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Minor NFL Transactions: 8/29/22

By Sam Robinson | at August 29, 2022 4:30 pm

Teams have until 3pm Tuesday to slash their rosters from 80 to 53 players. Here are the Monday moves teams are making en route to doing so. The list will be updated throughout the day.

Arizona Cardinals

Waived: CB Jace Whittaker, S James Wiggins
Released from IR via injury settlement: WR Darrell Baker

Baltimore Ravens

Waived: C Jimmy Murray

Buffalo Bills

Waived: OL Jacob Capra, DE Daniel Joseph, DB Jordan Miller, OL Tanner Owen, WR Neil Pau’u, DB Josh Thomas

Chicago Bears

Waived: S Jon Alexander, C Corey Dublin, WR Kevin Shaa

Cleveland Browns

Placed on IR: DE Chris Odom (story)
Released: WR Javon Wims
Waived: WR Ja’Marcus Bradley, DT Glen Logan, S Jovante Moffatt, T Ben Petrula, DE Curtis Weaver

Denver Broncos

Waived: CB Bless Austin, LB Jeremiah Gemmel, OL Sebastian Gutierrez, RB JaQuan Hardy
Waived/injured: CB Donnie Lewis

Detroit Lions

Released: QB Tim Boyle
Waived: CB Mark Gilbert, WR Tom Kennedy, WR Kalil Pimpleton, CB Saivion Smith

Houston Texans

Released from IR via injury settlement: WR Chester Rogers

Indianapolis Colts

Waived: QB Jack Coan

Jacksonville Jaguars

Released: S Rudy Ford, K.C. McDermott
Waived: LB Tyrell Adams, DL Auzoyah Alufohai, RB Ryquell Armstead, CB Benjie Franklin, DB Brandon Rusnak, LB Chapelle Russell, OL Badara Traore

Los Angeles Chargers

Waived: LB Emeke Egbule, TE Sage Surratt

Miami Dolphins

Released: OL Adam Pankey
Waived: OL Blaise Andries, DL Owen Carney Jr., RB Gerrid Doaks, CB Elijah Hamilton, LB Darius Hodge, DT Niles Scott, RB ZaQuandre White, CB Quincy Wilson
Placed on IR: LB Calvin Munson
Waived/injured: CB D’Angelo Ross

Minnesota Vikings

Released: CB Tye Smith
Placed on IR: WR Olabisi Johnson (story), DL T.Y. McGill
Waived: WR Myron Mitchell, T Timon Parris

New York Giants

Waived: DB Yusuf Corker, WR Keelan Doss, DB Olaijah Griffin, OL Josh Rivas, K Ryan Santoso, OL Eric Smith, WR Travis Toivonen

New York Jets

Waived: DE Bradlee Anae, WR Irvin Charles, CB Javelin Guidry, WR Calvin Jackson Jr., RB La’Mical Perine, LB Del’Shawn Phillips, QB Chris Streveler

Philadelphia Eagles

Waived: CB Josh Blackwell, QB Carson Strong, OL Cameron Tom, DT Renell Wren
Waived/injured: WR Greg Ward

Pittsburgh Steelers

Waived: DL Ron’Dell Carter, CB Linden Stephens, TE Jace Sternberger

San Francisco 49ers

Released: CB Ken Crawley
Waived: OL Dohnovan West

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Waived: LB Andre Anthony, WR Jerreth Sterns

Tennessee Titans

Released: S Adrian Colbert
Waived: S Tyree Gillespie, OL Willie Wright

Washington Commanders

Waived: DT Tyler Clark, DE Jacub Panasiuk, DB Steven Parker

Giants Release S Andrew Adams

By Sam Robinson | at August 26, 2022 10:12 am

Prior to training camp, the Giants reunited with Andrew Adams. But the former New York safety starter will not be part of the team’s 53-man roster next week. The Giants released Adams on Friday.

The six-year veteran’s exit made room for kicker Ryan Santoso, who is now back on the Giants’ 80-man roster. Ahead of their final preseason game, the Giants also signed wide receiver Travis Toivonen.

Graham Gano is in place as the Giants’ kicker, but he suffered a concussion in the team’s second preseason game. Santoso, whom the Jaguars waived earlier this week, represents insurance. This is a return trip for Santoso, who was with the Giants during the 2020 season and most of the 2021 offseason. The team traded the young kicker to the Panthers just before last season. Santoso, who turns 27 today, has bounced around since that trade, playing in one Panthers game but also moving to the Lions, Titans, Rams and Jaguars.

Adams, who caught on with Big Blue initially as a UDFA in 2016, represented insurance as well. The Giants released Logan Ryan and did not re-sign Jabrill Peppers, who is now with the Patriots. But Adams could not hold off some of the team’s younger safeties during training camp. Adams, 29, started three games for the Buccaneers last season, will head straight to free agency as a vested vet.

The former 17-game Giants starter (from 2016-17) and four-year Bucs contributor lost out to the likes of UDFA Trenton Thompson, whom ESPN.com’s Jordan Raanan notes (via Twitter) has impressed the Giants, and fourth-round pick Dane Belton. Despite the latter suffering a broken collarbone early in camp, Raanan adds the Iowa product is not expected to be out too much longer.

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Jaguars To Waive K Ryan Santoso, Claim K James McCourt

By Sam Robinson | at August 23, 2022 10:11 am

10:11am: The Jags will use the waiver wire to make their latest kicker transaction. Doug Pederson said Tuesday the team submitted a claim for kicker James McCourt, whom the Chargers waived Monday. Although claims are not official until this afternoon, the Jaguars hold the No. 1 waiver priority due to their 2021 record.

A rookie UDFA, McCourt worked as the University of Illinois’ kicker for the past three seasons. He made 18 of 23 field goal tries in 2021 — a career-best mark — but could not beat out Chargers incumbent Dustin Hopkins.

9:12am: The Jaguars are waiving Ryan Santoso, Michael DiRocco of ESPN.com tweets. As a result, the team does not have a kicker on its roster. The team also waived quarterback Jake Luton.

While Jacksonville will obviously not go long without a kicker — the team plans to replace Santoso later Tuesday, per DiRocco — this is a somewhat strange development. The Jags had already waived Matthew Wright, their primary 2021 kicker, earlier this offseason.

The team waived rookie UDFA Andrew Mevis late last month, after an eventfully bad training camp workout, and released his replacement (Elliott Fry) from IR via injury settlement soon after. Santoso had caught on with the Jaguars in March, and the team cut Wright a few weeks later.

Santoso, 27 later this week, kicked for the Lions and Panthers last season and made a Titans cameo in 2019 — his first NFL action. The University of Minnesota alum has only kicked in seven career games. He began the 2021 season shortly after being traded from the Giants to the Panthers and bounced on and off the Rams’ practice squad during the team’s leadup to Super Bowl LVI.

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Minor NFL Transactions: 7/29/22

By Sam Robinson | at July 29, 2022 5:04 pm

Here are Friday’s minor moves:

Carolina Panthers

Signed: CB Duke Dawson

Chicago Bears

Activated from active/PUP list: DL Sam Kamara

Cleveland Browns

Claimed (from Jets): S Jovante Moffatt

Dallas Cowboys

Activated from active/PUP list: CB Quandre Mosely

Green Bay Packers

Activated from active/NFI list: WR Sammy Watkins
Activated from active/PUP list: LB Randy Ramsey, OL Rasheed Walker

Indianapolis Colts

Signed: DT Caeveon Patton
Released: DE Bryan Cox Jr.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Signed: K Elliott Fry
Waived: K Andrew Mevis

Los Angeles Rams

Signed: RB Trey Ragas
Waived/injured: RB Xavier Jones

New England Patriots

Signed: WR Josh Hammond
Activated from active/PUP list: C David Andrews, P Jake Bailey

New York Jets

Waived: LB Javin White

San Francisco 49ers

Signed: DL Tomasi Laulile

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed: TE Bug Howard
Waived: P Sterling Hofrichter
Activated from active/PUP list: G Sadarius Hutcherson

Tennessee Titans

Signed: CB Shakur Brown

Signed as a UDFA shortly after the draft, Mevis fared rather poorly in a Thursday workout. The rookie kicker missed badly on three warmup kicks, one of which drilling ex-Cowboys HC Dave Campo (of Hard Knocks 2002 fame), per ESPN.com’s Michael DiRocco. Mevis had struggled during the start of Jaguars camp. This is Fry’s seventh NFL team since he entered the league in 2019. The workout-circuit regular has played in three regular-season games — one-offs with the Falcons, Bengals and Chiefs. The Jags also have kicker Ryan Santoso on their roster.

A hamstring injury, sustained during a workout shortly after a flight to Green Bay, sidelined Watkins for the start of Packers camp. The veteran will try to shake a well-earned injury-prone label in Green Bay, though the former top-five pick’s roster spot may not be 100% secure. Andrews, who returned in 2020 after missing all of the 2019 season due to blood clots, underwent offseason shoulder surgery. He is back for a seventh season as the Patriots’ starting center.