Sunday NFL Transactions: NFC North
Listed below are the Sunday roster moves for the four NFC North 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 Bears, Lions, Packers, and Vikings are noted below.
Additionally, as of 11:00am today, teams can begin constructing their 10-man practice squads. For the 2014 and 2015 seasons, changes were made to practice squad rules that allow teams to carry eight players instead of 10, and the eligibility requirements for those extra two spots were also loosened. 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 NFC North transactions, which will continue to be updated throughout the day:
Chicago Bears
- Claimed off waivers:
- G Patrick Omameh (link via Pro Football Talk)
- DB Harold Jones-Quartey (link via Pro Football Talk)
- Cut:
- S Sherrod Martin (Twitter link via Brad Biggs)
- T Jordan Mills (Twitter link via Pro Football Talk)
- Signed to practice squad:
- LB Jonathan Anderson (Twitter link via Biggs)
- RB Paul Lasike (Twitter link via Kevin Fishbain)
- TE Gannon Sinclair (Twitter link via Biggs)
- WR Ify Umodu (Twitter link via Biggs)
- DT Terry Williams (Twitter link via Biggs)
Detroit Lions
- Signed to practice squad:
- C Braxton Cave (link via Tim Twentyman)
- DT Kerry Hyder (link via Tim Twentyman)
- CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste (Twitter link via Ian Rapoport)
- S Isaiah Johnson (link via Tim Twentyman)
- WR Andrew Peacock (link via Tim Twentyman)
- TE Casey Pierce (link via Tim Twentyman)
- DE Larry Webster (link via Tim Twentyman)
- RB George Winn (link via Tim Twentyman)
Green Bay Packers
- Signed to practice squad:
- WR Jared Abrederis (Twitter link via Rob Demovsky)
- LB Carl Bradford (Twitter link via Ryan Wood)
- TE Justin Perillo (Twitter link via Tony Pauline)
- G Matt Rotheram (Twitter link via Demovsky)
- LB James Vaughters (Twitter link via Tom Silverstein)
- T Jeremy Vujnovich (Twitter link via Demovsky)
Minnesota Vikings
- Signed to practice squad:
- DE B.J. DuBose (Twitter link via Chris Tomasson)
- G Isame Faciane (Twitter link via Tomasson)
- WR Isaac Fruechte (Twitter link via Tomasson)
- S Anthony Harris (Twitter link via Tomasson)
- DE Zach Moore (Twitter link via Jeff Howe)
- LB Brian Peters (Twitter link via Tomasson)
- FB Blake Renaud (Twitter link via Tomasson)
- LB Brandon Watts (Twitter link via Tomasson)
- RB Dominique Williams (Twitter link via Tomasson)
- G David Yankey (Twitter link via Tomasson)
Cardinals Cut Down To 53
Joining the Saturday deadline craze, the Cardinals cut their roster down to 53 players.
Among those waived or released was quarterback Logan Thomas, a second-year quarterback who became expendable once the Cardinals traded for Matt Barkley on Friday.
The remainder of Arizona’s cuts are as follows:
- Cameron Bradfield, T
- Cariel Brooks, CB
- Jonte Green, CB
- Marion Grice, RB (Waived/injured)
- Jon Halapio, G
- Trevor Harman, WR
- Robert Hughes, RB
- Harold Jones-Quartey, S
- Paul Lasike, RB
- Jimmy Legree, CB (Waived/injured)
- Gabe Martin, ILB
- Antoine McClain, G
- C.J. Roberts, CB
- Jaxon Shipley, WR
- Phillip Sims, QB
- Anthony Steen, G
- Alameda Te’Amu, NT
- Anthony Walters, S
- Kerwynn Williams, RB
Cardinals Add 14 UDFAs, Cut Two Players
John Carlson‘s retirement announcement was the big news out of Arizona today, but the roster is undergoing plenty of other changes as well. As Darren Urban of AZCardinals.com tweets, the team has let go of running back Zach Bauman and cornerback Roc Carmichael, and has agreed to terms with 14 undrafted free agents.
Here are the 14 newest Cardinals, per Urban, along with bonus info via Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic:
- Cariel Brooks, CB, Adams State ($4K bonus)
- Rob Crisp, T, North Carolina State ($15K bonus)
- Alani Fua, LB, BYU ($17K bonus)
- Trevor Harman, WR, Shippensburg
- Edwin Jackson, LB, Georgia Southern ($1.5K bonus)
- Andrae Kirk, LB, Florida Atlantic ($3K bonus)
- Paul Lasike, RB, BYU ($500 bonus)
- Gabe Martin, LB, Bowling Green ($4.5K bonus)
- Damond Powell, WR, Iowa ($500 bonus)
- C.J. Roberts, CB, Colorado State-Pueblo ($8K bonus)
- Jaxon Shipley, WR, Texas ($9K bonus)
- Gannon Sinclair, TE, Missouri State ($5K bonus)
- Zack Wagenmann, LB, Montana ($8K bonus)
- Xavier Williams, NT, Northern Iowa ($8K bonus)