Here are today’s minor moves around the NFL:
Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Kansas City Chiefs
Minnesota Vikings
Pittsburgh Steelers
We’ve compiled a list of players who were placed on or activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list today. In some instances, players activated from the list remain on IR:
Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Bills
Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Denver Broncos
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Chargers
Los Angeles Rams
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New Orleans Saints
New York Giants
New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Seattle Seahawks
Tennessee Titans
Washington Football Team
Today’s minor moves:
Arizona Cardinals
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Los Angeles Chargers
New York Giants
New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Today’s taxi squad moves:
Atlanta Falcons
Detroit Lions
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints
Today’s minor moves:
Atlanta Falcons
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars
Miami Dolphins
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints
New York Jets
Tennessee Titans
Washington Football Team
Keeping tabs on the latest taxi squad moves:
Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Bills
Carolina Panthers
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Denver Broncos
Green Bay Packers
Miami Dolphins
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints
New York Jets
Seattle Seahawks
Washington Football Team
Here are Tuesday’s minor moves:
Cincinnati Bengals
Detroit Lions
Las Vegas Raiders
New Orleans Saints
New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles
San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Washington Football Team
Today’s minor moves:
Carolina Panthers
Dallas Cowboys
Las Vegas Raiders
New Orleans Saints
Philadelphia Eagles
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tennessee Titans
Jeff Heath has enjoyed a busy 24 hours, from a transactional sense. The Saints released the veteran safety Friday, added him to their practice squad Saturday and then promoted him back to their active roster.
The timing of this move makes sense for the organization, as it prevents Heath’s 2021 base salary from becoming guaranteed. Had Heath stayed on New Orleans’ active roster and not gone through this spree of transactions, his salary would have been guaranteed for the season.
A former Cowboys and Raiders starter, Heath stands to provide depth behind starters Malcolm Jenkins and Marcus Williams. The Saints have Chauncey Gardner-Johnson and P.J. Williams on their roster, but both hybrid players may be needed at cornerback. New Orleans has seen significant turnover at corner this offseason. While the additions of Bradley Roby and Desmond Trufant stand to help the four-time reigning NFC South champs’ cause, the Saints placed Ken Crawley on IR on Friday.
Rosas joined the Saints last month, trekking to Louisiana after Wil Lutz‘s injury. This will be Rosas’ first Week 1 assignment since 2019. A suspension led to the Giants releasing him prior to Week 1 of last season, during which he served a suspension. A 2018 Pro Bowler, Rosas kicked in six Jaguars games last season.
The Saints also released defensive tackle Montravius Adams from their active roster and promoted defensive tackle Albert Huggins and DB Jordan Miller.
The Saints are expected to sign DT Jaleel Johnson, according to veteran NFL reporter Aaron Wilson (via Twitter). The Texans released Johnson as part of final cutdowns last week.
Though Johnson signed a modest one-year, $1.3MM pact with Houston this offseason, his ouster came as something of a surprise given his generally strong performance in training camp and the preseason. Texans GM Nick Caserio elected to go in a different direction, and New Orleans was quick to pounce.
The Saints will be without DT David Onyemata for the first six games of the season due to a PED suspension, and the club lost fellow D-lineman Jalen Dalton — who had been having a good summer as well — to a season-ending injury. That opens the door for Johnson, a run-stuffer who appeared in all 48 games for the Vikings over the past three seasons (including 16 starts in 2020) to come in and compete for snaps.
Montravius Adams is also hoping to carve out a role for himself in the Big Easy. Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reported (via Twitter) that the Saints are signing the former Packers third-rounder, who signed with the Patriots in March but who could not crack New England’s final roster.
Adams entered the league with tantalizing raw ability and physical tools, but he played in less than 600 snaps over the course of four seasons in Green Bay. Last year, he was limited to eight games due to a sprained toe, and he did not do quite enough this summer to stick with the Pats.
With Onyemata sidelined, Adams and Johnson will jockey for playing time alongside Shy Tuttle, Malcolm Roach, and Christian Ringo.