The Denver Broncos must trim their roster from 90 players to 53 on Tuesday August 27 by 2:00 p.m. MT. With Denver’s roster having a lot of it’s starters projected and set on offense and defense, which players didn’t make the cut for the 53?
Bookmark this article so you can stay up to date on every roster move that happens leading up to the 2:00 p.m. MT deadline, including a full list of the 53-man roster and practice squad after cuts become official.
Roster cut rules and information from the National Football League:
August 27:
- Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must reduce rosters to a maximum of 53 players on the Active/Inactive List.
- Simultaneously with the roster reduction to 53 players, clubs that have players in the categories of Active/Physically Unable to Perform or Active/Non-Football Injury or Illness must select one of the following options: place player on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform or Reserve/Non-Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; terminate or request waivers with the designation of Failed Physical or Non- Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; request waivers; terminate contract; trade contract; or continue to count the player on the Active List.
- Clubs are permitted to designate for return a maximum of two players who are placed on an applicable Reserve List during the business day of the final roster reduction. Any such player will immediately count against the club’s number of designations, even if the player does not subsequently return to practice.
- Players who are on the Reserve List or Exempt List and are not counting against the 90-player limit will begin to count against the 90-player limit.
August 28:
- Claiming period for players placed on waivers at the final roster reduction will expire at 12:00 noon, New York time.
- Upon receipt of the subsequent Personnel Notice, clubs may establish a Practice Squad of 17 players, as long as one player qualifies as an International Player. No club, including the player’s prior club, will be permitted to sign a player to a Practice Player Contract until all clubs have received simultaneous notification via the above Personnel Notice that such player’s prior NFL Player Contract has been terminated via the waiver system.
- Beginning at 4:00 p.m., New York time, any player placed on Reserve/Injured, Reserve/Non-Football Injury or Illness, or Practice Squad; Injured during the regular season or postseason, may be designated for return later in the season, subject to the applicable procedures.
Denver Broncos roster cuts tracker
Here are the list of moves the Broncos have made so far.
- Cornerback Art Green (source) – 89
- Punter Trenton Gill (source) – 88
- Wide receiver Phillip Dorsett (source) – 87
- Defensive back Kaleb Hayes (source) – 86
- Linebacker Alec Mock (source) – 85
- OL Oliver Jervis (source) – 84
- Inside linebacker Andre Smith Jr. (source) – 83
- Defensive back Omar Brown (source) – 82
- Defensive line Angelo Blackson (source) – 81
- Wide receiver Jalen Virgil (source) – 80
- Running back Tyler Badie (source) – 79
- Cornerback Reese Taylor (source) – 78
- Wide receiver Brandon Johnson (source) – 77
- Wide receiver David Sills V (source) – 76
- Tight end Thomas Yassmin (source) – 75
- Outside linebacker Dondrea Tillman (source) – 74
- Tight end Hunter Kampmoyer (source) – 73
- Outside linebacker Thomas Incoom (source) – 72
- Defensive lineman Matt Henningsen (source) – 71
- Inside linebacker Jonas Griffith (source) – 70
- Wide receiver Michael Bandy (source) – 69
- Offensive lineman Sam Mustipher (source) – 68
- Offensive lineman Will Sherman (source) – 67
- Offensive lineman Nick Gargiulo (source) – 66
- Offensive tackle Demontrey Jacobs (source) – 65
- Offensive lineman Calvin Throckmorton (source) – 64
- Team placed cornerback Damarri Mathis on short-term IR (source) – 63
- Team placed outside linebacker Durell Nchami on injured reserve (source) – 62
- Team plans on releasing/trading wide receiver Tim Patrick (source) – 61
- Team plans on releasing/trading running back Samaje Perine (source) – 60
- Team placed linebacker Drew Sanders on Active PUP (source) – 59
- Team placed safety Delarrin Turner-Yell on Active PUP (source) – 58
- Cornerback Quinton Newsome (source) – 57
- Safety Tanner McCalister (source) – 56
- Defensive end Elijah Garcia (source) – 55
- Wide receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey – 54
- Fullback Michael Burton – 53