Month: March 2025

Greg Van Roten is back. The Giants agreed to a one-year deal with Van Roten, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. Van Roten, 35, signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the team after training camp started in 2024. It reunited him with his offensive line coach in Las Vegas, Carmen Bricillo.

The Texans have a one-year agreement with veteran defensive end Casey Toohill, his agency announced Wednesday night. Toohill, 28, spent last season with the Bills. He played 14 games and totaled 20 tackles, a sack, a fumble recovery and a pass defensed. The Eagles made Toohill a seventh-round pick in

The Bengals are re-signing defensive end Cam Sample on a one-year deal, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Sample, 25, did not play last season after tearing an Achilles tendon in training camp. In 2023, he appeared in all 17 games with two starts and totaled 29 tackles and 1.5

The Titans are signing free agent defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones to a one-year, $10 million deal, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The Seahawks released Jones earlier this month after he played two seasons in Seattle. He signed a three-year, $51.53 million with the Seahawks in 2023 and had no guaranteed

Four years after the 49ers considered making him the third overall pick in the draft, quarterback Mac Jones has finally joined the 49ers. Via multiple reports, the former Patriots and Jaguars quarterback has agreed to terms with the 49ers. It’s a two-year, $7 million deal, with $5 million guaranteed. Jones

The Cardinals have agreed to terms with defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson, his agency announced Wednesday. He will sign a two-year, $29 million deal with $16 million guaranteed, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. The Browns designed Tomlinson as a post-June 1 release, with his departure saving the team $6.41 million

The Buccaneers are bringing back backup quarterback Kyle Trask. He agreed to a one-year, $2.787 million deal, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Michael Pratt is the only other quarterback under contract behind starter Baker Mayfield. Trask, 27, entered the NFL as a second-round pick of the Bucs in 2021.

Defensive end Cam Jordan announced on social media that he will return to the Saints for a 15th season. Matthew Paras of nola.com reports that he and the team reached agreement on a reworked contract. Terms are not yet disclosed. Jordan was scheduled to make $12.5 million in base salary

The arrest of Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy became the biggest story of the last weekend before free agency, until the district attorney announced Worthy won’t be charged at this time. The alleged victim has since sought and obtained a temporary protective order against Worthy. Via Cory Mose of KVUE in

The free-agency period entails a storm of reports regarding new contracts, with all of them painted in the light most favorable to the sources for those reports — the players’ agents. The truth inevitably follows. The challenge is to make time to get it and to scrutinize it. For new

Three years after winning the Super Bowl LVI MVP award, receiver Cooper Kupp is no longer a member of the Rams. The release, which became official on Wednesday, is no surprise. From the moment Kupp himself announced that the Rams were trying to trade him, it seemed like an impossibility.

The Cardinals are bringing back defensive lineman L.J. Collier on a one-year deal, the team announced Wednesday. Collier’s return follows Roy Lopez leaving for the Lions and Khyiris Tonga going to the Patriots. Collier, 29, has spent the past two seasons in Arizona. He set career highs in games played

Linebacker C.J. Mosley is a free agent. The Jets announced that the veteran has been released on Wednesday. He spent the last six years with the team. Mosley’s final Jets season was cut short by a neck injury that limited him to four games. He had 478 tackles, 3.5 sacks,

Veteran cornerback Jonathan Jones is leaving the Patriots to join the Commanders. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that Jones has agreed to a one-year deal with Washington after nine seasons in New England. Jones, 31, appeared in 132 games with 71 starts in his time with the Patriots. He totaled

The Jets agreed to terms with cornerback Isaiah Oliver, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Oliver, 28, signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the Jets a year ago and played all 17 games with seven starts. He totaled 57 tackles, one sack and three pass breakups. He began his

The Steelers could be using the possibility of re-signing Russell Wilson as leverage in their talks with Aaron Rodgers. Wilson will soon be complicating that effort. Wilson’s upcoming visits to the Browns and Giants raise the stakes for the Steelers. If Wilson signs elsewhere, the pendulum swings Rodgers’s way. And

The Vikings confirmed a number of previously reported agreements after the start of the new league year on Wednesday afternoon and they also announced one that had not leaked ahead of time. Defensive back Tavierre Thomas is joining the NFC North club. The Vikings did not announce the terms of

Quarterback Russell Wilson has not found a home for the 2025 season and he’s set to meet with a potential employer. According to multiple reports, Wilson will visit the Browns in Cleveland this week. The Browns agreed to trade for Kenny Pickett this week, but word was that the team

The Cowboys needed cornerback help with slot corner Jourdan Lewis signing with the Jaguars and outside corner Trevon Diggs’ 2025 season in doubt after left knee surgery Jan. 23. They got cornerback help Wednesday ahead of the official start of free agency. The Cowboys sent a 2025 fifth-round pick and

Marcus Mariota will be back with the Commanders in 2025. According to multiple reports, Mariota has agreed to a one-year deal with Washington to continue to backup quarterback Jayden Daniels. Mariota’s deal is reportedly worth $8 million. Mariota, 31, appeared in three games for Washington last season. He completed 34-of-44

A trade of wide receiver Cooper Kupp always seemed unlikely and the Rams have reportedly stopped looking for a team to take the veteran off their hands. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Rams have informed Kupp that he will be released on Wednesday. The new league year

The start of the UFL’s second season continues to draw closer, despite lingering labor unrest. There’s currently no Collective Bargaining Agreement, and the players are looking for more than the $55,000 base salary they received a year ago. Last week, three unnamed players said they were threatened with termination if

The Browns have a habit of attempting to solve problems by throwing money at them. Deshaun Watson doesn’t want to play for the team? Throw money at him. Myles Garret doesn’t want to stay with the team? Throw money at him. Via Cleveland.com, the Browns are dangling “up-front cash” as

49ers quarterback Brock Purdy earned the paltry (by NFL starter standards) sum of $985,000 in 2024. He has nearly doubled his money, thanks to the NFL’s performance-based pay system. Purdy will get a check for another $857,842, thanks to a program that rewards low-compensation players who put in a high-percentage

The Falcons are bringing back a player who is likely to contribute heavily on special teams. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports Atlanta has agreed to terms with cornerback Mike Ford on a two-year, $4 million contract. Ford, 29, spent the last two seasons with the Browns where he mainly played special