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The list of Lions rookie minicamp tryout players

The Lions invited 10 players to tryout at this weekend’s rookie minicamp

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There were quite a few unsigned players in Allen Park for this weekend’s Detroit Lions rookie minicamp event. The Lions invited several free agents to the minicamp on a tryout basis.

A couple of the names were previously announced, including two players from the XFL. Wide receiver Darrius Shepherd and kicker John Parker Romo were known as official tryout participants from the upstart XFL.

Here are the list of the players who are participating on a tryout basis for the rookie minicamp, via the Lions:

S Chris Bacon – Bowling Green
S Xavier Bell – Portland State
CB Da’Meak Brandon – Limestone
WR Dylan Drummond – Eastern Michigan
DL Jacorey Johns – Wake Forest
DL Wyatt Ray – Boston College
K John Parker Romo – Virginia Tech
WR Darrius Shepherd – North Dakota State
DL Jullian Taylor – Temple
CB David Vereen – Newberry

One of the interesting names here is Wyatt Ray, who has 23 games of NFL experience across three teams since 2020.

Broncos cut 2 players, including Lamar Jackson (not that one)

The Broncos waived cornerback Lamar Jackson and released outside linebacker Wyatt Ray on Tuesday.

Finally, the Lamar Jackson news everyone has been waiting for.

Okay, not really.

The Denver Broncos have waived cornerback Lamar Jackson (not to be confused with the Baltimore Ravens quarterback) and released outside linebacker Wyatt Ray, according to the NFL’s transaction.

Jackson appeared in three games with the Broncos last season, totaling three tackles and two pass breakups. Ray also appeared in three games, recording one tackle.

Considered a veteran player, Ray is now an unrestricted free agent. Jackson will be subject to the NFL’s waiver wire.

Jackson and Ray are the third and fourth players to be cut by Denver since the NFL’s fee agency period began, joining wide receivers Victor Bolden and Freddie Swain, who were cut on March 14.

Including the recent return of cornerback Essang Bassey (which is not yet official), the Broncos have 69 players on their roster. NFL clubs are allowed to carry 90 players on their offseason rosters. After the draft (Denver currently owns five picks), the Broncos will fill out the 90-man offseason roster with undrafted free agent signings.

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Broncos made several roster moves on Wednesday

The Broncos signed RB Tyreik McAllister and LB Wyatt Ray to the practice squad, and WR Freddie Swain joined the 53-man roster.

Denver Broncos general manager George Paton continues making moves to the backend of the team’s roster.

After placing running back Mike Boone on injured reserve and parting ways with two practice squad players on Tuesday, Paton made four more roster moves on Wednesday.

First, the Broncos placed outside linebacker Jacob Martin (knee) on IR. His roster spot might be filled by fellow pass rusher Randy Gregory (knee), who is back at practice this week and eligible to be activated off IR.

Second, Denver officially signed wide receiver Freddie Swain off the Miami Dolphins’ practice squad to the active roster. The Broncos had a spot for Swain on the 53-man roster after placing Boone on IR.

Finally, Denver made two additions to the practice squad, adding running back Tyreik McAllister and linebacker Wyatt Ray. The Broncos had two open spots after cutting defensive lineman McTelvin Agim and losing guard Netane Muti to the Raiders on Tuesday.

On the injury front, right tackle Billy Turner also returned to practice this week, and he is eligible to be activated from IR once cleared to play.

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Titans place Taylor Lewan on IR, elevate Josh Gordon among 4 moves

The Titans made four roster moves on Saturday.

The Tennessee Titans made four roster moves on Saturday, including the placement of left tackle Taylor Lewan on injured reserve.

Lewan suffered a knee injury in Week 2 that will end his 2022 season, and quite possibly his tenure in Nashville altogether, as the veteran has no guaranteed money on the final year of his deal in 2023.

The Titans will try to plug the hole with veteran backup Dennis Daley, who has struggled mightily in relief on Lewan so far this season.

Taking Lewan’s spot is outside linebacker Wyatt Ray, who was inked to the 53-man roster. Ray appeared in four games for the Titans in 2020 and will likely see action right away in Week 3 with Bud Dupree and Ola Adeniyi ruled out.

The Titans also elevated two players from their practice squad for Sunday, including wide receiver Josh Gordon and offensive lineman Jordan Roos. This is the second straight week Gordon has been elevated.

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Titans place Jamarco Jones on IR among 3 moves

The Titans now have 10 players on injured reserve after two weeks.

The Tennessee Titans announced three roster moves on Thursday, one of which included placing offensive lineman Jamarco Jones on injured reserve.

Jones, who is dealing with a triceps injury, will miss the next four games at least. Taking Jones’ spot on the roster is tight end Kevin Rader, who was promoted from the practice squad.

And, taking Rader’s place on the practice squad is outside linebacker Wyatt Ray, who returns to Tennessee for another stint after playing in four games with the Titans in 2020.

Jones was signed in free agency this offseason to compete for a starting job on the offensive line, but after failing to secure the role he was expected to serve as the primary backup at guard and/or tackle; however, has been inactive in each of the first two games.

With Jones on IR, the Titans now have 10 players on the list after just two games. Tennessee also has two players on the PUP list.

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Jags place OLB Jordan Smith on IR, sign OLB Wyatt Ray

The Jags made roster moves on Tuesday by placing OLB Jordan Smith on IR and filling the available spot with OLB Wyatt Ray.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have officially placed second-year player Jordan Smith on injured reserve after he went down with a knee injury early last week. They also signed a player to fill his vacant spot on Tuesday by adding fourth-year linebacker Wyatt Ray to the roster.

Ray, 25, entered the league in 2019 as an undrafted player out of Boston College. He spent his rookie season as a practice squad player with various teams but got his first opportunities as a regular-season player with the Tennessee Titans (2020) and Cincinnati Bengals (2021).

While with the Bengals, he recorded 15 tackles and a sack (in 15 games), and while with the Titans, he recorded two tackles (in four games). Ray will also enter his tenure with the Jags with two starts, with one coming through his stints with both aforementioned teams.

As for his collegiate career, Wyatt accumulated 114 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, and 17 sacks while with the Boston College Eagles. In his senior season (2018), he was able to earn Third-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors after hitting a career-high of 44 tackles that season.

Wyatt is the grandson of the late legendary singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Nat King Cole and nephew of the late Natalie Cole. He’s also a native of Boca Raton, Fla. where he attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School.

As for Smith, reporters said that the staff was evaluating his right knee when he went down last Monday. Last Thursday, coach Doug Pederson announced that his injury would require surgery, which is expected to keep him out for the season.

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Titans snap count takeaways from 40-14 loss to Packers

Adoree’ Jackson saw a big uptick in snaps in Week 16.

The Tennessee Titans had a few different faces getting an opportunity on defense in Week 16 versus the Green Bay Packers, but unfortunately they weren’t able to help a listless unit that got demolished on Sunday night.

With outside linebacker Derick Roberson out, we saw outside linebackers Wyatt Ray, who notched the Titans’ first sack in 14 quarters, and Brooks Reed both get action in his place.

The question is: who saw more snaps?

In the secondary, we were keeping an eye out for how involved cornerback Adoree’ Jackson was in his second game this season, as well as how much playing time safety Kenny Vaccaro got after missing the last two games.

We’re going to take a look at the snap counts for Jackson, Vaccaro, Ray, Reed and the rest of the Titans on both sides of the ball from the embarrassing 40-14 loss at the hands of the Packers at Lambeau Field.

Report: Titans’ Vic Beasley will not play in Week 2 vs. Jaguars

There was some hope that Beasley would make his Titans debut in Week 2, but that’s gone now.

Despite getting in a pair of full practices to finish off the week, it appears Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Vic Beasley will not play in Week 2 against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Per Titans beat writer Paul Kuharsky, Beasley will not be making his much-anticipated debut, and instead will be inactive for the second straight week.

Like last week, Beasley (knee) is on the injury report, however, unlike last week Beasley was a full participant in practice during the final session prior to the game, as opposed to being limited ahead of the Week 1 contest.

We can’t say for sure what’s going on, and at this point with everything that has transpired with Beasley, it could literally be anything.

An educated guess would be that Beasley simply isn’t ready to take the field, either because of a lack of knowledge of the defense, poor conditioning, or perhaps both.

Clearly it isn’t injury-related or else he wouldn’t have been full each of the past two days. Whatever the case may be, it looks like we’ll be waiting another week to see Beasley take the field in a Titans uniform.

Some potentially good news is that fellow outside linebacker, Derick Roberson, might make his 2020 debut after logging full practices the entire week. He’d be the fourth outside linebacker if he suits up and Beasley is inactive, which is one more than the team carried into Denver.

Tennessee also has an option on the practice squad in training camp standout Wyatt Ray, who is one of the team’s four protected players.

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Titans OLB Wyatt Ray is turning heads at training camp

Titans OLB Wyatt Ray is making the most of his opportunity in training camp.

The Tennessee Titans have had their fair share of issues at the outside linebacker position thus far in training camp, and that has opened the door for outside linebacker, Wyatt Ray, who is making the most of his opportunity.

Ray, who was signed on August 13, has shined at a time when the Titans are facing plenty of uncertainty at the position.

Tennesse has waived Reggie Gilbert and Josh Smith, Vic Beasley was placed on the NFI list after reporting late to training camp, and Kamalei Correa missed the first five full-squad practices before finally taking the field for the first time on Friday.

On Monday, outside linebackers coach Shane Bowen told the media that Ray had “flashed already” since joining the team.

Then, on Thursday, Jim Wyatt of Titans Online pointed to Ray as someone who has stood out at practice.

-Linebacker Wyatt Ray has flashed with several nice defensive plays in camp.

On Friday, Ray received recognition once again, this time from Turron Davenport of ESPN, who noted that the Boston College product is “quietly having a solid camp.”

The most important note from Davenport’s evaluation is the fact that Ray is getting consistent pressure. After all, improving the pass-rush is one of Tennessee’s top priorities going into the 2020 campaign.

Despite his standout performance, Ray is still facing an uphill climb to make the roster. The Titans figure to have four players already locked in at outside linebacker in Harold Landry, Correa, Beasley and 2019 fifth-round pick, D’Andre Walker.

Beyond those four, Derick Roberson has a great shot to make the roster after a strong finish to the 2019 campaign, although he isn’t a lock by any stretch.

While the Titans only carried five on their initial 53-man roster in 2019, the uncertainty surrounding Beasley could force Tennessee to carry an extra outside linebacker in 2020, which would obviously benefit Ray.

If that turns out not to be the case and the Titans go with five, Ray will have to topple Roberson for the final spot on the depth chart.

Even if he fails to make the team out of training camp, Ray is doing enough to get a look from another team, or at worst he could end up on the Titans’ practice squad.

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Titans agree to terms with OLB Wyatt Ray

Wyatt Ray is the Titans’ newest outside linebacker.

Two days after waiving outside linebacker Reggie Gilbert, the Tennessee Titans have added another to the roster.

The team announced on Thursday that it has agreed to terms with outside linebacker Wyatt Ray, who went undrafted out of Boston College in 2019.

Ray posted a picture of himself on Instagram signing his deal with the Titans.

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The Cleveland Browns were the first team to sign him out of college, but he also spent time on the practice squads of the Houston Texans, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets last year.

Much like Gilbert, the 6-foot-3, 255-pound Ray is going to have an uphill climb in making the roster with the Titans having a solid group of outside linebackers already.

In 38 career games with the Eagles, Ray totaled 114 tackles (47 solo, 24 for loss), 17 sacks, one interception and three passes defended. His best season came in 2018 when he finished with 44 tackles (11.5 for loss) and nine sacks.

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