Green Bay Packers TE Kennard Backman (knee) was cut Tuesday, Aug. 30. Backman injured his left knee in the third preseason game and will require arthroscopic surgery.

Free-agent LB Paul Kruger (Browns) will visit the New Orleans Saints Tuesday, Aug. 30.

Free-agent LB Paul Kruger (Browns) will visit the New Orleans Saints Tuesday, Aug. 30.

The Minnesota Vikings have informed DE Theiren Cockran, TE Brian Leonhardt, DT Claudell Louis, WR Marken Michel, OT Austin Shepherd, QB Brad Sorensen they will be cut. According to published reports, OT Sean Hickey and LB Terrance Plummer have also been informed they will be let go.

Updating a previous report, Minnesota Vikings TE MyCole Pruitt (knee) is expected to miss two to four weeks after an MRI revealed he has a sprained medial collateral ligament.

The Minnesota Vikings are expected to keep OG Mike X. Harris (knee), who is now on the active/non-football injury (NFI) list.

The Minnesota Vikings are expected to hold onto QB Taylor Heinicke (ankle), who is now on the active/non-football injury (NFI) list.

Tennessee Titans QB Marcus Mariota might play a series against the Miami Dolphins in the preseason finale Thursday, Sept. 1, head coach Mike Mularkey said Monday, Aug. 29.

Updating a previous report, Tennessee Titans WR Kendall Wright (hamstring) said Monday, Aug. 29, that he is feeling better and he thinks he will be ready to play in the team’s Week 1 opener. Wright will not play in the preseason finale Thursday, Sept. 1.

The Seattle Seahawks released RB Zac Brooks Monday, Aug. 29. He was the team’s seventh-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.