Player Notes

When he was standing at the post-game podium after the preseason finale Sunday night, New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen referenced the tough decisions that loomed for the team prior to Tuesday’s 3 p.m. deadline to trim the roster down to 53 players.The head coach was not kidding: Among the several notable moves made Tuesday, the Saints traded kicker Wil Lutz, waived punter Blake Gillikin, and released ...

The Vikings began releasing players Tuesday morning ahead of the 3 p.m. deadline to set an initial 53-man roster. Here's a running list of players who have been informed they'll be let go, according to league sources. Some may return Wednesday when the Vikings can form a 16-man practice squad; up to six players can have over two years of experience. First, players without four years of experience are ...

Of the players on the Vikings' initial 53-man roster for the 2023 season, five have carried the ball at least 10 times in an NFL season. One is a running back (Alexander Mattison). Two (Brandon Powell and Jalen Reagor) are wide receivers, and two (Kirk Cousins and Nick Mullens) are quarterbacks.One cornerback on the opening roster (Byron Murphy Jr.) has played more than 200 defensive snaps in a single ...

Offensive lineman Logan Bruss, the Rams’ top draft pick last year, didn’t show enough in camp to earn a spot on the team. He missed his rookie season with a knee injury.The Rams made their 53-man roster cuts Tuesday and cut bait with guard Logan Bruss, their top selection from last year’s draft.Bruss, a third-round pick from Wisconsin, missed his entire rookie season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament ...

For any NFL team or general manager wondering, Mason Crosby hasn't stopped kicking.And the Packers' all-time great appears ready for any team to pick up the phone and give him a call ahead of the 2023 season.As players have been auditioning to make NFL rosters ahead of cutdown day over the last couple of months, Crosby has been doing the same through his own audition tapes.He continued with a couple ...

Aaron Rodgers played in a preseason game for the first time since 2018 on Saturday, and his brief action naturally made it into the final chapter of this week's "Hard Knocks" episode on HBO airing Tuesday.Rodgers finished the game 5 for 8 for 47 yards and a touchdown to receiver Garrett Wilson. The score came one play after a run-in with New York Giants defensive lineman Jihad Ward.Ward gave Rodgers ...

The Detroit Lions are getting one of the top cornerbacks back on the field, just in time for the regular season.The Lions activated cornerback Emmanuel Moseley from the physically unable to perform list to the 53-man roster Tuesday, one of 25 moves they made at the roster deadline.Moseley tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee last fall while with the San Francisco 49ers and opened training ...

Whether it’s drafting running backs high in the first round or setting their initial 53-man roster, the Detroit Lions are comfortable with the unconventional.The Lions made their final 25 roster moves Tuesday and finished the day with an unusual mix of 21 offensive players (including just two true running backs) and 29 defensive players (with 12 — !! — defensive linemen).Rosters are fluid, of course, ...

FRISCO — The Cowboys saw potential in cornerback Kelvin Joseph when drafting him in 2021.To this day, they still do.But that wasn’t enough for the former second-round pick to make the 53-man roster. Joseph was traded Tuesday to the Miami Dolphins, a person familiar with the situation said. While a packed Dallas secondary reduces the decision to less than a shock, Joseph’s talents, draft pedigree and ...

FRISCO — The Cowboys are down to 53.A wild transaction wave that included cornerback Kelvin Joseph’s trade to the Miami Dolphins and tight end Sean McKeon’s reluctant cut brought the team Tuesday from a 90- to 53-man roster. There is still work to do. Center Tyler Biadasz’s backup, as the best example, is not currently in the building.Here is a position by position overview of where things stand.As ...