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Redskins Cut LB Khairi Fortt, TE Wes Saxton & CB Tharold Simon, Sign Two

The Washington Redskins announced Monday that they’ve waived LB Khairi Fortt and TE Wes Saxton and released CB Tharold Simon.

  • The Redskins also signed TE Manasseh Garner and rookie CB Tevin Homer to contracts.

Simon, 26, is a former fifth-round pick of the Seahawks back in 2013. He’s currently in the final year of his four-year, $2.367 million rookie contract and stands to make a base salary $675,000 for the 2016 season.

The Seahawks waived him a few weeks into the regular season and was later claimed off of waivers by the Cardinals.