After Monday awards and Wednesday practice-squad fills, the in-season inventory is still open. Clubs may elevate up to two practice-squad players per week. A player gets three elevations, then a real 53 signing. Another club can sign your practice-squad player only onto its 53 and must keep him eligible three games. There is no practice-squad-to-practice-squad signing. The COVID weekly four-player shields are gone. No named skill poach has filed since Wednesday's practice-squad pack. Shop that b
The Patriots still have a $27.45 million option bonus due on A.J. Brown the day before Kickoff. ESPN's remaining-contract math is 2026 salary of $1.3 million plus that option, due Tuesday, September 8. Exercise and it prorates over five years, about $5.49 million a year plus the $1.3 million salary. Decline and the bonus converts to 2026 salary, about $28.75 million against this year's cap. Over The Cap prints the prorated shape as a model. The club has not filed that it picked the option up. Wa
Seattle moved running back Zach Charbonnet from active/PUP to reserve/PUP at the 53. He must miss the first four games. A 2026 bylaw change lets clubs open a 21-day practice window after the team's second regular-season game. He still cannot play until Week 5 at home against the 49ers. Week 1 backs are first-rounder Jadarian Price, George Holani, and Emanuel Wilson. Reserve/PUP does not count against the 53. Injured reserve still counts against the cap. Run that backfield at https://realitysport
The San Francisco 49ers leave the Bay Area late Wednesday for Melbourne with tight end George Kittle and defensive end Nick Bosa on the plane. That is the travel 53, not a Week 1 inactive list. Kickoff is Thursday, September 10 at 8:35 p.m. ET on Netflix. Travel is not a guarantee they dress. The Rams are taking the opposite construction: most of the work at home, arrive about 24 hours before kickoff. Build that roster at https://realitysportsonline.com
Practice-squad signings, elevations, pay bands and roster moves after the waiver awards. The September 5 update includes Minnesota waiving Kenny Dyson from injured reserve, the Rams releasing Zech McPhearson from injured reserve, and Seattle waiving Power Echols from injured reserve with a settlement, as reported by NFL Trade Rumors.
Aaron Donald is on the same Rams 53 as Myles Garrett. Week 1 is September 10 against the 49ers in Australia. Sean McVay told the Los Angeles Times on September 1 that if Donald is not ready, he absolutely would not have him play in Australia. Monday's non-practice was part of the plan. Polymarket's "Donald to Play Week 1?" market sits around 56-57 percent Yes on thin volume, a mood meter, not a forecast. The club announced the return; reporters have the deal at about one year and $20 million wit
The Saints signed wide receiver Cedric Tillman to the practice squad after he was not among Monday's 29 waiver awards. Dallas claimed running back Emari Demercado from Kansas City. Detroit placed running back Isiah Pacheco on injured reserve for at least four games, which opened a 53-man spot for tight end Tyler Conklin, and signed Dominic Lovett to the practice squad. Track the rest of the roster at https://realitysportsonline.com.
Mina Kimes said the first look at Mike McDaniel's offense with Justin Herbert used heavy personnel groupings, condensed formations, and pistol. She and Aaron Schatz said they are excited, and she asked whether it can cover a shaky interior offensive line. This is their first-look note, not a snap-count sheet.
Miami coach Jeff Hafley confirmed Kyle McCord is the Dolphins' QB2, Joe Schad reported. Also in this pack: Justin Jefferson's four-year 98th-percentile mark versus press coverage per Reception Perception, six 49ers on ESPN's Top 100 as posted, Yahoo Fantasy's note that no overall fantasy WR1 has repeated the next year in a decade, and Bryce DeGroat's overall-RB1 tiers. The Lions' Isiah Pacheco IR is a separate filing.
The Detroit Lions placed running back Isiah Pacheco on injured reserve with a back injury. Adam Schefter reported he will be sidelined at least four games. This page is that IR filing. It does not name a replacement or a fantasy landing.
The NFL awarded 29 waiver claims Monday, according to Tom Pelissero's official sheets posted at 1:49 p.m. ET. Dallas claimed running back Emari Demercado from Kansas City. Miami claimed seven players, including Brady Cook and Justin Joly. New England claimed tight end Cameron Latu from Philadelphia. The Jets claimed kicker Blake Grupe from Indianapolis. Las Vegas was awarded only Darrell Luter. Cedric Tillman cleared the Monday waiver awards and signed the Saints practice squad Tuesday.
By Sunday evening, the final wave of roster moves was in. Odell Beckham Jr. made the Giants’ initial 53, the Titans waived Will Levis, and the Packers placed Micah Parsons on PUP while listing Kaleb Johnson as inbound pending a physical. The 49ers designated Christian Kirk to return from IR, and Dallas sent Nate Thomas to Houston as the late roster churn continued.
Sunday 6pm ET 53-man deadline. Ten clubs filed named 53 packages. J.J. McCarthy is on Minnesota's roster; the cut rumor is dead. Minnesota traded OT Walter Rouse and a 2027 seventh to New England for a 2027 sixth. Miami released Tyrel Dodson. Atlanta filed Gervon Dexter from Chicago for Clark Phillips and a 2027 fifth, pending physical. Pittsburgh filed Kaleb Johnson to Green Bay for a 2028 sixth. Also filed: Commanders, Bengals, Colts, Jaguars, Bears, Patriots.
Sunday filings only. Aaron Donald unretired and is on the Rams initial 53. The NFL put Packers running back Josh Jacobs on the commissioner’s exempt list. The Bills traded Sedrick Van Pran-Granger. Miami got Kyle McCord. Jacksonville sent Hunter Long to Arizona. Green Bay got Mark Redman. Deadline is still 6pm ET.
The 53-man deadline is still 6 p.m. ET Sunday. New filings: the Steelers sent tackle Broderick Jones and a 2027 fourth-round pick to Dallas for a 2027 third and sixth. The Bills released Mecole Hardman. The Cardinals waived lineman Christian Jones. McCarthy, AOC, Fulton, Howell, Kaleb Johnson, and Tracy are unfiled. OBJ is on an NFL roster, not a named 53. Tillman is a free agent as of Saturday. Kirk remains IR or release.
Before the 53-man deadline, New England traded Kayshon Boutte to Houston and Miami flipped Tutu Atwell back to the Rams for Jarquez Hunter. The Raiders released Noah Brown on August 24; as a vested veteran he is a free agent, not a Monday-waiver name. Cedric Tillman cleared waivers Saturday and is a free agent.
Detroit is switching tackles, adding a rookie, and sorting a new center. The Chargers return their tackles and have three new interior options. Houston overhauled the line in front of C.J. Stroud. Lane Johnson described Philadelphia's new blocking approach.
