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SIGNINGS

  • QB Easton Stick was among 13 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • K Lenny Krieg was signed to the practice squad as an international player and does not count toward the team's practice squad limit, the team announced.

SIGNINGS

INJURIES

  • TE Isaiah Likely (foot) is expected to return in the early part of the 2025 season, GM Eric DeCosta told reporters Wednesday. Likely, who has undergone surgery on a broken bone in his foot, was given an initial recovery timeline of six weeks when suffering the injury in the last week of July.


SIGNINGS


UNIFORM NEWS

  • The Ravens announced they will wear their all-black alternate uniform in Monday night's home game versus the Lions in Week 3 and will don their all-purple threads in a Thursday night home game versus the Bengals in Week 13.

INJURIES

  • CB Tre'Davious White's lower leg injury is not season-ending and he's not being ruled out for Week 1, general manager Brandon Beane told reporters.


SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS


VISITS

INJURIES

  • LT Ikem Ekwonu had his appendix removed on Sunday and is considered day to day up until the season opener versus Jacksonville, head coach Dave Canales told reporters.


SIGNINGS

  • QB Hendon Hooker is being signed to the practice squad, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
  • WR Dalevon Campbell claimed off waivers, from Los Angeles Chargers
  • LB Krys Barnes is among 13 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • DB Damarri Mathis claimed off waivers, from Denver


TRADES

  • WR Adam Thielen is being traded to the Vikings, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Pelissero reported. The Vikings have since announced the trade. Carolina will receive a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027 fourth-rounder, while Minnesota receives Thielen, a 2026 conditional seventh-rounder and a 2027 fifth-round pick, per Rapoport and Pelissero.


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS

  • QB Brett Rypien is among 14 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.

INJURIES

  • CB Denzel Ward is progressing nicely from his shoulder injury and has participated in the last two practices, head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters.


SIGNINGS

  • QB Bailey Zappe is being signed to the practice squad, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
  • RB Raheim Sanders claimed off waivers, from Los Angeles Chargers
  • WR Malachi Corley is signing with the practice squad, Pelissero and NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported.
  • WR Trayveon Williams is among nine players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • OL Cole Strange, a former first-round pick of the Patriots, is being signed to the practice squad, per Pelissero.
  • DB Jarrick Bernard-Converse claimed off waivers, from New York Jets


ROSTER CUTS

  • TE Brenden Bates
  • CB Dom Jones

INJURIES

  • LB Micah Parsons is getting a second opinion on his back injury, NFL Network's Jane Slater reported. Parsons had an MRI on his back this past weekend and the results were clean, according to head coach Brian Schottenheimer.


SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS


TRADES

  • WR Tim Patrick is being traded to the Jaguars in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round pick, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported Wednesday. Jacksonville has since announced the news.
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SUSPENSIONS

  • DB John Johnson has been suspended for the first three weeks of the 2025 season, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.

INJURIES

  • QB Jordan Love (thumb) will be a full practice participant and should be able to take every snap, head coach Matt LaFleur said.
  • WR Jayden Reed (foot) is trending toward being ready for the season opener versus the Lions, GM Brian Gutekunst told reporters.
  • CB Nate Hobbs (knee) is also trending toward being ready Week 1, per Gutekunst.


SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS

INJURIES

  • GM Nick Caserio told reporters Wednesday that they will evaluate RB Joe Mixon (foot) following Week 4 when he's eligible to come off the non-football injury list, but offered no guarantee he will be ready by then. "We'll see, we'll take it one day at a time," Caserio said.

SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS


OTHER NEWS

  • QB Anthony Richardson, who lost a starting competition to Daniel Jones, is not being traded and the team isn't giving up on the 23-year-old, GM Chris Ballard told reporters Wednesday.

INJURIES

  • WR/CB Travis Hunter's upper-body injury won't keep him out of the season opener, GM James Gladstone told reporters. Hunter practiced on Wednesday, per Gladstone.


SIGNINGS

  • QB Seth Henigan is among 14 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • WR Erik Ezukanma is being signed to the practice squad, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported.


TRADES

  • WR Tim Patrick is being acquired in a trade with the Lions in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round pick Rapoport and Pelissero reported Wednesday. Jacksonville has since announced the news.


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS

  • S Mike Edwards is among 14 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.


SUSPENSIONS

SIGNINGS

  • QB Cam Miller is among 17 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • LB Brennan Jackson claimed off waivers, from Los Angeles Rams

INJURIES

  • RB Najee Harris (eye) will practice this week on a limited basis and it's possible he will be ready for the season opener versus the Chiefs in Brazil, head coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters. NFL Network's Omar Ruiz reported from practice that Harris was participating with a non-contract jersey on.
  • LB Junior Colson had shoulder surgery which led him to landing on season-ending injured reserve, per Harbaugh.
  • CB Eric Rogers placed on injured reserve


SIGNINGS

  • QB DJ Uiagalelei and S Tony Jefferson are among 17 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • LB Del'Shawn Phillips


TRYOUTS

SIGNINGS

INJURIES

  • RB De'Von Achane (calf) is expected to be ready for Week 1 versus Indianapolis, GM Chris Grier told reporters.


SIGNINGS

  • OL Kendall Lamm is being signed to the active roster, per Grier.
  • TE Greg Dulcich is being signed to the practice squad, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
  • LB Matt Judon's one-year, $6 million contract includes a $1.5 million base salary, a $500K roster bonus, $1 million in per game bonuses ($58,823 per game) and $3 million in total incentives, NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe reported.
  • CB Julius Brents claimed off waivers, from Indianapolis
  • CB Cam Smith is going on the non-football injury list, per Grier.
  • K Riley Patterson is being among 13 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS

  • RB Xazavian Valladay is among 16 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.


TRADES

  • WR Adam Thielen is being acquired from the Panthers via trade, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported. The Vikings have since announced the trade. Carolina receives a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027 fourth-rounder, while Minnesota receives Thielen, a 2026 conditional seventh-rounder and a 2027 fifth-round pick, per Rapoport and Pelissero.


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS

  • WR Javon Baker
  • WR Kendrick Bourne is being released after four seasons in New England, Pelissero reported. Bourne missed most of training camp with a foot injury, but the eight-year veteran is healthy and wanted a fresh start, per Pelissero.

SIGNINGS

  • QB Jake Haener is among 15 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • WR Trey Palmer claimed off waivers, from Tampa Bay
  • G Xavier Truss claimed off waivers, from Denver


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS

  • QB Brady Cook was among 14 practice squad signings announced Wednesday by the team.
  • TE Jelani Woods claimed off waivers, from Indianapolis
  • OT Esa Pole claimed off waivers, from Kansas City
  • LB Cam Jones claimed off waivers, from Kansas City


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS


ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS

INJURIES

  • WR Jacob Cowing (hamstring) placed on short-term injured reserve


SIGNINGS

  • WR Robbie Chosen is among 13 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling is signing with San Francisco, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported. Valdes-Scantling, a seven-year veteran, was released by the Seahawks on cutdown day.
  • DT Jordan Jefferson claimed off waivers, from Jacksonville
  • P Thomas Morstead signed to a one-year deal, the team announced.


ROSTER CUTS


OTHER NEWS

  • WR Jauan Jennings, who is seeking a new contract and requested a trade earlier this year, will not be moved, general manager John Lynch said. "We're not doing that," the GM said.

SIGNINGS

  • RB Damien Martinez is among 17 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • LB Chazz Surratt is being signed to the active roster, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported.
  • DB Derion Kendrick claimed off waivers, from Los Angeles Rams


ROSTER CUTS

INJURIES

  • TE Cade Otton has a leg injury that's different than the hamstring ailment that kept him out for a couple weeks during training camp and it could keep him out of the season opener versus Atlanta, head coach Todd Bowles told reporters Wednesday.

SIGNINGS

  • QB Trevor Siemian is among 14 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • DE C.J. Ravenell claimed off waivers, from Baltimore
  • DT Shy Tuttle signed to active roster
  • LB Dorian Mausi claimed off waivers, from Minnesota
  • DB Jalyn Armour-Davis claimed off waivers, from Baltimore
  • DB Samuel Womack claimed off waivers, from Indianapolis


ROSTER CUTS


VISITS

SIGNINGS

  • QB Sam Hartman is among 14 players signed to the practice squad, the team announced.
  • WR Terry McLaurin's three-year extension includes $87 million base salary, $44 million fully guaranteed, a $30 million signing bonus and reachable incentives, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday.

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