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The Lions tried to claim DT Phidarian Mathis off waivers

The Lions tried to claim former Commanders DT Phidarian Mathis off waivers, but the Jets and two other teams had priority on Detroit

Detroit Lions GM Brad Holmes made an effort to keep bolstering the defensive line, but the success of the team cost the Lions on this one.

The Lions placed a waiver claim on former Commanders DT Phidarian Mathis, who was released over the weekend. Alas, three other teams with waiver wire priority also claimed Mathis ahead of the Lions. Mathis, a 2022 second-round pick out of Alabama, is now a member of the New York Jets.

Waiver claims are processed in the same order as the current NFL Draft standings. The Jets currently sit at No. 7 and were the first team on the list to put in a claim. All the other teams who also placed a claim — the Bengals, Texans and Lions — lose out because they have a better record. Detroit sat 30th in the waiver claim order (and also first-round draft slot) at the time of the waiver processing on Monday afternoon.

 

Mathis had been a major disappointment in Washington. He recorded 25 tackles and no sacks in 23 career games, with no starts.

James Houston claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns

James Houston gets a fresh start in Cleveland after being dumped by Detroit

James Houston won’t have to move too far for his next NFL gig. A day after being released by the Detroit Lions, the third-year EDGE was claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns.

Houston joins the Browns and is immediately on their 53-man active roster. He will help fill the hole in Cleveland that opened when the Lions traded for EDGE Za’Darius Smith.

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The Browns were No. 8 in the NFL’s waiver claim order, meaning that they were the first team to place a claim on Houston after the first seven all passed. The Lions own the No. 32 and final waiver claim entering Week 13.

Recently-cut Saints WR is now a free agent after clearing waivers

A.T. Perry cleared waivers, and the Saints have an open spot on their practice squad. But what happens next might be up to him:

Now this is interesting. The New Orleans Saints waived wide receiver A.T. Perry last Friday, and when the waiver wire updated on Monday no team chose to pick him up, per NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill. Now Perry is a free agent, but what happens next may be up to him.

Saints coach Dennis Allen has already expressed an openness to keeping Perry around on the practice squad, and wouldn’t you know it but the team has a spot open after promoting rookie offensive lineman Kyle Hergel to the 53-man roster. But that’s not to say Perry doesn’t have options. He could choose to sign with another team’s practice squad and see if he has more success, depending on whether he’s received any offers.

You just have to wonder what’s out there. 32 teams saw his name on the waiver wire and decided they had better players on their rosters already; had someone claimed him, that team would’ve had to let another player go to make room. Swapping out rostered players with those on practice squads is a much lower-stakes affair.

Perry fell to the sixth round in last year’s draft for unquantifiable “character concerns,” and that may have played a part in the decision to not claim him. And his problems in New Orleans have been with picking up the playbook and executing his role on offense. Maybe that’s what scared off those teams in the first place. There’s a good chance Perry remains with the Saints on their practiice squad, but that’s no sure thing. Otherwise they wouldn’t have risked losing him on waivers at all.

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Lions bring back local LB on a successful waiver wire claim

The Cardinals waived Nowaske and the Lions claimed him, after Arizona did that to the Lions last year

The NFL’s waiver claim process was completed at 12 p.m. ET on August 28th, a day after the initial 53-man roster cutdowns completed. This is a chance for teams to claim other players with less than four years of NFL service who were waived in the past days.

The Detroit Lions landed one player on a waiver claim. It’s a familiar one: linebacker Trevor Nowaske. The Saginaw Valley State alum was on the Lions last year as an undrafted rookie before being claimed off waivers midseason by the Arizona Cardinals.

Holding the No. 29 spot in the waiver wire, which is based on the pre-trade NFL draft order from April, left the Lions as longshots to land anyone with claims. Even if the Lions put in a claim on an eligible player, any of the 28 teams above them in the claim order would get that same player over Detroit if they also put a claim on him.

Detroit was the first team in the line who put in a claim on Nowaske, who joins a crowded LB room in Detroit.

There were a total of 26 players claimed around the league.

Colts claim 3 players from waiver wire

The Colts claimed three players off the waiver wire.

The Indianapolis Colts claimed three players from the waiver wire Wednesday following the league’s massive cutdown day.

Going into the first official waiver period of the 2023 regular season, the Colts had a few areas they could have addressed. Chiefly among them all was the offensive line. Two of the three waiver claims they made Wednesday came at that position group.

The three waiver claims came in the form of Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Ryan Hayes, Philadelphia Eagles guard Josh Sills and Dallas Cowboys linebacker Isaiah Land.

The Colts will have to make corresponding moves in order to have room for these new waiver additions.

3 49ers claimed off waivers after final cuts

The #49ers had 3 players claimed off waivers by other teams. All 3 could’ve been back with the practice squad.

Waiver claims were processed Wednesday morning and the 49ers lost three potential practice squad additions in that process.

Former 49ers offensive linemen Keith Ismael and Ilm Manning were both claimed by the Arizona Cardinals. Undrafted rookie cornerback D’Shawn Jamison was scooped up by the Carolina Panthers.

Ismael was one of the team’s centers during the preseason and could’ve come back to the practice squad as an in-house depth option with NFL experience.

Manning had an impressive camp as an undrafted rookie tackle. He had a chance to land on the final roster, but the team elected to subject him to waivers and Arizona swooped in. Manning will likely need to move inside to carve out a long-term role in the NFL.

Jamison had a tremendous camp and preseason and drew praise from 49ers receivers, defensive coordinator Steve Wilks and general manager John Lynch. He was good as a cornerback, but also added some explosiveness in the return game. There was a numbers crunch for San Francisco at CB that didn’t allow them to keep Jamison, and the Panthers took advantage.

The 49ers did not make any waiver claims, so any additions they make will have to come via free agency.

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6 takeaways from Colts’ initial 53-man roster

Here are six takeaways from the Colts’ initial 53-man roster.

The Indianapolis Colts have officially released their initial 53-man roster for the 2023 season.

While there will likely be more changes to come because of some position groups being thin at the moment, there are some interesting things to take away at who made the team and who surprisingly didn’t.

Let’s take a look at what caught the eye when looking at the Colts’ initial 53-man roster:

Chargers claim EDGE Derrek Tuszka off waivers

The Chargers added some depth at the edge defender position.

Joey Bosa is week-to-week with a groin injury, so the Chargers went out to get some depth at the edge defender position.

Los Angeles claimed Derrek Tuszka off waivers on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Field Yates.

Tuszka was picked up by the Titans after being waived by the Steelers earlier this month.

Tuszka played 15 games for Pittsburgh in 2021, recording two sacks, a tackle for loss, and a forced fumble.

Selected by the Broncos in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft out of North Dakota State, Tuszka appeared in nine games and logged six tackles.

Tuszka was a productive pass rusher in college, totaling 29.5 career sacks.

Chiefs lose one player, awarded none in waiver claims

One former #Chiefs player was claimed on waivers, but no waiver claims were awarded to KC. 16 former #Chiefs also cleared waivers and are now free agents.

The Kansas City Chiefs lost one player to another team during waiver claims.

According to the NFL’s official personnel notice, former Chiefs DT Matt Dickerson was claimed by the Atlanta Falcons. We mentioned the Falcons as a team to watch when Kansas City released Danny Shelton and Taylor Stallworth, but they go with Dickerson who Falcons HC Arthur Smith is familiar with from his time with the Tennessee Titans.

Dickerson was a late addition for Kansas City during training camp, joining the team in early August after he was released by the Arizona Cardinals.

The following Chiefs players cleared waivers:

  • OL Vitaliy Gurman
  • DL Kehinde Oginni Hassan
  • S Devon Key
  • S Zayne Anderson
  • WR Cornell Powell
  • OG Mike Caliendo
  • LB Jack Cochrane
  • TE Jordan Franks
  • RB Jerrion Ealy
  • CB Nazeeh Johnson
  • DE Azur Kamara
  • CB Dicaprio Bootle
  • RB Tayon Fleet-Davis
  • WR Aaron Parker
  • QB Dustin Crum
  • LB Mike Rose

Kansas City was not awarded any players during the waiver claiming period. It’s unclear if they had anyone in mind or even tried to put in a waiver claim to add someone to the 53-man roster, but if they did they were unsuccessful.

The Chiefs can now begin to assemble their 16-man practice squad as well as the expected moves to get players on injured reserve.

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10 players Broncos should consider claiming off waivers

The Broncos will have an opportunity to claim players off the waiver wire on Wednesday morning.

After trimming their roster down to 53 players on Tuesday, NFL teams will now have opportunities to claim players off the waiver wire on Wednesday morning.

The Denver Broncos are ninth in the waiver wire order (full order here), so they will have some opportunities to add players if they want to.

Here’s a quick list of 10 names the team should consider adding.