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Raiders sign 12 players to reserve/future deals

The Raiders added a dozen players to the offseason roster on Monday including a couple former mid-round drafted players.

The first order of business for the Raiders at the close of the 2024 NFL season was to sign those players who they wish to have on the offseason roster. Known as reserve/future deals. They started with these 12 players:

Several of these players spent last offseason with the team. Many come from the team’s practice squad.

Notable names include 2024 seventh round pick CB MJ Devonshire, former CFL star return specialist Tyreik McAllister, former round four LB Brandon Smith, former round four RB Isaiah Spiller, and WR Kristian Wilkerson who enters his third offseason with the team.

Along with the other players under contract, the Raiders have a base of players to begin their offseason roster.

Raiders add former mid-round linebacker

Wednesday the Raiders brought on board former fourth round LB Brandon Smith whose career has been marred by injuries.

Penn State is known as Linebacker U for a reason. In 2022, underclassman Brandon Smith entered the NFL Draft and was selected in the fourth round by the Carolina Panthers.

Since then, Smith has struggled with injuries and is now in his three NFL season and is joining his fourth NFL team, with the Raiders announcing Wednesday he had been signed to the team’s practice squad.

After appearing in 12 games as a rookie in Carolina with one start, Smith landed on injured reserve. He would then fail to make the team out of camp the following year and signed onto the Eagles practice squad.

After appearing in two games last season, he was brought back on a reserve/future contract, but was again relegated to the practice squad coming into this season.

He was released in early September, signed onto the Jets practice squad and three days later landed on IR again before being released in October.

Now he will get his fourth shot to try and live up to his NFL potential.

Eagles officially announce the signing of 20 players to Reserve/Futures deals

The Philadelphia Eagles officially announced the signing 20 players to reserve/futures deals ahead of the 2024 NFL offseason and free agency

The Eagles are looking towards significant changes at every level of the organization after a 32-9 loss to the Buccaneers in the wild-card round.

Owner Jeffrey Lurie will likely keep head coach Nick Sirianni.

A Wednesday press conference will be centered around the offensive and defensive coordinators and a roster severely in flux.

All eyes in Philadelphia will now turn towards the Senior Bowl and the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis before the official start of the new league year and the free agent bonanza.

Philadelphia currently has 20 pending free agents and 38 players on the roster under contract, and these 20 players just signed reserve/futures deals courtesy of the team’s official website.

Eagles sign 20 players to Reserve/Futures deals

The Philadelphia Eagles signed 20 players to reserve/futures deals ahead of the 2024 NFL offseason and free agency

The Eagles are out of the playoffs and looking towards significant changes at every level of the organization after a 32-9 loss to the Buccaneers in the wild-card round.

Owner Jeffrey Lurie will likely keep head coach Nick Sirianni.

Still, Friday discussions and decisions will be centered around the offensive and defensive coordinators and a roster severely in flux.

All eyes in Philadelphia will now turn towards the Senior Bowl and the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis before the official start of the new league year and the free agent bonanza.

Philadelphia currently has 20 pending free agents and 38 players on the roster under contract, and these 20 players just signed reserve/futures deals courtesy of NFL Communications.

Every Penn State player in the NFL playoffs in 2024

Here is every former Penn State football player on an NFL playoff team’s roster in 2024.

Another NFL postseason is set to get underway, and there is a good chance at least one team playing in the Super Bowl will have a Penn State player on the roster. All but two teams in this year’s NFL playoffs have at least one Penn State player on the roster this year. The top seeds in each conference have multiple Penn State players on the roster, seemingly making it more likely Penn State will see a former player earn a Super Bowl ring.

In all, a total of 64 Super Bowl rings have been won by a former Penn State player. Last year’s Super Bowl had just one former Penn State player on the field, but Miles Sanders and the Philadelphia Eagles came up short of winning the big game. There is an excellent chance there will be more than one former Nittany Lion competing in the Super Bowl this postseason.

The Los Angeles Rams and Cleveland Browns are the only two teams in the NFL postseason without a Penn State player on the roster. Here is a look at every Penn State player on an NFL playoff team’s roster this postseason.

Eagles announce 3 practice squad moves ahead of Week 8 matchup vs. Commanders

The #Eagles announced three practice squad moves, signing Noah Elliss and Brandon Smith, while also releasing Taiwan Mullen

The Eagles announced three practice squad moves ahead of the Week 8 matchup against the Washington Commanders, signing linebacker Brandon Smith, and defensive tackle Noah Elliss.

Philadelphia released cornerback Tiawan Mullens, and also lost offensive guard Brett Toth to the Carolina Panthers practice squad.

The Eagles are riding a wave of emotion after acquiring safety Kevin Byard from the Titans for two late round 2024 draft picks, and safety Terrell Edmunds.

Eagles promote Braden Mann to the active roster, sign LB Brandon Smith to Practice Squad.

The Philadelphia #Eagles promote Braden Mann to the active roster, and signed LB Brandon Smith to Practice Squad.ahead of Sunday matchup vs. the Jets

The Eagles announced roster moves on Thursday, and it was the move the team didn’t make that could have the most significant impact.

Philadelphia promoted punter Braden Mann to the active roster and signed former Penn State linebacker Brandon Smith to the practice squad.

Mann spent three seasons with the Jets before a preseason stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The veteran punter signed to Philadelphia’s practice squad on September 18.

Titans hosted five players for workouts on Tuesday

The Titans worked out a total of five players on Tuesday, including their former RB Jonathan Ward.

The Tennessee Titans spent their non-practice day bringing in a handful of players for workouts, one of which was a familiar face.

According to the league’s transactions wire, the Titans worked out one of their former players in running back Jonathan Ward, which was first reported on Monday by Justin Melo of The Draft Network.

Ward was with the team in 2022, appearing in three games and totaling five carries for 25 yards while playing mostly on special teams.

Tennessee brought Ward back this offseason and he looked to have a good shot to make the initial 53-man roster as the team’s third back before suffering an injury in preseason Week 1.

The Titans are in the market for a running back with the team only having two on the active roster (Derrick Henry and Tyjae Spears) and one on the practice squad (Jacques Patrick).

Ward was just one of five players the Titans took a look at on Tuesday. Here’s the rest.

Panthers waiving 2022 4th-round pick Brandon Smith

The Panthers have waived 2022 fourth-round pick Brandon Smith.

The Carolina Panthers are moving on (at least for now) from a pretty recent investment.

As first reported by Mike Kaye of The Charlotte Observer on Tuesday morning, the team is waiving linebacker Brandon Smith. The 22-year-old was selected in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL draft.

A native of Henrico, Va., Smith attended Pennsylvania State University from 2019 to 2021. There, he totaled 117 combined tackles (6.0 for a loss), two interceptions, a fumble recovery and half a sack over 24 games.

Despite trading up to select him two springs ago, the Panthers did not get much from the athletic 6-foot-3, 241-pound backer. He appeared in 12 games during his rookie season, with 193 of his 246 snaps coming on special teams.

He was on the field for 53 defensive looks, headlined by a start in the Week 14 win over the Seattle Seahawks. Before succumbing to a season-ending ankle injury, he finished the campaign with eight combined tackles.

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4 most intriguing players on the Panthers’ roster bubble entering cutdowns

A number of recent draft picks are amongst the most intriguing players on the Panthers’ roster bubble.

With the NFL requiring that teams cut 37 players from their roster by Tuesday, the Carolina Panthers will face a series of tough decisions at multiple positions. And those tough decisions will involve quite a few intriguing talents.

Here are the four most interesting players fighting for the opportunity to stay on the roster: