Updated Rams Practice Squad

by James Layton

The Rams signed former 49ers Long Snapper Kyle Nelson to their Practice Squad.

Nelson was an undrafted free agent who signed the Saints following the 2011 NFL Draft. Since then, he went on to play for the Chiefs, 49ers, Eagles, Chargers, Seahawks, and Commanders.

Here’s their updated practice squad.

  • OT AJ Arcuri
  • OT Chandler Brewer
  • DE Earnest Brown
  • TE Roger Carter Jr
  • DB TJ Carter
  • DT Elijah Garcia
  • TE Jared Pinkney
  • DE Brayden Thomas
  • WR Austin Trammell
  • WR Jacob Harris
  • OT Max Pircher (International)
  • RB Ronnie Rivers
  • DE Zach Vanvalkenburg
  • LB Keir Thomas
  • LS Kyle Nelson

Workout Report for Tuesday 10/11

by James Layton

It was a very busy Tuesday for tryouts and visits around the league. Fifty-nine players were brought in for either a Tryout or a Visit.

Let’s get into it.

Tryouts

Cardinals (7)

  • Devontae Booker, RB
  • Corey Clement, RB
  • Trey Edmunds, RB
  • Blake Lynch, LB
  • TJ Pledger, RB
  • Laquon Treadwell, WR
  • Ty’Son Williams, RB

Falcons (4)

  • Alex Bachman, WR
  • Victor Bolden, WR
  • Jarrett Guarantano, QB
  • Ra’Shaun Henry, WR

Bills (3)

  • Cyrill Grayson, WR
  • Keesean Johnson, WR
  • D.J. Montgomery, WR

Bears (1)
Ryan Anderson, P

Browns (1)
Tyeler Davidson, DT

Cowboys (1)
Seth Green, TE

Broncos (5)

  • Thomas Fletcher, LS
  • Joe Fortunato, LS
  • Brian Khoury, LS
  • Garrison Sanborn, LS
  • Rex Sunahara, LS

Colts (1)
Kelechi Osemele, G

Jaguars (5)

  • Rashod Berry, LB
  • Jeremy Ledbetter, DL
  • John Miller, G
  • Anthony Rush, DT
  • Charles Snowden, LB

Patriots (4)

  • Troy Apke, DB
  • Myron Cunningham, OT
  • Demarcus Fields, DB
  • Quandre Mosley, DB

Giants (2)

  • CJ Moore, DB
  • Sammis Reyes, TE

Jets (4)

  • Innis Gaines, DB
  • Troy Pride, DB
  • JR Reed, DB
  • James Wiggins, DB

Steelers (5)

  • Ja’Marcus Bradley, WR
  • Duke Dawson, DB
  • Lavert Hill, DB
  • Taysir Mack, WR
  • Josh Malone, WR

49ers (3)

  • Cody Parkey, K
  • Ryan Santoso, K
  • Sam Sloman, K

Seahawks (4)

  • Prince Emili, DT
  • Bruce Irvin, LB
  • AJ Johnson, LB
  • La’Mical Perine, RB

Buccaneers (3)

  • TJ Carrie, DB
  • Delonte Hood, DB
  • Duron Lowe, DB

Visits

Texans (1)
Micah Dew-Treadway, DT

Patriots (1)
Calvin Munson, LB

NFL Workout Report for Monday 10/10

by James Layton

It was a slow day Monday for Tryout/Visits. Only fifteen players were brought in for tryouts and one player had a visit. Out of this group, three players have been signed to a Practice Squad so far.

Let’s get into the tryouts.

Tryouts

Broncos (6)

  • Trinity Benson, WR
  • Turner Bernard, LS
  • Hunter Bradley, LS
  • Ryan DiSalvo, LS
  • Mitchell Fraboni, LS
  • Kyle Nelson, LS

Texans (1)

KC McDermott, OT (Signed to their Practice Squad)

Colts (3)

  • Tyeler Davidson, DT
  • Ty Nsekhe, OT (Signed to their Practice Squad)
  • Will Richardson, OT

49ers (6)

  • Kevin Atkins, DT
  • Sheldon Day, DT
  • Austin Edwards, DE
  • Rashod Hill, OT
  • Kendall Lamm, OT
  • T.Y. McGill, DT

Visits

Bills (1)

Jared Mayden, DB (Signed to their Practice Squad)

Steelers Injury Report: Week 5 @ Bills

by James Layton

Here is the updated injury report for the Steelers @ Bills game as of Saturday.

Steelers

  • Cam Sutton, CB Groin/Hamsting Questionable
  • Terrell Edmunds, S Concussion Out
  • Ahkello Witherspoon, CB Hamstring Out

Bills

  • Tremaine Edmunds, LB Hamstring Questionable
  • Isaiah McKenzie, WR Concussion Questionable
  • Ed Oliver, DT Ankle Questionable
  • Jordan Phillips, DT Hamstring Questionable
  • Christian Benford, CB Hand Out
  • Jamison Crowder, WR Ankle Out
  • Dawson Knox, TE Foot/Hamstring Out
  • Jake Kumerow, WR Ankle Out
  • Jordan Poyer, S Ribs Out

Steelers Players to Watch: Week 5 @ Bills

by James Layton

This is a big week for Rookie QB Kenny Pickett who Mike Tomlin named the starting QB earlier this week. Pickett is looking snap the Steelers three game losing streak on the road in Buffalo. This is also a big week for the Steelers Special Teams it going to be a windy day Sunday with 15-20 MPH SWS winds.

Let’s get into the players to watch.

Offense

  • 8 Kenny Pickett, QB
  • 11 Chase Claypool, WR
  • 14 George Pickens, WR
  • 88 Pat Freiermuth, TE
  • 65 Dan Moore, OT
  • 76 Chuks Okorafor, OT

Defense

  • 98 DeMarvin Leal, DE
  • 99 Larry Ogunjobi, DE
  • 56 Alex Highsmith, OLB
  • 51 Myles Jack, ILB
  • 29 Levi Wallace, CB
  • 20 Cam Sutton, CB

Special Teams

  • 82 Steven Sims, PR/KR
  • 9 Chris Boswell, K
  • 6 Pressley Harvin, P
  • 28 Miles Killebrew, S

Workout Report for Thursday 10/6 and Friday 10/7

by James Layton

It has been a slow couple of day for workouts as it always is leading up to game day. Twenty-two players were brought in for either a tryout or visit over Thursday and Friday. Of those twenty-two players so far only two players were signed to a Practice Squad.

Thursday

Tryouts

Chargers

Taylor Bertolet, K (Signed to the Practice Squad)

Dolphins

  • Tino Ellis, DB
  • Jaylen Twyman, DT

Seahawks

  • Kuony Deng, LB
  • Deandre Johnson, LB
  • Zach McCloud, LB
  • Charles Snowden, LB

Visit

Chiefs

Chris Conley, WR (Signed to the Practice Squad)

Friday

Tryouts

Ravens

Brock Miller, P

Browns

  • Tyler Clark, DT
  • Myron Cunningham, OT
  • Ben DiNucci, QB
  • Prince Emili, DT
  • Jaquez Ezzard, WR
  • Brandon Lewis, WR
  • Nate McCrary, RB
  • Abram Smith, RB
  • Kenny Stills, WR
  • Jordan Williams, DT

Raiders

  • Tyler Hall, DB
  • Brandon King, LB
  • Harvey Langi, LB
  • Quandre Mosely, DB

NFL Workout Report for Wednesday 10/5

by James Layton

It was a slow day around the league for tryouts and visits. But it was productive day for players getting signed to following their workouts. All but one player that was brought in for a tryout/visit signed a contract.

Tryouts

Ravens

Bailey Gaither, WR (Signed to their Practice Squad)

Lions

  • Michael Badgley, K (Signed to their Practice Squad)
  • Brandon Zylstra, WR (Signed to their Practice Squad)

Visit

Lions

Mohamed Sanu, WR

NFL Transaction Report Wednesday October 5

by Barb Layton

I love this time of the year when teams have big decisions to make. The transaction report daily depicts what is going on with each team. Will the decisions help or slow down the teams progress.

49ers

  • Designated S Jimmie Ward and CB Jason Verrett to return from the IR
  • Signed WR Willie Snead to the practice squad

Bears

  • Designated WR N’Keal Harris to return from IR
  • Placed G Cody Whitehair on IR

Bengals

  • designated DE Khalid Kareem and CB Cam Taylor-Britt to return from the IR

Bills

  • Released WR Tavon Austin
  • Signed WR Jaquarii Roberson to the practice squad

Browns

  • Signing TE Pharaoh Brown
  • Designated CB Greedy Williams to return from IR
  • Signed DB Richard LeCounte to the practice squad

Buccaneers

  • WR Cole Beasley announces his retirement

Cardinals

  • Signed G Koda Martin to the practice squad
  • Placed G Lachavious Simmons on the practice squad injured list

Chargers

  • Signed WR Keelan Doss to the practice squad

Colts

  • Re-sign WR Dezmon Patmon to the practice squad

Commanders

  • Released DB Troy Apke

Cowboys

  • Promote QB Will Grier from the practice squad
  • Placed LS Jake McQuaide on IR
  • Designated LB Damone Clark to return from the NFI list

Dolphins

  • Designated DB Clayton Fejedelom to return for IR

Eagles

  • Designated OT Andre Dillard to return from the IR
  • Signed K Cameron Dicker to the practice squad

Falcons

  • Sign DT Jaleel Johnson to the practice squad
  • Designated CB Isaiah Oliver to return from IR

Giants

  • Designated OL Nick Gates to return from the PUP list
  • Signed OL Solomon Kindley to the practice squad
  • Released RB Antonio Williams

Jets

  • Designated OT Duane Brown and DE Vinny Curry to return from IR

Lions

  • Designated CB Jerry Jacobs and DE Josh Paschal to return from the PUP list
  • Signed K Michael Badgley to the practice squad
  • Signed WR Tom Kennedy from the practice squad to the active roster

Panthers

  • Place S Jeremy Chinn on IR
  • Promote S Juston Burris to active roster
  • Re-signing S Kenny Robinson to the practice squad

Patriots

  • Officially designated WR Tyquan Thornton to return from the IR
  • Signed OT Marcus Cannon to the active roster
  • Signed OT Sebastian Gutierrez to the practice squad

Ravens

  • Activating RB Gus Edwards from the PUP list
  • Sign WR Bailey Gaither to the practice squad

Saints

  • Promoted TE JP Holtz to active roster
  • Signed WR Kevin White and DB Bryce Thompson to the practice squad
  • Designated DT Malcolm Roach to return from the IR

Seahawks

  • Designated DL LJ Collier to return from IR
  • Signed C Joey Hunt to the practice squad

Texans

  • Signed TE Nick Eubanks and WR Davion Davis to the practice squad
  • Designated LB Christian Harris to return from IR

Titans

  • Designate LB Monty Rice to return from the PUP list

Vikings

  • Signed S Mike Brown to the practice squad
  • WR Blake Proehl has returned to practice

Workout Report for Tuesday 10/4

by James Layton

It was a busy Tuesday around the league for tryouts and visits. Fifty-four players were brought in for a tryout or visit. So far out of those players five have been signed to a Practice Squad.

Let’s get into the tryouts.

Tryouts

Cardinals (3)

  • Devon Key, DB
  • J.R. Reed, DB
  • Kenny Robinson, DB

Falcons (4)

  • Will Compton, LB
  • Emeke Egbule, LB
  • Tyree Johnson, DE
  • Azur Kamara, DE

Ravens (1)

Harvey Langi, LB

Bears (2)

  • Jalyn Holmes, DE (Signed to their Practice Squad)
  • Sammis Reyes, TE

Cowboys (4)

  • Tucker Addington, LS
  • Antonio Ortiz, LS
  • Matt Overton, LS
  • Garrison Sanborn, LS

Lions (4)

  • Sam Ficken, K
  • Lirim Hajrullahu, K
  • Brian Johnson, K
  • Andrew Mevis, K

Packers (5)

  • Beau Benschawel, OL
  • Dion Calhoun, G
  • Jean Delance, OT
  • Nick Ford, G
  • Bam Olaseni, OT

Raiders (5)

  • Trinity Benson, WR
  • Tevaughn Campbell, DB
  • Jack Coan, QB
  • Isaac Nauta, TE
  • Albert Wilson, WR

Patriots (4)

  • Tae Davis, LB
  • Blake Lynch, LB
  • Dorian O’Daniel, LB
  • Ben Petrula, OT

Saints (1)

Bryce Thompson, DB

Giants (8)

  • Victor Bolden, WR
  • Landon Collins, S
  • Jake Fromm, QB
  • Ulysees Gilbert, LB
  • Solomon Kindley, G
  • Jontre Kirklin, WR
  • Brain Lewerek, QB
  • A.J. McCarron, QB

Eagles (2)

  • Cameron Dicker, P/K (Signed to the Practice Squad)
  • Jake Verity, K

Seahawks (2)

  • Myron Cunningham, OT
  • Jordan Meredith, G

Titans (3)

  • Ja’Marcus Bradley, WR
  • Shyheim Carter, DB
  • DJ Montgomery, WR

Commanders (3)

  • KC Mcdermott, OT
  • Derek Schweliger,
  • Keaton Sutherland, G

Visits

Patriots (1)

Garrett Gilbert, QB (signed their Practice Squad)

Giants (1)

AJ Klein, LB

Seahawks (1)

Sebastian Gutierrev, OT

NFL Transaction Report for Tuesday 10/4

by Barb Layton

I am going to post the transaction reports. So, let’s get started with what is happening in the NFL.

49ers

  • released WR Willie Snead

Bears

  • signed DL Jalyn Holmes to the Practice squad
  • released K Michael Badgley from the practice squad

Bills

  • Signed DT Justin Zimmer and CB Jordan Miller to the practice squad
  • Released DT CJ Brewer and DT Prince Emili from the practice squad

Broncos

  • placed RB Javonte Williams and OLB Randy Gregory on IR
  • Signed RB Latavius Murray off Saints’ practice squad

Browns

  • Placed RB Jerome Ford on IR
  • Signed DE Sam Kamara to the practice squad
  • Released DE Curtis Weaver from the practice squad

Cardinals

  • Signed K Matt Ammendola to the practice squad
  • Released QB Jarrett Guarantano from the practice squad
  • Waived WR Andy Isabella
  • Signed C Billy Price off Raider’s Practice Squad

Chiefs

  • Released WR Corey Coleman from the practice squad

Colts

  • Signed K Chase McLaughlin to Active Roster
  • Waived WR Dezmon Patmon

Commanders

  • Signing G Keaton Sutherland to the practice squad
  • Releasing C Jon Toth

Cowboys

  • Signed QB Will Grier to active roster
  • Signed LS Matt Overton and LS Tucker Addington to the practice squad

Eagles

  • Released TE Dalton Keene from the practice squad

Giants

  • Placed CB Aaron Robinson on IR
  • Signed LB AJ Klein to the practice squad

Lions

  • Signed TE Shane Zylstra to Practice Squad
  • Waived K Dominik Eberle

Packers

  • Signed LB Eric Wilson off Saints’ practice squad

Patriots

  • Signing QB Garrett Gilbert to the practice squad
  • Released WR Laquon Treadwell from the practice squad

Raiders

  • Signed LB Blake Martinez and T Jackson Barton to the practice squad

Saints

  • Signed CB Chris Harris, DB Jordan Brown and RB Adam Prentice to the practice squad
  • Released DB Tre Swilling from the practice squad
  • Waived DB DeMarcus Fields

Seahawks

  • Released DB Quandre Mosely from the practice squad

Steelers

  • Designated WR Calvin Austin to return from IR
  • Signed C Ryan McCollum and S Scott Nelson to the practice squad
  • Released P Jordan Berry and WR Jaquarii Roberson from the practice squad

Texans

  • Releasing WR Chris Conley from the practice squad
  • Releasing TE Pharaoh Brown
  • Designated DE Mario Addison to return from IR

Titans

  • Waived TE Tommy Hudson from IR
  • Signed DL Sam Okuayinonu to 53 man roster and waived OLB Wyatt Ray
  • Signing RB Julius Chesnut and DB Shyheim Carter to the practice squad
  • Waived OL Christian DiLauro from the practice squad

Vikings

  • Placed S Lewis Cine on IR
  • Activated LB Ryan Connelly from the PUP list
  • Released DL Jaylen Twyman and WR Travis Toivonen from the practice squad
  • Signed DT Khyiris Tonga from Falcon’s practice squad