NFL Roster Cuts: Teams Done Making Moves As Deadline Passes

NFL teams made the first round of required roster cuts on Monday, cutting their numbers from 90 to 75 and they’ll be at it again on Friday night, cutting from 75 to 53 players. Getting down to 53 players isn’t only cutting your players -- it’s placing them on IR, keeping some on PUP list and cutting others to put them on the practice squad.

With cut down day coming, we thought it was important to Several of those roster moves were accomplished by putting players on injured reserve and a handful of other mechanisms teams use for managing their numbers.

Britt missed the majority of the 2011-12 season after tearing both the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee last September, but has been rehabbing towards his return. Now that he’s off the PUP list, as Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reports, he’s presumably able to resume activities, according to doctors, and will begin practicing with the team. However, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will likely have something to say about that.

Britt was arrested for driving under the influence in July, marking the eighth run-in with the law during an NFL career that has spanned less than four years. The former first-round draft pick was warned by Goodell about his behavior last year during a visit with the commissioner related to another incident.

NFL teams made a round of roster cuts on Monday, going from 90 to 75 players. The most notable moves were players going on the injured reserve or physically unable to perform lists. Players released by teams consisted mostly of undrafted rookies or second- and third-chance veterans. General managers looking for that one player who puts a team over the top will be disappointed, but there were a few potential contributors on the street.

Here are a handful of names that could be of help or at least novelty value.

Packers head coach Mike McCarthy addressed the media following the announcement, and seemed stressed about the whole ordeal:

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Here is a look at the players released on Monday afternoon. The team previously cut nine players earlier in the day.

All NFL teams have until 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 1 to trim their rosters down to 53 players.

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NFL roster cuts are mandated by league-wide limits, which state that all teams must be down to 75 players by Monday at 4 p.m. ET. The next set of roster cuts should begin at the conclusion of the preseason. There the 49ers must figure out which players they must cut or assign to the practice squad to ensure the team meets the 53-man roster limit before the beginning of the NFL regular season.

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Along with Alexander, the Rams cut ties with the following players:

WR Brandyn Harvey

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Greenwood missed all of training camp after having abdominal surgery, while Nagy was recovering from an ankle injury. Scott was placed on IR after hurting his knee early in training camp.

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Here’s a complete list of the players cut by Tennessee over the weekend, courtesy of Music City Miracles:

QB: Nick Stephens

The nine players cut by Buffalo are:

WR Derek Session

Previous cuts included the following players:

Philadelphia has until Friday night at 9 p.m., ET to trim the roster from 75 to 53 players for the regular season roster.

The moves came before the NFL’s 4 p.m. roster cut deadline, which forces all teams to be down to 75 players.

Meanwhile, Chapman and Anderson were both Colts’ selections in the 2012 NFL Draft. Chapman, a University of Alabama product, was the Colts fifth-round selection, while Anderson, from the University of Georgia, was taken in the seventh round.

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Hanson, a career 83 percent kicker, went 24-29 last season, only missing from outside of 40 yards. Thanks to Detroit’s high-powered offense, Hanson’s 126 points in 2011 was the second-highest total of his career and the most since the 1993 season.

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Related: New York Giants Roster Cuts, Open Thread

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Young looked promising early in his career with the Titans, leading them to the AFC playoffs in 2007. Unfortunately, his career started to derail with a knee injury and subsequent benching by then-Tennessee head coach Jeff Fisher the following season.

Young now hits the open market looking for another chance to catch on with a team looking for some quarterback help. At 29 years old, it’s certainly not out of the question for the ex-Longhorn.

The Cowboys still have one more roster move to make to get down to the 75 player league mandate by 3 p.m. on Monday.

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Monday’s water cooler sessions at your suburban office park could be interesting. NFL teams are making a first wave of roster cuts, slashing the list from 90 to 75 players. It gives you and your coworkers the chance to wear the break room general manager hat, identifying the least necessary members of your favorite team and offering up potential reinforcements.

Most of the players getting pink slips this week are on the fringes of the NFL talent pool. Undrafted free agent rookies make up a big chunk of the population, a few of them undrafted from the year before and hoping that a year of working out on their own or in one of the anonymous football leagues dotting the landscape has improved their chances at a pro career.