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Packers place LB Lattimore on IR
The Green Bay Packers placed linebacker Jamari Lattimore on season-ending injured reserve Saturday and signed safety Chris Banjo from the practice squad to the active roster.
Lattimore was shut down because of an ankle injury. He had 37 tackles and an interception in 11 games this season.
Banjo, an undrafted rookie free agent of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2013 out of SMU, played 16 games for the Packers after being waived by Jacksonville. He finished second with 10 special teams tackles.
Banjo has spent all this season on the practice squad.
In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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