Saints Cut Shayne Graham, Others
5:30pm: The Saints have been busy this afternoon, notably letting go of veterans Champ Bailey and Robert Meachem. The team officially announced their moves via a press release, and the team’s transactions that were not previously reported are below:
Waived:
- Matt Armstrong, C
- Todd Davis, ILB
- Derek Dimke, K
- Nic Jacobs, TE
- Tavon Rooks, OT
- Pierre Warren, S
Released:
- Shayne Graham, K
- Thomas Welch, OT
2:00pm: The Saints began the process of cutting their roster down to 53 players yesterday when they released fullback Greg Jones, and the team has made plenty more moves today. Here’s the list of players no longer on New Orleans’ active roster:
- Derrius Brooks, CB (via Ramon Antonio Vargas on Twitter)
- Brandon Coleman, WR (via Evan Woodbery on Twitter)
- Keyunta Dawson, OLB (via Nick Underhill on Twitter)
- Terrence Frederick, CB (via Larry Holder on Twitter)
- Charles Hawkins, WR (via Katherine Terrell on Twitter)
- Marcel Jones, G (via Terrell on Twitter)
- Seantavius Jones, WR (via Vargas on Twitter)
- Derrick Strozier, RB (via Underhill on Twitter)
- Lawrence Virgil, DT (via Underhill on Twitter)
- Trevin Wade, CB (via Woodbery on Twitter)
- Jason Weaver, OL (via Vargas on Twitter)
Contract Tenders: Tuesday
Cam Johnson has signed his tender that should keep him with the Colts in 2014, according to Craig Kelley of Colts.com (via Twitter). The linebacker was traded to the Colts from the 49ers last year.
Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune reports that Buccaneers returner Eric Page has also signed his tender, but awaits for the deal to be made official (via Twitter).
While Johnson and Page signed their respective one-year deals, here are some other players from around the NFL who were not tendered and are now free agents:
- The Texans will allow three players to test free agency, as none of Bryan Braman, Terrell McClain, and Lestar Jean received tenders from the team, reports John McClain of the Houston Chronicle (via Twitter).
- Dezmon Briscoe did not receive a tender from the Redskins, reports Zac Boyer of the Washington Times (via Twitter). The 24-year-old receiver did not play in a game for the Redskins last season, but caught 35 passes for the Buccaneers in 2011.
- The Bills chose not to tender Thomas Welch, reports Mike Rodak of ESPN NFL Nation (via Twitter). The offensive tackle is now an unrestricted free agent.
- The Lions did not tender tight end Dorin Dickerson, reports Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press (via Twitter).
- Safety M.D. Jennings was not tendered by the Packers, reports Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (via Twitter). Silverstein does leave open the possibility of the team still re-signing their starting free safety.