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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, general manager 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.


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UNIFORM NEWS

  • The Ravens announced they will wear their all-black alternate uniform versus the Lions in Week 3 on Monday night 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.


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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.


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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.


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ROSTER CUTS

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.


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ROSTER CUTS

SIGNINGS

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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.
Free Agents

SUSPENSIONS

  • DB John Johnson has been suspended for the first three weeks of the 2025 season.

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, general manager Brian Gutekunst told reporters.
  • CB Nate Hobbs (knee) is also trending toward being ready Week 1, per Gutekunst.


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ROSTER CUTS

INJURIES

  • RB Joe Mixon (foot) will be evaluated following Week 4 when he's eligible to come off the non-football injury list, but there are no guarantees he'll be ready to return then, general manager Nick Caserio said. "We'll see, we'll take it one day at a time," Caserio said.


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OTHER NEWS

INJURIES

  • WR/CB Travis Hunter (upper-body injury) practiced Wednesday and is expected to play in the season opener, general manager James Gladstone told reporters.

SIGNINGS


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

INJURIES

  • QB Aidan O'Connell (wrist) underwent surgery, general manager John Spytek announced, and has been placed on injured reserve.


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ROSTER CUTS

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


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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


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SIGNINGS


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SIGNINGS

INJURIES

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


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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


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.