PFT wrote:
Report: Seahawks to cut Brandon Browner
Posted by Josh Alper on August 29, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
HOUSTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 29: Brandon Browner #39 of the Seattle Seahawks waits on the field during the game against the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium on September 29, 2013 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
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It appears cornerback Brandon Browner’s second stint with the Seahawks will come to an early end.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team will release Browner as they pare down their roster this week. He returned to the Seahawks in April after being released by the Saints following a dismal 2015 season in New Orleans.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said during the offseason that the team had a hybrid safety/corner role in mind for Browner this season because Browner “matched up well” with tight ends and slot receivers. That idea didn’t play out as well on the field as it did in Carroll’s mind, however, and Browner was passed by others vying for roles in the Seattle secondary.
Neither Browner’s poor 2015 nor his inability to make the Seahawks this summer bode particularly well for him moving forward, although the constant need for cornerbacks could earn him looks with other teams before and after the regular season gets underway.
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PFT wrote:
Raiders announce cuts, trim roster to 75
Posted by Zac Jackson on August 29, 2016, 5:25 PM EDT
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The Raiders announced a bunch of roster moves Monday as the team cut its active roster to 75 players ahead of Tuesday’s deadline to do so.
Waived Monday were safeties Chris Edwards, Chris Hackett and Jimmy Hall; wide receivers Joe Hanley, Max McCaffrey and Nathan Palmer; defensive tackle Leon Orr; kicker Giorgio Tavecchio; tight end Colton Underwood; defensive back Tramain Jacobs; long snapper Andrew East; linebacker Lenny Jones and offensive linemen Terran Vaughn and Ross Burbank.
All but Hall, Palmer and Jacobs are either rookies or first-year players.
The Raiders also placed tight end Gabe Holmes on injured reserve.
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Cardinals drop Jake Coker, 11 others from roster
Posted by Josh Alper on August 29, 2016, 5:25 PM EDT
GLENDALE, AZ - JANUARY 11: Jake Coker #14 of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks to pass during the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at University of Phoenix Stadium on January 11, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. The Crimson Tide defeated the Tigers with a score of 45 to 40. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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With the news that cornerback Mike Jenkins suffered a torn ACL in Sunday’s game, the Cardinals lost a potential contributor in the secondary.
They officially ended his season later in the day by placing Jenkins on injured reserve. Eleven other players learned that they won’t be part of the team’s roster as well.
The Cardinals dropped long snapper Danny Dillon, leaving Kam Canaday as the winner of that competition, and they waived/injured quarterback Jake Coker. Coker, who suffered a knee injury, was the quarterback for Alabama when they won the national title last season but was behind Carson Palmer, Drew Stanton and Matt Barkley before his injury.
Arizona also parted ways with guard Jake Bernstein, receiver Amir Carlisle, tight end Gerald Christian, tackle Clay DeBord, defensive tackle Iosia Iosia, cornerback Asa Jackson, wide receiver Franky Okafor, cornerback Shaun Prater, punter Garrett Swanson and safety Tyrequek Zimmerman. They have two more moves to make to get down to 75 players.
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PFT wrote:
Seahawks announce some roster moves
Posted by Zac Jackson on August 29, 2016, 7:03 PM EDT
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Every team has to have its roster down to 75 players by Tuesday, and the Seahawks made an initial wave of roster moves Monday en route to getting there.
As previously reported, cornerback Brandon Browner was released. Releasing Browner and placing defensive tackle Sealver Siliga on injured reserve were the most notable moves made by the team Monday.
Siliga had a calf injury early in camp and then aggravated it while warming up for the team’s preseason opener. Siliga started 13 games and played in 25 over the last three seasons for the Patriots.
The Seahawks also waived fullback Kyle Coleman, wide receiver Montario Hunter and defensive end DeAngelo Tyson. Wide receiver Deshon Foxx, who spent some time on the team’s practice squad last season, was waived-injured.
The Seahawks still have to make nine roster moves by Tuesday’s deadline.
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PFT wrote:
Patriots cut Stork, place Jackson on reserve/PUP
Posted by Zac Jackson on August 29, 2016, 7:16 PM EDT
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The Patriots officially released center Bryan Stork Monday, a few days after trading him and the same day Stork failed a physical with the Redskins that voided that trade.
Stork had contemplated retirement before deciding to report to the Redskins, who keep the seventh-round pick they’d pledged to acquire him in the trade.
The Patriots also officially released veteran defensive tackle Terrance Knighton, a move that had been previously reported, and placed guard Tre’ Jackson on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.
The reserve/PUP designation means Jackson will miss at least the first six games of the regular season.
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PFT wrote:
Chargers cut James Jones
Posted by Zac Jackson on August 29, 2016, 9:50 PM EDT
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The Chargers released veteran wide receiver James Jones on Monday.
Jones had signed earlier this month following a tryout with other veteran wide receivers. The Chargers were looking for more experience in their receiving corps after losing Stevie Johnson for the season.
Jones, 32, caught eight touchdown passes for the Packers last season after spending 2014 with the Raiders.
Jones has 433 career receptions over his nine NFL seasons, 51 for touchdowns.
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Seahawks release 2015 sixth-round pick Kristjan Sokoli
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on August 29, 2016, 10:55 PM EDT
SEATTLE, WA - AUGUST 14: Defensive end Kristjan Sokoli #67 of the Seattle Seahawks warms up prior to the game against the Denver Broncos at CenturyLink Field on August 14, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
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After announcing a handful of cuts on Monday afternoon as the team begins to trim its roster to the league maximum of 75 players by Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline, the Seattle Seahawks released a member of their 2015 draft class on Monday evening.
Per his agent Brett Tessler, the Seahawks are releasing offensive lineman Kristjan Sokoli, a sixth-round pick last year.
Sokoli was a defensive lineman at the University of Buffalo that Seattle believed could develop into a strong offensive line prospect due to his athletic ability. The Seahawks made a similar conversion with J.R. Sweezy after selecting him in the seventh round of the 2012 draft and tried the same with 2013 seventh-round pick Jared Smith.
Seattle believed Sokoli could develop into an intriguing center prospect, but he never managed to work ahead of the third-team offensive line in training camp this year.
Tessler contends that Sokoli would be better off being moved back to the defensive side of the ball. He appeared in just one game for Seattle last year and played just eight snaps on special teams.
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Quinton Coples among first Rams cuts
Posted by Josh Alper on August 30, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Quinton Coples #98 of the New York Jets looks on after the game against Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium on October 4, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
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Quinton Coples didn’t fulfill expectations as a 2012 first-round pick for the Jets and failed to last four full years with the team before getting cut last November.
It didn’t take the Rams nearly that long to decide that the defensive lineman wasn’t for them. Coples was one of 14 players lopped from the roster on Monday as the team moved toward Tuesday’s 75-man limit. Coach Jeff Fisher said Coples worked hard, but there still wasn’t a spot for a player they signed as a free agent this offseason.
“But out of fairness to a player like Q, I didn’t see him making the team, and that’s exactly what I told him,” Fisher said, via the team’s website. “So I wanted to give him a chance — give him an opportunity — to get out there early to see if he could find work. And if not, we’re going to keep the door open for him.”
Quarterback Dylan Thompson, wide receiver Marquez North, wide receiver David Richards, tight end Benson Browne, tight end Jake Stoneburner, running back Zach Laskey, center Brian Folkerts, offensive lineman Jordan Swindle, defensive lineman Zach Colvin, linebacker Darreon Herring, safety Michael Caputo, kicker Taylor Bertolet and long snapper Jeff Overbaugh were the other cuts.
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PFT wrote:
Earl Wolff waived/injured as Jags drop to 78 players
Posted by Josh Alper on August 30, 2016, 7:33 AM EDT
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - AUGUST 11: Earl Wolff #42 of the Jacksonville Jaguars warms up before an NFL preseason game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on August 11, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
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Safety Earl Wolff had a harrowing experience in February when he was carjacked and kidnapped in Arkansas in an incident that left him wondering if he would make it out alive.
Wolff did and returned to trying to make the Jaguars, an effort that came to an end on Monday when the team announced that the former Eagles fifth-round pick was waived with an injury designation. That was one of 12 moves that the Jaguars made to get to 78 players ahead of Tuesday’s deadline to cut to 75 players.
The team also placed offensive lineman Jeff Linkenbach on injured reserve and transferred center Luke Bowanko and rookie defensive end Jonathan Woodard, who tore his Achilles in May, on the regular season PUP list.
The Jaguars also waived cornerback Demetrius McCray, linebacker Joplo Bartu, wide receiver Shaq Evans, kicker Sam Ficken, cornerback Mike Hilton, running back Cameron Marshall, punter Ryan Quigley and wide receiver Jamal Robinson.
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Statistics: Posted by TheRealWags — August 30th, 2016, 9:44 am