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The Eagles signed Cleveland to their practice squad Tuesday.

Cleveland ended the regular season on the Broncos' practice squad, but he wasn't signed to a futures deal and became a free agent, allowing Philadelphia to sign him to a practice-squad deal. The 2020 seventh-round pick has caught eight of 17 targets for 91 yards across 23 career appearances, and he also has experience as a kick returner.

Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles confirmed Tuesday that Gage (concussion) has movement in all of his extremities and should be released from the hospital later Tuesday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports.

Gage was hospitalized after exiting late in the fourth quarter of Monday's 31-14 loss to the Cowboys in the wild-card round upon taking a hit to the back of his head/neck area. While Gage has been diagnosed with a concussion, Bowles disclosed that the Buccaneers have ruled out any neck injury for the veteran receiver. Provided he isn't experiencing long-term symptoms of the concussion, Gage looks like he'll be a full participant by the time OTAs begin in the spring. Gage, who tallied two catches for 10 yards on eight targets before exiting Monday's contest, finished the regular season -- his first in Tampa Bay -- with a 51-426-5 receiving line over 13 games.

Tampa Bay signed Geiger to a reserve/future contract Tuesday, Scott Smith of the Buccaneers' official site reports.

Geiger made three appearances for Tampa Bay during the 2022 campaign, but he played more on special teams (17 snaps) than he did on offense. With his new deal, the undrafted wideout out of Texas Tech will have a chance to compete for a larger role throughout the offseason.

Hodgins was a limited participant Tuesday in the Giants' walk-through practice due to an ankle injury, Dan Salomone of the team's official site reports.

Hodgins is tending to an injury in the aftermath of this past Sunday's 31-24 win over the Vikings in the wild-card round, but the ankle issue isn't anything that's expected to keep him off the field in Saturday's matchup with the Eagles in the divisional round. In the victory over the Vikings, Hodgins played 91 percent of the Giants' snaps on offense and finished with eight catches for a career-high 105 yards and a touchdown on nine targets.

The Bills signed Patmon to their practice squad Tuesday.

Patmon opened the season on the Colts' 53-man roster, but he was later let go and landed a practice-squad deal with Indianapolis. However, he wasn't offered a reserve/future contract by the Colts and became a free agent recently, allowing the Bills to sign him to their practice squad. Buffalo also signed Cortez Broughton to the practice squad and cut Tanner Gentry and Joe Giles-Harris.

The Chargers signed Doss to a reserve/future contract Tuesday, per the team's official site.

Doss, who failed to record an offensive snap for the second consecutive campaign, will stick around Los Angeles throughout the summer and into training camp where he'll eventually compete for a roster spot once again. The 26-year-old wide receiver joined the Chargers' practice squad back in October after being waived by the Giants at the end of the preseason.

Hardman (pelvis) won't practice Tuesday, Nate Taylor of The Athletic reports. "It's not responding the way he wants it to," Kansas City coach Andy Reid said of Hardman's injury.

After suffering the abdominal injury coming out of Kansas City's Week 9 win over the Titans, Hardman was moved to injured reserve before being cleared Dec. 14 to rejoin the team for practice. He appeared to be making progress and was officially activated and added back to the 53-man roster Jan. 4, but he didn't play in the regular-season finale against the Raiders after experiencing a setback during practice. Despite Kansas City being on bye for the first round of the postseason, Hardman doesn't seem to have made much progress, and his absence from practice doesn't bode well for his chances of playing in Saturday's divisional-round game against the Jaguars. If the speedster remains sidelined, Kadarius Toney and Justin Watson would likely share duties as the No. 3 receiver in Kansas City's playoff opener.

Wallace (hamstring) had four catches on seven targets for 33 yards across nine games in 2022.

The second-year wideout finished the season on injured reserve due to a hamstring injury and also missed Weeks 13-17 with a hamstring issue. When healthy, Wallace's season high in snaps was just 19 and that was in Week 18 when the Ravens rested some key players. Wallace never recorded more than one reception or two targets in any game despite Baltimore struggling with injuries across the receiving corps. He's under contract for two more seasons but Wallace will need to make some strides in his development to secure a role in the offense next season.

Proche had eight catches on 17 targets for 62 yards and no touchdowns in 2022.

It was a disappointing third season for Proche. The season began with Rashod Bateman and Devin Duvernay as the Ravens' top targets, but there was still room for Proche to carve out a role, and yet he was unable to do that. Bateman and Duvernay each suffered season-ending injuries at different points of the season, but it was Demarcus Robinson and Sammy Watkins who ultimately took on bigger roles. Proche remains under contract for one more season, but his inability to be involved in the offense despite all the attrition in the receiving corps this season does not portend well for his role in 2023 when Bateman and Duvernay are healthy.

Watson gathered in one of two targets for 67 yards during the Week 18 victory against the Raiders.

Watson beat his defender down the left sideline to reel in a perfectly placed deep shot from Patrick Mahomes on just the second play of the game, giving the Chiefs a first and goal inside the five-yard line. While it was an excellent way to start his day, Watson didn't contribute anything more to the box score. He's been targeted two or fewer times in six of the last seven games and has just three total catches in the last six. Despite logging north of 50 percent of the snaps most weeks of the season's second half, Watson doesn't get involved enough in the passing attack to warrant a look in most playoff formats and finishes out the regular season with just 15 grabs for 315 yards and two touchdowns on 34 targets. He enters the offseason slated to become an unrestricted free agent, so it's too early to tell where he will be playing in 2023.