Giants add young Ravens’ OG in pick swap … The NY Giants traded for yet another young offensive lineman this afternoon as they acquired Ben Bredeson from Baltimore in a deal involving the swap of several picks. The Ravens will get one of the Giants’ 4th rounders this year, while the Giants get the Ravens’ #5 this year… Read More »
Falcons first to 53 … It doesn’t get you anything in the standings, but Atlanta appears to be the first team to formally announce their full complement of cuts in order to get down to today’s 53-man roster limit. For the record, the Falcons kept all their 9 picks at the 2021 draft as well as a couple… Read More »
Eagles get Colts’ 6th for G/T Pryor … Philadelphia has reportedly acquired a 6th round pick in 2022 from Indianapolis for G/T Matt Pryor and a 2022 7th round pick.
Pats cut Cam; hand ball to rookie Jones … In a little bit of a shocker, New England has outright released veteran QB Cam Newton and will go with rookie Mac Jones, the 15th player selected at this year’s draft, at the position. That the Patriots couldn’t find a trade partner for Newton is also a tad surprising… Read More »
Broncos swing pair of pre-cutdown trades … Denver reportedly made a couple of trades overnight involving later round picks. First the Broncos acquired LB Jonas Griffith and a 7th round pick in 2022 from San Francisco in exchange for a 6th round pick this year and a 7th in 2023. The the Broncos sent WR Trinity Benson and… Read More »
The Turk is on the prowl … It is cutdown day in the NFL as all teams must be down to the 53-man roster limit by 4 PM ET later today. As usual, we’ll be tracking all of today’s transactions as best we can with, of course, a special focus on players selected at the 2021 draft. Note,… Read More »
Jags get 6th rounder from Seahawks for vet CB … Jacksonville has reportedly acquired a 6th round pick in 2022 from Seattle for veteran CB Sidney Jones. In fact. it’ll be a homecoming of sorts for Jones who was a 2nd round pick of Philadelphia from Washington in 2017.
Top agent says Dolphins-Texans talking Watson … NFL super agent Drew Rosenhaus is quoted in the Houston Chronicle today saying that he wouldn’t be at all surprised if embattled Houston QB Deshaun Watson in uniform with Miami for their season opener on September 12th. According to the report, Rosenhaus, who is not a party to the discussions, but… Read More »
Cards first to cut 2021 pick … With tomorrow’s 4 PM ET deadline for teams to get down to the 53-man roster looming, some teams have started to announce some of their cuts. In particular, Arizona became the first to team to release a player selected at the 2021 draft as the Cardinals have released C Michael Menet,… Read More »
Bills get 6th from Panthers for vet DE … Buffalo has reportedly traded veteran DE Darryl Johnson to Carolina for for a 2022 6th-round pick. Johnson, a 2019 seventh-round pick by the Bills, has primarily played special teams in Buffalo, but did have a couple of sacks over 31 games. Meanwhile, Cincinnati and the NY Giants have reportedly… Read More »
Texans trade DE Lawson to Jets for #6 … There has been something of a buzz around the league this weekend that talks involving embattled Houston QB Deshaun Watson have been heating up again. Well, the Texans did make a trade today, but not for Watson. They sent veteran DE Shaq Lawson to the NY Jets for the… Read More »
Ravens reportedly send vet C/G to Dolphins in pick swap … Baltimore made its second pre-roster deadline trade in the past 24 hours and the second reportedly involves the first. In that first deal yesterday, the Ravens got a 7th round pick in 2022 (and a 2023 5th rounder) from New England for rookie CB Shaun Wade, a… Read More »
Panthers first to get cuts started … Carolina appears to be the first team to make cuts prior to Tuesday’s 53-man roster deadline. The Panthers announced releasing 6 players including PK Joey Slye and former Northwestern LB Paddy Fisher, one of the better undrafted players in the 2021 draft. The Panthers, though, still have to release another 21… Read More »
Jags get Eagles 6th for QB Minshew … In something of an interesting late pre-season move, Philadelphia has acquired QB Gardner Minshew from Jacksonville for what is being described as a conditional 6th round pick in 2022; the pick could escalate to a #5 based on playing time. With the Eagles, Minshew will only be the #3 QB… Read More »
Turk is on the prowl … The final weekend of pre-season games is underway and that means the final cuts are on the way. In fact, all teams have to be down to the regular season 53-man roster limit by 4 PM ET on Tuesday afternoon. And with 5 of this weekend’s games already on the books, with… Read More »
Pac-12 nixes expansion … Updating this week’s news that the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC conferences have confirmed that they have agreed to form an alliance of Power-5 leagues, the Pac-12 announced earlier today that the conference will NOT be looking to expand. There had been some speculation that the Pac-12 might try and get into Texas by… Read More »
Ravens’ trade rook CB to Pats for picks … Something you don’t see everyday, but Baltimore has traded former Ohio State CB Shaun Wade, a 5th round pick at the 2021 draft, to New England for a 7th round pick in 2022 and a 5th in 2023. The 7th rounder the Ravens get will actually be Houston’s pick… Read More »
Giants get conditional 7th from Panthers for PK … As expected, the NY Giants have found a trade partner for PK Ryan Santoso. He is off to Carolina in a conditional deal in which the Giants will get a 7th round pick in 2022 if Santoso is on the Panthers’ roster this fall for at least two games.… Read More »
Vegas-Panthers swap late picks in vet LB deal … Carolina and Las Vegas will swap late round picks as compensation for a trade in which the Raiders get veteran LB Denzel Perryman from the Panthers. The Raiders also get a 2022 7th round pick from Carolina, while the Panthers get a 6th from Las Vegas. Interesting deal in… Read More »
Picks in Pats-Rams deal for RB Michel amended … New England has still traded veteran RB Sony Michel to the LA Rams, but the compensation has changed. It was announced earlier in the day that in exchange for Michel, a former first round pick in 2018, the Patriots would receive either a 4th round compensatory pick if the… Read More »
Updated: Bears name Dalton starter … Update: Two more QB dominos fell earlier today as both Jacksonville and Denver announced their starting QBs for the first week of the NFL regular season. To absolutely no one’s surprise, Jacksonville will give the ball to Trevor Lawrence, the first player selected at the 2021 draft; Lawrence had been dueling with… Read More »
Pack gets late pick from Texans for CB … As part of today’s roster moves, Green Bay traded CB Ka’dar Hollman to Houston in exchange for a 7th round pick at the 2022 draft.
Jags RB Etienne done for year … This week’s roster deadline came and went earlier today, but unlike last week, there was a major transaction involving a 2021 draft pick. Jacksonville has placed RB Travis Etienne, the team’s 2nd of two first round picks at this past spring’s draft on injured reserve. Etienne, the 25th player selected this… Read More »
Second cuts looming … Jacksonville and New Orleans are set to wrap up the second full week of pre-season games later this evening at 7:30 PM ET on the NFL Network. And then it will be on to the next round of cuts as all teams will have to be down to the 80-man roster limit by the… Read More »
Rising Bengals pick likely out for year … For the second year in a row, Cincinnati will lose a top pick for the year because of a knee injury. Of course, last fall, QB Joe Burrow, the #1 pick overall at the 2020 draft, suffered a torn ACL and spent the second half of the campaign on IR.… Read More »
