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Texans sign LS Mitchell Fraboni, G Danny Isidora, other roster transactions

The Houston Texans made a total of four roster moves, including bringing back long snapper Mitchell Fraboni and signing guard Danny Isidora.

The Houston Texans announced a total of four roster transactions on Monday afternoon.

The first was to re-sign long snapper Mitchell Fraboni. The former Arizona State product was originally on the Texans’ offseason roster, but was released as camp started. Fraboni also took part in HUB Football’s “Camp,” which helps free agents get prepped for quality NFL workouts.

Houston also signed guard Danny Isidora. The former Kansas City Chiefs interior offensive lineman, who started one game for the AFC West club last season, will get a chance to keep his football career alive after being a Minnesota Vikings 2017 fifth-round pick, and then spending the 2019 season with the Miami Dolphins.

Defensive end DeMarcus Walker also came off of the physically unable to perform list.

The club waived linebacker Nate Hall.

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Texans work out former Vikings, Dolphins, Chiefs, Steelers G Danny Isidora

The Houston Texans held a workout for former Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, and Pittsburgh Steelers guard Danny Isidora.

The Houston Texans are working out former Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, and Pittsburgh Steelers guard Danny Isidora.

Isidora played one game for the Chiefs in 2020 as he spent time with the club from Weeks 1-13. In Week 14, the Steelers signed Isidora off the Chiefs’ practice squad, but his contract expired at the end of the season.

In 2019 at the end of preseason, Isidora was traded from Vikings to the Dolphins in exchange for a 2020 seventh-round draft choice. The former 2017 fifth-round pick from Miami was placed on injured reserve by mid-September.

Isidora played 21 games for the Vikings from 2017-18, starting in three of them.

As tackle Marcus Cannon and guard Lane Taylor remain on injured reserve, the Texans continue to evaluate outside talent to add to their new-look offensive line.

Steelers poach Chiefs OL Danny Isidora from practice squad

Pittsburgh has signed an offensive lineman away from Kansas City.

The Kansas City Chiefs will be losing some offensive line depth from their practice squad.

The Pittsburgh Steelers announced on Tuesday that they have signed OL Danny Isidora from the Chiefs’ practice squad. Kansas City first signed Isidora to their practice squad back in September. He was since elevated to the 53-man roster twice, in Week 7 against the Broncos and Week 8 against the Jets, as a standard elevation. He played just two offensive snaps against New York back in Week 8 during garbage time.

The signing of former Steelers OG Stefen Wisniewski really opened the door for Isidora’s exit. The Steelers are dealing with injuries to Matt Feiler, Kevin Dotson and Chukuwama Okorafor. Isidora will likely start or be a primary backup for Pittsburgh. In Kansas City, he’d probably stay on the practice squad for the remainder of the season.

This will leave just three offensive linemen on the practice squad in Darryl Williams, Bryann Witzmann and Wisniewski. Only Williams will be able to be elevated to the 53-man roster moving forward with a standard elevation as both Wisniewski and Witzmann having been elevated twice already. This does leave the Chiefs with free a roster spot on the practice squad, likely to be filled by another offensive lineman.

It’s worth noting that Kansas City hasn’t opted for many practice squad protections this season. They might change their stance on practice squad protections after seeing one of their players signed away by the team with the second-best record in the AFC.

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Chiefs elevate two players for Week 7 vs. Broncos

The Kansas City Chiefs will have two practice squad players available to play on Sunday.

The Kansas City Chiefs have elevated a pair of players ahead of their Week 7 contest against the Denver Broncos.

One of the new features of NFL practice squads during the 2020 season is the ability to elevate two players to the active roster. Players are designated as “COVID-19 replacements” or elevated using the “Standard Elevation” addendum. When the game is over the players simply go back to the practice squad. The one catch is that this can only be used twice on a player before they’re subject to waivers.

This week marks the first week all season that the Chiefs have elevated their two allotted players according to the NFL’s official transaction report. First, they elevated WR Marcus Kemp using the “Standard Elevation.” Kemp was also elevated last week, so this would be the last time Kansas City would be allowed to elevate the special teams ace in such a fashion.

In addition to Kemp, the team elevated OL Danny Isidora. Isidora was the only player the Chiefs protected on the practice squad earlier in the week. The team, of course, is shorthanded along the offensive line with injuries to Mitchell Schwartz and Kelechi Osemele.

Isidora first joined the team in September as a member of the practice squad. He was a former fifth-round draft pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2017 and has spent some time with Miami Dolphins as well. The 6-3 and 306-pound offensive lineman has spent most of his career, NFL and college, playing the guard position. That’ll likely be the area that he’s prepared to fill in if the Chiefs suffer another injury.

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Chiefs make flurry of transactions on Wednesday

Several players returned to practice as a part of four transactions on Wednesday.

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The Kansas City Chiefs have made four different transactions on Wednesday according to the NFL’s official transaction report, three of which had players returning to practice for the Chiefs.

Former 2019 third-round draft pick Khalen Saunders was designated to return from injured reserve. The athletic defensive tackle suffered a dislocated elbow during the Week 1 win over the Houston Texans. He was subsequently placed on injured reserve and was expected to miss about a month with the injury. He seems to be right on track to make his return.

The Chiefs haven’t made a corresponding transaction and won’t need to quite yet. With FB Anthony Sherman on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team has a roster spot available for Saunders for when he’s officially activated.

Teams can return an unlimited number of players from injured reserve this year. Saunders simply marks the first player to make his return. Rookies Mike Danna and L’Jarius Sneed remain options to return from injured reserve later on in the season.

Next, OL Martinas Rankin did in fact make his return to practice on Wednesday. This week marked the first week that he could return to practice after beginning the season on the PUP list. This opens a multi-week window where the Chiefs need to decide if Rankin is healthy enough to return to action. He wasn’t listed on the first injury report of the week for the Chief. That is typically a good sign.

Jordan Ta’amu, who became the first player to be placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list in Kansas City after reportedly testing positive for the virus nearly three weeks ago, has been removed from the list. It appears he has beaten the virus and has been cleared to rejoin his teammates at practice.

Finally, as shorthanded as the Chiefs are at the offensive line position, the team chose to protect practice squad OG Danny Isidora. A new NFL practice squad rule allows teams to protect players from poaching each week. Teams can choose up to four new players to be protected beginning every Tuesday. Those players can then be elevated to the active roster on game day without the threat of poaching during the week or after the game.

Isidora has played mostly at guard during both his professional and collegiate career. It’ll be interesting to see who the Chiefs turn to at the tackle position in terms of depth, assuming Mitchell Schwartz is unable to go on Sunday.

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Chiefs fill final practice squad spot with veteran OL Danny Isidora

The Chiefs have filled the final spot on their 16-man practice squad.

The Kansas City Chiefs have filled the final spot on their practice squad with an offensive lineman that they brought in for a visit.

According to the NFL’s official transaction report, The Chiefs have signed OL Danny Isidora to the practice squad. He fills their final practice squad spot in one of the six spots reserved for players with unlimited accrued seasons.

Isidora was drafted out of the University of Miami in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. The 6-3 and 306-pound guard spent two seasons in Minnesota working primarily as a backup. He’d go on to appear in 21 games, starting in three. He posted an uninspiring overall PFF grade during the 2017 (43.4) and 2018 (53.5) seasons with the Vikings.

Ahead of the 2019 NFL season, Isidora was traded to the Miami Dolphins for a seventh-round pick. He started in the first three games of the season for the Dolphins at right guard before suffering a foot injury. The injury landed him on injured reserve for the remainder of the season.

The Chiefs only had a single offensive lineman on their practice squad, which is uncharacteristic for the team, especially considering they’re only carrying nine on the 53-man roster. Now that he’s fully healthy, Isidora gets a chance to continue to develop on the practice squad in Kansas City.

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Chiefs hosted three free agents for visits on Monday

An offensive lineman, a wide receiver and a punter were in Kansas City for visits on Monday.

The Kansas City Chiefs hosted three free agents for visits on Monday, including a familiar face. According to the NFL’s transaction report, the Chiefs reported visits with OL Danny Isidora, WR Juwann Winfree and P Tyler Newsome.

Isidora, 26, was a former fifth-round draft pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2017. He mostly operated as a backup along the interior offensive line in Minnesota. In 2019, he was traded to the Miami Dolphins. He’s appeared in 24 career games between the two teams starting in a total of six games. The Chiefs are short on offensive linemen on their practice squad, so signing Isidora could make some sense.

Winfree, 24, was a former sixth-round pick by the Chiefs’ AFC West division rival, the Denver Broncos. He was waived by the Broncos during 53-man roster cuts. According to our friends at Broncos Wire, Winfree only played in three games last season with most of his action coming on special teams. He also missed most of training camp with a groin injury.

Finally, the Chiefs brought back Newsome, who was with the team for the majority of the virtual offseason program. He was released during the cutdown from 90 players to 80 players earlier in the summer. It’s interesting that Kansas City would bring him back for a workout. It’s worth noting that Tommy Townsend, who won the punting job in Kansas City, isn’t dealing with an injury or anything like that.

Does this signal that the Chiefs have some doubts about Townsend’s potential to step in and be the starting punter for the team? Everything they’ve said up to this point wouldn’t suggest that. Perhaps the Chiefs anticipated that Dustin Colquitt would be available if they ran into injury trouble at the position. That, of course, won’t be the case now with Colquitt signing a free-agent deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Nevertheless, it’s good to see the team bringing in some new players. We’ll see if anything happens in the coming days as a result of these visits.

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From 2010 to now: Vikings players who were compensatory draft picks

Here’s a look back at the Vikings players who were compensatory draft picks this past decade.

This week, Minnesota was awarded three compensatory draft picks.

Compensatory draft picks are awarded to a team based off free agency losses and gains. The most compensatory picks a team could have received was four, so three is pretty good. The Vikings received a third round pick and two seventh round picks.

That third round pick will really come in handy for the Vikings, considering this could be an offseason that sees a lot of veteran talent finding elsewhere to play.

So how much success do the Vikings have when it comes to compensatory picks? Here is a quick breakdown of each Vikings player drafted with a compensatory pick in the past decade.

2019: WR Bisi Johnson, seventh round

The Vikings got solid production out of Johnson for where they drafted him. He was third among Minnesota wideouts in receiving yards this past season. He filled in when Adam Thielen was hurt at times. Overall, he was a good choice that added depth to a position that occasionally needed it.

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