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Titans sign Tedric Thompson, Reggie Floyd among 4 roster moves

The Titans made four roster moves on Thursday.

The Tennessee Titans made four roster moves on Thursday afternoon, agreeing to terms with two players while also waiving two others, the team announced.

The Titans are bringing aboard safeties Tedric Thompson and Reggie Floyd. The signing of Thompson was announced on Wednesday via his agent.

On top of those moves, the Titans also waived offensive lineman and decorated college wrestler, Adam Coon, who recently suffered an injury in practice, and former Vanderbilt wide receiver, Kalija Lipscomb.

Thompson was a fourth-round pick of the Seattle Seahawks in 2017 and has spent four seasons in the league, three with the Seahawks and one with the Chiefs.

In 37 career games (16 starts), Thompson has three interceptions, five passes defensed and two fumble recoveries. He spent the 2020 campaign with the Chiefs, playing in eight games (no starts).

Floyd, who played his college ball at Virginia Tech, was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Arizona Cardinals in 2020 but was later released. He has yet to play in a regular season game in the NFL.

While Floyd appears to just be a bottom-of-the-roster addition, Thompson’s experience tells us he’s a bit more than that. The Colorado product will have a good chance to make the cut as a backup out of training camp.

The Titans will hit the field for their first preseason game on Friday night when they go to Atlanta to take on the Falcons.

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Titans signing former Seahawks, Chiefs S Tedric Thompson

The Titans are adding another safety to their training camp roster.

The Tennessee Titans are reportedly adding another safety to their roster ahead of the preseason opener on Friday against the Atlanta Falcons.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, and as confirmed by his agent, the Titans are signing former Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs safety, Tedric Thompson.

Thompson, a former fourth-round pick of the Seahawks in 2017, has spent four seasons in the league, three with Seattle and one with the Chiefs.

In 37 career games (16 starts), Thompson has totaled 93 tackles (63 solo), three interceptions, five passes defensed and a pair of fumble recoveries.

In 2020, Thompson played in eight games (no starts) with the Chiefs, finishing with 13 combined tackles (11 solo). He was inactive for six of the last seven regular-season games and did not play in the playoffs.

Thompson most recently had a cup of coffee with the Denver Broncos, who signed him back in July before waiving him on Aug. 8.

The 26-year-old, who stands at 6-foot and weighs 204 pounds, will now join the Titans’ depth competition at safety, but with his experience this move feels like more than just an addition of a camp body.

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New Browns safety Tedric Thompson practicing, ready to play vs. Ravens

Thompson was claimed off waivers from the Chiefs last week and could play vs. Baltimore

There’s a new face on the Cleveland Browns practice field this week. No. 37 in the brown and orange is safety Tedric Thompson.

Thompson was claimed off waivers from the Kansas City Chiefs last week but not in time to play in Sunday’s game against Tennessee. The veteran has now been practicing for the last three days with the Browns and should make his Cleveland debut on Monday night against the Baltimore Ravens.

Coach Kevin Stefanski was asked if Thompson will play on Monday.

“I do think it is realistic,” Stefanski said. “A smart player. He has played in similar systems. We will see how the week plays out.”

Coach Stefanski seems to like what he sees thus far from Thompson, now in his fifth NFL season.

“He has been spending a lot of time with Jeff Howard (the Browns DB coach/passing game coordinator) and the defensive coaches on Zoom. It was great to finally meet him in person and get him out on the practice field.”

Thompson took over the roster spot vacated by injured Ronnie Harrison. He could also take over some of Harrison’s reps.

 

 

Browns activate Tedric Thompson, sign Ja’Marcus Bradley from practice squad

Thompson and Bradley could both make their Browns debuts on Sunday

New safety Tedric Thompson officially joined the Cleveland Browns active roster on Saturday. Claimed off waivers from the Kansas City Chiefs earlier this week, Thompson finally passed through the required COVID-19 protocols. He was activated off the commissioner’s exempt list and added to the 53-man roster.

Thompson will wear No. 37 for the Browns, his third NFL team in four seasons. He has starting experience and can play either safety spot, though he’s better in the free safety spot.

The Browns also signed wide receiver Ja’Marcus Bradley to the active roster from the practice squad. Bradley could make his NFL debut against the Titans. Now in his second season on the practice squad, Bradley helps fill the void left by KhaDarel Hodge and Taywan Taylor both being ruled out for Week 13 with injuries.

Browns claim safety Tedric Thompson off waivers

Thompson was a starter in Seattle for most of two seasons before joining the Chiefs

Reinforcements are on the way for the injury-ravaged Cleveland Browns secondary. The Browns were awarded safety Tedric Thompson off waivers from the Kansas City Chiefs.

Thompson played in eight games this season for the Chiefs after spending his first three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. The 6-0, 204-pound safety started 16 games in three years in Seattle, primarily as a coverage-oriented safety. He was the team’s regular free safety in 2018, logging 57 tackles and four PDs in 14 games. Thompson played collegiately at Minnesota and entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.

The Browns are battling injuries at safety, with both Ronnie Harrison and Sheldrick Redwine banged up and Andrew Sendejo playing with a groin injury.

Thompson hasn’t officially joined the team yet. He remains on the commissioner’s exempt list until he can pass through the required COVID-19 protocols and pass a Browns physical.

Chiefs make a pair of roster moves on Saturday

A safety leaves the Kansas City Chiefs’ 53-man roster, while a receiver joins it.

The Kansas City Chiefs have made a pair of roster moves ahead of their Week 12 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

As first reported by NFL Network’s Tom Pelisserro and confirmed by KC Star beat writer Herbie Teope, the Chiefs plan to release defensive back Tedric Thompson. Over the past two games, Thompson had been a healthy scratch for the Chiefs. He played 71 defensive snaps in the first four games of the season, but his snaps have fallen off since with the exception of a 17-snap game in Week 7.

Thompson joined the team as a free agent this offseason, signing a one-year deal with Kansas City. The former Seattle Seahawk was really used to help get Juan Thornhill healthy and acclimated in his return from injury early in the season.

Chiefs Digest’s Matt Derrick confirmed that in a corresponding move the team will sign WR Marcus Kemp off of the practice squad. The team no longer had the ability to elevate Kemp to the 53-man roster using this year’s practice squad elevation rules as he’d already been elevated twice earlier in the season.

Kemp makes a lot of sense when it comes to replacing some of the snaps lost with Byron Pringle’s move to injured reserve. At 6-4 and 210 pounds, he offers the team a different type of receiver than they currently have on the 53-man roster. He’s been called the best gunner on the team by Dave Toub before, so his impact on special teams is obvious.

Kemp was also a budding star on offense before a season-ending knee injury during the 2019 preseason. If he had to step in and play snaps on offense, there’s no doubt that he’d take full advantage of that opportunity.

There could be more roster moves on the way for Kansas City. We’ll find out about those later today when the league officially releases the transaction report.

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Steve Spagnuolo outlines expectations for new Chiefs DB Tedric Thompson

Spagnuolo says he wants to see Thompson working with the first-team defense more.

The Kansas City Chiefs recently added a new piece to their secondary, signing former Seattle Seahawks safety Tedric Thompson.

The 25-year-old safety was brought in after Juan Thornhill was placed on the PUP list. While he’s working hard, getting adjusted to his new team and learning the playbook, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo was apprehensive to give an evaluation of Thompson. Spags did, however, outline some expectations for Thompson moving forward.

“It’s a little bit early,” Spagnuolo began. “I’m big on making the assessments in full pads. So, we’ve had three of them and for those guys, there hasn’t been a lot of reps. It took Tedric [Thompson] a little bit to get going, so he’s been in and out. The one thing we have to do is get Tedric with the first group, so we can see how he functions with those guys. It’s unfair sometimes when you’re in there with guys that don’t know the system just like you don’t, but he’s working hard.”

Once he masters the defense a little more, Spags wants to see Thompson get some work with the first-team defense. So far he’s been working primarily with the second-team alongside Armani Watts, while taking limited repetitions with the first team in sub-packages.

The biggest adjustment that Thompson has dealt with at training camp in Kansas City is the tempo. Andy Reid is known to run a tough training camp and the Chiefs are known to work hard, but the speed of the offensive players seems to have caught Thompson by surprise.

“I think Andy Reid’s camp is just different from the tempo, from the speed, the offense,” Thompson told reporters. “You’re going against Tyreek Hill, you’re going against all receivers who run 4.2’s, 4.1’s so I feel like the tempo is just so up-tempo. You’re running from one spot to another and so I think that’s the biggest thing. The guys here are about their business trying to get a second [championship] so I think that’s the biggest thing, camp is just like a workaholic camp for everybody working.”

Just as Spags explained, Thompson still getting used to his new environment. He’s dealing with a new tempo, learning the playbook and getting comfortable working with his teammates. He’s working hard, but he’s not quite to the point where he’s being worked in with the first group on the regular. That day could be coming soon if we’re to take Spags’ comments at face value.

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Chiefs officially sign DB Tedric Thompson, waive DB Andrew Soroh

The Kansas City Chiefs welcome one DB and say goodbye to another.

The Kansas City Chiefs made a pair of roster moves on Thursday. According to the NFL’s official transaction report, the Kansas City Chiefs made the signing of free agent DB Tedric Thompson official while waiving DB Andrew Soroh.

The Chiefs intended to re-sign Soroh following the 2020 NFL Draft, but the transaction only became official in June. Soroh had signed with the team after being brought in on a tryout basis at rookie minicamp ahead of the 2019 season. He ultimately didn’t make it through final roster cuts and would go on to play for the XFL’s New York Guardians, recording 18 tackles, one QB Hit, one tackle for loss, one interception and one pass defended. His return to Kansas City was short-lived in the crunch to reach an 80-man offseason roster ahead of August 16.

Thompson, 25, joins the Chiefs after three seasons in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted out of the University of Colorado in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. During those three seasons in Seattle, he appeared in 26 games, recording 80 total tackles, a forced fumble, two fumble recoveries, three interceptions and five passes defended.

By the looks of it, Thompson could fill in for second-year safety Juan Thornhill as he recovers from a knee injury that landed him on injured reserve to end the 2019 season.

This transaction officially brings the Chiefs roster to 80 players, but keep in mind that rookie CB BoPete Keyes only has a temporary roster exemption as he is on the non-football injury active list. That means one more move could be coming soon in Kansas City.

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Is this the last chance for offensive lineman Ethan Pocic?

The 2017 NFL draft has been full of duds, including offensive lineman Ethan Pocic. Is it time for the Seattle Seahawks to cut bait?

The Seattle Seahawks’ 2017 NFL draft class is not shaping up to be one of their best.

Pro Bowl corner Shaquill Griffin was a strong pick in the third round, and the team used their second seventh round pick on Chris Carson, but outside of those two picks the class as a whole has disappointed.

Malik McDowell, Amara Darboh, Nazair Jones, and Tedric Thompson are among the early round picks who either never suited up for Seattle, or are no longer with the club thanks to poor performances.

David Moore, Lano Hill, and Ethan Pocic are still with the team, but all three of them could be roster casualties if they don’t prove they deserve another chance during the 2020 season.

Pocic was the first one selected of the group, coming to the Seahawks as a late second round pick. The versatile offensive lineman only played in four games last year, starting one and appearing in 91 total offensive snaps before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

All told, Pocic has appeared in 30 games for the Seahawks, playing every position on the line except left tackle. That versatility is what made him appealing to Seattle in the first place, but his performance thus far has not been enough for him to earn a starting role.

Heading into year four, the door may look more open after the team’s release of D.J. Fluker and Justin Britt, two starters from last year’s line, but the addition of free agents B.J. Finney and Chance Warmack and the selection of hulking guard Damien Lewis in the draft seem to indicate the team is going in a different direction.

Lewis, Finney and Warmack will compete with a host of other interior offensive linemen, including Jordan Simmons, Mike Iupati, Phil Haynes, Joey Hunt and Jordan Roos, for spots on the offensive line in 2020.

Pocic’s best chance of making the roster is at backup center, where Finney is expected to start. He’ll be in direct competition with Hunt, the team’s backup center since 2016, and could face competition from Kyle Fuller and Haynes, who played some center in practice last year.

Pocic could theoretically challenge for a backup spot at tackle as well, where there is considerably less depth, but considering his best performances (which still aren’t great) have been on the interior, it’s unlikely he’d have what it takes to make it at that spot either.

The big question is if Seattle is willing to move on from a second round pick this quickly into his career, but considering the recent move to release both Jones (third round) and Thompson (fourth round) it might be time to cut bait on Pocic and admit that, outside of Griffin, Moore, and Carson, the 2017 draft just didn’t get the job done in the Emerald City.

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Russell Wilson’s deferred 35 million dollar signing bonus is due

The star quarterback cashes in with a $35 million dollar signing bonus, which was due on April 1. Bobby Wagner earned $8 million as well.

Talk about a large payday.

Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson, as part of his massive four-year, 140 million dollar contract extension, is owed a $35 million dollar signing bonus payment by Wednesday, April 1.

Wilson is one of a handful of players who is cashing out on Wednesday, including teammate Bobby Wagner ($8M) as well as linebacker Shaq Thompson ($8M) quarterback Ben Roethlisberger ($8M) defensive tackle Gerald McCoy ($2M) and safey Eric Reid – who is owed $2M from the Panthers despite being released by the team last week.

Wilson’s contract made him the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL, and he responded by having quite possibly his best season to date in 2019, posting a 106.3 quarterback rating with 4,111 yards, a 66.1% completion rate and a whopping 31-to-5 touchdown-to-interception ratio, while leading the Seahawks to an 11-5 record and a loss in the divisional round to the Packers.

Wagner signed a three-year, 54-million dollar extension last summer as well, and he’ll collect a nice little payday after posting another excellent season in the Emerald City, racking up a league-leading 159 tackles while earning a fourth consecutive All-Pro nod.

These figures do not impact Seattle’s cap space, which got a little bigger yesterday after the team let go of safety Tedric Thompson and tight end Ed Dickson.

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