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NFL Reserve/Futures Contracts: 1/12/23

January 12th, 2023 at 7:20pm CST by Ben Levine

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:

Kansas City Chiefs

DT Phil Hoskins

New England Patriots

DB Rodney Randle

New York Giants

G Solomon Kindley

Pittsburgh Steelers

RB Anthony McFarland Jr., LB Chapelle Russell, DT Renell Wren

Tennessee Titans

TE Justin Rigg

South Notes: White, Newton, Julio, Jags

September 13th, 2019 at 2:49pm CST by Sam Robinson

Devin White left Thursday night’s game before the lightning delay hit, but the rookie Buccaneers linebacker appears to have dodged a long-term injury. Bruce Arians said (via ESPN.com’s Jenna Laine) the No. 5 overall pick suffered a grade 1 MCL sprain. While it would seem White is in danger of at least missing the Bucs’ Week 3 game against the Giants, Arians would not rule out an immediate return.

Here is the latest from the South divisions, moving first to the Bucs’ Week 2 opponent:

Ron Rivera denied Cam Newton is experiencing issues with the foot he injured during preseason play or his surgically repaired shoulder. The Panthers have now lost two home games, and Newton has not played especially well in either. He completed 48% of his passes on Thursday and did not fare well against Bucs blitzes. Prior to Newton’s shoulder injury last season, he had the Panthers on track for another playoff berth and was on a better statistical run than his 2016 or ’17 slates. Now 0-2, the team will have an uphill battle to make it back to the postseason. The 30-year-old passer is signed through the 2020 season.
Nick Martin‘s three-year, $33MM Texans extension features fully guaranteed salaries ($6.1MM and $7.25MM) for the 2019 and ’20 seasons and a $5MM signing bonus, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle tweets. The Texans center’s 2021 and ’22 base salaries of $7.25MM and $7.75MM are non-guaranteed.
Julio Jones‘ three-year, $66MM Falcons extension came with $64MM in guarantees, which outpaces every other wide receiver’s deal by a staggering margin. Jones’ pact also could bump up to $72MM, with Joel Corry of CBS Sports tweeting the 30-year-old wideout’s deal has annual escalators. It’s not yet known what benchmarks Jones would have to hit to trigger those, however.
Jaguars left tackle Cam Robinson has received clearance to make his season debut, but Doug Marrone said (via ESPN.com’s Michael DiRocco, on Twitter) the third-year blocker will be held out against the Texans. It would appear Robinson, who is dealing with a different knee problem than to the ACL tear he suffered last season, will be on track to return to his post in Week 3. He has not played since September 2018. Due to a hamstring malady, Yannick Ngakoue is also out for the Jags this week.
The Texans worked out cornerbacks Jeremy Clark, Rodney Randle and D.J. White, per veteran NFL reporter Howard Balzer (on Twitter). Houston made a cornerback roster swap this week, releasing Aaron Colvin and signing Phillip Gaines.

Chargers Slash Roster To 53

August 31st, 2019 at 3:48pm CST by Sam Robinson

In addition to the Chargers’ Russell Okung announcement, they finalized their 53-man roster.

Cardale Jones did not make the team, with Los Angeles going with Tyrod Taylor and rookie Easton Stick behind Philip Rivers. The XFL has openly mentioned Jones on multiple occasions, so the former Bills and Ohio State passer could be a high-profile candidate for the upstart league.

Here are the Bolts’ Saturday cuts:

Patrick Afriyie, DE
Larry Allen, G
Chris Brown, G
Blake Camper, T
Thomas Costigan, DE
Jeremy Cox, RB
Spencer Drango, G
Malachi Dupre, WR
Derrick Gore, RB
Kemon Hall, CB
Reggie Howard, DT
Ben Johnson, TE
Cardale Jones , QB
Anthony Lanier, DE
Bradford Lemmons, CB
Justice Liggins, WR
Dee Liner, DT
Vince Mayle, TE
T.Y. McGill, DT
Jamar McGloster, T
Jason Moore, WR
Detrez Newsome, RB
Tyler Newsome, P
Andre Patton, WR
Adarius Pickett, S
Rodney Randle, CB
Jeff Richards, CB
Artavis Scott, WR
Jordan Smallwood, WR
Matt Sokol, TE
Arrion Springs, CB
Tanner Volson, C
Jaylen Watkins, S
Brant Weiss, T
Kyle Wilson, LB
Elijah Zeise, LB

Chargers Sign 19 UDFAs

April 27th, 2019 at 8:46pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

As teams officially announce their undrafted free agent classes, we’ll be posting them. The Chargers are the second team to announce, following the Steelers. Los Angeles inked a massive group, bringing in 19 players:

Chris Brown, G (USC)
Eurndraus Bryant, DT (N.C. State)
Blake Camper, OT (South Carolina)
Josh Corcoran, LB (Northern Illinois)
Jeremy Cox, RB (Old Dominion)
Kemon Hall, CB (North Texas)
Daniel Helm, TE (Duke)
Reggie Howard, DT (Toledo)
Bradford Lemmons, CB (Furman)
Koda Martin, G (Syracuse)
Jason Moore, WR (Findlay)
Tyler Newsome, P (Notre Dame)
Chris Peace, DE (Virginia)
Rodney Randle, DB (Lamar)
Matt Sokol, TE (Michigan State)
Roderic Teamer, S (Tulane)
Trevion Thompson, WR (Clemson)
Tanner Volson, C (North Dakota State)
Elijah Zeise, LB (Pittsburgh)

As the Chargers pointed out in their release, they’re annually one of the best teams at unearthing solid undrafted free agents. They’ve had an undrafted rookie make the team for 22 consecutive seasons, which is the longest streak in the NFL. In each of the last four seasons, they’ve had at least three undrafted rookies make the team.

One of their best undrafted finds in recent years, Tyrell Williams, just inked a huge four-year, $44MM deal with the Raiders. With their huge class this year, they opted for a lot of small school and FCS prospects. Tyler Newsome is an interesting signing since the Chargers had a terrible punting situation all of last year. They ended up releasing Drew Kaser in the middle of the year, and Newsome should have a good chance to make the team. Volson was the center for Easton Stick, who the Chargers just drafted in the fifth round, during their time at North Dakota State.