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PFT’s 2017 NFC 53-man roster cuts tracker

Arizona Cardinals v Atlanta Falcons

ATLANTA, GA - AUGUST 26: Carson Palmer #3 of the Arizona Cardinals reacts after passing for a touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons with A.Q. Shipley #53 and Evan Boehm #70 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on August 26, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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[Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as NFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Due to a rule change this year, there was no interim cut to 75 players so there will be a lot of moves to keep track of this time around. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.]

Dallas

Traded a conditional draft pick to Bengals for cornerback Bene Benwikere. Released quarterback Kellen Moore. Released safety Robert Blanton, tackle Emmett Cleary and quarterback Luke McCown. Waived defensive end Richard Ash, defensive end Woody Baron, running back Brandon Brown-Dukes, receiver Brian Brown, center Ross Burbank cornerback Dejaun Butler, defensive tackle Jordan Carrell, guard Kadeem Edwards, linebacker Kennan Gilchrist, cornerback John Green, receiver Karel Hamilton, punter Sam Irwin-Hill, defensive tackle Joey Ivie, tight end Blake Jarwin, receiver Andy Jones, linebacker Joseph Jones, defensive end Lenny Jones, receiver Lance Lenoir, defensive end Darnell Leslie, linebacker Lamar Louis, tight end M.J. McFarland, defensive end Lewis Neal, receiver Uzoma Nwachukwu, cornerback Sammy Seamster, safety Jameill Showers, guard Dan Skipper, guard, Nate Theaker, cornerback Marquez White and long snapper Zach Wood. Placed running back Duke Thomas on injured reserve. Placed defensive ends Damontre Moore and David Irving on the reserve/suspended list. Reached an injury settlement with offensive tackle Clay DeBord.

New York Giants

Placed safety Duke Ihenacho on injured reserve. Waived safety Eric Pinkins, linebackers Chris Casher and Steven Daniels, cornerbacks Tay Glover-Wright, Tim Scott and Daniel Gray, receiver C.J. Germany and offensive lineman Richard Levy. Released quarterback Josh Johnson. Released kicker Mike Nugent and tight end Will Tye. Placed linebacker Mark Herzlich on injured reserve. Traded conditional 2018 draft choice to Steelers for cornerback Ross Cockrell. Cut running back Shaun Draughn, defensive end Devin Taylor, tackle Adam Bisnowaty. Cut running back Khalid Abdullah; fullback Jacob Huesman; receivers Travis Rudolph, Jerome Lane, Canaan Severin, Marquis Bundy and Ed Eagan; offensive linemen Jon Halapio, Jarron Jones and Matt Rotheram; defensive linemen Jordan Williams and Bobby Richardson; linebackers Stansly Maponga, Deontae Skinner, and Curtis Grant; cornerbacks Donte Deayon, DaShaun Amos and Nigel Tribune; and safeties Ryan Murphy and Trey Robinson. Placed defensive tackle Josh Banks on injured reserve.

Philadelphia

Placed cornerback Sidney Jones on the reserve/non-football injury list. Waived receiver Paul Turner with an injury settlement. Waived quarterback Matt McGloin, linebacker Don Cherry, defensive tackle Winston Craig, receiver Rashard Davis, tight end Anthony Denham, quarterback Dane Evans, linebacker Carlos Fields, cornerback Aaron Grymes, defensive end Jake Metz, center Tyler Orlosky, offensive tackle Victor Salako, linebacker Christian Tago, defensive tackle Gabe Wright and tight end Adam Zaruba. Waived wide receiver Bryce Treggs, offensive lineman Josh Andrews, tight end Billy Brown, linebacker Nathan Gerry, tackle Dillon Gordon, guard Darrell Greene, defensive tackle Justin Hamilton, tackle Taylor Hart, punter Cameron Johnston, running back Byron Marshall, center Aaron Neary, cornerback C.J. Smith, wide receiver Greg Ward and cornerback Jomal Wiltz. Waived/injured defensive end Alex McCalister and safety Tre Sullivan. Released guard Dallas Thomas.

Washington

Released safety Will Blackmon. Waived running back Matt Jones. Traded tight end Derek Carrier to Rams for 2018 seventh-round pick. Waived or released defensive lineman A.J. Francis, defensive lineman Brandon Banks, tight end E.J. Bibbs, center Lucas Crowley, wide receiver Robert Davis, tight end Manasseh Garner, wide receiver Maurice Harris, wide receiver Matt Hazel, running back Kenny Hilliard, cornerback Tevin Homer, wide receiver Levern Jacobs, guard Kyle Kalis, tackle John Kling, guard Arie Kouandjio, linebacker Nico Marley, defensive linemen Joey Mbu, cornerback Jeremiah McKinnon, offensive lineman Kendall Pace, tackle Vinston Painter, wide receiver Zach Pascal, center Ronald Patrick, defensive lineman Ondre Pipkins, wide receiver James Quick, linebacker Pete Robertson, safety Fish Smithson, wide receiver Jamari Staples, linebacker Ron Thompson, linebacker Lynden Trail, linebacker Zach Vigil and offensive lineman Isaiah Williams. Placed defensive tackle Phil Taylor on injured reserve. Placed safety DeAngelo Hall on PUP.

Chicago

Released linebacker Kelvin Sheppard. Released wide receiver Victor Cruz. Will put linebacker Lamarr Houston on injured reserve. Released defensive end Jaye Howard, linebacker Dan Skuta, cornerback B.W. Webb, center Taylor Boggs, nose tackle John Jenkins, defensive end C.J. Wilson and cornerback Johnthan Banks. Placed wide receiver Cameron Meredith, linebacker Lamarr Houston, running back Ka’Deem Carey, safety Chris Prosinski and guard Jordan Morgan on injured reserve. Waived kicker Roberto Aguayo; quarterback Connor Shaw; wide receivers Tanner Gentry, Daniel Braverman,Titus Davis and Alton Howard; linebackers Jonathan Anderson, John Timu andIsaiah Irving; safeties Harold Jones-Quartey and DeAndre Houston-Carson; running back Joshua Rounds; tackles Brandon Greene and Dieugot Joseph; guards Mitchell Kirsch, Will Poehls and Cyril Richardson; tight end MyCole Pruitt; fullback Freddie Stevenson; nose tackle Rashaad Coward and cornerback Rashaad Reynolds.

Detroit
Released safety Alex Carter. Traded CB Johnson Bademosi to the Patriots. Released running back Matt Asiata. Waived guard Connor Bozick, defensive end Giorgio Newberry, wide receiver Dez Stewart and cornerback Tramain Jacobs. Waived quarterback Brad Kaaya. Placed tackle Taylor Decker on PUP list. Placed punter Sam Martin on NFI list. Placed defensive linemen Khyri Thornton and Armonty Bryant on suspended list. Released tackle Nick Becton. Waived linebacker Thurston Armbrister, cornerback Adairius Barnes, wide receiver Jace Billingsley, defensive tackle Ego Ferguson, wide receiver Dontez Ford, center Leo Koloamatangi, tight end Khari Lee, defensive tackle Derrick Lott, defensive tackle Caushaud Lyons, safety Rolan Milligan, tackle Storm Norton, defensive end Pat O’Connor, tight end Scott Orndoff, wide receiver Michael Rector, wide receiver Noel Thomas, cornerback Josh Thornton, tight end Robert Tonyan, tight end Cole Wick and linebacker Antwione Williams.

Green Bay

Waived wide receivers DeAngelo Yancey, Malachi Dupre, Max McCaffrey, Michael Clark and Montay Crockett; quarterbacks Joe Callahan and Taysom Hill; running back Kalif Phillips; fullback Joe Kerridge; tight ends Aaron Peck and Emmanuel Byrd; offensive linemen Thomas Evans, Adam Pankey, Geoff Gray, Robert Leff and Kofi Amichia; defensive linemen Brian Price, Calvin Heurtelou and Izaah Lunsford; linebackers Jonathan Calvin, Josh Letuligasenoa, Reggie Gilbert, Derrick Mathews, Cody Heiman and Jordan Tripp; cornerbacks Daquan Holmes, Donatello Brown and Raysean Pringle; and safeties Aaron Taylor and Jermaine Whitehead. Placed linebacker Vince Biegel and cornerback Demetri Goodson on PUP. Placed wide receiver Geronimo Allison on suspended list. Placed linebacker David Talley on injured reserve.

Minnesota

Placed defensive tackle Datone Jones on injured reserve. Put quarterback Teddy Bridgewater on the physically unable to perform list, defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd on reserve/non-football injury, and wide receiver Michael Floyd on reserve/suspended. They released guard Willie Beavers, wide receiver Moritz Böhringer, guard Alex Boone, defensive tackle Dylan Bradley, cornerback Sam Brown, tight end Kyle Carter, defensive tackle Chunky Clements, offensive lineman T.J. Clemmings, linebacker Noor Davis, tackle Reid Fragel, wide receiver Isaac Fruechte, quarterback Taylor Heinicke (Injured), running back Bronson Hill, wide receiver Cayleb Jones, guard Zac Kerin, kicker Marshall Koehn, linebcker Elijah Lee, quarterback Mitch Leidner, defensive end Sam McCaskill, running back Terrell Newby, defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo, cornerback Jabari Price, tight end Josiah Price, cornerback Horace Richardson, cornerback Tre Roberson, linebacker Edmond Robinson, wide receiver R.J. Shelton (Injured), tackle Austin Shepherd, cornerback Terrell Sinkfield, defensive tackle Will Sutton, punter Taylor Symmank, guard Freddie Tagaloa, safety Jack Tocho and Nick Truesdell.

Atlanta

Began the process with 14 cuts Friday, releasing quarterback Alek Torgersen, wide receivers Anthony Dable and Josh Magee, running back Kelvin Taylor, fullback Tyler Renew, centers Travis Averill and Larson Graham, tackles Andreas Knappe and D.J. Tialavea, defensive end A.J. Jefferson, cornerbacks Jarnor Jones and Akeem King, linebacker Jack Lynn, and kicker Mike Meyer. Placed defensive lineman Ra’Shede Hageman on Commissioner Exempt list. Placed cornerback Jalen Collins on suspended list. Placed safety Quincy Mauger on injured reserve. Waived quarterback Matt Simms, defensive end Martin Ifedi, linebacker Josh Keyes, running back Jhurell Pressley, wide receiver Reggie Davis, wide receiver Marvin Hall, wide receiver Deante Burton, tight end Darion Griswold, tight end Joshua Perkins, center Cornelius Edison, tackle Daniel Brunskill, defensive end Joe Vellano, defensive end J’Terius Jones, defensive end Chris Odom, defensive tackle Taniela Tupou and safety Marcelis Branch.

Carolina

The Panthers waived safety Dezmen Southward, linebacker Ben Boulware, linebacker Zeek Bigger, wide receiver Austin Duke, defensive tacakle Eric Crume, quarterback Garrett Gilbert, running back Jalen Simmons, wide receiver Keyarris Garrett, wide receiver Mose Frazier, defensive end Bryan Cox, Jr., tackle Blaine Clausell , defensive end Zach Moore, defensive end Larry Webster, defensive tackle Toby Johnson, tight end Eric Wallace, cornerback Jeff Richards, safety Damian Parms, tight end Bryce Williams, cornerback Devonte Johnson, defensive tackle Gabriel Mass, defensive end Arthur Miley, center Brian Folkerts, defensive tackle Connor Wujciak and defensive end Efe Obada. They also terminated the contracts of veterans punter Andy Lee, quarterback Joe Webb, wide receiver Trevor Graham, and fullback Darrel Young, waived-injured cornerback Zack Sanchez. They also placed nine on injured reserve: wide receiver Brenton Bersin, center Gino Gradkowski, guard Chris Scott, safety L.J. McCray, tackle Dan France, guard David Yankey, cornerback Teddy Williams, wide receiver Fred Ross and tight end Scott Simsonson.

New Orleans

Released offensive tackle Khalif Barnes. Released linebacker Michael Mauti, linebacker Audie Cole and defensive tackle Tony McDaniel. Placed linebacker Bryan Braman and wide receiver Corey Fuller on injured reserve. Waived tight end Braedon Bowman, defensive back Malik Foreman, wide receiver De’Quan Hampton, defensive back Erik Harris, defensive tackle Ashaad Mabry, defensive back Elijah Mitchell, defensive back Damian Swann, tackle Jerry Ugokwe, linebacker Jonathan Walton and defensive tackle Justin Zimmer.

Tampa Bay

Released defensive end George Johnson on Friday. Waived kicker Zach Hocker, wide receiver Shaq Hill, defensive lineman Mehdi Abdesmad, offensive lineman Josh Allen, tight end Tevin Westbrook, linebacker Richie Brown and cornerback Mariel Cooper. Placed defensive linemen DaVonte Lambert and Stevie Tu’ikolovatu on injured reserve and released long snapper Andrew DePaola. Placed running back Doug Martin on reserve/suspended, released veteran long snapper Garrison Sanborn, and waived-injured quarterback Sefo Liufau. They waived defensive end Mehdi Abdesmad, offensive lineman Josh Allen, defensive end Sterling Bailey, defensive end Tarvaris Barnes, linebacker Richie Brown, linebacker Riley Bullough, cornerback Mariel Cooper, wide receiver Donteea Dye, defensive end Hendrick Ekpe, running back Russell Hansbrough, cornerback Vernon Harris, guard Jarvis Harrison, wide receiver Shaq Hill, kicker Zach Hocker, wide receiver Josh Huff, safety Marqueston Huff, fullback Austin Johnson, safety Isaiah Johnson, tackle Korren Kirven, linebacker Jeff Knox, offensive lineman Mike Liedtke, tackle Marquis Lucas, wide receiver Freddie Martino, running back Jeremy McNichols, cornerback Jonathan Moxey, linebacker Eric Nzeocha, defensive back Cody Riggs, guard James Stone, wide receiver Derel Walker, tight end Tevin Westbrook, and wide receiver Bobo Wilson.

Arizona

Released running back Chris Johnson. Released receiver Carlton Agudosi, defensive tackle Peli Anau, linebacker Alex Bazzie, linebacker Cap Capi, cornerback Jarell Carter, tight end Gerald Christian, safety Ironhead Gallon, linebacker Zaviar Gooden, cornerback Gump Hayes, receiver Krishawn Hogan, receiver Chris Hubert, guard Dorian Johnson, guard Kaleb Johnson, quarterback Trevor Knight, linebacker Ryan Langford, punter Richie Leone, cornerback Ryan Lewis, tackle Jonathan McLaughlin, cornerback/safety Harlan Miller, defensive tackle David Moala, tackle Givens Price, receiver Jeremy Ross, tight end Ricky Seals-Jones, cornerback Sojourn Shelton, running back James Summers, defensive tackle Pasoni Tasini, guard Cole Toner, tight end Hakeem Valles, lienbacker Terence Waugh and linebacker Scooby Wright. Placed receiver Aaron Dobson on injured reserve. Waived/injured defensive tackle Ed Stinson. Reached injury settlements with linebacker Tre’von Johnson and linebacker Jarvis Jones.

Los Angeles Rams

Released tight end Corey Harkey and quarterback Dan Orlovsky. Placed tight end Temarrick Hemingway on injured reserve. Placed running back Lance Dunbar on Reserve/PUP. Waived defensive tackle Omarius Bryant, receiver K.D. Cannon, offensive lineman Parker Collins, kicker Travis Coons, cornerback Carlos Davis, linebacker Kevin Davis, offensive lineman Michael Dunn, offensive lineman Jake Eldrenkamp, linebacker Josh Forrest, defensive back Tyquwan Glass, running back Aaron Green, defensive back Isaiah Johnson, defensive back Michael Jordan, offensive lineman Alex Kozan, outside linebacker Willie Mays, outside linebacker Cassanova McKinzy, receiver Paul McRoberts, outside linebacker Andy Mulmuba, offensive lineman Pace Murphy, linebacker Folarin Orimolade, defensive back Aarion Penton, nose tackle Mike Purcell, fullback Sam Rogers, receiver Shakeir Ryan, defensive tackle Casey Sayles, receiver Brandon Shippen, receiver Nelson Spruce, outside linebacker Carlos Thompson, running back Lenard Tillery, outside linebacker Davis Tull, guard Wichmann and tight end Travis Wilson.

San Francisco

Released receiver Jeremy Kerley. Released quarterback Matt Barkley. Released running back Tim Hightower, center Tim Barnes, cornerback Will Davis, defensive end Leger Douzable, offensive lineman Andrew Gardner and wide receiver Louis Murphy. Waived running back Kapri Bibbs, offensive lineman Andrew Lauderdale, fullback Tyler McCloskey, wide receiver Tim Patrick, offensive lineman Norman Price, kicker Nick Rose, linebacker Shayne Skov and safety Vinnie Sunseri. Waived/injured cornerbacks Will Redmond and Prince Charles Iworah. Placed safety Don Jones on injured reserve. Released defensive lineman Quinton Dial. Placed running back Joe Williams on injured reserve.

Seattle

Traded wide receiver Jermaine Kearse and 2018 second-round pick to Jets for defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson. Released defensive lineman Ahtyba Rubin. Traded defensive end Cassius Marsh to New England for 2018 seventh-round pick.

Got down to 53 by waiving QB Trevone Boykin, T Darrell Brown, LB Rodney Butler, RB Alex Collins, RB Mike Davis, WR Cyril Grayson, DT Tylor Harris, C Joey Hunt, DT Quinton Jefferson, WR Kenny Lawler, DT Jeremy Liggins, DT Greg Milhouse, WR David Moore, LB Kache Palacio, C/G Will Pericak, LB Otha Peters, WR Darreus Rogers, DT Garrison Smith, WR Rodney Smith, TE Tyrone Swoopes, T Tyrus Thompson, CB Mike Tyson, CB Pierre Desir and WR Kasen Williams. Players waived/injured were LB Christian French, CB Demetrius McCray and DT Rodney Coe. Vested veterans cut were LB Mike Morgan, FB Marcel Reece and DT Ahtyba Rubin In addition CB Deshawn Shead was placed on PUP, FS Marcus Cromartie, CB DeAndre Elliott and T George Fant were placed on IR and DE Dion Jordan and DT Malik McDowell were placed on NFI.