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Bengals finalize 53-man roster for 2023 season ·

Cincinnati EnquirerThe Cincinnati Bengals have finalized their 53-man roster for the upcoming season.Head coach Zac Taylor is pleased with where his roster is at as he heads into his fifth season. Taylor believes this team has more depth than ever before."In my five years here, I think this is the hardest, and it is the hardest because you have a higher number of quality players that are worthy of ...

Trayveon Williams, one of four running backs on Bengals' roster, seeks 3rd-down role ·

Cincinnati EnquirerOne question many Cincinnati Bengals fans had before the team announced its 53-man roster Tuesday was whether Trayveon Williams would be among the team's running backs despite missing most of training camp after suffering an ankle injury Aug. 1.The former sixth-round pick, who turns 26 in October, is one of four Bengals running backs on the roster, along with Joe Mixon, Chase Brown ...

Bills trade of Boogie Basham, Von Miller to PUP highlight roster cutdown day ·

Rochester Democrat and ChronicleOf all the moves the Buffalo Bills made Tuesday to get their roster down to the NFL-mandated 53 players, the most interesting - and some would say disappointing - was the trading of edge rusher Boogie Basham.Giving up on a 2021 second-round draft pick after just two seasons and 4.5 sacks represents quite a whiff on the part of general manager Brandon Beane and his college ...

Buffalo Bills' 53-man roster includes Damar Hamlin and former undrafted free agents ·

Rochester Democrat and ChronicleThe Buffalo Bills’ initial 53-man roster has been released, but by no means is that the final iteration.But after Tuesday's cuts, a few notable players remained on the roster including Damar Hamlin, continuing his comeback after collapsing on the field during a Monday Night Football game in Cincinnati in January. Kingsley Jonathan, an undrafted free agent out of Syracuse ...

Ravens’ initial 53-man roster is set. Here’s who made the cut, and who didn’t. ·

 8/30/2023The Ravens will be without outside linebacker Tyus Bowser for at least the first four games of the season after the 2017 second-round draft pick wasn’t activated from the non-football injury list when the team cut its roster to 53 players Tuesday.Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday that he was hopeful Bowser, who has been dealing with a knee injury and wasn’t a participant in training ...

2024 NFL mock draft: Caleb Williams, Drake Maye among four QBs in top 10 ·

Last week, The Athletic draft guru Dane Brugler teed up his preseason 2024 NFL Draft rankings. This week, Austin Mock released his projected win totals for every NFL team.The natural next step? Our first mock draft of the season.And, no surprise here, the quarterback prospects look like they will again drive the conversation between now and April. There are several other very talented prospects who ...

Commanders get down to 53, but their roster remains ‘very fluid’ ·

The Washington Commanders released 20 players and placed four others on injured reserve Tuesday to get to the NFL’s 53-man limit, but Coach Ron Rivera stressed the roster is “very fluid” and expected to change in the coming days.Washington’s initial roster included a few deviations from previous incarnations — it is down from five linebackers to four and up from nine defensive linemen to 11 — and a ...

Post-Tom Brady Bucs feature 13 rookies on their 53-man roster ·

TAMPA — Given how the Tom Brady era ended, the Bucs set out to find some diamonds in the very rough offseason.The directive was to get younger to control player costs that left them more than $55 million over the salary cap.Teams had to reach the 53-man roster limit by 4 p.m. Tuesday. There are bound to be a few changes between now and when the Bucs take the field against the Vikings Sept. 10 in Minneapolis.But ...

Seahawks rookie receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba returns to practice after wrist surgery ·

RENTON — Maybe the biggest surprise for the Seahawks on roster cutdown day occurred on the practice field after all the moves had been made.In the first real drizzle the Seahawks have had to practice in since camp began, there was rookie receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba out on the field, running around and making catches during a no-pads, non-contact practice, less than a week after having surgery to repair ...

Analysis: Breaking down Seahawks’ initial 53-man roster for 2023 season ·

RENTON — Following Seattle’s final preseason game Saturday at Green Bay, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the team hoped to keep as much of its roster together as possible.Tuesday, when cutdown day arrived, Seattle mostly did just that.There were few real surprises in what is the initial 53-man roster for the 2023 season.Not that it won’t change during the season, and it could as early as Wednesday ...

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