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Sunday 6pm is still live. Boutte and Atwell already moved. Brown is signable now.
Sunday 6pm ET is still a live cutdown, not a finished board. About 1,184 53-man jobs disappear before the bell. Trade-before-cut already moved Kayshon Boutte (NE to HOU) and Tutu Atwell (MIA to LAR). Noah Brown is a vested FA as of Aug 24 — signable now, not a Monday-waiver name. Locked and not re-litigated: Harbaugh said OBJ has done enough to make an NFL roster, not a named Giants 53; Cedric Tillman is a free agent as of Saturday after clearing waivers; Christian Kirk remains an IR-or-release
NFL.com2026-27 National Football League important datesSunday Aug 30, prior to 6:00 p.m. New York time: clubs must reduce to a maximum of 53. Monday Aug 31, 1:00 p.m.: claiming period for players waived at the final roster reduction. Max two designate-for-return tags that day. The clock is still live.Read original PatriotsPatriots trade WR Kayshon Boutte to the TexansFiled move. Boutte to Houston for S Jaylen Reed and a 2028 seventh after the Texans lost Jayden Higgins to an ACL. Fan 53 lists that still cut Boutte are stale. Trade before cut.Read original RamsRams agree to trade RB Jarquez Hunter to Dolphins for WR Tutu AtwellFiled move. Dolphins flipped Atwell back to the Rams for RB Jarquez Hunter. Second named skill-WR who already moved. Not a Sunday cut.Read original Pro Football RumorsRaiders Release WR Noah BrownAug 24. 2017 seventh-rounder, ninth NFL season. Immediate free agent, not a Monday-waiver name. The vested-veteran street is already open. Cite the transaction, not a salary.Read original ESPNGiants' Harbaugh: Beckham has done enough to make NFL rosterLOCKED: Harbaugh said an NFL roster, not ours, not a named Giants 53. He would not start naming the 53. If they cut him Sunday he is immediate FA (vested). Do not wait for Monday 1 p.m. Do not invent a salary.Read original Cleveland BrownsBrowns claim CB Mekhi Blackmon (also waive WR Cedric Tillman)LOCKED: Tillman waived Thursday, corresponding Blackmon claim. He cleared waivers Saturday and is a free agent. Monday 1 p.m. is the Sunday cutdown waiver class, not Thursday's. Do not sit Tillman until Monday.Read original NBC Sports Bay AreaChristian Kirk a 49ers IR candidate, Kyle Shanahan revealsLOCKED: Kirk remains an IR-or-release fork, not official IR. Shanahan: possibly. Two designate-for-return spots on cutdown day. Do not write Kirk is cut.Read original Zac Jackson makes his prediction for the Cleveland Browns' final 53-man roster
Open originalThe GM mechanic, not a Browns fan 53 as news. Every player who is not a vested veteran who gets cut is subject to the waiver wire for about 20 hours, then you can add them back to the practice squad. Six unlimited vets, ten with two years or fewer.