7 recently cut or waived players Raiders should consider adding

Still some talent out there to be had from roster cuts. Here are 7 of them the Raiders should consider adding.

There are always a few players that teams cut who instantly stun a lot of people. Many of those players are talented enough or fit another team’s need so well, that they are scooped up quickly or claimed off waivers. But not all of them.

Some players still slip through and either remain unsigned or join a team’s practice squad.

Either way, what many refer to as the “final 53-man roster” is anything but final. A better term is “initial 53” because more moves inevitably occur afterward.

Sometimes those moves are a team seeing a player or players become available that they like better than those they kept initially. Other moves include injured players who the team expects to have back in short order, but in order to be added to the IR Designated for Return list, those players must be on the roster after the initial cuts are made.

Now that the dust has settled from the cuts, signings, and claims, I have compiled a list of those players still out there who the Raiders should consider adding this week as they prepare for the season opener.

PODCAST: Final 53-man roster projections for Cardinals

Jess Root gives his predictions for the Arizona Cardinals’ final 53-man roster in the latest edition of the podcast.

Final roster cuts are coming Tuesday for the Arizona Cardinals and the rest of the NFL. This edition of the podcast is about predicting the final roster. Who makes the team after training camp and the preseason?

I give my projections and explain why. And while my cohost Seth Cox is not on the show, I share his projections as well.

Listen to the show, tell us where you think we have it wrong. Mock us after the fact, if needed.

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Outside linebacker room to have toughest cuts for Cardinals

Seven guys are probably in line to make the team but the Cardinals probably can only keep six.

The Arizona Cardinals, like the rest of the NFL, will have to make final cuts Tuesday, trimming their roster from the offseason 90 to 53.

Most of the positions will be fairly easy. At some positions, there are questions as to which back-of-the-roster players they will keep.

At one position — outside linebacker — they will end up cutting a player they seem to either really like or were expected to be an important contributor.

There are seven players that fit this bill — Zaven Collins, Dennis Gardeck, rookie BJ Ojulari, Victor Dimukeje, Cameron Thomas, Myjai Sanders and Jesse Luketa.

Collins and Gardeck have been getting first-team reps all offseason. Collins is new to the position.

Ojulari was drafted in the second round this year.

Thomas and Sanders were drafted last year in the third round. Both showed promise and talent late last season as their playing time increased.

Sanders has not played in the preseason, suffering a hand injury early in training camp.

Luketa is loved by coaches. He was a team captain in the preseason finale, played offense, defense and special teams.

Dimukeje has been ahead of Sanders on the depth chart all of the preseason, has made plays and apparently is a core special teamer for coach Jeff Rodgers. He was held out of the preseason finale. Maybe it was because of an injury, but it might be because he is a lock to make the final roster.

The Cardinals likely can only keep six.

Would they cut Sanders? Perhaps he isn’t a fit in this defense.

Luketa or Dimukeje make sense, but if they are core special teamers, Rodgers will want at least one of them on the roster.

When final cuts are announced, we will see how this plays out.

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When do 49ers have to make final cuts?

Here’s when the #49ers will have to make final cuts, plus a couple other important dates in the lead up to the regular season:

The NFL offseason got a little bit of a shakeup when the league eliminated its multiple cutdown dates.

This year instead of requiring teams to trim their offseason rosters twice before final cuts, the NFL went back to requiring just one big cutdown from 90 to 53 players.

Teams have until Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 1:00pm Pacific Time to have their rosters down to 53 players, although the 49ers typically start releasing players before this deadline.

After that, teams will have until Wednesday 9:00am Pacific Time to claim players placed on waivers at final cuts.

Once all clubs have been notified that contracts not claimed on waivers are terminated, they can start signing players to their 16-player practice squads.

Another checkpoint that could be important for San Francisco is 1:00pm Pacific Time on Wednesday. That’s when they can place players on IR with a designation to return, which will open a roster spot on the 53-man roster. Any player placed on IR during training camp is not eligible to return for the 49ers in 2023.

Sept. 3 is when training camp officially ends, and then the preparations for Week 1 of the regular season will begin in earnest.

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LOOK: NFL teams approve 0 jersey number, one preseason cut day among new changes

Take a look at the new changes, including jersey number 0 and more, to come out of the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix.

The NFL owners meetings represent an opportunity for all 32 clubs to meet and lay out the boundaries for how their version of pro football will be carried out during the 17-game season.

On Tuesday, the league announced there were nine approved changes to the playing rules, three changes to the bylaws, and three changes to the resolutions.

One of the big changes that fans will readily see is the jersey number change. The number zero has been added to the available jersey numbers, and Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Calvin Ridley has already embraced it.

Here is a look at all of the changes for 2023.

Report: Eagles placed waiver claim on QB Kellen Mond

Report: The Philadelphia Eagles placed a waiver claim on former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kellen Mond, but the Cleveland Browns had a higher claim and were awarded the former third-round pick

The Eagles added another quarterback to the roster on Wednesday, claiming Ian Book off waivers from the New Orleans Saints.

According to Jordan Schultz, Philadelphia initially targeted former Texas A&M quarterback and Vikings third-round pick Kellen Mond, but the Browns also placed a claim and had the higher selection.

Mond was a player we felt would interest Howie Roseman after hit waivers, and he fits the dual-threat quarterback that teams around the league covet.

Mond fell out of favor in Minnesota after he completed 29 of 51 passes for 303 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions.

He took five sacks.

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Every NFL team’s most surprising roster cut

Highlighting the most shocking roster cut for each NFL team.

With the preseason in the books, every NFL team has now trimmed their roster to the league-mandated 53 players. While these rosters will certainly undergo changes over the next couple of days, each team has their initial 53-man roster set.

But when going from 80 to 53 players, there are some tough calls NFL general managers have to make in the process. And there were certainly some shocking moves across the league during the final roster cuts, which should make for some interesting moves on the waiver wire.

We’ve rounded up our NFL Wires editors to highlight the most surprising roster cut from every NFL team.

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The best players in pro football history released by other teams

If you were released by an NFL team today, your career may not be over! Several pro football Hall of Famers were once cut by other teams.

On the annual occasion of the NFL’s cruel necessity to trim its rosters down to the mandated 53 players, it’s important to remember that for the hundreds of players who heard the worst possible professional news on Tuesday, August 30, that there is hope after getting cut by one team. If you’ve put good tape out there, other teams will see it, and you might get another shot that way. Perhaps a coach or executive you’ve worked with before is on another team, and that person wants you where they are now. Or maybe a team that’s wafer-thin at your position will roll the dice.

Given the sheer numbers, it makes sense that players cut by one team would find success elsewhere. In rare occasions, players who have been jettisoned, unwanted, have rolled up to other places and played at levels that landed them (at the very least) in a Ring of Honor somewhere, and (at the very most) in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Not everybody releasing players this week is right. And not every player released this week is wrong. It’s important for all of those players to remember that, and perhaps to be inspired by this list of the best players in pro football history to find themselves released by one team, only to succeed beyond anybody’s wildest expectations somewhere else.

Chargers waiving WR Michael Bandy

The Chargers are letting go of their preseason standout.

One of the stars of the preseason will now have to wait and see what his NFL future holds.

As part of the Chargers’ cut down to 53 roster spots, wide receiver Michael Bandy was waived Tuesday, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

It’s a move that likely indicates the Chargers will only keep five receivers on the initial 53: Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Joshua Palmer, DeAndre Carter, and Jalen Guyton.

Bandy was second in the league in preseason receiving yards with 172 in three games.

He showed NFL-caliber route running from the slot, but his lack of versatility hurt his chances of earning a roster spot. Allen, Palmer, Carter, and Guyton can all play inside or outside, leaving Bandy without much of a role on offense.

On special teams, Bandy would have been the backup returner behind Carter, but filling that role during the preseason left him without many opportunities to show the staff he could impact the game as a gunner.

Bandy will now have to wait to see if another team claims him on waivers. It’s a strong possibility for teams needing slot-specific receivers, especially with the way Bandy played this preseason. If he does make it through waivers, expect him to be one of Los Angeles’ first practice squad additions.

The Chargers have until 1 pm PT to finish trimming their roster to 53 players.

Former Texas K/P Cameron Dicker among Rams’ first round of roster cuts

Cameron Dicker was among the Rams’ five waived players on Tuesday.

The road to the NFL is never a straight line for players who sign as undrafted free agents. The same can be said for former kicker/punter Cameron Dicker who signed with the Los Angeles Rams following the 2022 NFL draft.

Dicker was among the LA, Rams’ first round of cuts to get the roster to 85 players. The team has to cut down the training camp rosters prior to the start of the 2022 NFL season.

Dicker spent four seasons in Austin with the Longhorns primarily as the place-kicker. He finished his career with 98.1% conversion on extra point attempts and 75.9% on field goal attempts. His best season came in 2021 when he converted 13 of his 15 attempts.

Dicker became the punter in the 2021 season full-time. He averaged 46.8 yards per punt during his senior season. He might be best known for his game-winning kick against the Oklahoma Sooners in 2018.

For now, his NFL career is on hold. But it is likely this isn’t the last we’ve heard of Dicker the kicker in the NFL.

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