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James Houston still not designated to return from I.R.

Lions EDGE James Houston still not designated to return from I.R., and that means a return during the regular season is unlikely

C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Jason Cabinda have been practicing with the Detroit Lions for the last few days. The team started the 21-day clock on their return from injured reserve on Wednesday of last week, and they could be activated in time for Saturday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Another player on injured reserve has yet to have his return window opened. EDGE James Houston is still unable to practice or prove he’s healthy enough for the Lions to designate him to return. That is in spite of head coach Dan Campbell indicating on Tuesday, “there’s a good chance we start Houston’s clock”.

Houston suffered a fractured ankle and high ankle sprain in Week 2, September 17th, while playing special teams. It’s a significant injury that typically sidelines players for at least four months; Dak Prescott, Drake London and Jaylen Waddle are all examples of the same injury in recent times, as noted by Dr. Jimmy Liao here:

While there is optimism from both inside and outside the organization on Houston, and the player himself has expressed his intentions to be back on the field by the end of the regular season, the timeframe isn’t quite matching up. Given how long the Lions typically have returning players ramp up in practice — every I.R. return in the last two seasons has had at least one full week of practice before being activated — if Houston’s clock doesn’t start on Thursday, it seems very unlikely we see him play before the postseason.

Houston burst onto the scene with eight sacks in the final seven games of 2022, his rookie season. He played limited snaps in the first games this year prior to being injured against Seattle, recording one QB hit and one tackle in 31 total snaps.

Update: Per Dannie Rogers of the Lions, the team did start Houston’s window on Thursday. 

 

Chargers make roster moves ahead of Week 17 matchup with Rams

The Chargers activated Joey Bosa from injured reserve.

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The Chargers made a few roster moves ahead of their Week 17 matchup with the Rams.

Los Angeles activated edge defender Joey Bosa from injured reserve. Bosa has been out since Week 3 with a groin injury that he had to have surgery on.

In correspondence, L.A. waived running back Sony Michel to make room for Bosa on the roster.

Additionally, the Chargers promoted RB Larry Rountree and defensive lineman David Moa from the practice squad.

Rountree has appeared in two games this season. In 2021, he rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown on 36 carries.

Moa, a former undrafted free agent out of Boise State, spent time with the Vikings and Falcons before landing in New York, where he played in four games and had three tackles in 2021.

Seahawks cornerback Tre Brown edging closer to 2022 debut

After recovering from a torn patellar tendon, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Tre Brown is getting closer to making his 2022 season debut.

It’s been a long road back for Seattle Seahawks second-year cornerback Tre Brown, who suffered a torn patellar tendon to end his rookie season. Now back on the active roster, Brown is edging closer to making his 2022 debut.

Brown was a full-go this week in practice, but coach Pete Carroll remains mum as to whether or not he’ll appear this week against the Raiders.

“Really, I’m banking on what I had seen before,” Carroll said of what he expects to see from Brown going forward. “We didn’t get enough work with him coming into this year, but he’s practiced really well, he’s really flying around, he’s strong, he’s aggressive, and he’s a good tackler. He was really accurate and did not make very many errors at all when he was coming up, that’s why he was able to push his way to be starting.”

But this year things are a little different in the Seahawks locker room, with 10 games already in the books and other corners having embraced the next-man-up mentality. Still, Carroll has high expectations.

“I feel like we are getting a starter coming back to us and we need to see how that fits in,” Carroll continued. “We’ve liked the play of our guys, but we will see about playtime and how we can work him back in as we go along here.”

The Seahawks and Raiders are set to kick off Sunday at 1:05 from Lumen Field.

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Seahawks activate cornerback Tre Brown from PUP List

The Seattle Seahawks have activated cornerback Tre Brown to the 53-man roster from the team’s Physically Unable to Perform List.

The Seattle Seahawks announced a couple of roster moves on Tuesday, including the activation of cornerback Tre Brown from the Physically Unable to Perform List.

Brown had been practicing for the last three weeks following his designation to return.

During his morning press conference, coach Pete Carroll had indicated Brown would be activated sooner than later.

“We’re looking towards that happening,” Carroll told reporters. “He’s done really well. He’s healthy, he’s ready to go. You’ll see us doing something with that.”

Brown fills the empty spot on the roster made available when Cullen Gillaspia was placed on injured reserve.

The Seahawks also announced the release of wide receiver Kevin Kassis from the practice squad.

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Cowboys activate DE Tarell Basham from IR, facing gauntlet of top RBs

Out since Week 1 with a quad injury, Basham returns just as the Cowboys defense preps for a murderer’s row of opposing rushing threats. | From @ToddBrock24f7

The Cowboys are getting back a key piece of their run defense puzzle just in time.

Defensive end Tarell Basham has been activated to the 53-man roster after sitting out the past seven games. He suffered a quad injury in the season-opening loss to Tampa Bay and was at the end of his 21-day practice window that began on Oct. 19.

The former third-round draft pick was a significant run-stopper for Dallas last season. Now he’ll return just as the team prepares to face a gauntlet of top rushing threats, starting with Green Bay’s Aaron Jones. Jones is expected to play this week despite sustaining an ankle injury in Week 9 that forced him to exit the game early; his 5.6 yards per carry is currently 12th-best in the NFL.

Looking ahead, it’s a murderer’s row of opposing rushers. Star running backs Vikings’ Dalvin Cook, the Giants’ Saquon Barkley, and the Colts’ Jonathan Taylor all follow on the Cowboys’ schedule. And after that: Dameon Pierce, Travis Etienne, Miles Sanders, and Derrick Henry. Each is currently in the top ten in rushing yards except for Taylor, and he was last year’s rushing champ.

The Cowboys are allowing an average of 135.1 ground yards per game, ninth-worst in the league.

Head coach Mike McCarthy reinforced the importance of stiffening up against the run in his Wednesday press conference.

“We understand that when people look at our defense, it’s like, ‘Hey, we’ve got to try to run the ball on these guys,'” the coach told reporters. “We know that’s the way people want to come at us. The numbers reflect that if you look at the number of attempts that we have seen- especially late- so we understand it’s a starting point. But we’re also not ignorant and blind to what comes off of those is action throws and an opportunity to try to take some shots on our guys. Our run defense will be critical because it puts us in favorable down-and-distance [situations] to do what we do best, and that’s obviously rushing the passer.”

Basham was on the practice field Wednesday, with his imminent return boding well for the entire Cowboys’ defensive line rotation as they hit the back half of the regular season.

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Cowboys rookie LB Damone Clark practices for first time as 21-day activation window opens

The highly-touted rookie could be put on the active roster within the next 3 weeks after rehabbing from spinal fusion surgery in March. | From @ToddBrock24f7

The Cowboys’ latest player gamble is a little bit closer to paying off.

Rookie linebacker Damone Clark, a fifth-round draft pick this spring, had his 21-day practice window activated Wednesday and is working on the field with the team for the first time.

“Everybody is excited about that,” head coach Mike McCarthy told reporters.

Clark could now be added to the active roster at any point in the next three weeks, but the club will likely take a fairly methodical approach with the 22-year-old. The LSU product had spinal fusion surgery in late March after a problematic herniated disc was discovered via MRI at the scouting combine.

It dropped Clark out of the Top 100 pick in April’s draft, but it didn’t scare the Cowboys away from selecting him on Day Three. Leighton Vander Esch had the same procedure done following the 2019 season and has not had further issues.

That alone helped boost Clark’s confidence in aiming for a return to action.

“If you have someone like Leighton who had the same exact injury and he’s back on the field,” Clark said in the spring, “why wouldn’t I be back on the field, too?”

The Louisiana native believes the surgery will ultimately extend his career rather than shorten it; now that career is a step closer to finally starting.

“I’ll say this, we’re all excited about him. How can you not?” McCarthy asked Wednesday. “You see, obviously, the player he was in college coming out and, more importantly, just how he’s been since he’s been here. This young man is here every day. I’m talking on the weekend, he’s here all the time. He’s ready. I think our medical staff and Damone himself, the patience has been tough, because just how the whole injury unfolded and so forth. My point is, I think the rehab process is complete.”

Clark got plenty of attention Wednesday in his first practice as a pro, wearing the No. 33 jersey made famous by Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett. The number assignment at least hints at huge expectations for Clark, who proved himself capable of being a game-wrecker in college and figures to be again once fully healed.

The Cowboys always believed that Clark would be ready for action at some point during this season, and elected to place him on the Non-Football Injury list with an eye toward that timeline.

Now he has three weeks to work with the team. If he is not activated to the active roster in that time, he will go back to the NFI list for the remainder of the 2022 campaign. But the Cowboys- and Clark- will have gotten a good long look at both his health status and enormous potential within Dan Quinn’s defense.

“I’m personally happy we waited as long as we did,” McCarthy continued, “because now this young man can jump in there full speed. But he hasn’t put on pads in a year and a half, so let’s be realistic about that. It’ll be good to get him out here working. I’d like to see where he is at the end of the week, but in a lot of ways, he’s like a guy that just showed up at training camp and missed ramp-up and missed the whole offseason program. He just needs the work. It’ll be great to have him out there.”

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Seahawks activate defensive end L.J. Collier from reserve/COVID-19 list

The Seattle Seahawks have activated defensive end L.J. Collier from the reserve/COVID-19 list ahead of the Week 17 game against the Lions.

The Seattle Seahawks have activated defensive end L.J. Collier from the reserve/COVID-19 list ahead of the Week 17 game against the Detroit Lions.

Collier didn’t spend much time out of the action as he had just been placed on the list on Monday.

Now that Collier has returned to the active roster, the Seahawks have just two players remaining on the reserve/COVID-19 list – cornerback Bless Austin and guard Damien Lewis.

Seattle hosts Detroit Sunday at Lumen Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:25 p.m. PT.

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Seahawks activate Russell Wilson and Dee Eskridge to 53-man roster

The Seattle Seahawks activated quarterback Russell Wilson and rookie receiver Dee Eskridge to the 53-man roster from the injured reserve.

The Seattle Seahawks activated quarterback Russell Wilson and wide receiver Dee Eskridge from the injured reserve to the 53-man roster ahead of the Week-10 matchup against the Packers in Green Bay.

“He had a terrific week, he really did,” Carroll said of his star quarterback, who is back in action after finger surgery. “And you could see him just feel a little bit better as the week went on, but he really didn’t hold anything back.

“He finished great the last couple of days, and he’s ready to go.”

As for the rookie wide receiver, he will finally be able to contribute after sustaining a concussion Week 1.

“He had a great week,” Carroll said. “He did everything to be included in the plan. We can use him as we want to. He really had a great week and looked terrific.”

To make room for Wilson and Eskridge on the active roster, Seattle waived tight end Tyler Mabry and placed safety Marquise Blair on injured reserve with a season-ending knee injury.
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Saints activate DB C.J. Gardner-Johnson from COVID-19 reserve

The New Orleans Saints activated DB C.J. Gardner-Johnson from the COVID-19 reserve list before their playoff game against the Chicago Bears.

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The New Orleans Saints only reported one roster move on Friday’s daily update to the NFL transactions wire, but it’s a big one: the return of defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson from reserve/COVID-19.

Gardner-Johnson was designated to the reserve list before Week 17’s game with the Carolina Panthers, forcing the Saints to reshuffle their secondary for the regular season finale. One of those changes was the debut of practice squad cornerback Grant Haley, who bagged his first career interception in the game.

But getting Gardner-Johnson back now is critical. The second-year safety out of Florida has played more snaps from the slot than any other New Orleans defender, dealing out most of his damage in run defense. His ability to reliably make tackles in the open field allows the Saints to play a nickel defense as their base, giving them more defensive backs to drop back into coverage. With him in the fold, they can get more creative in the Wild-Card Round against Mitchell Trubisky and the Chicago Bears.

And the edge Gardner-Johnson adds to the secondary can’t be understated. He’s as mouthy as they come in the NFL, and has quickly built a reputation as one of the league’s best chirpers between plays. Just look at Week 8’s game with this same Bears team, when he egged on Chicago wideout Javon Wims until he sucker punched Gardner-Johnson and got himself ejected.

But we’ll be expecting more highlight reel-worthy moments from Gardner-Johnson during plays, not outside of them, when the two squads kick off on Sunday. He’s a big building-block for the Saints secondary and part of the youth movement poised to take over for their legendary 2017 draft class. Getting him more postseason experience is critical.

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Seahawks activate safety Damarious Randall from Reserve/COVID-19 list

The Seattle Seahawks have activated safety Damarious Randall back from the Reserve/COVID-19 list ahead of the wild-card playoff matchup.

The Seattle Seahawks announced a couple of roster moves on Wednesday ahead of the wild-card matchup against the Los Angeles Rams scheduled for Saturday at Lumen Field.

Seattle has activated safety Damarious Randall back from the Reserve/COVID-19 list just one day after teammate, tackle Brandon Shell, was also returned to the active roster.

Both players are now available for the playoff game this weekend.

In addition, the Seahawks also signed former University of Washington cornerback Jordan Miller to the practice squad.

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