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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 ...

Kawakami: Trey Lance and the 10 moments of doubt and recalculation that doomed his 49ers career ·

It was, relative to all other immensely expensive acquisitions and long-term quarterback plans, a stunningly quick fall for Trey Lance’s 28-month 49ers career — all ebb, very little flow.He outlasted Jimmy Garoppolo, the incumbent Lance was drafted to replace, but only by five months and zero regular-season weeks. He started four games. He lost a position battle in two of his three 49ers training camps. ...

The 49ers' kicker situation is still a mess ·

The 49ers' plan to find a suitable replacement for veteran kicker Robbie Gould is falling apart at the seams, and the fallout could linger right up until the start of the regular season.San Francisco moved quickly in this year’s draft to fill the gap the 40-year-old player left behind, selecting Michigan’s Jake Moody in the third round in a surprising move. “Money Moody” was the first kicker the Niners ...

Jimmy Garoppolo hits 49ers’ ‘weird situations’ after Trey Lance trade ·

Jimmy Garoppolo has seen a stunning move for Trey Lance before.This time, as the Niners have sent Lance to the Cowboys in exchange for a fourth-round pick, Garoppolo is in Las Vegas as the Raiders’ presumed starting quarterback. In San Francisco, the 31-year-old kept most of his thoughts to himself. Now that he’s out of the Bay Area, Garoppolo is a bit freer to speak his mind.Article continues below ...

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