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The Ravens waived Pitz on Saturday, Brian Wacker of The Baltimore Sun reports.

Pitz had signed with the team as an undrafted free agent in May but will now head to waivers. He caught 17 passes for 940 yards and 17 touchdowns across four seasons at Minnesota Duluth and will look to catch on with another team.

The Commanders placed Jackson (undisclosed) on injured reserve Saturday.

Jackson had signed a reserve/future contract with the team in January but will now be forced to miss the entire season unless he's waived with an injury settlement. He last appeared in a game during the 2023 campaign with Giants and may have to wait until 2026 to make his return.

Bowers (undisclosed) is practicing Saturday, Ryan McFadden of ESPN.com reports.

It's not clear what caused Bowers to miss practice Friday, but it's possible he was just getting a rest day. Now that he's back at practice, fantasy managers should have no concerns about his status moving forward. Bowers has been the top tight end off the board in fantasy drafts after recording an NFL rookie record for receptions with 112 while accumulating 1,194 receiving yards and five touchdowns last year.

Tremble (back) ran routes on the side during training camp Friday, David Newton of ESPN.com reports.

Tremble underwent back surgery in May and opened camp on the active/PUP list. The fifth-year tight end has been increasing his workload and "appears to be trending in a good direction," per Newton. It remains unclear, however, if Tremble will be ready to play in Week 1 of the regular season.

Colts offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter said Friday that Warren is being prepped for a versatile role in the team's offense, per NFL.com. "We're going to try a bunch of different stuff with him, give him a bunch of shots at a bunch of different aspects playing offensive football," Cooter stated.

It comes as no surprise that Indianapolis wants to take advantage of Warren's versatile skill set, as he not only tallied 1,233 yards and 11 touchdowns through the air in his final college season but also recorded 218 rushing yards and four scores on 26 carries. The 6-foot-5 tight end has had "a lot on his plate" during training camp, according to Cooter, and he's already lined up in the backfield on some plays. Any regular-season work Warren gets as a ball carrier can only help his fantasy value, though he's plenty capable of being a top tight end from the get-go based solely on his talent as a pass catcher. In terms of that role, Warren has experienced some drops early in camp but also made what head coach Shane Steichen called "an incredible catch" Thursday night, reaching out for the football with one hand and securing it while falling down.

Though Bowers (undisclosed) was present for practice Friday, he didn't participate in the session, Tashan Reed of The Athletic reports.

At this stage, there's been no report of an injury, so it's possible Friday was simply a rest day for Bowers. As the coming season approaches, the 2024 first-rounder is bound to remain a focal point of a Raiders passing attack now helmed by QB Geno Smith, with the tight end out of Georgia currently viewed as the consensus No. 1 option at his position in fantasy rankings.

Sanders is "shining" at training camp, according to Alex Zietlow of The Charlotte Observer.

It sounds like Sanders has been especially impressive during red-zone drills, catching a bunch of TD passes from Bryce Young. The 2024 fourth-round pick finished his rookie season with a 33-342-1 receiving line, serving as Carolina's top pass-catching TE for much of last season while splitting snaps with Tommy Tremble, who currently resides on the PUP list with a back injury. A strong summer could help Sanders take more snaps away from Tremble come September.

The Bengals have signed Noah Fant to join Gesicki at tight end, Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com reports.

The new addition warrants at least a slight reduction in Gesicki's playing-time and target projections, although the Bengals may end up mostly using Fant in multi-TE sets. The former Bronco and Seahawk is signing a one-year, after the Bengals gave Gesicki a three-year, $25.5 million deal this offseason. Both are catch-first tight ends, although Gesicki arguably more so, aligning in the slot or out wide more often that he's tight to the formation. Fant could now take some of the single-TE-formation snaps (and routes/targets) that might otherwise have gone to Gesicki.

Yeboah suffered a leg injury during Thursday's Hall of Fame Game against the Chargers, Justin Rogers of DetroitFootball.net reports.

Yeboah will presumably undergo further imaging Friday, as little was known about the injury Thursday night. Nevertheless, he believes he avoided a serious issue.

Dissly brought in both targets for 14 yards and a touchdown during the Chargers' 34-7 preseason win over the Lions in Thursday's Hall of Fame Game.

The veteran tight end capped off the Chargers' first drive with a nifty five-yard touchdown grab on a perfect touch pass from Trey Lance. Dissly broke out in 2024 with a career-best 50-481-2 receiving line over 15 regular-season games, and he's slated to open the campaign with at least a share of the top tight end job again despite the additions of Tyler Conklin and Oronde Gadsden via free agency and the draft, respectively.