Minor NFL Transactions: 4/29/19
Here are Monday’s minor moves:
Cleveland Browns
- Waived: C Kyle Friend
Denver Broncos
- Signed: K Taylor Bertolet (AAF)
Green Bay Packers
- Waived: OL Nico Siragusa, DB Jason Thompson
Kansas City Chiefs
- Waived: C Tejan Koroma
Los Angeles Rams
- Signed: OL Jeremiah Kolone
San Francisco 49ers
- Waived: WR Steven Dunbar, DB Godwin Igwebuike, CB Tarvarus McFadden, LB James Onwualu, WR Jordan Smallwood, P Justin Vogel, S Terrell Williams
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- K Phillip Anderson, LB Riley Bullough, DE Hunter Dimick, P Hayden Hunt, DE Nick Thurman
Tennessee Titans
- Waived: NT Darius Kilgo
Colts To Work Out Kickers
Kai Forbath, Cairo Santos, and Taylor Bertolet are among the kickers working out for the Colts on Tuesday, sources tell Mike Garafolo of NFL.com (on Twitter). One of these players may wind up filling in for Adam Vinatieri as he recovers from a groin issue.
Vinatieri’s status for Sunday’s game is murky, so the Colts want to have a kicker at the ready in case he is unable to suit up. After Vinatieri missed two extra point tries against the Bills – something he hadn’t done before in his 23-year career – the Colts probably don’t want to trot him out there if he’s still hurt.
“We just know he felt a little something on the first PAT, so we are just going to see how the week progresses,” head coach Frank Reich said this week (via Michael Marot of The Associated Press). “We’re going to bring in some kickers, just so you guys know, but we are not going to make any decisions until later.”
Forbath and Santos offer extensive NFL experience, while the 25-year-old Bertolet is still waiting for his first kick in a real NFL game.
Jets Cut Thomas Rawls, Charcandick West
The Jets have become the latest team to move to 53 players, and did so by making the following transactions:
Waived:
- RB Thomas Rawls
- WR Chad Hansen
- WR Tre McBride
- TE Clive Walford (story)
- LB Dylan Donahue
- DL Deon Simon
- LB Frankie Luvu
- LB Lorenzo Mauldin
- LB Anthony Wint
- S Brandin Bryant
- CB Jeremy Clark
- K Taylor Bertolet
Released:
Placed on suspended list:
Placed on PUP:
Rawls, 25, first entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2015 with the Seahawks and broke out immediately when Marshawn Lynch was sidelined with an abdomen injury. In his very first start for Seattle, Rawls amassed 104 yards off of 16 carries and later turned in a 209-yard game. Things trailed off after that, however. He missed significant time in 2016 with a fractured fibula and became an afterthought in 2017. Rawls initially seemed to have a good chance at making the Jets’ roster in 2018, but he was unable to find a place behind top RBs Isaiah Crowell and Bilal Powell.
West was also fighting for a supporting RB job, and his limited highlight reel with the Chiefs suggested that he had a puncher’s chance to make the roster. West missed most of KC’s camp this year with a concussion and hooked on with the Jets a little over one week ago. Crowell also missed time with a concussion and reserve Elijah McGuire was dealing with a broken foot, but West still couldn’t make enough of an impression on coaches in such a short period of time.
Minor NFL Transactions: 5/7/18
We’ll keep track of today’s minor moves here:
Baltimore Ravens
- Signed: WR Janarion Grant, DE Myles Humphrey
- Waived: FB Ricky Ortiz, LB Mason McKenrick
Kansas City Chiefs
- Signed: C Tejan Koroma
Minnesota Vikings
- Signed: WR Chad Beebe, CB Craig James, FB Johnny Stanton, LB Brett Taylor
- Waived: LS Nick Dooley, WR Armanti Foreman, DT Caushaud Lyons, FB Kamryn Pettway
New York Giants
- Waived: S Ryan Murphy, G Damien Mama, WR Canaan Severin, RB Terrell Watson, P Austin Rehkow
New York Jets
- Signed: K Taylor Bertolet
- Waived: CB Bryson Keeton
Oakland Raiders
- Signed: TE Paul Butler, FB Henry Poggi, RB Chris Warren
- Waived: RB Elijah Hood, DL Joby Saint Fleur, FB Nick Sharga
Seattle Seahawks
- Signed: OT Nick Callender, C Marcus Henry, S Tevon Mutcherson, WR Damore’ea Stringfellow, OT Avery Young
- Waived: LB Paul Dawson, LB Jason Hall, C Brad Lundblade, WR Ka’Raun White, WR Taj Williams
Minor NFL Transactions: 3/21/17
Denver Broncos
- Signed: K Taylor Bertolet, LS Christian Kuntz
Houston Texans
- Waived: DT Chunky Clements, WR Cobi Hamilton
Miami Dolphins
- Re-signed: S Jordan Lucas (ERFA)
Minnesota Vikings
- Signed: LS Nick Dooley, TE Josiah Price
- Waived: LB Shaan Washington
Rams Make Several Roster Moves, Down To 75
The Rams are down to the 75-man roster limit. Here’s the full slate of transactions made by Los Angeles, per a club announcement.
Waived:
- K Taylor Bertolet
- TE Benson Browne
- DB Michael Caputo
- LB Zach Colvin
- C/G Brian Folkerts
- LB Darreon Herring
- S Jordan Lomax
- LS Jeff Overbaugh
- WR David Richards
- TE Jake Stoneburner
- OT Jordan Swindle
- QB Dylan Thompson
Waived/Injured:
- FB Zach Laskey
- WR Marquez North
If Laskey and North clear waivers, they’ll revert to the Rams’ IR list.
Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Twitter links) first reported most of these moves.
Rams Sign 19 Undrafted Free Agents
After including a handful of their 2016 draft picks in the trade package that allowed them to move up to No. 1 to snag California quarterback Jared Goff, the Rams only drafted six players last week, with all of them but Goff coming off the board on Day 3. However, Los Angeles has supplemented its draft class by adding 19 undrafted free agents to its roster.
Here’s the complete list of new Rams from Myles Simmons of TheRams.com:
- K Taylor Bertolet (Texas A&M)
- LB Brandon Chubb (Wake Forest)
- DE Morgan Fox (Colorado State-Pueblo)
- S Rohan Gaines (Arkansas)
- RB Aaron Green (TCU)
- LB Nicholas Grigsby (Pitt)
- LB Darreon Herring (Vanderbilt)
- DB Michael Jordan (Missouri Western)
- LB Cory Littleton (Washington)
- FS Jordan Lomax (Iowa)
- WR Paul McRoberts (Southeast Missouri St.) ($10K signing bonus, per Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle)
- OL Pace Murphy (Northwestern St.)
- WR Marquez North (Tennessee)
- LB Kache Palacio (Washington St.)
- S Brian Randolph (Tennessee)
- CB Winston Rose (New Mexico State)
- DE Ian Seau (Nevada)
- WR Nelson Spruce (Colorado)
- OL Jordan Swindle (Kentucky)
AFC South Notes: Watt, Jaguars, Titans, Draft
Will Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt retire sooner rather than later? It’s probably too early to make any assumptions about how many years the perennial All-Pro has left, but as James Palmer of the NFL Network tweets, Watt did tell SportsRadio 610 in Houston that he won’t be one of those players who attempts to extend his career as long as possible.
Here are several more items from out of the AFC South…
- Several of this week’s pre-draft visitors for the Jaguars have already been reported, but Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union and Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (Twitter link) identify a few more. According to O’Halloran, UCLA defensive tackle Kenny Clark, Mississippi State defensive tackle Chris Jones, and Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland were among the players at EverBank Field on Tuesday, while Rapoport reports that UGA linebacker Leonard Floyd is there today.
- Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle passes along a pair of Texans pre-draft updates, writing that Texas A&M kicker Taylor Bertolet has a private workout lined up with Texans assistant Larry Izzo and that FIU cornerback Richard Leonard worked out for the club.
- The Titans will soon host Clemson defensive tackle D.J. Reader for a pre-draft visit, a league source tells Terry McCormick of TitanInsider.com. As McCormick observes, Tennessee has been doing its homework on defensive lineman, and could use some depth at nose tackle.