02 April 2025
Cousins is now the backup quarterback for the Falcons, a position he did not expect to be in as he now hopes to find a way out of the situation. The Browns are currently without a starting quarterback and Russini reports that “there’s enough conversations being had” for Cousins going to the Browns to not be surprising. Falcons owner Arthur Blank said he spoke with Cousins and took notes in a conversation that likely revolved around Cousins’ future in Atlanta. If he does get traded, the B ...02 April 2025
O’Connell emphasized that Jones excelled in “1a-1b backfield structure” and the team brought in Jordan Mason to complement Jones. He continued that Mason will “bring something to the table” in short-yardage situations and goal-line scenarios. Meanwhile, Jones will be used more in early-down, third-down, and passing-down situations. The Vikings backfield is shaping up to have both backs useful in fantasy. Jones will have more value as a pass-catcher while Mason will be a downhill runner ...01 April 2025
Johnson in his first year as the Bears’ head coach will get the chance to work with his franchise quarterback this offseason. Williams is “very comfortable” in shotgun formation, so Johnson said they will “work to see the comfort level under center” to further open up the offense. As last year’s No. 1 overall pick, Williams struggled at times and finished 3,541 passing yards while taking a whopping 68 sacks. Now he gets to build from the ground up with an offensive-minded head coach ...01 April 2025
Buried outside of the top-30 wideouts in best ball rankings at times this offseason, Olave figures to be a key fixture in Moore’s offense as long as he can stay healthy. He likely would have returned from his second 2024 concussion before the season ended if the Saints had happened to have something to play for. Olave was practicing in full for most of January. It’s not unfair to consider Olave in the Tua Tagovailoa mould for fantasy purposes — a good player, but one with added injury risk ...
01 April 2025
“We’ll see,” Reid ominously added. “He’s working his tail off right now, I know.” Rice’s Week 4 LCL tear puts him in a better spot than a few other notable injury returners this season, but we wouldn’t be shocked if he was brought along slowly in training camp. With Hollywood Brown and Xavier Worthy back for a second season together, the Chiefs have the luxury of slowly working Rice in. Still, this is a great update for Rice, who was on track for a breakout season with a 24/288/2 ...01 April 2025
Entering his age-39 season, Campbell is simply a marvel. A magnificent run-stuffer even at his advanced age (he had an 85.9 PFF run defense rating in 2024) and still productive enough as a pass-rusher to be a good third- or fourth-rusher on an above-average defense. With the additions of Josh Sweat, Campbell, and Dalvin Tomlinson, the Cardinals hope they have done enough to bring the floor of the defense up above where it was last season. It’s a good front on paper, even if Arizona’s cornerb ...01 April 2025
Havenstein was often on the injury report late in the season with the shoulder ailment, but this is the first we’re hearing of a surgery. Entering his age-33 season, the Rams will likely take another stab at replacing Havenstein in this year’s draft. If for whatever reason he’s lagging behind in camp, Warren McClendon would likely be the next man up at right tackle.01 April 2025
“I’ll have more to know about that after [this] month goes on - see how he feels when he gets running and practicing and everything else,” Bowles continued. This makes both Jason Licht and Bowles in the “quietly confident” section on Godwin’s recovery after the 29-year-old dislocated his ankle in Week 7. Godwin certainly appears to have a chance to be ready for Week 1, but we’re probably too far out to reliably forecast that at this point.01 April 2025
In true Jerry Jones fashion, he managed to start a bit of a firestorm by admitting that not only had he not talked to Parsons’ agent, he didn’t even know his name. ”I’m the one who has to write the check and Micah is the one who has to agree to it,” Jones told David Moore. “That’s the straightest way to get there.” Parsons then used X: The Everything App to say that he would not be doing any deal without agent David Mulugheta and that there “will be no backdoors in this contrac ...01 April 2025
Another special teams ace finds a late-offseason landing spot. This will be Hardee’s ninth year in the pros — he made the Pro Bowl in 2022 with the Jets — and he has played 2288 special teams snaps compared to 116 on defense. The trend should continue in 2025, which means we will be blurbing him for his next one-year deal next offseason.01 April 2025
“Kyler is a guy we want part of this moving forward,” Poles said. Gordon blossomed in 2024 with a career-best 76.0 PFF coverage grade, mostly playing in the slot. Gordon has yet to play a full 17 games, maxing out at 15 last year, but has 17 passes defensed and five picks in three NFL season.01 April 2025
Kyle Shanahan also mentioned that he hoped Purdy wouldn’t hold out of offseason workouts today. The general tenor of contract negotiations for Purdy is that it will get done, though it perhaps has not advanced as quickly as Purdy would have preferred. York’s comment about it happening “when he’s ready” is a bit eye-catching. But with the cuts that the 49ers have made this offseason, this isn’t really a matter of cap space so much as both sides actually agreeing on the numbers.01 April 2025
The Week 15 ACL tear for McNeill will cut into his 2025 season as well, which isn’t surprising. McNeill is probably aiming for an October or November return at this point. The Lions will run out a trio of D.J. Reader, Levi Onwuzurike, and Roy Lopez in the interior until McNeill is cleared to return.01 April 2025
“It’s kind of funny to put all that time into him for the draft and wait five years later but having him on our team five years later, we’re excited to get to work with him. I just loved how he played the position, especially in college. He got the ball to the right spot, didn’t take sacks, would hang in there and get hit to distribute the ball to his playmakers,” Shanahan told reporters. We’re pretty sure this is just complimentary coachspeak rather than some deep Brock Purdy Will B ...01 April 2025
“Will it happen? I can’t dictate the draft,” Ballard continued. The Colts lost Kylen Granson to the Eagles in free agency and have not yet brought back Mo-Alie Cox, leaving them with a room of Drew Ogletree, Will Mallory, and Jelani Woods. Ogletree projects as the returning starter and profiles mostly as a blocker. Indianapolis feels like one of the surest bets in the league to take a tight end at some point in the draft, and more than a few draftniks have linked them to Penn State’s Tyl ...01 April 2025
A ringing endorsement. “And obviously, Dallas Goedert has meant a lot to us. We’ll see how that plays out. He’s a heck of a football player, heck of a leader. Want to be able to have back as many guys as you possibly can, but that’s not the reality of the NFL,” Sirianni continued. There have been rumors of a Goedert trade all offseason and it wouldn’t be surprising — despite the fact that it would cost the Eagles cap space if it happened before June — if it happened soon.01 April 2025
“So, for me, the goal for Xavier Legette is let’s just take that next step. This is going to be his first offseason with us, from phase one all the way through, and I just love to see where that goes,” Canales continued. Legette certainly could be a post-hype sleeper candidate given the injuries he played through last year, but it wasn’t exactly an inspiring rookie year with a 49/497/4 receiving line in 16 games. The Panthers have every reason to want their 2024 first-rounder to be the m ...01 April 2025
In other words, the postseason format is coming to the regular season, guaranteeing both sides a chance to possess the ball once. Overtimes will remain 10 minutes in the regular season. NFL owners also approved bringing Sony’s Hawk-Eye technology to spot the ball in 2025, expanding instant replay assist, bringing touchbacks up to the 35-yard-line, and (on a trial basis) allowing free agents more contact with teams during the Two-Day Negotiation Period. These rule changes all seem broadly good ...01 April 2025
After Moody missed 10-of-34 field-goal attempts last season, it would be a little silly not to. The 49ers’ kicker appears to be yet another cautionary tale against drafting kickers early. The former third-rounder was acceptable in his rookie season, hitting 21-of-25 attempts and a league-high 60 extra points, but has made just 16-of-29 attempts beyond 40 yards in his first two years. The competition is not on the roster yet, but the 49ers are likely waiting for the draft at this point to see i ...
