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They Cardinals brought in a pair of defensive linemen and a receiver over the weekend.
The Arizona Cardinals have been hosting a number of players for workouts recently. According to the NFL transaction report, they had another three players at State Farm Stadium for tryouts. Two are defensive linemen and one is a receiver.
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They only have four healthy defensive linemen between the active roster and practice squad.
The Arizona Cardinals need defensive line help, although they will be shorthanded on Thursday against the Seattle Seahawks. With three currently on injured reserve and Corey Peters headed there, the Cardinals are seeking depth.
They hosted 15-year veteran Domata Peko, according to the league transaction report on Wednesday and they also had three other defensive linemen in for a tryout.
The Packers are adding former Ravens DL Daylon Mack to the roster ahead of Week 1.
The Packers are signing DT Daylon Mack, the former fifth-round pick of the Ravens in 2019, a source told ESPN. He will fill the open roster spot. He worked out for the team on Monday and has been going through COVID testing. He played in just one game… https://t.co/fsKiCb5azC
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) September 10, 2020
The Green Bay Packers will complete their 53-man roster by adding a defensive lineman ahead of Sunday’s season opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
According to Rob Demovsky of ESPN, the Packers will sign former Baltimore Ravens defensive lineman Daylon Mack, filling the team’s open roster spot.
Mack, a fifth-round pick of the Ravens in 2019, played in just one game before landing on injured reserve last season. After being waived by the Ravens in August, Mack spent time with the Detroit Lions and New York Giants during training camp.
Mack, a massive nose tackle type at 6-1 and 340 pounds, was one of several players who worked out for the Packers earlier this week.
The Packers could use the extra depth along the defensive line, especially going into Week 1. The team has only four healthy defensive linemen, although Montravius Adams could soon return.
Mack played with both Kingsley Keke and Jace Sternberger at Texas A&M. He did 30 reps on the bench press at the 2019 combine. During his final collegiate season, Mack produced 5.5 sacks and 10 tackles for losses.
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The Packers held a tryout for center Justin Britt and defensive lineman Daylon Mack on Monday, per ESPN.
The Packers had two players in for tryouts: veteran C Justin Britt and DT Daylon Mack (a 2019 fifth-round pick of the Ravens). They currently have one open roster spot. https://t.co/vdtPWkTAks
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) September 7, 2020
The Green Bay Packers hosted two notable names for a tryout on Monday.
According to Rob Demovsky of ESPN, the team held a tryout for former Seattle Seahawks center Justin Britt and former Baltimore Ravens defensive lineman Daylon Mack.
Britt, a second-round pick of the Seahawks in 2014, has made 86 NFL starts, with appearances at right tackle, guard and center. He played in just eight games before suffering a season-ending knee injury in 2019.
Mack, a fifth-round pick of the Ravens in 2019, spent time with the Detroit Lions and New York Giants this summer. He is 6-1 and 340 pounds, profiling as a nose tackle.
GM Brian Gutekunst’s roster currently has an open spot, making it possible Britt or Mack could sign soon. The team placed linebacker Kamal Martin and cornerback Kabion Ento on injured reserve and signed cornerback Parry Nickerson on Monday.
The Packers might be looking for extra depth along the offensive line, particularly behind center Corey Linsley. The team cut rookie center Jake Hanson. Mack would provide the Packers with some run-stopping potential up front on defense. Mike Pettine’s defensive line group is thin entering the 2020 season thanks to injuries.
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The New York Giants have officially signed defensive tackle Daylon Mack, a fifth-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2019.
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The New York Giants met with defensive tackle Daylon Mack over the weekend and immediately had him undergo a physical and prepare for COVID-19 testing.
On Monday, everything apparently checked out as the Giants officially announced that Mack had signed his contract. And in a corresponding roster move that has additional implications, released kicker Chandler Catanzaro.
“I appreciate what Chandler did for us. I have a lot of respect for him,” head coach Joe Judge told reporters. “He’s definitely an NFL kicker. I think he made the right decision coming out of retirement.
“We were lucky enough to have exposure to him for a small window of the season, and I wish him luck along the way.”
Meanwhile, a fifth-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2019 NFL Draft, Mack appeared in just one game as rookie, failing to log a tackle on just nine snaps. He was placed on injured reserve in November and then waived earlier this month.
Mack was claimed off of waivers by the Detroit Lions a day after his Ravens release, but that stop was also short-lived. The 6-foot-1, 340-pound Mack was waived with a failed physical just five days later (hip, knee).
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The New York Giants hosted former Baltimore Ravens fifth-round pick Daylon Mack for a visit on Friday.
The New York Giants have been consistently tinkering with their roster in recent weeks and that trend shows no signs of slowing down.
Art Stapleton of USA TODAY reports that the Giants hosted defensive tackle Daylon Mack for a visit on Friday and that he’s begun the entry process for training camp.
Defensive tackle Daylon Mack visited #NYGiants today and has begun the entry testing process for camp, per source.
Mack, a fifth-round pick of Ravens last year out of Texas A&M, was a surprise release earlier this month. He was claimed by Lions, but waived last week
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 14, 2020
The fact that Mack is partaking in the entry process, which consists of a physical and COVID testing, is a good indication that he will be signed.
A fifth-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2019 NFL Draft, Mack appeared in just one game as rookie, failing to log a tackle on just nine snaps. He was placed on injured reserve in November and then waived earlier this month.
Mack was claimed off of waivers by the Detroit Lions a day after his Ravens release, but that stop was also short-lived. The 6-foot-1, 340-pound Mack was waived with a failed physical just five days later.
Assuming Mack has overcome his hip and knee injuries, he would provide the Giants with additional defensive line depth as training camp practices and intrasquad scrimmages pick up.
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The Detroit Lions announced they have waived nose tackle Daylon Mack after claiming him off waivers less than one week ago.
Goodbye Daylon Mack, we hardly knew you.
After claiming Mack last Saturday, the Detroit Lions announced today that they have waived the nose tackle after less than a week into training camp.
We in the Detroit media spoke with general manager Bob Quin last week, he mentioned that the onboarding process for claiming/signing players was still being hashed out by the NFL and NFLPA. But if we follow the pre-determined procedure for getting players tested and into camp, the Lions made this decision on Mack based on just a few days of the strength and conditioning program. Not great news for Mack’s longterm potential in the league.
Mack was claimed after nose tackle John Atkins opted out of the 2020 season but with both now off the roster, the Lions are down to three players at the position: starter Danny Shelton, sixth-round draft pick John Penisini, and developmental futures contract player Olive Sagapolu.
As the roster currently stands, the Lions are at 87 players and it’s unclear if they will look to add more players to fill those open three slots, especially when you consider the multi-day onboarding process and the fact that they have to trim the roster down to 80 players over the next nine days.
A scouting report on new Detroit Lions DT Daylon Mack, acquired off waivers from the Baltimore Ravens
The Detroit Lions have themselves a big new addition to the defensive line. Daylon Mack is the newest member of the Lions defensive tackle group.
The team claimed Mack, 23, off waivers from the Baltimore Ravens. He was Baltimore’s fifth-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft after playing collegiately at Texas A&M.
The first thing you notice about Mack is his rather generous posterior. He’s 6-foot-1, 340 pounds and most of that weight seems centered around the backside. Or as I said after watching him at the Shrine Game and Senior Bowl practices in 2019,
Not even joking, we were talking about Daylon Mack's ass at the Shrine Game practices on the sidelines. In a favorable context of bubble, of course, right @PigskinPaul
— Jeff Risdon (@JeffRisdon) August 20, 2019
He was an underwhelming performer during his time at Texas A&M, flashing occasionally but never dominating. His production perked up as a senior after coaching changes, both at head coach and his positional coaches. The incredible lower-body strength and surprising quickness — quick enough that he played some option RB in high school at 300 pounds — for a guy of his considerable girth produced 5.5 sacks and caused a lot of disruption against a lot of good offensive linemen in the SEC that year.
He built upon that momentum at the postseason all-star games. From my notes on the Shrine Game week,
He underachieved relative to his recruiting hype for the Aggies, but Mack came alive in St. Pete. From a heavy DE spot he has remarkable quickness to crash the B-gap. He’s a player I can verify the Lions watched intently throughout the week.
Their interest then was in using Mack in the A’Shawn Robinson role in Matt Patricia’s defense, a heavy DT that can maintain a gap against the run but also line up outside the guard in a 3-man front and attack.
Mack didn’t see the field in Baltimore other than on special teams. They drafted a couple of lighter-type players in this offseason while also letting Michael Pierce, who Mack sat behind as a rookie, leave in free agency. Their changing taste in D-linemen gives Mack an opportunity to prove himself to a coaching staff that liked him a lot heading into the 2019 NFL Draft.
Outlook
Mack has to be in shape, something he battled at Texas A&M. If he is, he can definitely crack the Lions 53-man roster. His ability to play as Danny Shelton’s primary backup but also kick outside to Da’Shawn Hand’s role gives him a very good chance to stick. With John Atkins opting out, Mack is competing for rotation spots with Kevin Strong, Olive Sagapolu, Jonathan Wynn and rookie John Penisini. Figure on two of them making the Lions final roster.
Mack was a 5th-round pick by the Ravens in 2019
The Detroit Lions were busy working on the first day of August. The team announced on Sunday evening a series of roster moves, including the addition of defensive tackle Daylon Mack off waivers.
Mack was claimed off waivers from Baltimore, where he was a fifth-round pick by the Ravens in the 2019 NFL Draft. He played only nine special teams snaps in one game as a rookie.
In addition to the Mack acquisition, the Lions made a couple of internal status updates.
Austin Bryant was placed on the active/PUP list. The second-year EDGE missed most of his rookie campaign with a torn pectoral muscle.
Defensive end Romeo Okwara is now on the active/non-football injury list.
Both Okwara and Bryant remain free to be activated at any point before the start of the season and do not count against the Lions’ roster cap.
The team also officially announced the signing of draft pick Jashon Cornell.
The shocking cutting of DT Daylon Mack at training camp has a lot of implications for the rest of the Baltimore Ravens defensive line
The Baltimore Ravens surprised many by making defensive tackle Daylon Mack one of their early cuts as they work to get down to the 80-man roster limit for training camp. A fifth-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, it was expected Mack would at least be given a chance to win a spot on the 53-man roster, if not the potential for a rotational role in certain packages in the regular season.
Mack’s early dismissal is a pretty big deal for several other guys on the roster bubble. It also might indicate what Baltimore wants to do on their defensive line moving forward.
For one, it gives UDFA defensive tackle Aaron Crawford a chance to finally breathe. With the Ravens needing to make quick cuts as training camp opens, the undrafted players were the ones with the biggest targets on their backs. UDFAs are developmental projects that likely won’t offer much impact this season, if ever. It also means the Ravens’ fifth-round pick in this year’s draft, Broderick Washington Jr., will have a better chance to make the final 53-man roster as well.
With the pandemic making training camp the first and only time the players will get on the field before the regular season begins, no one would blame Baltimore if it wanted to keep more experienced players over those that haven’t played a snap in the NFL yet. That’s especially the case with late-round and undrafted rookies on the depth chart.
Brandon Williams is set to be the starting defensive tackle this season, with Calais Campbell and Derek Wolfe likely flanking him on the defensive line most of the time. That means the remaining players at defensive tackle are fighting to be Williams’ primary backup. It’s a role that should get a decent number of snaps this season and could effectively be an unofficial interview for a starting spot if the Ravens move on from Williams’ high cap number next season.
Mack being out of the picture would mean that battle is likely to be centered around Justin Ellis and rookie Justin Madubuike. Ellis has more experience, having started 42 games over his six-year career, which might give him the edge there. But as a third-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Madubuike is no slouch either. Though Mack was a fifth-round pick last year and only got nine defensive snaps before heading to injured reserve, he would have been somewhat of a middle ground in the competition to be Williams’ backup.
Perhaps, more importantly, is the future of the position. Williams is a potential cap casualty next offseason, with Baltimore set to get back $9.5 million on a potentially lowered 2021 NFL salary cap, according to Over The Cap. If that happens, Madubuike and Washington would be the only two defensive tackles currently on the team still under contract. While Baltimore could easily sign a free agent or draft another defensive tackle to bolster the group next offseason, it narrows down the Ravens’ options early and points to those two being in line for a significant role in 2021.
A lot of things can and probably will still happen in this unusual offseason. But Mack is the first truly interesting cut for Baltimore and it has wide-reaching implications.
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