- Shortly after the Jaguars traded receiver Christian Kirk to the Texans and letting wideouts Josh Reynolds and Devin Duvernay go, the team is reportedly releasing tight end Evan Engram.
- Releasing Engram will save Jacksonville $5.98 million in salary cap space, according to ESPN’s Michael DiRocco.
- Engram, 30, was limited to nine games last season due to hamstring and shoulder injuries. He caught 47 passes (on 64 targets) for 365 yards and one touchdown. The 2024-25 campaign was his third with the Jaguars after playing his first five NFL seasons with the Giants.
- Additionally, the Jaguars released cornerback Ronald Darby on Thursday. Jacksonville now has $60 million in salary cap space, according to Spotrac.
- The Commanders are bringing back leading tackler Bobby Wagner on a one-year contract, according to several reports. The deal could be worth up to $9.5 million with $8 million guaranteed, reports NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
- Wagner, 34, led Washington with 132 tackles last season, a performance that earned him second-team All-Pro honors and his 10th Pro Bowl selection. The Commanders had the fourth-ranked defense in the NFC, allowing an average of 327.9 yards per game.
The #Commanders are re-signing standout LB Bobby Wagner, as the leader and playmaker is back with Washington, per me and @MikeGarafolo.
A key piece, Wagner and the team agreed on a strong 1-year deal worth up to $9.5M with $8M guaranteed. Wagner represented himself on the deal. pic.twitter.com/Z3fT4ZeCZf
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 6, 2025
- The 2024-25 season was Wagner’s first with the Commanders after 11 with the Seahawks (who drafted him in the second round in 2012) and one with the Rams. He’s averaged 155 tackles during his 13-year NFL career with 2.9 sacks and eight tackles for loss.
- A day after reports that the Jaguars planned to release Christian Kirk, they end up striking a deal to trade him to Houston for a reported 2026 7th-round draft pick.
- DeVito, 26, has played 12 games in two seasons with the New York Giants. He has 1,358 passing yards, eight touchdowns and three interceptions in his NFL career.
I’m told Tommy DeVito will sign his exclusive rights free agent (ERFA) tender at some point this weekend, per sources.
So the Giants will officially have one quarterback on their roster as Joe Schoen has suggested when the NFL negotiating period of free agency begins Monday.
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) March 6, 2025
- Hendrickson led the NFL with 17.5 sacks in 2024 and he’s entering the final year of his contract.
- He’s a potentially huge trade chip for Cincinnati.
The Bengals have taken the rare step of granting All-Pro DE Trey Hendrickson permission to seek a trade. “It’s been an honor and privilege to represent Cincinnati over the last four years,” said Hendrickson, the NFL’s sack leader. “I love this city and organization. I appreciate… pic.twitter.com/7P7Hbe2Y9e
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 6, 2025
- Hargrave, 32, has played nine NFL seasons with the Steelers, Eagles and 49ers. He has 380 career tackles and 45.5 sacks.
- He played only three games during the 2024 season after suffering a partially torn right triceps, which required season-ending surgery.
49ers have informed defensive tackle Javon Hargrave that he will be released on the first day of the league year next week, per source. Hargrave will be a free agent. pic.twitter.com/7d3LFBTrhq
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 6, 2025
- Atwell played in all 17 games last season, recording 42 catches for 562 yards..
Rams and wide receiver Tutu Atwell reached agreement on a one-year, $10 million fully-guaranteed contract. The was negotiated by Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey. pic.twitter.com/KW6q3ZQS4e
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 6, 2025
- Morse, 32, was a second-round pick in 2015 by the Kansas City Chiefs. He moved to the Buffalo Bills in 2023 and played his final season with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played 143 career NFL games and was a Pro Bowler in 2022.
- The Cleveland Browns were nearly $22 million over the salary cap before this move.
- Watson has two years left on his five-year, $230 million contract signed in 2022. He is owed $46 million in 2025 and 2026.
The Browns have restructured the contract of QB Deshaun Watson, creating nearly $36M in 2025 cap space.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 6, 2025
- The Seahawks appear to be setting a high bar for what they want in return for DK Metcalf.
- The 27-year-old receiver requested a trade from the team on Wednesday and according to The Athletic, the Seahawks want a first and third-round pick in return.
The Seahawks are seeking a first- and third-round pick for WR DK Metcalf, per sources. Metcalf is also eyeing a new contract worth around $30M per year.
Multiple teams have inquired. pic.twitter.com/JX93XAvb52
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) March 6, 2025
- Will a team actually meet that asking price? You can at least understand why the Seahawks are asking for a first-round pick. In 2022, the Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins for the No. 29 pick in the draft along with a second-round pick, a fourth-round pick and two 2023 picks. The Dolphins then made Hill the highest-paid receiver in the NFL at the time with a contract extension.
- A week before Hill was traded, the Raiders traded a first-round pick and a second-round pick to the Packers for Davante Adams.
- Like Hill, Metcalf will get a contract extension from a team that trades for him. He’s in the last year of his current deal with a cap number over $30 million. That number would very likely go down for the 2025 season with an extension.
- Joey Bosa’s time with the Los Angeles Chargers is officially over. The team opted to release the star pass rusher on Wednesday night. He had been with them since the team selected him with the No. 3 overall pick in 2016, when they were still located in San Diego.
- Bosa had 22 total tackles and five sacks last season. The move will free up more than $25 million in cap space.
- For more on the Chargers’ split with Joey Bosa, click here.
Per source, Dolphins LB Bradley Chubb has agreed to a restructured contract.
After signing a 5-year $110M extension in 2022, he was owed a $19.45M base salary this year and represented a $28.6 million cap hit in 2025. Now, Miami gets some breathing room before free agency opens
— Marcel Louis-Jacques (@Marcel_LJ) March 5, 2025
- Joel Bitonio is returning to play for the Browns. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)
- The Cleveland Browns got some welcome good news on Wednesday.
- Joel Bitonio is coming back. The five-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowl guard is returning to Cleveland for his 12th NFL season. The Browns announced Bitonio’s decision.
- Bitonio was unclear at the conclusion of last season if he would return in 2025.
“I really want to decompress and feel it out and give myself a chance to rest the mind and the body and see where we’re at,” Bitonio said on Jan. 5, per the Browns. “The burden of playing in this league is tough. As an offensive lineman, you have to be fully committed. You’re playing 55 to 85 snaps every game. I think I got close to almost 1,200 snaps this year on offense. And that’s a big commitment.”
- Bitonio, 33, has played his entire career in Cleveland and has made the Pro Bowl after each of the past seven seasons. He’ll play next season on the last year of a three-year, $48 million contract.
- Could the trade of Joe Thuney lead to the Chiefs adding a marquee left tackle?
- According to the Athletic, Kansas City is preparing to make a run at signing Baltimore Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley when free agency opens. The Chiefs cleared $16 million in cap space earlier Wednesday when they agreed to trade Thuney to the Chicago Bears for a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
New story. Joe Thuney did everything the Chiefs asked of him — & more.What’s next for the Chiefs?
They plan to sign Trey Smith to an extension & acquire a new left tackle, targeting Ronnie Stanley.https://t.co/1cKzfqMDbu
— Nate Taylor (@ByNateTaylor) March 5, 2025
- An All-Pro guard, Thuney played left tackle for the Chiefs in the final weeks of the regular season and throughout the playoffs as the Chiefs struggled to find suitable play on the outside. The team signed former Arizona Cardinals LT D.J. Humphries late in the season, but Humphries strained a hamstring during his first game with the team and didn’t start during the postseason.
- Stanley, who turns 31 on March 18 and is one of the top free agents set to hit the open market, played in all 19 of the Ravens’ regular season and playoff games this year and made his second Pro Bowl. It was the first time Stanley had played a full regular season in his entire career after playing seven regular-season games combined in 2020 and 2021 after he was a first-team All-Pro selection in 2019.
- Baun had a breakout season in his first year with the Philadelphia Eagles. The 28-year-old Wisconsin product recorded 150 total tackles, 11 for loss and 3.5 sacks during the 2024 season.
- Read more here.
Breaking: Eagles are re-signing All-Pro LB Zack Baun to a three-year, $51 million contract, including $34 million guaranteed at signing and additional $1.5 million in incentives and escalators, per sources. The contract instantly makes Baun one of the highest-paid LBs in the NFL. pic.twitter.com/n7zkzIgwcD
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 5, 2025
The Cowboys have restructured Dak Prescott’s contract, opening up $36.6 million in cap space, per source. That’s $56.6 million created in the last two days with the CeeDee Lamb move, too.
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) March 5, 2025
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- Christian Kirk spent the past three seasons in Jacksonville. He played eight games in 2024, making 27 catches for 379 yards and one touchdown.
- He was set to make $15.5 million in 2025 with no guaranteed money left on his deal. The Jaguars will end up saving $10.37 million with Kirk’s release and will eat $13.65 million in dead money, per Over The Cap.
- JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 27: Christian Kirk #13 of the Jacksonville Jaguars celebrates a first down catch against the Green Bay Packers during the game at EverBank Field on October 27, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
- The Las Vegas Raiders announced on Wednesday that they have signed Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby to a multi-year extension.
- Per ESPN, the extension is for three years and $106.5 million with $91.5 in guaranteed money, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history in terms of annual salary ($35.5 million). Minnesota Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson was previously the highest-paid non-quarterback with a four-year, $140 million contract that pays him $35 million per year.
- Read more here.
- KANSAS CITY, MO – NOVEMBER 29: Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) warms up prior to the game against the Kansas City Chiefs on November 29th, 2024 at GEHA Field Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
- Lockett was due $17 million in salary this season, which included a $5.3 million roster bonus that was to be paid out on March 16. His salary cap hit was set to be $30 million for 2025 and the Seahawks were reportedly nearly $6 million over the cap ceiling ahead of the free agent market opening next week.
- Read more here.
- GLENDALE, ARIZONA – DECEMBER 8: Tyler Lockett #16 of the Seattle Seahawks during warm ups before a game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on December 8, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Mike Christy/Getty Images)
- Longtime kicker Mason Crosby has announced his retirement, the Green Bay Packers announced.
- Crosby spent 16 of his 17 NFL seasons in Green Bay after being a 2007 sixth-round pick out of Colorado. He played the most total games and most consecutive games in franchise history (258) and was part of their Super Bowl XLV winning team. He is also the Packers’ leader in career points (1,918), field goals (395), 50-yard field goals (43) and extra points (733).
- Only two players in NFL history have played 250-plus regular-season games and scored 1,900-plus points with a single team: Crosby and Detroit Lions kicker Jason Hanson.
- Crosby last played in 2023 when he appeared in three games with the New York Giants.
- GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – JANUARY 01: Mason Crosby #2 of the Green Bay Packers leaves the field after the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on January 01, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
