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The Seattle Seahawks announced a trio of roster moves ahead of the Week 14 matchup against the Carolina Panthers.
The Seattle Seahawks announced a trio of roster moves ahead of the Week 14 matchup against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
The Seattle Seahawks have activated cornerback Tre Brown to the 53-man roster from the team’s Physically Unable to Perform List.
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The Seattle Seahawks announced a couple of roster moves on Tuesday, including the activation of cornerback Tre Brown from the Physically Unable to Perform List.
Brown had been practicing for the last three weeks following his designation to return.
During his morning press conference, coach Pete Carroll had indicated Brown would be activated sooner than later.
“We’re looking towards that happening,” Carroll told reporters. “He’s done really well. He’s healthy, he’s ready to go. You’ll see us doing something with that.”
Brown fills the empty spot on the roster made available when Cullen Gillaspia was placed on injured reserve.
The Seahawks also announced the release of wide receiver Kevin Kassis from the practice squad.
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The Seattle Seahawks are on the mend and expecting a number of injured players to return heading into the second half of the season.
The Seattle Seahawks have won three games in a row to lead the NFC West with a 5-3 record on the year. Coach Pete Carroll provided some additional good news during his Wednesday press conference – the team is getting healthier and should see the return of a number of players to start the second half of the season.
“We’re bouncing back here,” Carroll told reporters. “Cranked to get going here and I can feel a couple guys coming back to us. Hopefully, we can keep working on the health of the club and all.”
Carroll mentioned wide receiver Penny Hart and center Austin Blythe, in particular.
“There’s a chance that Penny Hart gets back out there and that’s a good boost,” Carroll continued. “Austin looks like he can work today so that’s a real positive for us. So we’ll see if we can keep building and get ready for a championship opportunity going down there in Arizona.”
In addition, cornerback Tre Brown has returned to practice and is expected to be activated back to the roster in the near future.
The first official practice report of the week will be released later this afternoon.
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Lions FB Jason Cabinda begins practicing, starting his clock to return from the PUP list
There was some good news on the Detroit Lions injury front on Wednesday. Head coach Dan Campbell said before practice that the Lions have started the clock on fullback Jason Cabinda to return to practice and eventually the active roster.
Cabinda has been on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list since training camp with an ankle injury. By returning to practice on Wednesday, as Campbell indicated he would, Cabinda now has 21 days to either be activated from the PUP list to the active roster or placed on season-ending injured reserve.
Coordinator Ben Johnson’s offense has largely moved away from using a fullback without Cabinda in the lineup. However, now that TE T.J. Hockenson is no longer on the team, that creates an opening for more usage of the fullback role. Cabinda did play some in-line tight end in 2021, too.
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Kennedy played in Week 4 as a practice squad elevation
It was a busy Wednesday in Allen Park for Detroit Lions roster management. In a series of moves, the Lions added a wideout to the active roster, a kicker to the practice squad and designated two injured players to return from their reserve status.
Perennial training camp hero Tom Kennedy moved from the practice squad to the active roster. The wideout played in Week 4 against Seattle as a game-day revelation from the practice squad. Kennedy takes the spot opened up when the Lions waived kicker Dominik Eberle on Tuesday.
Wednesday also marked the return to practice for two players who have been on the reserve/PUP list all season. Cornerback Jerry Jacobs and rookie defensive lineman Josh Paschal have been cleared to practice and start the three-week clock for their eventual activation. The Lions now have three weeks to move Jacobs and Paschal to the active roster or place them on IR for the rest of the season.
Jacobs is returning from a torn ACL suffered last December, while Paschal had core muscle surgery earlier this summer shortly after training camp began in July.
Detroit also made official the previously reported signing of kicker Michael Badgley to the practice squad.
Jacobs is on the PUP list and returning to practice is a big step into his return to the active roster
With all the bad news on the Detroit Lions injury front, we finally got a positive ray of hope on Wednesday. Cornerback Jerry Jacobs has been cleared by team doctors and trainers to return to practice next week.
Jacobs is currently on the PUP list as he rehabs from December knee surgery. The second-year CB ran and cut on the practice field under supervision from the trainers on Wednesday.
He is eligible to come off the PUP list as soon as next week, though that doesn’t mean Jacobs would instantly return to the lineup. The Lions have up to three weeks from his return to practices to activate Jacobs from the PUP list. With a bye week in Week 6, Detroit could opt to extend the timeframe while getting Jacobs up to speed.
After practice, Jacobs told Kyle Meinke of MLive he is ready to go,
“I feel good. I feel good. Right now I’m, what, nine months out? I’m backpedaling, doing all the DB drills. Next week going to start back practicing, so going to get back in there conditioning. Feel great, bro. I’m ready to go.”
The Lions defense can use Jacobs, who told me on the Detroit Lions Podcast during training camp he’s aggressively learning how to play the slot CB role. Jacobs played outside–and played very well–as a rookie in 2021 out of injury-related necessity.
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Jacobs will miss the first 4 Lions games as he continues to recover from December knee surgery
The Detroit Lions created a little space on the initial 53-man roster without severing ties with any players. Per numerous reports, the Lions are moving cornerback Jerry Jacobs from the active/PUP list to the reserve/PUP list status.
Jacobs is still recovering from ACL surgery last December after injuring the knee in the Lions’ loss to the Denver Broncos. He was close enough to being ready to return that the Lions kept him on the active list, but the move now sidelines Jacobs for the first four games of the regular season.
Jacobs was a revelation as an undrafted rookie in 2021. He seized a starting outside CB role thanks in part to numerous injuries around the secondary and thrived. He was the second-best rookie CB in the NFL per Pro Football Focus grades and the top-rated UDFA in the league regardless of position.
The second-year player from Arkansas joins FB Jason Cabinda, DE Romeo Okwara, DE Josh Paschal and rookie WR Jameson Williams on the reserve lists that rule out a return until Week 5. Williams is on the reserve/NFI list, a contractual technicality, while the others are on PUP.
When Jacobs returns, it could be as the team’s starting slot corner. Jacobs recently advised me that he’s been learning the slot role and working on playing more inside. Last year’s primary slot CB, AJ Parker, is being waived.
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The Seattle Seahawks placed cornerback Tre Brown on the reserve/PUP list due to a knee injury and waived four players ahead of the deadline.
The Seattle Seahawks announced a number of roster moves on Sunday ahead of the NFL deadline on Tuesday.
First, the Seahawks placed cornerback Tre Brown on the team’s reserve/physically unable to perform list. As a rookie, Brown suffered a season-ending knee injury last year and has been working hard to recover. He began training camp on the active/physically unable to perform list, but now must miss four games of the regular season before he is eligible to return to the active roster.
In addition to the Brown move, Seattle also waived the following four players: tight end Cade Brewer, linebacker Aaron Donkor, cornerback Jameson Houston and running back Ronnie Rivers.
The Seahawks – and the rest of the teams around the NFL – have until Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 1:00 p.m. PT, to reduce their rosters to the league-mandated 53 players.
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Keep track of all the Vikings roster moves as they finalize the final 53-man roster
The Minnesota Vikings have been in process of getting down to 53 players on the active roster and will need to be at that number by 3 pm central on August 30th.
As they continue to work towards finalizing their active roster, there are a lot of moving parts, including using injured reserved to get there.
The Viking will likely claim players on waivers to finalize their roster when other teams make their roster cuts and, as we’ve seen in past years, a trade might happen to get there.
Be sure to bookmark both our Facebook and Twitter pages as we track all the roster moves the Vikings will make.
What the latest roster moves involving PUP and NFI reserve lists mean for the Lions and the initial 53-man roster
Tuesday was roster cutdown day. The Detroit Lions reduced the roster from 85 players down to 80 with a few moves.
Foremost, four players were moved from the active physically unable to perform/non-football injury lists to the reserve lists. Rookie WR Jameson Williams moved to the reserve/NFI, while fellow rookie DE Josh Paschal and vets DE Romeo Okwara and FB Jason Cabinda are now on the reserve/PUP list.
The designation means those four players are ruled out for the Lions until Week 5 but are protected on the roster. They will miss at least the first four games. Just for clarification, the only real difference between PUP and NFI is the timing of the injury; Williams suffered his knee injury while in college, and anything prior to the NFL qualifies as NFI even though it happened playing football. Paschal was cleared and practiced earlier this offseason after being drafted but aggravated the injury he had at Kentucky, so he’s PUP. For all intents and fan purposes there really isn’t any other difference between the two.
The one remaining player on the active/PUP list is cornerback Jerry Jacobs. By keeping Jacobs active, he will be able to play whenever he’s cleared by team doctors and training staff to get back on the field. Jacobs suffered a torn ACL in December and could be ready for Week 1. The team has until August 30th to place him on the reserve list if it feels Jacobs won’t be ready in time, but that would be unexpected.
Removing the players now on reserve from the depth chart in the quest to formulate an initial 53-man roster provides some clarity. It’s especially true at DE, where both Paschal and Okwara were expected to play big roles.
Because they’re both out at least a month, expect the Lions to keep John Cominsky and Austin Bryant as the primary backups to starters Charles Harris and Aidan Hutchinson–who would be starting even if Romeo Okwara was healthy. With Julian Okwara also still sidelined with an injury of his own and having potential to miss the first week (or more), it makes it easier to project sixth-round rookie James Houston to stick.
There is also an opening for a hybrid rush LB to stick that would have normally been on the cutting room floor. Anthony Pittman and Jarrad Davis fit that bill. Though it’s possible neither makes the initial 53-man roster, the opening for one of them is now wider.
Cabinda’s absence leaves the Lions without a fullback, and Ben Johnson’s offense does heavily utilize the FB position. The easiest way to compensate is for the Lions to keep an extra tight end. Most projections (mine included) had Brock Wright and fifth-round rookie James Mitchell already making the team as reserves behind T.J. Hockenson. Wright can fill in the FB/H-back role in a pinch, but Shane Zylstra has seen considerable practice time in that role as well as a receiving TE. Keeping four TEs–at least initially–seems to be the way the club will go.
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