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Minor NFL Transactions: 11/18/23

November 18th, 2023 at 8:55pm CST by Ely Allen

This week’s callups and minor moves heading into Sunday:

Arizona Cardinals

Carolina Panthers:

Cleveland Browns

Dallas Cowboys

Denver Broncos

Detroit Lions

Green Bay Packers

Houston Texans

Kansas City Chiefs

Las Vegas Raiders

Los Angeles Chargers

Los Angeles Rams

New York Giants

New York Jets

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tennessee Titans

Washington Commanders

Evans had been called up from the practice squad three times by the Cowboys, meaning he needed to be added to the 53-man roster this week to continue suiting up. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports “several teams” attempted to poach the veteran off the taxi squad, but his decision to remain with Dallas has culminated in today’s move. Evans has logged 74 combined defensive and special teams snaps with the Cowboys so far, recording three tackles.

James was out of the lineup for one game after being designated for return, but he will be eligible to suit up for the upcoming Super Bowl rematch against the Eagles. Mentioned as a trade candidate earlier this year, he will be able to add depth to a WR corps which has underperformed to date, and add to his single catch recorded in his two Kansas City games at the start of the campaign.

Minor NFL Transactions: 11/17/23

November 17th, 2023 at 10:12pm CST by Ely Allen

Today’s only minor moves:

Seattle Seahawks

Free Agent

The Seahawks signed Peters to their practice squad early on in the year after seeing starting right tackle Abraham Lucas head to injured reserve. The team opted to start Stone Forsythe in Lucas’ place, but eventually, Forsythe started dealing with some issues of his own, missing parts of the Seahawks’ last three games. Peters had been a standard gameday elevation for the last three weeks. In order for him to be called into game action any more this year, a move to the active roster was necessary. The post by Peters’ representation claims that he’ll be on the active roster for the remainder of the season, but there’s still a chance that after this week, Seattle could waive Peters and re-signed him to a new practice squad deal that would allow him to be called up three more times. With all players hitting the waiver wire after the trade deadline, though, they would have to count on no other teams making a claim on him for him to return.

Munyer announced his retirement in an Instagram post this evening. Having most recently played for the Titans, the former undrafted free agent out of Colorado started one game in his career (for the Cardinals) while making an appearance in 21 total contests over his time in Tennesse, Arizona, and Kansas City. A reason for his departure from the league was not proffered, as he solely stated in the caption of the photo that he is “on to the next chapter.” From all of us here at Pro Football Rumors, good luck to Munyer on all his future endeavors.

Seahawks Open T Abraham Lucas’ Practice Window

November 15th, 2023 at 1:34pm CST by Sam Robinson

The Seahawks lost both their starting tackles in Week 1. While Charles Cross returned not long after, the team has been without its starting right tackle since the opener. After missing half the season, Abraham Lucas is on his way back.

Lucas received a return designation Wednesday, per The Athletic’s Michael-Shawn Dugar, coming back to practice for first time in more than two months. A knee injury sidelined Lucas against the Rams. It is now a possibility the second-year blocker makes his return for the Week 11 Seahawks-Rams rematch.

[RELATED: Week 11 Injured Reserve Return Tracker]

Voyaging to the playoffs despite starting two rookie tackles, the Seahawks were naturally expecting the Cross-Lucas tandem to improve in its second season. Lucas’ injury put those plans on hold. The Seahawks have turned to Stone Forsythe as their RT replacement. Jason Peters, who is in his age-41 season, has been rotating in as well. The team signed Peters in the wake of the Cross and Lucas maladies, and the 20th-year lineman has played over the past three weeks. Peters played 55 offensive snaps to Forsythe’s 25 against the Commanders.

Seattle chose Cross ninth overall and bookended him with Lucas, who went 72nd. The Washington State alum started 16 games. Together, Lucas and Cross played more than 94% of Seattle’s offensive snaps, becoming a crucial reason for Geno Smith‘s Comeback Player of the Year campaign and the 2022 Seahawks edition’s surprising playoff appearance.

As the Seahawks became the rare team to turn to two rookie tackles, Pro Football Focus graded Lucas just inside the top 40 among tackles last season. The team made changes at center and right guard this season, with Austin Blythe retiring and the team cutting Gabe Jackson. PFF has not viewed the replacements — free agency addition Evan Brown and former backup Phil Haynes — as especially effective thus far, ranking Haynes 55th among guards and Brown 26th at center. These showings have prompted the advanced metrics site to rank Seattle’s O-line 25th after Week 10. Lucas’ return would certainly stand to help matters, but the team has some issues to iron out at the midpoint.

Minor NFL Transactions: 11/13/23

November 13th, 2023 at 7:15pm CST by Ben Levine

Today’s minor moves:

Buffalo Bills

Denver Broncos

Green Bay Packers

New England Patriots

New York Jets

Pittsburgh Steelers

JaMycal Hasty was waived by the Jaguars this past weekend following a year-plus with the organization. The running back had 320 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns during his first season in Jacksonville but was limited to only three games and zero touches this year. He’ll be hard pressed to carve out a role in New England with Rhamondre Stevenson and Ezekiel Elliott leading the depth chart.

Week 14 Injured Reserve Return Tracker

November 11th, 2023 at 9:45pm CST by Sam Robinson

After a 2022 rule change, teams can activate up to eight players from injured reserve. That has reintroduced some strategy into how franchises proceed with their activations, and teams will again need to be cognizant of their activation counts in 2023.

The NFL had reintroduced IR-return options in the 2010s, after a period in which an IR move meant a player’s season was over. But the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the league to loosen restrictions on IR from 2020-21. Teams were permitted to use unlimited activations to start the decade, but roster math is again a consideration.

Players who land on IR after cutdown day must miss at least four games. Once a team designates a player for return, the activation clock starts. Clubs have 21 days from a player’s return-to-practice date to activate that player. If no activation commences in that window, the player reverts to season-ending IR.

Here is how the NFL’s IR situations look for Week 14:

Arizona Cardinals

Designated for return:

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 5

Atlanta Falcons

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 8

Baltimore Ravens

Designated for return:

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 5

Buffalo Bills

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 7

Carolina Panthers

Designated for return:

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 3

Chicago Bears

Activations remaining: 0

Cincinnati Bengals

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 6

Cleveland Browns

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 6

Dallas Cowboys

Designated for return:

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 7

Denver Broncos

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 5

Detroit Lions

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 5

Green Bay Packers

Designated for return:

Eligible for activation: 

Activations remaining: 7

Houston Texans

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 1

Indianapolis Colts

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 8

Jacksonville Jaguars

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 5

Kansas City Chiefs

Designated for return:

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 7

Las Vegas Raiders

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 6

Los Angeles Chargers

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 8

Los Angeles Rams

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 2

Miami Dolphins

Designated for return: 

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 2

Minnesota Vikings

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 4

New England Patriots

Designated for return:

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 5

New Orleans Saints

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 6

New York Giants

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 6

New York Jets

Designated for return:

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 4

Philadelphia Eagles

Reverted to season-ending IR:

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 5

Pittsburgh Steelers

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 4

San Francisco 49ers

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 6

Seattle Seahawks

Designated for return:

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 5

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 7

Tennessee Titans

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 6

Washington Commanders

Eligible for activation:

Activations remaining: 5

Minor NFL Transactions: 11/11/23

November 11th, 2023 at 9:06pm CST by Ely Allen

The NFL’s minor moves, including gameday callups for Sunday of Week 10:

Atlanta Falcons

Cleveland Browns

Dallas Cowboys

Detroit Lions

Green Bay Packers

Las Vegas Raiders

Minnesota Vikings

New England Patriots

New Orleans Saints

New York Jets

Pittsburgh Steelers

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tennessee Titans

NFL Practice Squad Updates: 11/10/23

November 10th, 2023 at 6:32pm CST by Ely Allen

Today’s practice squad moves heading into the 10th weekend of the NFL season:

Arizona Cardinals

Carolina Panthers

Chicago Bears

Minnesota Vikings

Seattle Seahawks

  • Released: NT Matthew Gotel

Morgan was signed on Wednesday to serve as an extra arm in practice amid the season-long loss of Kirk Cousins and with backup quarterback Jaren Hall still in concussion protocol, leaving only Sean Mannion behind recent acquisition Joshua Dobbs at quarterback. The undrafted free agent rookie was originally signed by the Steelers, but after not making the initial 53-man roster or practice squad to start the season in Pittsburgh, Morgan returned to his alma mater at the University of Minnesota in order to serve as an offensive analyst on the Golden Gophers staff.

Seahawks Sign QB Brett Rypien

November 10th, 2023 at 12:23pm CST by Sam Robinson

Although no team claimed Brett Rypien on waivers this week, the veteran backup will rejoin one of his former Broncos QB mates within the Rams’ division. The Seahawks signed Rypien on a practice squad deal Friday.

Rypien will join Geno Smith and Drew Lock in Seattle’s quarterback room. Rypien backed up Lock in Denver, and the two were teammates from 2019-21. The Rams used Rypien as their Week 9 starter, but after the former UDFA struggled in Green Bay, the team decided to bring in Carson Wentz during its bye week.

Rather than demote Rypien, the Rams cut him soon after his start. The Boise State alum had been with the Rams since May, signing nearly two months after Sean Payton preferred Jarrett Stidham as Russell Wilson‘s backup. Rypien, 27, had operated in this role in 2022, staying on after the Broncos included Lock in the blockbuster trade to acquire the decorated passer from the Seahawks.

Lock and Rypien both arrived in Denver in 2019, the former a second-round pick. These two represented the constants in a changing Broncos QB room from 2019-21. The team traded for Joe Flacco to start in 2019, and Brandon Allen replaced the ex-Ravens mainstay due to Lock being injured as a rookie. Rypien received his first start in 2020, replacing Lock, and both were later part of the team’s QB room that ended up unavailable due to statuses as COVID-19 close contacts against the Saints later that season. Rypien resided as the Broncos’ third-stringer behind Teddy Bridgewater and Lock in 2021 but received more playing time last season, starting twice for an injured Wilson.

Against the Packers last week, Rypien completed just 46.4% of his passes and added two lost fumbles to a stat sheet that included an interception. After their 20-3 loss, the Rams decided to upgrade in Matthew Stafford insurance. He and Wentz, 30, are now the only two passers on the Rams’ 53-man roster or practice squad. Rypien averaged just 5.5 yards per attempt in two starts last season, one of which coming against a top-five Jets defense, but helped the Broncos to a late-season win over the Cardinals.

Rookie UDFA Holton Ahlers went to training camp with the Seahawks and ended up bouncing on and off the team’s practice squad during the season. The Seahawks did not dress Ahlers as an emergency third QB on gamedays, with Smith having been durable since being given the keys post-Wilson. After three weeks without a de facto third-stringer, the Seahawks will install Rypien in that role. While the team now has a recent Rams QB ahead of the Seahawks’ Week 11 matchup with them, Seattle already has extensive intel here, seeing as ex-Sean McVay staffer Shane Waldron is aboard as OC.

Updated 2024 NFL Draft Order

November 10th, 2023 at 8:44am CST by Adam La Rose

Yesterday’s Panthers-Bears game carried signficant draft implications, as many noted in the build-up to the primetime matchup. With Carolina having dealt its 2024 first-round pick to Chicago as part of the deal involving last year’s No. 1 selection, the Bears were able to boost their chances of picking first in April with a win.

Owning the top selection in a draft touted for having multiple high-end options at the quarterback spot would of course add further to the speculation surrounding Justin Fields. The Bears gave the 24-year-old a vote of confidence last spring by trading out of the No. 1 slot, but he has yet to develop as hoped this season. Chicago could opt for a fresh start under center (particularly if they declined Fields’ fifth-year option) this spring while also having the opportunity to add help elsewhere on the roster with their own first-rounder, which seems destined to fall within the top 10 or perhaps even top five selections.

Of course, teams like the Giants, Cardinals and Patriots have experienced signficant troubles of their own this year. A continuation of their first half performances could leave them in pole position for the Caleb Williams–Drake Maye sweepstakes. All three teams face potential uncertainty with respect to their current passers’ futures, despite each having term remaining on their respective contracts.

For non-playoff teams, the draft order will be determined by the inverted 2024 standings — plus a series of tiebreakers, starting with strength of schedule — with playoff squads being slotted by their postseason outcome and regular-season record. With plenty still to be sorted out over the coming months, here is an early look at the current draft order:

  1. Chicago Bears (via Panthers)
  2. Arizona Cardinals: 1-8
  3. New York Giants: 2-7
  4. New England Patriots: 2-7
  5. Chicago Bears: 3-7
  6. Los Angeles Rams: 3-6
  7. Green Bay Packers: 3-5
  8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 3-5
  9. Denver Broncos: 3-5
  10. Tennessee Titans: 3-5
  11. Atlanta Falcons: 4-5
  12. Washington Commanders: 4-5
  13. Indianapolis Colts: 4-5
  14. Las Vegas Raiders: 4-5
  15. Arizona Cardinals (via Texans)
  16. New York Jets: 4-4
  17. Los Angeles Chargers: 4-4
  18. Buffalo Bills: 5-4
  19. New Orleans Saints: 5-4
  20. Minnesota Vikings: 5-4
  21. Dallas Cowboys: 5-3
  22. Pittsburgh Steelers: 5-3
  23. Houston Texans (via Browns)
  24. Cincinnati Bengals: 5-3
  25. Seattle Seahawks: 5-3
  26. San Francisco 49ers: 5-3
  27. Miami Dolphins: 6-3
  28. Jacksonville Jaguars: 6-2
  29. Detroit Lions: 6-2
  30. Baltimore Ravens: 7-2
  31. Kansas City Chiefs: 7-2
  32. Philadelphia Eagles: 8-1

NFL Practice Squad Updates: 11/8/23

November 8th, 2023 at 8:03pm CST by Ben Levine

Today’s practice squad transactions:

Arizona Cardinals

Atlanta Falcons

Houston Texans

Las Vegas Raiders

Los Angeles Chargers

Minnesota Vikings

Seattle Seahawks

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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