The NFL’s waiver wire deadline to claim players has passed, which means players are free to sign with new teams, whether on active rosters or practice squads.
Here is the complete list of waiver claims:
Here are the biggest names still available, and here’s a comprehensive list of every cut made.
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Cam Akers, RB
After two Achilles injuries already in his career — including one he tore before training camp in 2021 before returning the same season to help the Rams win the Super Bowl — Akers didn’t make the Saints’ final squad, though another team may want to be on the 26-year-old still having something left in the tank.
Kendrick Bourne, WR
Bourne reportedly asked for his release from the Patriots, and the 30-year-old could be a valuable role player for another team. Yahoo Sports’ Nate Tice thinks the Steelers, Chiefs and 49ers could be interested.
Trent Brown, OT
At one point a Super Bowl champion with the Patriots and later the highest-paid offensive lineman in the league, the 32-year-old Brown is a good bet for a team needing OL help on the waiver wire.
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Greg Dulcich, TE
Despite appearing to develop a rapport with rookie QB Jaxson Dart, Dulcich wasn’t one of the four tight ends the Giants rostered. Still just 25, he’ll likely find a place in a TE room this season.
Audric Estimé, RB
Considered by some a draft sleeper in 2024, Estimé got hur this rookie season and it never came together for him in Denver, which drafted running back R.J. Harvey in the second round this past April. Someone else will take a chance on Estimé, who only turns 22 in September.
Clelin Ferrell, DE
The fourth overall pick of the 2019 draft will be looking for his fourth team after being cut from the Commanders. While he’ll likely never live up to his draft slotting, he has a place in an edge rusher rotation somewhere in the league.
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Kenyon Green, G
Green was the player the Eagles got back in the C.J. Gardner-Johnson trade earlier this offseason, but the former first-round pick couldn’t make the team. Either he’s picked up on waivers or he gets more time on the practice squad with lauded Eagles OL coach Jeff Stoutland. Not a bad pair of outcomes.
Jake Haener, QB
The odd man out of the Saints’ QB competition, with Spencer Rattler being named starter and rookie second-rounder Tyler Shough the backup. The 26-year-old has eight games of experience, including one start.
Mecole Hardman, WR
The three-time Super Bowl champion, who caught the walk-off touchdown pass in overtime of Super Bowl LVIII, was cut by the Packers and has struggled to catch on anywhere beside Kansas City. Maybe a reunion is in the works?
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Hendon Hooker, QB
A developmental project from the start, Hooker was selected by the Lions in the third round in 2023 while still rehabbing a torn ACL suffered in college. Now he has a chance at a fresh start. Might Jets offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand, his former passing game coordinator, be interested in working with him further?
Dustin Hopkins, K
When Andre Szmyt kicked the game-winning field goal in the Browns’ preseason finale, the writing might have officially been on the wall for Hopkins, who shined in 2023 for Cleveland but struggled last season after signing a three-year contract extension.
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Diontae Johnson, WR
Johnson is now looking to join the sixth team of his career after being cut by Cleveland. Andrew Siciliano noted on Wednesday’s Inside Coverage that Johnson still moved well during Browns training camp, so maybe another team will take a chance on the 29-year-old?
Hunter Renfrow, WR
After taking a year off from the NFL in 2024, Renfrow is looking to catch on with another team. It won’t be the Panthers, who cut him Tuesday, but Renfrow doesn’t turn 30 until December and has 269 catches for 2,884 yards and 17 touchdowns in his career.
Desmond Ridder, QB
Ridder only turns 26 on Sunday, has started 18 NFL games and thrown for 4,002 yards and 16 touchdowns with 14 interceptions. He may never be even a middle-of-the-pack starter, but he could be a good depth piece somewhere after being released by the Bengals.
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Shilo Sanders, S
Though he doesn’t get the same level of attention as his brother, Sanders is looking to catch on in the NFL just the same. He’s older for a rookie (25), and his time with the Bucs did not end on a high note, but maybe another team is willing to take a shot.
Isaiah Simmons, LB
Is Simmons a linebacker or defensive back? The Packers couldn’t figure that out and neither could two other teams, though some franchises value versatility more than others, and the 27-year-old former first-round pick might still have suitors around the league.
Cole Strange, OL
You may remember Bill Belichick selecting Strange late in the first round in 2022, when most projections had him as a Day 2 pick at best. Strange’s career was derailed a bit by a torn patellar tendon late in the 2023 season with the Patriots, but teams are always looking for OL help. And if Belichick once believed in him, why wouldn’t someone else?
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Marquez Valdes-Scantling, WR
He turns 31 this season, but Valdes-Scantling has shown an ability to carve out a role in two strong offensive ecosystems (Kansas City, Green Bay). Maybe he’ll end up in another now that the Seahawks have cut him.
Robert Woods, Steelers WR
Woods is probably nothing more than a WR3 or 4 at this point in his career, and the Steelers decided to cut him. But he has 12 years of experience, a Super Bowl ring and a pair of 1,000-yard seasons. Someone else will take a good long look at adding him.
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