The Jaguars released 19 players Saturday, but wide receivers Troy Williamson and Matt Jones were not among those cut. Jacksonville also placed two players on the Physically Unable to Perform list in DB Chad Nkang and DL Jeremy Mincey.

The release of Rudi Johnson reported earlier by NFL Network’s Adam Schefter is also being confirmed by Johnson’s agent, Peter Schaffer.

The Bengals have told veteran running back Rudi Johnson he will be released today.

The Cleveland Browns released 22 players Saturday in order to get down to the NFL-mandated 53-player roster limit.

We here at NFL.com and NFL Network are ready for a monstrous day of cuts. Thirty-two teams cutting 22 players each — that’s essentially teams telling 704 players, “You’re fired!” There will be some high-profile names, some no-profile names, but lots of names, that’s for sure. And it already has started, though hardly with a bang.

Nine-year veteran DE/LB Rosevelt Colvin was among 21 players released by the Houston Texans Friday in an attempt to reduce the roster to the NFL-mandated 53 players.

The New England Patriots released four players Friday: DT Steve Fifita, OL Jimmy Martin, CB Jeff Shoate and rookie TE Jonathan Stupar. Following today’s transactions, the Patriots report 71 players on their active roster. The NFL’s regular-season 53-man active roster limit goes into effect at 6 p.m. ET Saturday.

St. Louis Rams coach Scott Linehan announced Friday that the team has waived 10 players: WR Matt Caddell, S Jerome Carter, TE Nick Cleaver, CB Tanard Davis, CB Cortney Grixby, WR Marques Hagans, C Donovan Raiola, LB Marcus Riley, NT Henry Smith, NT Willie Williams.

The New Orleans Saints placed seventh-round draft pick WR Adrian Arrington (toe) on injured reserve Friday and released six other veterans as first steps in getting down to the NFL-mandated roster limit of 53 players by Saturday’s deadline.

The Philadelphia Eagles released eight players on Friday, trimming their current roster to 67 players. The Eagles released WR Bam Childress, CB Therrian Fontenot, CB Nick Graham, WR Jamal Jones, RB Ryan Moats, S Marcus Paschal, OL Stefan Rodgers and LB Pago Tagofau. The final cut-down deadline is on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET, when all NFL teams must cut active rosters to 53 players.