OFFENSE Michael Penix Jr. | Kirk Cousins | Easton Stick These three feel like a given, especially if the Falcons think there’s any chance they could trade Kirk Cousins early into the season. Easton Stick has history as a backup and showed this preseason he can operate Atlanta’s offense. Keeping Stick means the backup plan even has a backup plan. …
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With the Buffalo Bills’ only exhibition victory of 2025, a 23-19 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers featuring mostly backups, the preseason has come to a close. Now all the attention turns to Bills general manager Brandon Beane, who now has to get the team down to the 53-man roster by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Even more than last …
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The Detroit Lions will spend the next three days paring down their roster from 91 players to 53. Tough decisions are ahead, and for general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell, there will likely be intense and difficult conversations ahead. I did my best to create an initial 53-man roster prediction for the 2025 Lions. Erik Schlitt did the …
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With the Detroit Lions’ final preseason game on the books, the front office and coaching staff are now tasked with reducing their 91-man roster down to 53 players in preparation for the regular season. Final decisions are due by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, but we are expected to see some transactions roll in over the next few days. Typically, …
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The Cincinnati Bengals have wrapped the 2025 preseason, and now the front office has the task of trimming their roster down to the final 53 players before the team opens the regular season in Cleveland on September 7. Some positions are set in stone. A few aren’t. Here’s our fifth, and final prediction of who’s in and who’s out. Here …
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The Los Angeles Chargers lost to the San Francisco 49ers 30-23 on Saturday evening in their final game of the preseason. Now it is decision time for coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Joe Hortiz. The Chargers must trim their roster from 91 players to 53 players by Tuesday at 1 p.m. PT. They can then field a practice squad …
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The final preseason game is over and cutdown day looming. In this final roster prediction, the Ravens stick with their typical 25 offensive, 25 defensive, and 3 specialist model they stubbornly stick to year-in and year-out. That has consequences up and down the roster, which we will get into in this full breakdown. Lamar Jackson, Cooper Rush Simple stuff here. …
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The Browns are ready to keep four quarterbacks on the 53-player roster after final cutdowns on Tuesday. Browns General Manager Andrew Berry said during the broadcast of today’s preseason game that he can see starter Joe Flacco, veteran backup Kenny Pickett and rookie draft picks Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders all making the team. “All four guys have done what …
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons have begun trimming their 90-man roster in preparation for Tuesday’s 53-man cut deadline. On Saturday, the Falcons released the following 12 players: Matthew Cindric, offensive lineman Ben DiNucci, quarterback Elijah Dotson, running back Morgan Fox, defensive lineman Lamar Jackson, cornerback Caleb Johnson, inside linebacker Nikola Kalinic, tight end Nick Kubitz, inside linebacker Jesse …
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The Kansas City Chiefs have finished their preseason with a 29-27 loss to the Chicago Bears. By 3 p.m. (Arrowhead Time) on Tuesday, they — and the rest of the NFL’s teams — must have their roster down to 53 players. As always, we do our best to predict what the team will do — but it’s a fool’s erraad. …
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