Tag: injured reserve

Raiders make 5 roster moves including Aidan O’Connell contingency plan

Raiders made several roster moves on Wednesday as they began preparations for Week 15 vs the Falcons. Including adding a quarterback.

Wednesday the Raiders had their first walk-thru as they begin the week of practices for their Monday Night matchup with the Atlanta Falcons in Las Vegas. As they do so, they needed to tidy up the roster in light of some injuries.

  • Signed QB Carter Bradley off the practice squad.
  • Placed RB Zamir White on injured reserve
  • Signed QB Jake Luton to practice squad
  • Signed DT Tyler Manoa to the practice squad
  • Released DT Marquan McCall from the practice squad

Bradley spent the offseason with the team and has been on the practice squad all season. He was added to backup Desmond Ridder in case Aidan O’Connell is unable to go.

“Well, I just think dealing with the injuries, might as well have three quarterbacks up the way the season has been going,” said Antonio Pierce. “But Carter [Bradley] has done a really good job, kind of like Sincere [McCormick], giving us this really good look on the practice squad and the look team, being competitive, really getting after us. And I think as the season has grown, again it’s in practice, but you have seen improvement. I think the moxie’s come out of him, he’s kind of got out of his shell. I think it’s a great opportunity, you never know what’s going to happen in the game, and he has to be ready to play because it’s been that kind of season for us.”

Luton was signed to the practice squad to replace Bradley. He was a sixth round pick by the Jaguars in the 2020 draft out of Oregon State. He started three games for the Jaguars his rookie season and hasn’t played a game since, spending time on the practice squads of the Jaguars, Saints, and Panthers.

S K’Von Wallace and CB Artie Burns to return to Seahawks practice

S K’Von Wallace and CB Artie Burns to return to Seahawks practice

The Seattle Seahawks made a pair of roster moves on Wednesday morning. The team has designated safety K’Von Wallace and cornerback Artie Burns to return to practice. The pair have been on the injured reserve list for quite some time.

Wallace was placed on IR after injuring his ankle against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 9. Wallace has spent a little more time than usual on IR, since when he was put on the list the Seahawks were entering into their Bye Week, and still had to miss four games. The Week 15 showdown against the Green Bay Packers was always going to be his earliest return, and it seems this timeline could still be met.

As for Artie Burns, it has been a longer road for him. Burns has been with the Seahawks organization since 2022, constantly spending time on the practice squad or being inactive. He made a start this year in Week 6 against the 49ers and performed well, before landing on the IR with a toe injury.

It remains to be seen if either player will be ready to go for SNF this weekend, but the fact both are able to return to practice is a good sign. Of course, we at Seahawks Wire will keep everyone posted on their health status throughout the week.

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Darren Rizzi says Derek Carr won’t go on injured reserve

Darren Rizzi says Derek Carr won’t go on injured reserve. There’s a chance he could play through injury and not miss a game:

Early indications on Derek Carr’s new hand injury had the New Orleans Saints quarterback likely going on injured reserve, effectively ending his season. But according to interim head coach Darren Rizzi, that isn’t the direction the team is leaning, at least not right now.

“I’ve already seen some reports out there, a little bit false,” Rizzi told reporters Monday afternoon. “Right now like I said yesterday, Derek’s dealing with a non-throwing hand injury. As it stands at this moment I don’t believe it’s going to be an I.R. situation, I think it’s going to be a week to week situation. We’re going to kind of take this day by day this week. We’ll see how this week plays out.”

Rizzi added that Carr was diagnosed with a concussion and must complete the first step in the NFL concussion protocol on Tuesday, so adding a second injury makes the situation difficult to navigate. He isn’t anticipating much movement on Carr’s outlook this week given all those questions, but Rizzi says that could change with time.

The key point here is that Carr won’t be going on injured reserve, at least not yet. Rizzi pointed to other quarterbacks who have played through hand injuries like Josh Allen and Justin Herbert as examples of how this could be overcome.

“It’s a good-news, bad-news situation, right? The good news is it’s not his throwing hand. The bad news is obviously we’re dealing with an injury here we have to play it by ear,” Rizzi said. “It appears at the moment that it’s non-surgical, which is a big aspect of it. If it were surgical we’d be having a different conversation. But it has been done before.”

So stay tuned for updates on Carr’s status. There’s a chance he could play  against the Washington Commanders next Sunday without practicing, but that feels unlikely, and Rizzi said he’ll name a starting quarterback in the next day or two. That could be Jake Haener. It could be Spencer Rattler, who started three games earlier this season when Carr suffered an oblique muscle injury. We’ll just have to wait and see.

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Darren Rizzi has high praise for Kendre Miller in his return from IR

Darren Rizzi had high praise for Kendre Miller after he showed flashes of success in his Week 14 return from the injured reserve:

The New Orleans Saints run game in Week 14 was very hit-or-miss on pretty much every possession, but Kendre Miller showed a few flashes of promise in his time on the field, including an 8-yard touchdown run and a 31-yard kick return as well. Interim head coach Darren Rizzi saw this and praised Miller after the game when speaking with the media.

He started out by saying, “I think Kendre is again showing you why we drafted him. He made some really, really dynamic drives. He has the ability of making an 8-yard run look good. Making people miss. Getting tough yards.”

He followed that up by saying, “Kendre’s gotta just stay consistent, that’s been his thing right? So we gotta do that again next week, we gotta have another good practice week, we gotta just stay healthy. So those are the things. But you saw the flashes today and the athletic ability, that’s the guy we knew we were drafting.”

After hearing pretty much nothing but negativity about Miller from previous head coach Dennis Allen, it is nice to hear a fresh take on him from Rizzi and some praise for the work he has put in.

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Saints formally place Taysom Hill on injured reserve, ending his season

The New Orleans Saints put Taysom Hill on injured reserve on Friday, formally ending his season after last week’s serious knee injury:

This was expected, but that doesn’t make it easier to accept. The New Orleans Saints placed Taysom Hill on injured reserve on Friday, formally ending his season after last week’s serious knee injury. Life comes at you fast in the NFL. Last week, Hill was selected as the NFC Offensive Player of the Week. This week his season is over.

Hill suffered a torn ACL and other damage to his left knee in a collision with other players late in the Saints’ loss to the Los Angeles Rams; this season was his most productive in the NFL despite dealing with some other injuries. Hill appeared in just eight games but averaged his best numbers in rushing yards per game (34.8) and receiving yards per game (23.4), scoring six touchdowns as a runner and receiver.

Will Hill be back in 2025? He’s under contract for just one more season and will turn 35 next year. Retirement would help the Saints out from a salary cap perspective, but there’s no replacing Hill’s importance to the team. That’s a question he’ll need to answer on another day. For now, we’ll wish him well in recovery.

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Chiefs place kicker on IR, sign Matthew Wright from practice squad

The Kansas City #Chiefs placed Spencer Shrader on injured reserve, and signed Matthew Wright from their practice squad on Wednesday.

The Kansas City Chiefs have dealt with a serious rash of injuries this season, and are now set to place their second kicker on injured reserve.

After backup kicker Spencer Shrader, who replaced Harrison Butker, suffered a hamstring injury, Kansas City signed Matthew Wright ahead of their Week 13 matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Wright scored 13 points in the Chiefs’ win over Las Vegas on Black Friday and is now set to be Kansas City’s starting kicker after Shrader was placed on injured reserve on Wednesday, December 4.

The team announced its decision to place Shrader on injured reserve and sign Wright in a post to Twitter:

Though the Chiefs would certainly prefer to have Butker back as their starting kicker, Wright has proven to be a reliable boot for Kansas City in the past and should be able to adequately fill the role in the defending Super Bowl champions’ Week 14 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Broncos make surprising decision on WR Josh Reynolds

The Broncos waived WR Josh Reynolds ahead of the deadline to make an injured reserve decision.

Story update: The Jacksonville Jaguars claimed Josh Reynolds off waivers on Wednesday. See our original post below.

The Denver Broncos have waived wide receiver Josh Reynolds from injured reserve, according to the NFL’s transaction wire.

Reynolds had been on injured reserve since Week 5 and Wednesday was the deadline to activate him to the 53-man roster. Happy with the receivers on their roster, Denver opted to waive him instead.

Had he not been cut or activated before Dec. 4, Reynolds would have remained on IR for the rest of the 2024 season. By waiving him, the Broncos will give the receiver a chance to play again this season.

Reynolds (6-3, 192 pounds) was placed on IR after he underwent finger surgery last month. Less than a week after he went on IR, Reynolds was shot twice after leaving a nightclub in the Denver area on Oct. 18. Reynolds has since recovered from his wounds and three people have been arrested in connection to the shooting.

Reynolds, 29, hauled in 12 receptions for 183 yards and one touchdown in five games with the Broncos earlier this season before injuring his finger. Denver will now move forward with Courtland Sutton, Devaughn Vele, Lil’Jordan Humphrey, Troy Franklin and Marvin Mims at receiver.

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Raiders send WR DJ Turner to IR, sign promising young RB to active roster

While the Raiders lose their best special teams player, DJ Turner, they make things official with former practice squad RB Sincere McCormick.

Midway through the third quarter of last Friday’s game in Arrowhead, Raiders wide receiver DJ Turner returned a kickoff 28 yards and went down hard and didn’t get back up. He was eventually helped off the field and didn’t return.

Today, Turner was placed on injured reserve. The talented special teams player will be missed for his gunner and return abilities as well as being the team’s starting slot receiver this season after the departure of Davante Adams in trade with the Jets.

To fill his sport on the roster the Raiders signed RB Sincere McCormick from the practice squad.

McCormick is a former undrafted free agent out of University of Texas San Antonio. As of two weeks ago, he hadn’t had an NFL carry. But with the injuries to Zamir White and Alexander Mattison, McCormick was called into service.

Over the past two weeks, McCormick has put up some impressive numbers. He has put up 97 yards on 17 carries. His 5.7 yards per carry is far better than any other Raiders back this season.

In his first appearance against the Broncos in week 12, he had 33 yards on five carries (6.6 ypc) and head coach Antonio Pierce said plainly that he earned more carries. So, he saw his carries jump to 12 last week against the Chiefs and still averaged 5.3 yards per carry.

Now in less than two weeks time, he goes from obscure practice squad back to the lead back with an NFL contract. It will be interesting to see what he can do the rest of the season and if that means he will be part of the Raiders plans moving forward.

Broncos will have to make a Josh Reynolds decision this week

The Broncos have to make a decision on WR Josh Reynolds this week.

The Denver Broncos will have to make a roster decision soon.

After activating linebacker Drew Sanders (Achilles) from the physically unable to perform list last week, the Broncos now need to make a decision on wide receiver Josh Reynolds (finger).

If Reynolds is not activated from injured reserve by Wednesday, he will remain on IR for the rest of the season.

Elsewhere on the IR front, running back Tyler Badie (back) is yet to return to practice. Once he returns to practice, Badie will have a 21-day window to return to the 53-man roster.

Here’s a look at the team’s IR/PUP players eligible to return going into Week 14.

Broncos eligible to return from IR/PUP

  1. WR Josh Reynolds: Deadline to return is Dec. 4
  2. RB Tyler Badie: Eligible to return to practice

The Broncos also have two players — linebacker Alex Singleton (ACL) and offensive lineman Quinn Bailey (ankle) — who are on season-ending IR.

Broncos on season-ending injured reserve

  1. LB Alex Singleton: Out for season
  2. OL Quinn Bailey: Out for season

If Denver activates Reynolds, the team will have to make a corresponding move to create a spot for Reynolds on the active roster.

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Kendre Miller to be ‘all gas, no brakes’ after return from injury

The move from Dennis Allen to Darren Rizzi took Kendre Miller out of the doghouse. It should lead to greater usage when he returns from injured reserve:

Kendre Miller’s New Orleans Saints career hasn’t really been able to get off the ground due to injuries. Injuries have limited the former third-round draft pick to just 10 games in two seasons.

The frustrating part about Miller is you see why the Saints selected him when he plays. He only played in two games and carried the ball nine times this year, but he looked like a great complement to Alvin Kamara.

And Miller may have the chance to truly showcase this upon his return now that Darren Rizzi is the coach. Dennis Allen was publicly critical enough to assume he and Miller had a bad relationship in private.

It was reported Miller didn’t need to be put on injured reserve, and that was a Dennis Allen decision. The change at head coach takes the running back out of the doghouse.

Per LouisianaSportsDotNet’s Ross Jackson, the plan is for Miller to be “all gas, no brakes” when he comes back from a hamstring injury. That could be as early as this week against the New York Giants.

Miller should see plenty of carries per game if this is the approach. The Saints will be without Taysom Hill for the rest of the season, and Miller should be the secondary rushing option over Jamaal Williams.

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