01 March 2026
The Texans opted not to bring back Johnson, whose contract expired after the 2025 season. The 37-year-old coach served as the Vikings’ assistant QB coach in 2022 before being hired by the Texans in 2023 to help with the development of C.J. Stroud. Johnson’s role with the Eagles has not yet been specified, but NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reports Johnson will “work alongside HC Nick Sirianni and new OC Sean Mannion.”01 March 2026
This story comes from ESPN’s Rich Cimini, who also pointed out that Mougey said, “I don’t think (a trade up is) happening.” Much like the Raiders, who currently hold the No. 1 overall pick, the Jets are in QB purgatory. While the Raiders hope Fernando Mendoza will end their years-long struggle at the position, the Jets chances to do the same look bleak at the moment. Justin Fields remains under contract, but the team is likely to move on from him at some point this offseason after a disa ...01 March 2026
Montgomery took to his X account to quote a report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that he wanted out of Detroit. The veteran running back wrote in his post, “Damn, Dmo told you that?” Suggesting reports of his desire to leave the Motor City are untrue. It’s not the first time we’ve seen players refute a report like this, and it won’t be the last. It’s also not uncommon to learn later down the road that these reports were true even if they didn’t come from the player himself. Either wa ...01 March 2026
There doesn’t appear to be an obvious connection here, but we know the Dolphins are likely to move on from Tagovailoa in the coming weeks, and there’s a good chance the Falcons will be in the quarterback market. Michael Penix is still recovering from a torn ACL he suffered last season, and Kirk Cousins is set to be released. Even if Tagovailoa isn’t brought in as a long-term option, he could at least serve as a stand-in while Penix continues to recover, and perhaps earn the starting job wi ...
01 March 2026
Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio reported earlier that no team has reached out to the Saints, who still hold the rights to Carr, regarding a trade to acquire the 34-year-old QB. With that in mind, it’s also worth remembering that this is not the first time the Vikings have been connected to Carr. Back in early February, Carr’s brother suggested he could be open to play for a team whose colors are “purple and gold.” The belief around the league is that Carr will unretire to play for some ...01 March 2026
Wilson was a sixth-round pick back in 2019 and has spent his entire career with the Cowboys. The veteran has started in 75 of the 98 games he has appeared in, and has played in 15 or more games each of the last four seasons. Wilson totaled 71 tackles, five pass breakups, and two interceptions last season. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent next month and free to sign with any team that may be interested.01 March 2026
“I would bet that we will spend more money in free agency than we have,” Jones said. It’s hard to tell if this is bluster because almost all of Jones’ public statements contain some level of bluster at this point, but it would make sense for this to be a splurge year for the Cowboys off a disappointing 7-9-1 season and with a defense that badly needs an influx of talent.01 March 2026
The Vikings have a lot of cap space to create and this was always the likely move based on that calculus. Jones probably won’t attract much interest on the trade market as he enters his age-32 season and has started to leave a concerning number of games with injuries, in addition to being placed on IR for a short stint early in the 2025 season. He’d likely only have head-of-committee ceiling heading into the 2026 offseason. Schefter added that the same trade-or-release ultimatum exists for D ...01 March 2026
Taylor writes that the Chiefs led the league in run-pass option plays last year and the results were poor. New OC Eric Bieniemy just spent time in Chicago with one of the most varied run attacks in the game and is expected to “revamp” the Chiefs run blocking scheme. Getting away from the RPO game would give Kansas City’s linemen more space to operate in and let them potentially push open bigger holes without the fear of a penalty for illegal man downfield.01 March 2026
New Jets DC Brian Duker coached Fitzpatrick last year in Miami, and Fitzpatrick is apparently imminently available. The Jets realistically aren’t a Minkah Fitzpatrick away from contention, but they may be a Minkah Fitzpatrick away from playing poorly enough to get Aaron Glenn fired. From that perspective, this could make some sense.01 March 2026
You rarely see a quarterback talked about in public the way McCarthy has been this offseason — we can’t remember the last time it was leaked that a coaching staff didn’t trust a quarterback to take throws over the middle of the field. So it does make some sense that the Vikings could cut ties with McCarthy. A source told Pauline that “the team is really down” on McCarthy and is ready to move on from him. We’re not sure who would be in the market for him (Harbaugh reunion in Los Angel ...01 March 2026
“I think the price is too high. I’m not sure they really want to move him at this point. But that could change,” one NFC executive told Fowler. While Crosby is undoubtedly a superstar, he’s entering his age-29 season. Parsons was entering his age-26 season when he was dealt, and that made a huge difference in the return. We still wouldn’t be shocked if Crosby was eventually moved, but the idea of a Parsons-like haul always felt like wishful thinking.01 March 2026
It all finally clicked for Chaisson with the Patriots, where he posted a career high 7.5 sacks and 18 quarterback hits last year. It sounds like at that price range, other teams around the league view Chaisson as a starter at this point. Entering his age-27 season, it’s likely a team will get prime years from Chaisson in free agency.01 March 2026
01 March 2026
Achane, along with C Aaron Brewer and LB Jordyn Brooks are “core players” in Miami’s view along with the already-extended Jaylen Waddle. Achane has seen some trade buzz this offseason, but there’s not really a compelling reason for Miami to move off him without a big haul considering he’s just 24 years old.01 March 2026
It’s part of the reason why the Panthers are willing to let Rico Dowdle leave in free agency. With Chuba Hubbard as the main back, Brooks would likely not be a major part of the offense even if he got to camp healthy after losing most of his NFL career to date to ACL tears. Still, he’s going to be just 23 this offseason, it’s hard to completely give up hope on him. He’ll battle Trevor Etienne for the main backup role if the Panthers don’t bring in anyone else.01 March 2026
Flowers is entering the final year of his rookie deal off a 86/1,211/5 receiving line, career highs in each area and especially impressive considering how often Lamar Jackson was playing hurt, as well as several games of backup quarterback play. This would seem to be a no-brainer to us on the surface. Flowers feels like the focal point of Baltimore’s passing game heading into the 2026 season.01 March 2026
Normally the “permission to seek trade” line leads to a release — Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs reported that he expected a release in his Friday column — but Edmunds appears to have a real market. Perhaps the Bears could manage a late-round swap out of this. The Titans and Raiders certainly make plenty of space as they have to use their cap space somehow.01 March 2026
Montgomery “wants out” per Fowler, and Fowler connects him to the Seahawks if Seattle fails to re-sign Kenneth Walker. There’s an argument to be made that Montgomery would be an easy second place to Walker in the free agent rankings if he were actually a free agent. His workload has been kept low by years of splitting snaps with Jahmyr Gibbs, and he’s still in his late prime entering his age-29 season. The buzz continues to point towards Montgomery being moved.01 March 2026
He names Jenkins and Denver G Ben Powers as another lineman with a large cap hit and potential value. Jenkins finished last year on IR with a fractured leg, but has made two Pro Bowls and is a reasonable fallback plan. We’d be surprised if the Packers or Broncos recouped a lot of draft capital for these players given their ages and cap hits, but stranger things have happened.
