NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Tuesday, Aug. 27

INJURIES

• LB D.J. Wonnum (quad) will begin the season on the PUP list and miss at least four games, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.

ROSTER CUTS

• QB Jack Plummer is being waived but is a strong candidate to be put on the practice squad, if available, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported.
• RB Mike Boone is being released but is expected to re-sign after cut-down day, per Pelissero.
• WR Mike Strachan, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported, per a source.
• TE Feleipe Franks, per Pelissero.
• OLB Luiji Vilain, per Pelissero.

ROSTER CUTS

• QB Brett Rypien, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
• TE Stephen Carlson, per Pelissero.

ROSTER CUTS

• S PJ Jules, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.

ROSTER CUTS

• WR Jaelon Darden was waived, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
• WR Mike Woods, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported.
• DE Sam Kamara is being waived but is expected to return on the practice squad if available, per Pelissero.

ROSTER CUTS

• TE Peyton Hendershot, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.

ROSTER CUTS

• QB Nate Sudfeld, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.

ROSTER CUTS

• WR Jalen Wayne, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
• OT Caleb Jones, per Pelissero.
• K Anders Carlson, per Pelissero.

ROSTER CUTS

• WR Noah Brown, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.

ROSTER CUTS

• LB Tanner Muse, per NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero
• DB Terrell Edmunds is being released, but Jacksonville hopes to bring him on back on the practice squad, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source.

INJURIES

• DE BJ Thompson will begin the season on the non-football illness list and miss the first four games, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported. Thompson was hospitalized in June after suffering a seizure and going into cardiac arrest during a special teams meeting. There is optimism he will play this season, Pelissero added.
• DL Charles Omenihu (knee) will begin the season on the PUP list with hopes of a November return, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported. Omenihu tore his ACL in the AFC title game.

ROSTER CUTS

• WB Nathan Peterman , NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.

INJURIES

• TE Tyler Higbee (knee) will remain on the physically unable to perform list to start the 2024 season, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.

INJURIES

• TE T.J. Hockenson (knee) will start the season on the PUP list and miss at least four games, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported. Hockenson suffered season-ending ACL and MCL injuries in late December.
• LB Gabriel Murphy was placed on short-term injured reserve, Rapoport reported.

ROSTER CUTS

• RB Kene Nwangwu will be either released or traded by today's cut-down deadline, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
• DT James Lynch, per Pelissero.
• DT Jacquelin Roy will be either waived or traded, per Rapoport.
• OLB Andre Carter II, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported.

ROSTER CUTS

• QB Bailey Zappe, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
• TE Mitchell Wilcox, per Pelissero.

ROSTER CUTS

• RB James Robinson, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.

ROSTER CUTS

• WR Allen Robinson, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
• TE Lawrence Cager, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported.
• CB Darnay Holmes, per Garafolo.

INJURIES

• QB Jordan Travis (leg) will remain on the non-football injury list to start the season, head coach Robert Saleh announced.
• WR Mike Williams (knee) will begin working his way into team practice on Tuesday, per Saleh.

ROSTER CUTS

• TE E.J. Jenkins, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported.

INJURIES

• OLB YaYa Diaby (ankle) is trending toward being ready for Week 1 versus the Commanders, head coach Todd Bowles told reporters.
• S Jordan Whitehead (quad) was a full participant in practice on Tuesday, per Bowles.

ROSTER CUTS

• WR Martavis Bryant, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.