Tag: PUP list

Jason Cabinda begins practicing, starting his clock to return

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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Lions sign WR Tom Kennedy to active roster in busy day of roster moves

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.

 

 

Jerry Jacobs cleared to return to practice next week

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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Jerry Jacobs heading to the Lions reserve/PUP list to start the season

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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Seahawks place CB Tre Brown on PUP list, waive 4 players

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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Tracker for Vikings 53-man roster cuts

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 mean for the Lions

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.

Roster impact

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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Broncos OL Tom Compton to start season on PUP list

#Broncos OL Tom Compton (back) is expected to start the season on the PUP list, ruling him out for at least four games.

Denver Broncos offensive lineman Tom Compton (back) won’t be on the team’s initial 53-man roster as the team plans to leave him on the physically unable to perform list to begin the regular season.

“He’s going to start on the PUP,” coach Nathaniel Hackett said Monday. “He’s continually working through his back. It’s another guy that we’re so lucky that we’re going to be able to have him later on in the season. He brings so much veteran presence and he’s great in the meeting rooms with all those guys, so we just have to be sure we get him back the right way.”

Compton will transition from the active/PUP list to the reserve/PUP list once the regular season begins. He will be required to sit out at least the first four games of the season. After that, Compton will have a five-week window to return to practice. Once he returns to practice, Denver will have a 21-day window to active him to the 53-man roster.

If Compton is not activated within three weeks after returning to practice, he will spend the entire 2022 season on reserve. It sounds like the Broncos expect him to return, though, and he’ll provide valuable depth at both tackle and guard this season.

Elsewhere on the injury front, Hackett said cornerback Michael Ojemudia (elbow) will not need surgery. Ojemudia is still expected to be sidelined for several weeks, though, giving him an uncertain status for Week 1.

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Commanders activate tight end Logan Thomas from PUP list

Logan Thomas is back for the Commanders.

The Washington Commanders received some good news on Monday morning when starting tight end Logan Thomas was activated from the physically unable to perform (PUP) list.

Thomas suffered a torn ACL in a December win over the Las Vegas Raiders on a questionable hit by defensive end Yannick Ngakoue. He began training camp on the PUP list.

Thomas’ return is a boost for multiple reasons. First, he’s Washington’s top tight end and terrific in the red zone. Secondly, Thomas can get in some practice time with quarterback Carson Wentz, and finally, the Commanders have a near crisis at tight end with numerous injuries.

John Bates has missed most of training camp with a calf injury, while rookie Cole Turner was sidelined over the past two weeks with a hamstring injury. Sammis Reyes was placed on injured reserve last week.

Undrafted rookies Armani Rogers and Curtis Hodges have recently received the bulk of work at tight end. The Commanders signed Eli Wolf last week, and he played 40 snaps in the preseason loss to the Chiefs.

In a flurry of moves after activating Thomas, Washington placed Wolf on IR, released fullback Alex Armah from IR, claimed tight end Kendall Blanton off waivers from the Los Angeles Rams and signed tight end Jake Hausmann.

The Commanders also placed defensive end Bunmi Rotimi on IR.

Hausmann went undrafted in the 2021 NFL draft and has spent time on the rosters of the New York Giants, Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks.

Every NFL team has until 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday to trim their rosters to 80 players.

Thomas had two stints on IR last season. In between those stints, he caught 18 passes for 196 yards and three touchdowns in six games.

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Predicting the next round of Detroit Lions roster cuts

Predicting the next round of Detroit Lions roster cuts from 85 down to 80 players

The Detroit Lions, like all NFL teams, have to trim the active roster from 85 to 80 players before 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 23. The deadline comes one week after the rosters were cut back to 85 from 90.

As noted last week, the Lions might not have to send five players packing this week. That’s because the rules for players on the physically unable to perform and non-football injury lists change this week.

Right now, players on the PUP and NFI lists count against the active roster. But the designations can now shift to “reserve” from “active” for the players. Switching the PUP/NFI players from active to reserve means they no longer count against the active roster limit. It also rules them out for at least the first four games, hence the reserve designation.

Two Lions players currently on PUP/NFI are obvious candidates to move to reserve status. Head coach Dan Campbell has already intimated the Lions will do this with first-round WR Jameson Williams. Defensive end Romeo Okwara doesn’t appear close to returning from his Achilles tear last year, either. Moving those two to the reserve list would mean the Lions have just three other players to jettison to get to 80.

Two other PUP players, FB Jason Cabinda and CB Jerry Jacobs, are also candidates to move to the reserve list. Campbell brought up the idea of doing such a move with Jacobs in a recent press conference. The fifth player eligible to move from PUP to reserve and miss the first four weeks is rookie DE Josh Paschal, who the team has been tight-lipped about in terms of a timetable to get back on the field.

If there are player cuts, the most likely candidates include CB Cedric Boswell, TE Derrick Deese Jr., OL Kevin Jarvis, CB Mark Gilbert and RB Jermar Jefferson. The Lions could also declare a winner in the kicking battle between Riley Patterson and Austin Seibert, though that seems less likely.

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