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49ers roster moves: DL Daelin Hayes waived to make room for new CB

The #49ers waived/injured DL Daelin Hayes to make room on the roster for a new CB.

The 49ers on Saturday announced a couple roster moves ahead of their preseason opener Sunday vs. the Las Vegas Raiders.

San Francisco waived/injured defensive lineman Daelin Hayes and signed cornerback Nate Brooks.

Brooks was an undrafted free agent addition by the Cardinals following the 2019 draft. He’s primarily been a practice squad player with the Cardinals, Patriots, Dolphins, Ravens, Buccaneers, Titans and Raiders. Brooks has seen action in four games, including three with the Dolphins in 2019 and one with the Ravens in 2020. He started two of those three games with Miami and had a pair of pass breakups to go along with 11 tackles.

Hayes will revert to season-ending IR with the 49ers if he clears waivers. From there he can reach an injury settlement and be released or stay on IR for the season.

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Titans place A.J. Moore, Da’Shawn Hand on IR among 3 moves

The Titans’ injured reserve list is now up to seven players.

The Tennessee Titans announced three roster moves on Tuesday, two of which included the placing of players on injured reserve.

The team announced safety A.J. Moore and defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand have been placed on IR. According to reports, Hand suffered a torn quad in Week 1, while Moore has an unspecified ankle injury. Both are expected to miss the rest of the 2021 campaign.

In addition to those moves, the Titans signed defensive back Nate Brooks to the practice squad. Brooks has been with the Titans in training camp each of the past two years but failed to make the cut both times. He spent time on Tennessee’s practice squad in 2021, also.

The Titans did not make any additions to their active roster in the wake of putting Hand and Moore on IR, so the team has a pair of roster spots open.

With Hand and Moore on injured reserve, the Titans now have seven players on the list. Joining them are outside linebacker Harold Landry, cornerback Elijah Molden, wide receiver Racey McMath, linebacker Chance Campbell, and tight end Tommy Hudson. Landry is also expected to miss the season.

The walking wounded don’t stop there, though, as linebacker Monty Rice and kicker Caleb Shudak are on the physically unable to perform list.

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Raiders add free agent CB Nate Brooks, lose CB Cre’Von LeBlanc to injured reserve

Raiders send CB Cre’Von LeBlanc to IR and add free agent CB Nate Brooks

Next man up sometimes means someone not on the roster currently. And it’s important to keep a full camp roster. Friday the Raiders place CB Cre’Von LeBlanc on injured reserve and replaced him with free agent Nate Brooks.

Brooks was most recently with the Arizona Cardinals. He was released three days ago on August 9th, which means the Raiders scooped him up not long after he cleared waivers.

The fourth year cornerback has appeared in four games in his career, with two starts, both as a rookie in 2019 with the Dolphins. One of those starts came against the Patriots in which he had a pass breakup and three tackles — probably how he got on McDaniels’s radar.

The 25-year-old spent last season on the Titans’ practice squad after spending training camp with the Buccaneers. He also spent time with the Ravens.

The North Texas product entered the league as an undrafted free agent signing by the Cardinals.

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Cardinals officially add pair of CBs to practice squad

The Cardinals added Isaiah Johnson and Nate Brooks to the practice squad.

The Arizona Cardinals were reportedly going to add cornerback Isaiah Johnson to the practice squad. The team made that reported move official, announcing that Johnson and cornerback Nate Brooks were added to the practice squad.

The Cardinals need bodies at cornerback with Robert Alford on injured reserve, Marco Wilson nursing a shoulder injury and Breon Borders landing on the COVID list.

Johnson played collegiately at Houston and was drafted by the Raiders in the fourth round in 2019.

He played two seasons for them. Last season, he played in 14 games, had 13 tackles and four pass breakups. He played 127 special teams snaps and 181 defensive snaps.

He has size at 6-2, 210 lbs.

Brooks should ring a bell for some Cardinals fans. He entered the NFL with the Cardinals in 2019 as an undrafted rookie out of North Texas. The 6-foot, 192-lb cornerback has played in four career games (two starts) with Miami (2019) and Baltimore (2020) and has 11 tackles and two pass breakups. The 25-year old Brooks has also spent time on the practice squads of the Patriots, Ravens and Titans in his career.

Don’t expect either to be elevated and activated for the game on Sunday. The Cardinals protected Kevin Peterson and Jace Whittaker. Since Wilson is not expected to be available, the playing rotation will likely be Byron Murphy, Antonio Hamilton and Peterson, whither Whittaker playing on special teams.

The NFL transaction list also showed the Cardinals re-signed running back Tavien Feaster to the practice squad. It was an unannounced move, but he had been released from the practice squad earlier in the week.

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Titans designate Bud Dupree to return from IR among 2 moves

The Titans are one step closer to getting Bud Dupree back.

The Tennessee Titans are one step closer to getting back one of their defensive starters ahead of the Week 15 contest against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The team announced on Wednesday that it has designated outside linebacker Bud Dupree to return from Injured Reserve. The move opens the 21-day window for Dupree to return to practice and be activated.

Dupree, who was placed on the IR with an abdominal injury suffered in the Week 10 win over the New Orleans Saints, missed time earlier this season due to a setback suffered in his surgically-repaired knee.

The 28-year-old has played in seven games for the Titans this season, tallying seven tackles, one sack, six QB hits, one pass defensed and one forced fumble.

In addition to the move involving Dupree, the Titans also added defensive back Nate Brooks to their practice squad. Brooks spent time on Tennessee’s practice squad earlier this year and is replacing cornerback Breon Borders, who was poached by the Arizona Cardinals on Tuesday.

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Giants host nine players for tryouts

The New York Giants hosted nine players for tryouts, including a former Pan American Wrestling Championships gold medal winner.

The New York Giants had been relatively quiet in terms of workouts, tryouts and visits in recent weeks, but that changed on Monday.

Per the NFL’s transaction wire, the Giants hosted or are slated to host nine players on a tryout basis. The list includes 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships gold medal winner, Adam Coon.

The 6-foot-5, 265-pound Coon, who has two Greco-Roman wrestling silvers to go along with his gold, went undrafted out of Michigan in the 2018 NFL draft. After several years pursuing other dreams, he was signed by the Tennessee Titans earlier this year before being waived off of injured reserve in August.

Coon, who has never appeared in an NFL game, can play both offensive guard and linebacker.

In addition to Coon, the Giants also hosted wide receivers Tarik Black and Travis Jonsen, defensive backs John Brannon and Nate Brooks, punter Joseph Charlton, quarterback Jacob Dolegala, running back Benny LeMay, and defensive end Justus Reed.

Of that group, Charlton is the most notable and has the most NFL experience.

With punter Riley Dixon struggling this season, perhaps the Giants want to get a look at what else is out there. Charlton has appeared in 21 NFL games and punted the ball 66 times for 2,903 yards (44.0 average).

As of this writing, none of the nine has been signed.

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