Tag: Dylan Mabin

Cardinals announce signing of pair of CBs

They add cornerbacks Dylan Mabin and Bobby Price to the offseason roster.

The Arizona Cardinals began their final week of voluntary OTAs and added a pair of cornerbacks to the roster.

They announced Monday afternoon the signing of cornerbacks Dylan Mabin and Bobby Price.

Mabin is 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds and played collegiately at Fordham. He was an undrafted rookie in 2019 and signed originally with the Raiders. Since then, he has also spent time with the Vikings, Saints and Falcons.

His four career games came in 2020, three with the Vikings and one with the Raiders.

He has two career tackles.

Price is 6-foot-3 and 208 pounds. He spent the last three seasons with the Detroit Lions after he signed with them as an undrafted rookie in 2020 out of Norfolk State.

He has played 22 games, 15 of them in 2021, with 23 total tackles and three pass breakups. Eight of his tackles have been on special teams and he also had a 17-yard reception in 2021 on a fake punt.

The signings give Arizona 91 players on the roster, so there will be need to be a corresponding player cut on Tuesday.

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Saints add TE Juwan Johnson to COVID-19 reserve list

Saints add TE Juwan Johnson to the COVID-19 reserve list, re-sign CB Dylan Mabin to the practice squad

The wave of COVID-19 outbreaks across the NFL may have reached the New Orleans Saints. Second-year tight end Juwan Johnson was added to the COVID-19 reserve list on Tuesday after Week 15’s game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but so far he’s the only new addition from either team. Hopefully he returns to good health soon and no other players are sidelined due to the coronavirus.

Two weeks ago the Saints were without three of their own against the New York Jets, including defensive end Cameron Jordan, running back Mark Ingram II, and wide receiver Ty Montgomery. All three of them cleared protocol to return in time for Sunday’s kickoff at Tampa Bay.

Dozens of players across the NFL have been placed on COVID-19 reserve in recent days as teams work to contain the spread. Several Week 15 games were rescheduled to accommodate teams managing widespread absences. It’s a real problem, but let’s hope the Saints are on top of it.

Additionally, the Saints re-signed cornerback Dylan Mabin to their practice squad after waiving him a few weeks back. They still have young defensive backs on the practice squad in Jordan Miller, KeiVarae Russell, and Bryce Thompson, so he’ll have his work cut out for him in pushing for looks on the 53-man roster.

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Saints waive Josiah Bronson and Will Clapp, open a practice squad spot

ICYMI: Saints waive Josiah Bronson and Will Clapp, open a practice squad spot

The New Orleans Saints completed several roster moves before their Week 15 practices got into full swing ahead of Sunday’s prime-time game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, releasing two backups from the 53-man roster as well as one of several cornerbacks on the practice squad. With three other players still in the league’s COVID-19 protocols, it leaves New Orleans with 48 of 53 roster spots and 15 of 16 practice squad openings filled.

Offensive lineman Will Clapp was waived on Monday and cleared waivers; he’s eligible to return to the practice squad if the Saints choose to bring him back. He was quickly replaced by veteran free agent James Carpenter (who signed with the Saints just last week), who was elevated from the practice squad ahead of Clapp and filled in as the Saints’ sixth offensive lineman against the New York Jets.

Additionally, the Saints waived rookie defensive tackle Josiah Bronson on Tuesday. Bronson had been playing sparingly in the interior line rotation behind David Onyemata, Shy Tuttle, Christian Ringo, and Albert Huggins. Malcolm Roach remains on the practice squad if Bronson doesn’t clear waivers or if the Saints choose not to bring him back.

Another player recently let go was cornerback Dylan Mabin — but since he was released from the practice squad he immediately becomes a free agent and will not have to test waivers. He hadn’t gotten many looks this season and was joined on the practice squad by defensive backs Jordan Miller, KeiVarae Russell, and Bryce Thompson.

So more moves will be on the way as these vacancies are filled, most likely with players returning from the COVID-19 list. But let’s keep an eye out for possible reinforcements coming off of injured reserve in the weeks ahead with tight end Adam Trautman and defensive ends Payton Turner and Tanoh Kpassagnon eligible to return later this season.

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Saints keep loading up on former Vikings this offseason

The Saints have signed former Vikings DT Jaleel Johnson, DE Jalyn Holmes and CB Dylan Mabin to the practice squad.

While not technically rivals, the Vikings and the Saints fanbases both have valid reasons to be mad at the opposition.

That certainly adds fuel to the fire with what New Orleans has been doing with its roster lately. The Saints added Jaleel Johnson, a defensive tackle who started 16 games for Minnesota in 2020, to the practice squad.

To make matters stranger, the Saints then signed former Vikings DE Jalyn Holmes and CB Dylan Mabin to practice squad.

It’s hard to see what New Orleans saw in these players, but I guess Holmes and Johnson both have experience as mainstay starters, so that’s decent depth for the practice squad.

In case you weren’t aware, here’s a brief history:

Vikings fans may be mad about that blowout loss, if they agree with Mike Zimmer. Zimmer told NBC’s Peter King this offseason that the coach thought the Saints ran up the score in that game. That’s one wrinkle in a long saga between these two teams, despite not being in the same division.

Minnesota fans also have 2009, when Brett Favre and the Vikings fell short in the NFC Championship that season. Later, the league found evidence that then-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams deployed a bounty program that paid players for doing things such as injuring the opposition, and that program allegedly started in 2009.

Saints fans might be mad over the Minneapolis Miracle, when Vikings QB Case Keenum found WR Stefon Diggs along the sideline. A timely missed tackle led to Diggs taking the reception to the house, giving the Vikings the victory as time in regulation ran out.

The Vikings also beat the Saints in the 2019 season when Kirk Cousins found Kyle Rudolph for a game-winning touchdown reception in overtime of the playoffs. Some people thought Rudolph committed pass interference, but it wasn’t called.

So take your pick, the Vikings and Saints have plenty of reasons to beef with each other. Sure, it’s just New Orleans signing former Minnesota players to the practice squad this time, but you never know with these two.

Vikings waive two more players

The Vikings waived WR Warren Jackson and CB Dylan Mabin.

With August comes roster cuts, and the Vikings have wasted no time figuring out how to trim down the team.

Minnesota made two more roster moves on Sunday, waiving WR Warren Jackson and CB Dylan Mabin. That puts the Vikings’ roster at 83 players currently.

The two cutdown deadlines remaining this offseason fall on Aug. 24 and Aug. 31. By August 24, the team has to trim down to 80 players, so that leaves three more cuts for it to make by Tuesday.

Mabin was beat a few times in the preseason opener against the Broncos to finish with a PFF grade of 27.7. In the Colts game, Mabin improved but still finished with a PFF overall grade of 42.6. Also, the Vikings’ cornerback room is deep.

Jackson had no receptions and no yards over the course of the Vikings’ two preseason games.