey Hunt, DE Branden Jackson, LS Tyler Ott (ERFA)

RFA/ERFA Tender Decisions: 3/13/18

March 13th, 2018 at 9:35am CST by Dallas Robinson

Here are today’s restricted free agent and exclusive-rights free agent tender decisions, with the list being updated throughout the day. All links go to Twitter unless otherwise noted:

RFAs

Tendered at original round level ($1.907MM):

Cardinals: DL Xavier Williams
Jets: S Rontez Miles (via Ralph Vacchiano of SNY)
Saints: WR Willie Snead (story)
Steelers: LB Anthony Chickillo (via Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Non-tendered:

Saints: CB Delvin Breaux (story)

ERFAs

Tendered:

Bills: TE Nick O’Leary, DE Eddie Yarbrough, TE Logan Thomas, CB Lafayette Pitts (via Mike Rodak of ESPN.com)
Browns: FB: Dan Vitale, C Austin Reiter (via Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal)
Buccaneers: RB Peyton Barber (story)
Jaguars: WR Shane Wynn (story)
Packers: QB Joe Callahan, T Adam Pankey (reports via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com),
Ravens: RB Alex Collins, TE Vince Mayle, CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste (via Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com, on Twitter)

Non-tendered:

Bears: TE Daniel Brown, LB John Timu

Minor NFL Transactions: 10/25/2017

October 25th, 2017 at 5:56pm CST by Dallas Robinson

Today’s minor moves:

Buffalo Bills

Claimed off waivers: CB Lafayette Pitts
Waived: CB Tony McRae

Cleveland Browns

Promoted to active roster: TE Matt Lengel

Houston Texans

Signed: LB Jelani Jenkins

Kansas City Chiefs

Signed: TE Orson Charles

New England Patriots

Promoted to active roster: LB Trevor Reilly

New York Jets

Signed: TE Neal Sterling
Placed on injured reserve: CB Xavier Coleman

Oakland Raiders

Promoted to active roster: RB Elijah Hood

Philadelphia Eagles

Signed: T Taylor Hart (two-year deal)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed: CB Deji Olatoye

Washington Redskins

Signed: OL Tony Bergstrom
Waived: DT A.J. Francis

Sunday NFL Transactions: AFC South

September 3rd, 2017 at 4:48pm CST by Dallas Robinson

Listed below are the Sunday roster moves for the four AFC South teams. Following the 53-man roster cutdown deadline yesterday, many teams will make slight tweaks to their rosters, claiming players off waivers or signing guys who clear waivers. Those transactions for the Texans, Colts, Jaguars, and Titans are noted below.

Additionally, as of 12:00pm CT today, teams can begin constructing their 10-man practice squads. You can check out our glossary entry on practice squads to brush up on those changes, as well as all the other guidelines that govern the 10-man units, whose players practice with the team but aren’t eligible to suit up on Sundays.

Here are Sunday’s AFC South transactions, which will continue to be updated throughout the day:

Houston Texans

Claimed:
- WR Andy Jones
Cut:
- RB Akeem Hunt
Signed to practice squad:
- TE Evan Baylis
- CB Bryce Jones
- WR Riley McCarron
- RB Dare Ogunbowale
- LB Gimel President
- G David Quessenberry
- DE Daniel Ross
- G Chad Slade
- WR Chris Thompson
Cut from IR:
- P Cory Carter

Indianapolis Colts

Claimed:
- CB Pierre Desir
- WR Matt Hazel
- RB Matt Jones (story)
- DB Kenny Moore
- G Ian Silberman
Cut:
- T Zach Banner
- S Ronald Martin
- QB Stephen Morris
- OL Brian Schwenke (story)
- TE Brandon Williams
Signed to practice squad:
- WR Fred Brown
- TE Henry Krieger-Coble
- G Adam Redmond
- LB Darnell Sankey
- LB Garrett Sickels
- QB Phillip Walker
- S Andrew Williamson

Jacksonville Jaguars

Claimed:
- DT Eli Ankou
- TE James O’Shaughnessy
- LB Donald Payne
- DB Lafayette Pitts
- T William Poehls
Cut:
- QB Brandon Allen (story)
- DT Stefan Charles
- OL Jeremiah Poutasi
- LB Hayes Pullard III
- TE Neal Sterling
Signed to practice squad:
- DE Hunter Dimick
- WR Amba Etta-Tawo
- OL Avery Gennesy
- TE David Grinnage
- DB Tracy Howard
- OL Chris Reed

Tennessee Titans

Signed:
- WR Eric Weems
Placed on IR:
- WR Harry Douglas
Signed to practice squad:
- DT Antwaun Woods
- RB Khalfani Muhammad
- QB Tyler Ferguson
- TE Jerome Cunningham
- WR Darius Jennings
- S Denzel Johnson
- OL Tyler Marz
- T Steven Moore

Dolphins Reach 53-Man Max

September 2nd, 2017 at 4:20pm CST by Zachary Links

The Dolphins reached the 53-man roster maximum. Here’s how:

Waived:

LS Winston Chapman
P Matt Darr
QB Brandon Doughty
TE Thomas Duarte
G Isame Faciane
QB David Fales
WR Trey Griffey
S A.J. Hendy
T Sean Hickey
CB Larry Hope
RB Storm Johnson
LB Deon Lacey
WR Rashad Lawrence
WR Malcolm Lewis
CB Jordan Lucas
DE Cameron Malveaux
DE Praise Martin-Oguike
WR Mitch Mathews
WR Drew Morgan
DT Lawrence Okoye
TE Chris Pantale
CB Lafayette Pitts
DE Joby Saint Fleur
RB De’Veon Smith
WR Damore’ea Stringfellow
LB Junior Sylvestre
DE Julius Warmsley
T Avery Young

Waived/injured:

LB Neville Hewitt
LB Brandon Watts

Released:

DE Nick Williams
T Sam Young

Placed on IR:

CB Tony Lippett
LB Raekwon McMillan

PUP List:

WR Rashawn Scott

Williams played in ten games between the Chiefs and Dolphins last season, finishing with eight tackles. He restructured his deal in March, but it wasn’t enough to keep his spot in Miami.

Young was slated to make $1.2MM in 2017 per the terms of the extension he signed in the winter.

RFA/ERFA Tender Decisions: 3/8/17

March 8th, 2017 at 12:43pm CST by Sam Robinson

Unrestricted free agent news will obviously dominate the day, but several clubs also had to make decisions on whether to offer tenders to restricted and exclusive rights free agents. All RFA tenders listed are original round/right of first refusal (worth $1.797MM), and all links go to Twitter:

RFAs:

Tendered:

Chiefs — K Cairo Santos (per Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star, on Twitter)
Raiders — DE Denico Autry (via Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, on Twitter)
Ravens — G Ryan Jensen (via Jeff Zreibec of the Baltimore Sun, on Twitter)
Redskins — LB William Compton

Non-Tendered:

Titans — RB Antonio Andrews, LB Justin Staples, TE Phillip Supernaw (via Terry McCormick of TitansInsider.com)

ERFAs:

Tendered:

Dolphins — TE Thomas Duarte, LB Mike Hull, CB Lafayette Pitts, C/G Anthony Steen
Falcons — CB Ricardo Allen, G/DT Ben Garland, S Akeem King (per D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on Twitter)
Lions — DE Brandon Copeland, DE Kerry Hyder, WR T.J. Jones (per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, via Twitter)

Dolphins Activate CB Chris Culliver

November 7th, 2016 at 4:44pm CST by Zachary Links

The Dolphins announced that they have officially activated cornerback Chris Culliver from the PUP list to the 53-man roster. In related moves, the Dolphins waived defensive tackle Chris Jones, waived/injured cornerback Chimdi Chekwa, and promoted defensive back LaFayette Pitts from practice squad.

Culliver took the practice field in mid-October, setting him up for his November return to football. Culliver tore his ACL roughly one year ago and it has been a tough road back for the veteran. This offseason, the Dolphins were desperate for help in the secondary and they signed Culliver to a one-year deal with the knowledge that he would be out for the first half of the season.

Now, the Dolphins are more in need of secondary help than ever. Star strong safety Reshad Jones has been playing through a torn rotator cuff for two years, but he pushed it too far and was shut down for the season. At corner, rookie Xavien Howard is dealing with a knee injury and Chekwa is obviously out of the picture. Now at 4-4 after beating the Jets, Culliver joins the Dolphins at a very critical time that can determine the course of their season.