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The Lions signed Altmyer to the practice squad Monday.

Altmyer appeared in three preseason games for the Lions in 2026, throwing for 271 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions off 29-for-46 passing. While he didn't play the best throughout the preseason, he still did enough to earn a spot on Detroit's practice squad.

The Bengals signed Clifford to the practice squad Monday.

The Bengals waived Clifford during Sunday's cutdown day. The quarterback was able to clear waivers and has now returned to the team. Clifford will likely return to the active roster if Joe Burrow or Joe Flacco suffers an injury that requires them to miss time.

Buechele signed a practice-squad contract with Buffalo on Monday, Alec White and Mike Maynard of the team's official site report.

Buechele spent training camp with the Bills but was cut Sunday. However, he'll stick with the team as organizational depth on the practice squad. Unless Josh Allen or Kyle Allen becomes unavailable for any reason, Buechele isn't likely to be a regular part of Buffalo's game-day roster.

Howell is set to be the backup quarterback to Dak Prescott for the Cowboys' Week 1 game against the Giants.

The Cowboys waived Joe Milton on Tuesday, leaving Howell as the sole reserve quarterback on the 53-man roster. The 25-year-old signed with the team in March after failing to have his contract extended by the Eagles during the 2025 season. The 2022 fifth-round pick by the Commanders will now start his second NFL contract with a division rival.

Milton passed through waivers unclaimed Tuesday, per the NFL's transaction log.

Milton completed 29 of 43 passes (67.4 percent) for 378 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions across three exhibition contests, with his passer rating of 118.2 leading the entire NFL during the preseason. Despite his impressive play against defensive reserves, the Cowboys opted to waive Milton on Monday and stick with Sam Howell as Dak Prescott's backup. Milton is free to sign elsewhere, whether it's to an active roster or a practice squad.

Stafford once again didn't play any offensive snaps during the preseason.

Stafford hasn't taken a preseason snap since the summer of 2019, but the difference this year from last is that he's healthy. While he dealt with back issues last summer, he's been a full participant in training camp this time around. Despite the back trouble, Stafford still started all 17 regular-season games in 2025 and led the league with 4,707 passing yards, 46 touchdowns and a 7.7 percent touchdown rate en route to winning the MVP Award. He finished as fantasy's overall QB3 but is being drafted on average as the QB12 this year.

Jackson told reporters recently that injuries factored into his running less in 2025, per Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com. "I believe you know ... a lot of people know [that] I was hurt last year, so I really could not do anything like I wanted to," said Jackson.

Hamstring and back injuries forced Jackson to miss four games last season and sapped his rushing ability even when he was active. This led to Jackson posting career lows in rushing attempts (67) and yards (349). Jackson is now fully healthy going into 2026, his first season operating Declan Doyle's offense. The Ravens open the season on the road in Indianapolis on Sept. 13.

Jones was crisp in practice throughout training camp, 107.5 The Fan reports.

Jones has put last season's Achilles injury behind him and turned in a strong training camp as he gets ready for 2026. Despite not having a full complement of weapons at his disposal given absences from Josh Downs (calf), Alec Pierce (ankle) and Tyler Warren (groin) and the late signing of Keenan Allen, Jones still impressed. The Colts open their season Sept. 13 at home against Baltimore.

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst said Tuesday that Slovis will be signed to the practice squad, Matt Schneidman of The Athletic reports.

Though Slovis wasn't able to win a spot on the Cardinals' season-opening roster, the third-year quarterback made a strong impression on the Green Bay staff during the preseason finale between the two teams this past Friday. In the Cardinals' 42-38 loss, Slovis completed 21 of 35 passes for 223 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions while adding 12 yards on two carries. He'll slot third on the Packers' organizational depth chart, putting him first in line to be elevated to the roster if starter Jordan Love or top backup Tyrod Taylor miss time at any point.

Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said Tuesday that Hurts has "embraced" the new offense and is "excited about it" headed into the season, John Clark of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.

"I think Jalen's adjusted really well to the new offense," Roseman said. "Now again, we're at a moment in time, we haven't played a game. This isn't in reference to Jalen; this is in reference to anything else. I think that a lot of the things that we'll do during the regular season when we have game plans, I think from an offensive perspective, they're going to be different than what we've done in the past. Jalen's embraced it. He's excited about it and obviously we've got to be better than we were last year." Hurts struggled with interceptions during training camp and didn't see any action during the preseason, so Week 1 against the Commanders will provide his first actual game action under new OC Sean Mannion. The 28-year-old Hurts is expected to once again be in the mix as a top-five fantasy quarterback after setting a new career high with 25 touchdown passes over 16 regular-season games in 2025 to go along with a career-best 1.3 percent interception rate. His rushing numbers fell off however, as he punched in just eight touchdowns after averaging 14 over the previous three seasons, and his 421 rushing yards represented his lowest total since he was a rookie in 2020.