The Browns claimed defensive tackle Coziah Izzard off waivers, the team announced Tuesday.
The Cardinals cut Izzard on Monday.
In a corresponding move, the Browns waived wide receiver Aaron Anderson with an injury designation. Anderson signed with the team as an undrafted free agent on May 19.
Izzard is in his first NFL season out of Penn State. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2025, signing with the Chiefs.
Izzard has spent time on the practice squad of the Chiefs and Cardinals.
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Broncos head coach Sean Payton will be in Canton, Ohio this week to take part in Drew Brees’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and he’ll also do a little work on a possible addition to his roster.
Payton said over the weekend that the Broncos will explore signing former Saints tight end Taysom Hill and Hill will also be in Canton for Brees’s induction. That will give Payton a chance to see where things stand.
“There’s no hurry right now. I’m going to see him in five days,” Payton said Monday, via Jeff Legwold of ESPN.com. “We’ll see where he’s at and kind of go from there. ... The key thing is his health and, you know, where he’s at mentally. I don’t want to assume he wants to play.”
Hill released a statement last month saying that he doesn’t “have a clear answer about what the future holds, but I know that returning to New Orleans is not in the cards.” He had knee surgery in 2024 that was performed by the Broncos’ team doctor Karim Meijer and Payton said that Meijer has followed up with Hill during visits in Denver since the operation.
The Saints lost a receiver when Ja’Lynn Polk retired over the weekend, but it doesn’t sound like they feel an urgent need to add another one to the roster.
Head coach Kellen Moore was asked about the possibility of making a move at the position during a Monday press conference and he pointed out that they currently have 12 wideouts vying for spots on the 53-man roster.
“We’re always looking to see if something suits us, but right now we’ve got a lot of guys in that room that are all getting opportunities,” Moore said, via NewOrleans.Football.
Moore was asked a followup about Keenan Allen in particular. Moore said he enjoyed coaching Allen with the Chargers in 2023, but reiterated that the Saints have “a lot of receivers” in the mix for the time being.
Wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk is walking away from football ahead of his third NFL season.
The Saints announced that they placed Polk on the reserve/retired list on Sunday.
Polk entered the league as a 2024 second-round pick in New England and played 15 games for the team during his rookie season. He had 12 catches for 87 yards and two touchdowns.
The Patriots traded Polk and a seventh-round pick to the Saints last September for a sixth-round pick. Polk did not appear in any games due to a shoulder injury and Sunday’s move means that he won’t be playing in any games for the NFC South team in the future either.
Saints defensive tackle Bryan Bresee’s knee injury didn’t look good when it happened, and now it’s confirmed that he needs surgery to repair a torn ACL.
New Orleans head coach Kellen Moore confirmed today what was feared about Bresee’s injury.
“He’s gonna have surgery,” Moore said.
Bresee suffered the injury in practice on Wednesday. His absence will be a big loss for the Saints, who drafted him in the first round in 2023 and picked up his fifth-year option this year. Bresee will now get ready for the 2027 season, when he has a guaranteed salary of $13.9 million.
Taysom Hill won’t be back with the Saints in 2026, but the versatile tight end could wind up reuniting with a former coach.
Broncos head coach Sean Payton told Steve Wyche and Cynthia Frelund of NFL Media that the team will explore bringing in Hill.
Hill saw his first NFL action while playing for Payton in New Orleans in 2017 and would go on to see time as a tight end, quarterback, kick returner and various other offensive roles during their time together. Hill remained with the Saints after Payton left following the 2021 season, but said last week that “returning to New Orleans is not in the cards” this year.
Given the history between Hill and Payton, the Broncos were seen as a possible next stop for Hill and that possibility feels a little more likely with the team set to consider the move.
One of the various training-camp hold-ins ended on Thursday, when the Saints signed receiver Chris Olave to a new deal.
Due to make $15.493 million in 2026, Olave added a four-year extension, reportedly worth up to $132 million.
The full details of the deal have now made their way to PFT HQ. Here they are, per a source with knowledge of the terms:
1. Signing bonus: $35 million.
2. 2026 base salary: $1.293 million, fully guaranteed.
3. 2026 per-game roster bonus: $1.36 million total ($80,000 per game); fully guaranteed (but must be earned).
4. 2027 base salary: $13.64 million, fully guaranteed.
5. 2027 per-game roster bonus: $1.36 million total ($80,000 per game); fully guaranteed (but must be earned).
6. 2028 base salary: $23 million, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed in March 2028.
7. 2028 per-game roster bonus: $1.36 million total ($80,000 per game); guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed in March 2028 (but must be earned).
8. 2029 base salary: $27 million, $13 million of which is guaranteed for injury and becomes fully guaranteed in March 2029.
9. 2029 per-game roster bonus: $1.36 million total ($80,000 per game).
10. 2030 offseason roster bonus: $3 million.
11. 2030 base salary: $29.76 million.
12. 2030 per-game roster bonus: $1.36 million total ($80,000 per game).
The contract also includes $2 million in escalators for 2027 through 2030, based on performance in the prior season. The formula goes like this: $400,000 for being named a first-team All-Pro; $400,000 for making it to the Pro Bowl; $400,000 for 1,200 or more receiving yards; $400,000 for 101 or more catches; and $400,000 for 10 or more receiving touchdowns. (In four NFL seasons, Olave has hit none of those triggers.)
The actual base value is $124 million, with a maximum value of $132 million. The new-money APY is $31 million, and the base value from signing is $27.898 million.
The $1.36 million in per-game roster bonuses for each of the next five years gives the Saints protection against injury. In 2024, Olave missed nine games, mainly due to multiple concussions. He started 16 games in 2025.
Of the amount, $52.653 million is fully guaranteed at signing. By 2027, $77.013 million is fully guaranteed. By 2028, $90 million is fully guaranteed.
Veteran offensive lineman Andrus Peat announced his retirement on Friday.
Peat made the announcement in an Instagram post that said he “gave it everything I had” over the course of an 11-year NFL career.
Peat was a 2015 first-round pick in New Orleans and he spent nine seasons with the team. He played for the Raiders in 2024 and appeared in six games for the Steelers last season.
During his time with the Saints, Peat started 102 of the 111 regular season games he played. Peat was a Pro Bowl selection at guard from 2018-2020 and he also started six playoff games while with the team.
On Thursday, the Saints agreed to a four-year extension with Chris Olave, ending the receiver’s brief hold-in as he sought a new deal.
Head coach Kellen Moore called it “awesome for our team, awesome for Chris” in his Friday press conference.
“Just awesome for what he’s gone through in his career, the success he’s had, also the things he’s had to navigate,” Moore said. “At the end of the day, when everyone is shooting for the same goal, it’s a matter of time before it gets figured out. Sometimes the business part takes a little precedence, which is fine. And I think everyone’s really, really excited for where this thing’s going.”
The No. 11 overall pick of the 2022 draft, Olave has eclipsed 1,000 yards in three of his four seasons since entering the league out of Ohio State.
In 2025, Olave set career highs in receptions (100), yards (1,163), and touchdowns (nine). In all, he’s caught 291 passes for 3,728 yards with 19 TDs in 55 games.
Saints wide receiver Chris Olave didn’t do team drills in the team’s first training camp practice for what head coach Kellen Moore called business reasons, but there won’t be any reason for Olave to limit his participation for the rest of camp.
Olave’s agents Drew and Jason Rosenhaus told ESPN that Olave has agreed to a four-year extension with the Saints. The deal is worth $132 million with $90 million in guaranteed money.
The agreement comes a couple of days after General Manager Mickey Loomis said that the team was hopeful to lock up the 2022 first-round pick beyond the fifth and final year of his rookie deal. Loomis also noted that Olave’s injury history, which includes multiple concussions and last year’s blood clot in his lung, as “an element” of the negotiations.
Given the size of the commitment the Saints are making, Olave’s production — 291 catches for 3,728 yards and 19 touchdowns — was a bigger element and Olave is set to have five more years to build those numbers.
