The Colts claimed linebacker Chad Muma off waivers on Wednesday and waived defensive tackle Tim Smith in a corresponding move, the team announced.
The Jaguars waived Muma on Tuesday.
Muma was a 2022 third-round pick by Jacksonville, and he played in all but one of the team’s games in his time there. Muma started only seven games, though, and the changes to the coaching staff and front office this offseason left him without any ties to the people who brought him to Jacksonville.
Muma had 94 tackles, 1.5 sacks and three passes defensed during his time with the Jags.
The Colts selected Smith in the sixth round this spring. From 2020-24 at Alabama, he appeared in 64 career games with 32 starts and registered 124 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, two passes defensed and one forced fumble.
The Jaguars have confirmed Wednesday morning’s reports that they agreed to trade for wide receiver Tim Patrick.
Patrick will go to Jacksonville and the Jags will send a 2026 sixth-round pick back to the Lions. The deal will become official once Patrick passes a physical.
The Jaguars have opened a roster spot for Patrick while waiting for that physical to take place. They announced that they have waived wide receiver Austin Trammell.
Trammell spent last season on the team’s practice squad. He appeared in one game and had two catches for 40 yards. He also had six catches for 42 yards in 22 games for the Rams and he appeared in two games for the Falcons.
Brian Thomas, Travis Hunter, Dyami Brown, and Parker Washington are the Jaguars’ other wideouts.
NFL teams slashed their rosters to get to the 53-player limit on Tuesday, but they aren’t static and changes will start coming on Wednesday.
One of those changes will involve wide receiver Tim Patrick. According to multiple reports, the Lions have agreed to send Patrick to the Jaguars in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round pick.
Patrick missed the 2022 and 2023 seasons with a torn ACL and a torn Achilles, but returned to catch 33 passes for 394 yards and three touchdowns in 16 games last season.
The Lions kept six receivers through their final cuts and now have Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, third-round pick Isaac TeSlaa, Kalif Raymond, and seventh-round pick Dominic Lovett. The move also drops their roster to 49 players, so the Lions will have more moves to come.
Jacksonville had Brian Thomas, first-round pick Travis Hunter, Dyami Brown, Parker Washington, and Austin Trammell at receiver on their initial 53-man roster.
The Jaguars started a new era for the team when they hired head coach Liam Coen and General Manager James Gladstone this offseason and they cut several ties to the previous regime while setting their first 53-man roster.
Four players who were drafted in 2024 were waived after their second summer with the team. Defensive lineman Jordan Jefferson and cornerback De’Antre Prince were both fourth-round picks, offensive lineman Javon Foster was a fifth-rounder, and defensive end Myles Cole came in the seventh round.
The Jaguars also waived 2023 fourth-round pick Tyler Lacy and, as previously reported, 2022 third-rounder Chad Muma. 2020 fifth-round safety Daniel Thomas was released.
- Jacksonville also waived or released tight ends Quintin Morris, Shawn Bowman, and John Copenhaver; offensive lineman Tremayne Anchrum, Jerome Carvin, Javon Foser, Ricky Lee, and Sal Wormley; wide receivers Trenton Irwin, Chandley Brayboy, Cam Campr, Darius Lassiter, Dorian Singer, and Eli Pancol; quarterbacks John Wolford and Seth Henigan; defensive linemen James Carpenter, Ethan Downs, Jabbar Muhammed, and Keivie Rose; linebacker Branson Combs; running backs Kevin Harris and Ja’Quinden Jackson; and defensive backs Keni-H Lovely, Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig, Doneiko Slaughter, and Aydan White.
The Jaguars rounded out the moves by placing linebacker Jalen McLeod and safety Caleb Ransaw on injured reserve. McLeod has been designated for return.
Linebacker Chad Muma will not be around for a fourth season in Jacksonville.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Jaguars will waive Muma as part of their cut to 53 players on Tuesday.
Muma was a 2022 third-round pick by the team and he’s played in all but one of the team’s games since he was selected. Muma only started seven of those games, though, and the changes to the coaching staff and front office this offseason left him without any ties to the people who brought him to the team.
Muma had 94 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and three passes defensed during his time with the Jags.
