Player Notes

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 ...

Doug Kramer made the Bears’ 53-man roster Tuesday.After trimming their roster to 53 players Tuesday, the Bears planned to stay up late doing their homework.By virtue of having the worst record in the NFL last season, they were set to have the No. 1 pick on the waiver wire Wednesday.“It’s good to go first,” said coach Matt Eberflus, who noted the Bears have “several positions” where they’re considering ...

Undrafted rookie Tyson Bagent was the only quarterback besides Justin Fields on the Chicago Bears team at the 53-man roster deadline Tuesday afternoon.But coach Matt Eberflus, who spoke to reporters two hours before the deadline, wasn’t quite ready to declare Bagent the backup to Fields, saying they were “letting the roster finalize itself.”“We certainly feel great about where he is,” Eberflus said. ...

Scott Fitterer likes to be aggressive when it comes to making roster moves ahead of the NFL cut deadline. The third-year Panthers GM is known for his wheeling and dealing ways as the hourglass runs out of sand and the minutes dwindle closer to the league-mandated 53-man limit.While he has only been in power in Carolina for a short time, Fitterer has put a handful of pre-deadline trades on his resume. ...

The Panthers have constructed the initial 53-man roster of the Frank Reich era.Following a mass exodus on the waiver wire, the Panthers reached the league-mandated roster limit on Tuesday.While there are likely to be a few changes made over the next couple of days through various roster moves (waiver wire claims will be made Wednesday at noon), Carolina has established the bulk of its depth chart after ...

By D. Orlando LedbetterFLOWERY BRANCH — Early in training camp, Falcons coach Arthur Smith discussed how much tougher it would be to make the team in 2023.The Falcons cut their roster from 86 players to 53 on Tuesday to meet the NFL’s 4 p.m. deadline. The Falcons can now add 16 players to the practice squad. They also could continue to make moves on the 53-man roster.“So, that’s a challenge,” Falcons ...