The Seahawks claimed defensive back A.J. Finley on Tuesday, the team announced.
The Chargers waived Finley on Monday ahead of their game against the Ravens.
Finley earned a spot on the roster to start the season and played in the first 10 games. He saw action on 170 special teams snaps but only 43 on defense.
In 2023, Finley bounced between the active roster and the practice squad, while becoming a core special teams player. He played 12 games last season and saw action on 200 special teams plays and 26 on defense.
He has 10 tackles this season after making three last season with a forced fumble.
The Seahawks waived defensive end Myles Adams in a corresponding move.
Daniel Jones is a free agent and another coach of a contending team got asked about the possibility of adding him to their quarterback room on Tuesday.
The Lions currently have second-year player Hendon Hooker behind Jared Goff on the active roster and Jake Fromm is on their practice squad. At a press conference, head coach Dan Campbell was asked if the team has considered adding Jones to the mix.
“We haven’t really talked about that,” Campbell said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “The name’s come up but it’s not like we’ve sat down and talked so I don’t want to give you a yes or a no.”
Hooker spent his rookie season rehabbing a knee injury and has appeared in three games to close out lopsided wins this season. He’s thrown nine passes in those games and offensive coordinator Ben Johnson said recently that he’d like to get Hooker more work, but doesn’t want to disrespect opponents on the wrong end of a blowout.
If the Lions aren’t willing to gamble on the possibility that they’ll have Hooker learning on the job in do-or-die moments, they could bring Jones to Detroit for the final weeks of the season.
Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco is trending toward a return on Black Friday.
Pacheco was a full participant for the first time since the Chiefs designated him to return Nov. 17.
He played 43 snaps in each of the first two games and averaged 20.5 touches before fracturing his leg. Pacheco has 189 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown.
Defensive end Charles Omenihu (knee) also was a full participant since his 21-day practice window opened. He, too, could return to game action this week.
Kicker Spencer Shrader (right hamstring) and linebacker Cam Jones (illness) did not practice.
Running back Kareem Hunt (toe), defensive back Chris Roland-Wallace (ankle), wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (hip) and right tackle Jawaan Taylor (ankle/knee) all were full participants with new injuries.
Defensive back Chamarri Conner (ankle) also had a full practice.
The Saints are getting closer to having one of their key defensive players back in game action.
New Orleans announced on Tuesday that the club has opened the practice window for defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon.
Kpassagnon, 30, suffered a torn Achilles during the offseason and has been on the physically unable to perform list. The Saints will now have 21 days to have the defensive end practice before he must be activated or he’ll be out for the rest of the season.
In 40 games with 10 starts for New Orleans over the last three years, Kpassagnon has registered 9.5 sacks with 10 tackles for loss and 23 QB hits. In 101 career games, he’s put up 16.5 sacks, 22 tackles for loss, and 41 QB hits.
The Giants won’t have defensive end Azeez Ojulari in the lineup for a while.
Ojulari injured his toe in last Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers and Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team put him on injured reserve Tuesday. Ojulari will have to miss the next four games and the Giants only have six games left, so there’s likely a chance he’s played his final snaps of the season.
If that turns out to be the case, Ojulari may have also played his final snaps with the Giants. The 2021 second-round pick is on track for free agency come 2025.
Ojulari had 28 tackles, six sacks, 10 quarterback hits, and a fumble recovery in his 11 appearances this season.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Giants have also claimed tight end Greg Dulcich off waivers. Dulcich was dropped by the Broncos on Monday.
Pass rusher Shaq Barrett wants to emerge from retirement. The Dolphins ultimately will have to decide whether to put him back on the active roster or release him.
Via Omar Kelly of the Miami Herald, coach Mike McDaniel said Tuesday that he was surprised by the news.
“I’ve got to talk to [G.M.] Chris Grier first,” McDaniel said, adding that he hasn’t spoken to Barrett about his desire to unretire.
Will the Dolphins be open to Barrett’s return?
“There’s a reason you sign someone,” McDaniel said, via Kelly. “I haven’t had a chance to think about it. I’ll get with Chris and we will work through that. There are a ton of implications that go through that, with team and roster stuff.”
For starters, they’d need to make a roster move to create a spot for Barrett. Then, he’d have to land in a spot on the depth chart. Would he be healthy and ready to go? Would he need time to get ready?
Reinstatement from retirement is automatic. Reinstatement to the Dolphins is not. But, again, they’ll have to decide what to do — open the door or keep it shut. He’d then have to pass through waivers. If unclaimed, he’d be a free agent.
A nine-year veteran, Barrett has won a pair of Super Bowls, with the Broncos in 2015 and Buccaneers in 2020. He had 59.0 career sacks, with a high of 19.5 in 2019.
The Eagles have lost a couple of edge rushers to injuries in recent week and they made a roster move to bolster the group on Tuesday.
According to multiple reports, they have claimed Charles Harris off of waivers. Harris was let go by the Panthers on Monday.
Brandon Graham suffered a season-ending triceps injury in last Sunday night’s win over the Rams and Bryce Huff is currently on injured reserve after having wrist surgery. Josh Sweat, Nolan Smith, and Jalyx Hunt are the other players on the edge in Philly.
Harris had 21 tackles, three sacks, and seven quarterback hits in Carolina. He has 19.5 career sacks and had 10 for the Lions over the last three seasons. His history with Detroit led some to suggest he might land there, but the Eagles are ahead in the waiver order and Harris is on his way to the NFC East club.
The Commanders have made a few roster moves on Tuesday.
Washington placed kicker Austin Seibert on injured reserve. He has been dealing with a right hip injury, missing a couple of games. He was then limited last week on Wednesday and Thursday before missing a field goal and two extra points in Sunday’s loss to Dallas.
Zane Gonzalez remains on the team’s practice squad. In two games, he made 3-of-3 field goals — all from 40-49 yards — and 3-of-3 extra points.
As a corresponding move, Washington re-signed running back Chris Rodriguez after waiving him late last week. Rodriguez has rushed for 56 yards on 13 carries so far this season.
Additionally, the team has signed defensive tackle Viliami Fehoko Jr. to the practice squad and released guard Marquis Hayes from the practice squad.
Veteran tackle D.J. Humphries officially signed with the Chiefs on Tuesday and offensive coordinator Matt Nagy discussed how the team will integrate Humphries into the unit later in the day.
Humphries tore his ACL while playing for the Cardinals late last season and was cleared to return to full football activities recently. The Chiefs snapped him up to give themselves an experienced option at left tackle. Wanya Morris and Kingsley Suamataia have seen time at the position this season.
Nagy said the team wants Humphries “to play the way that he’s been playing his entire career” and that he knows it won’t be an immediate transition back to playing shape.
“With any player that comes off an injury or that comes to a new team on top of that, it’s going to take some time,” Nagy said, via Adam Teicher of ESPN.com. “And I think you want to make sure that you’re making the best judgment for not just the team but for the player too so they can excel. He’s excited to get in here and just kind of learn what we do and how we do things and be a part of it. . . . He’s experienced so he wants to be able to help out in any way possible, but there’ll be some time involved.”
The Chiefs play the Raiders on Friday and then will have extended time off before hosting the Chargers on Sunday in Week 14.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has had to answer multiple questions about Mike McCarthy’s in-season job security this season. On Tuesday, Jones was asked whether it was “crazy” to consider that McCarthy might receive a contract extension at the end of the season.
Jones said it was “not crazy.”
Later Tuesday, McCarthy was asked for his thoughts that the owner didn’t rule out the coach’s tenure lasting beyond this season. McCarthy initially made light of Jones’ comments to 105.3 The Fan.
“Why are you laughing?” McCarthy said, via video from the team.
“Crazy? I mean. . .,” he said to more laughter.
McCarthy is in the final year of his contract as is the rest of the coaching staff, with all of them having uncertain futures.
“I really haven’t talked about it all year, so I’m definitely not going to start on a short week and an important division game. But I’m not going to throw away positive vibes either, so keep ‘em coming. That’s all good. But, yeah, that’s not something I’m really focused on.”
The Cowboys broke their five-game losing streak Sunday in an upset of the Commanders and they are favored over the Giants on Thanksgiving Day. The Cowboys then have games against the Bengals (4-7) and Panthers (3-8).
Wins against the Giants, Bengals and Panthers would get the Cowboys back to .500, which is why Jones declared Tuesday that “this thing isn’t over.”
