Eagles To Re-Sign TE Dallas Goedert
5:31pm: According to ESPN’s Tim McManus, Goedert’s new one-year deal in Philly will be for $7MM. McManus adds that at least $4.25MM of that figure will be guaranteed as he receives that amount as a signing bonus.
3:05pm: Efforts between Dallas Goedert and the Eagles to work out a new arrangement have proven successful. Team and player are in agreement on a one-year deal, as first reported by Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. 
The Eagles pushed back Goedert’s void date multiple times recently to keep buying time for negotiations. Monday afternoon represented the latest deadline on that front. With time to spare, a one-year contract agreement has now been reached.
Instead of reaching free agency for the first time in his career, Goedert will play a ninth season for the Eagles. GM Howie Roseman said at the Combine his desire was to finalize a re-signing in this case. With that having been accomplished, Philadelphia will avoid taking on $20.49MM in dead money for 2026.
Goedert has yet to play a full season in his career, but in 2025 he managed 15 appearances. During that time, the 31-year-old set a new personal mark with 60 catches and 11 touchdowns. A notable offensive role will no doubt await him once again with this new pact in hand. Goedert agreed to a pay cut last year, one in which he received $10MM. It will be interesting to see how this pact shakes out from a financial standpoint.
Garafolo notes Goedert had an outside market, which comes as no surprise given his strong 2025 showing. The former second-rounder would have represented a notable addition for any number of teams, but he will still be counted on as a key pass-catching presence for the Eagles at least one more time. Philadelphia will have a new offensive coordinator (Kellen Mond) for 2026 although plenty of stability on the roster is currently in place.
Of course, any potential A.J. Brown trade could change that. The Eagles’ situation with respect to Brown has not changed based on this Goedert news, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. A swap ending Brown’s Philadelphia tenure prior to June 1 would lead to major cap implications for the team, so Roseman could remain patient since the opening wave of free agency is in the books. Nevertheless, a trade involving the All-Pro wideout is viewed as inevitable at some point.
A Brown trade could elevate Goedert’s target share for 2026. Even if that does not prove to be the case, though, the latter should reprise his role as a productive secondary option in the passing game. The Eagles have already retained Grant Calcaterra while adding fellow tight end Johnny Mundt. Those two will offer depth next season, but Goedert will be counted on to lead the way at that position.
Jaguars GM James Gladstone Addresses Brian Thomas Jr. Trade Speculation
As the opening days of the new league year unfolded, Brian Thomas Jr.‘s name was once again mentioned in trade speculation. Follow-up reporting stated the Jaguars do not intend to deal the third-year wideout, something general manager James Gladstone has since confirmed. 
Gladstone described rumors about a Thomas trade as “fraudulent”, adding, (via NFL.com) “there hasn’t been a ton of dialogue around that front as teams check in simply because it seems like — I know the word reputable came up earlier — I don’t think there’s been any reputable statement. We don’t have any real action on any of those fronts.”
Gladstone confirmed no offers have been made at this point. Indeed, NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe reports (video link) a recent call made by an AFC team “went nowhere” with respect to trade talks. Thomas was the subject of interest leading up to the 2025 trade deadline, but no deal was made. His rookie contract runs through 2027 with a fifth-year option covering 2028 needing to be made next spring.
Thomas enjoyed a stellar rookie campaign, racking up 1,282 yards and 10 touchdowns. The Jaguars were successful overall during the first year with Gladstone and head coach Liam Coen in place, but Thomas himself saw his production (albeit not his efficiency with a 14.7 yards per catch average) suffer a drop. Upon returning to full health, Travis Hunter is on track to be used primarily as a cornerback. That will leave Thomas, Jakobi Meyers – who landed a three-year, $60MM deal after a strong post-trade showing in Jacksonville – and Parker Washington atop the full-time WR depth chart.
The Jags ranked 12th in the NFL in passing in 2025, leaving plenty of room for improvement moving forward. The team’s efforts to build off a 13-4 campaign could include a heavy reliance on Thomas, 23, next season. As the offseason market continues to take shape, the possibility of other offers in this case will of course remain. Based on the latest Thomas updates, though, a swap would come as a surprise.
Rams Considered Trading Davante Adams
The Rams have been one of two teams showing considerable interest in A.J. Brown this offseason. Had Los Angeles managed to swing a deal for the Eagles All-Pro, another wideout trade likely would have taken place. 
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reports that during discussions about a Brown acquisition, the Rams were “pursuing the possibility” of a Davante Adams swap. Dealing Adams to another team would have helped make a Brown trade more feasible from a financial standpoint, similar to how the Colts’ decision to deal away Michael Pittman Jr. eased the cap implications for Alec Pierce‘s new contract. Nevertheless, Adams remains on course for a second Los Angeles campaign.
As detailed in Sam Robinson’s Rams Offseason Outlook, Adams is due a $6MM roster bonus today. Any trade in his case obviously would have been more attractive for the team prior to that payment being made. The 33-year-old is also owed a base salary of $18MM in 2026. That represents the final year of his contract. A trade would create $20MM in cap savings against $8MM in dead money, but head coach Sean McVay said last month he expected Adams to be retained for next season.
Added in free agency last spring as a Cooper Kupp replacement, the six-time Pro Bowler proved to be an effective signing for the Rams. Adams caught a league-leading 14 touchdown passes in 2025 and played a key role in helping Los Angeles reach the NFC title game. Expectations will be high in his case provided no trade winds up being worked out later in the offseason.
The Rams have Puka Nacua eligible for an extension, one which will presumably move him near the top of the receiver market. A new deal in that case, not to mention the latest adjustment to quarterback Matthew Stafford‘s pact, will add to the team’s costs on offense. Adams is set to carry a cap charge of $28MM in 2026. Especially if no Brown acquisition is made, though, keeping him could be worthwhile.
Los Angeles sent a package including the No. 29 pick in April’s draft to Kansas City for cornerback Trent McDuffie. The Rams still have a first-rounder (No. 13), but no team has been willing to meet Philadelphia’s asking price (a Day 1 selection and more) for Brown yet. With a key checkpoint on Adams’ pact now having been reached, he is increasingly likely to remain in place regardless of what happens on the Brown front.
NFL Contract Restructures: Bronocos, Bosa, Burns, Granderson, Tranquil
Teams around the NFL have been engaging in their usual financial gymnastics to create enough cap space to sign new players – or for some – simply retain the ones already under contract.
The Broncos restructured Quinn Meinerz‘s deal earlier in the week to ensure they were compliant with the 2026 salary cap by the start of the new league year on Wednesday. But with more than a dozen signings – including multi-year pacts with Alex Singleton, J.K. Dobbins, and Adam Trautman, plus a second-round restricted free agent tag signed by Ja’Quan McMillian – Denver needed to free up more cap space.
To do so, they completed a restructure of outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper‘s contract, per Luca Evans of the Denver Post. His salary was reduced to the veteran minimum with $10.2MM converted into a signing bonus that was prorated across the remaining five years of the contract, which includes two added void years. Cooper’s 2026 cap hit dropped by $8.2MM to $5.78MM as a result, with $17.55MM cap hits now scheduled for 2027 and 2028, per OverTheCap.
The Broncos also altered the contract of guard Ben Powers. He was set to earn a $500k roster bonus on Sunday, but that has instead been moved into his base salary for the season, according to Chris Tomasson of the Denver Gazette.
Powers was viewed as a potential cap casualty entering the final year of his deal, but the team affirmed their commitment to him before free agency. However, this move – pushing a financial obligation months into the future – indicates that Denver may still be open to moving on the seven-year veteran after re-signing Alex Palczewski at the beginning of the month.
Here are some other recent restructures from around the NFL:
- The 49ers restructured defensive end Nick Bosa‘s contract to clear $17.7MM in salary cap space, per Jason Fitzgerald of OverTheCap. Like Cooper, his salary was reduced to the veteran minimum by converting $21.465MM to a signing bonus and prorating it across the four remaining years of the contract plus one new void year. His cap hits in each of those seasons has risen by $4.293MM as a result.
- The Giants also restructured a starting edge rusher, like the Broncos with Cooper and the 49ers with Burns, though they did not add any void years to his deal to maximize the cap savings from the move. $22.75MM of Brian Burns‘ 2026 salary was converted to a signing bonus and prorated across the remaining three years of the contract. The move yields $15.16MM in cap savings this year, though ESPN’s Jordan Raanan notes that the money is for “operating funds” – such as contracts for the upcoming draft class – as opposed to another major free agency signing. Burns will now have cap hits of just over $44MM in 2027 and 2028, which will likely cause the Giants to explore another extension next offseason to reduce those obligations.
- Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill accepted a pay cut in the last year of his contract, per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. He was previously due a non-guaranteed salary of $6MM; now, he will make $3.5MM with $3MM of his guaranteed. The deal ensures Tranquill will remain in Kansas City in 2026, his fourth season with the team.
- The Saints already began their annual tradition of restructuring most of their top contracts to become cap-compliant before the start of the new league year, and they added another to the ledger this week with an edge rusher of their own. Carl Granderson‘s $2MM roster bonus and $9.45MM of his 2026 salary was converted into a signing bonus and prorated across the remaining four years of the contract, per Fitzgerald. Interestingly, the Saints, who have been one of the NFL’s most aggressive teams in terms of using void years, did not add another void year to Granderson’s deal (which already contained two) to maximize their cap savings, according to ESPN’s Katherine Terrell. As a result, his 2026 cap hit was reduced by $8.59MM, creating a $20.924MM cap hit in 2027.
Bengals Pursued John Franklin-Myers, Osa Odighizuka Before Jonathan Allen Signing
The Bengals have not had a game-changing defensive tackle since Geno Atkins‘ retirement in 2020, a problem they set out to solve this offseason. That made them willing to give Jonathan Allen a two-year, $26MM contract despite his lack of high-end production in the the last two seasons.
The level of interest Allen received from other teams is unknown, but it is worth noting that he was still owed $8MM in guaranteed salary from his last deal in Minnesota. That would have allowed another club to sign him for a veteran minimum contract with the Vikings still paying out those guarantees this year, but Cincinnati came in with a much bigger offer.
Their determination to land the two-time Pro Bowler came after failed pursuits of John Franklin-Myers and Osa Odighizuwa, per Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic, with the former signing in Tennessee and the latter heading from Dallas to San Francisco for the Cowboys’ third-round pick.
The Titans’ offer to Franklin-Myers of a three-year, $63MM (and a reunion with Robert Saleh) was hard to beat, especially given a strong guarantee structure, the likes of which the Bengals have historically been hesitant to match.
Instead, Cincinnati pivoted to Odighizuwa, who has been a consistent but not dominant interior disruptor in his career. His deal had three years and $57.75MM remaining (with no guarantees), making him a cheaper proposition than Franklin-Myers who could easily be moved again if the acquisition did not pan out. But it would also require a draft pick to get him – as it turned out, a third-rounder – and the Bengals were not willing to outbid the 49ers for Odighizuwa’s services. San Francisco offered a third-round pick (No. 92 overall) to Dallas, an offer that Cincinnati could have easily bested with their own third-rounder at No. 72 overall.
The Bengals declined to do so and swooped in to sign Allen shortly after he was released by the Vikings at the start of the new league year. Dehner notes that Cincinnati did not look into Javon Hargrave, who left Minnesota at the same time, instead focusing in on Allen as the solution to their lack of interior disruption in the defensive trenches.
Derek Carr Still Not Drawing Interest
After taking a year off from football, Saints quarterback Derek Carr has expressed interest in returning to the NFL next season. The problem for Carr is that teams have not shown much desire to coax him out of retirement. Five days into the new league year, the Saints have not received any inquiries about Carr’s availability, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reports.
While New Orleans still holds Carr’s rights, resuming his career there is not on the table. The Saints found a new starter in 2025 second-round pick Tyler Shough, who had an encouraging rookie year. Prying Carr from the Saints may only cost a late-round pick, but job openings have dwindled this week.
The Cardinals (Gardner Minshew), Dolphins (Malik Willis), Falcons (Tua Tagovailoa), Jets (Geno Smith) and Vikings (Kyler Murray) have all added potential new No. 1 signal-callers. Carr has said he wants to play for a team with a chance to contend, which could have ruled out the Cardinals, Dolphins and Jets even if they had interest in the soon-to-be 35-year-old.
Looking around the rest of the league, Las Vegas and Pittsburgh are probably the last teams that do not have their starting passers under contract. The Raiders will address that when they draft Indiana Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza No. 1 overall next month. The inevitable Mendoza addition will officially rule out a reunion with Carr, a four-time Pro Bowler with the Raiders from 2014-22.
Meanwhile, the Steelers are continuing to wait for Aaron Rodgers to decide whether he wants to play a 22nd season in 2026. If Rodgers retires, the Steelers may be Carr’s best bet. After going 10-7 and winning the AFC North last year, the Steelers will aim to contend again next season. However, it is unknown if general manager Omar Khan and new head coach Mike McCarthy would even given serious thought to a Carr trade. They may have their sights set on Kirk Cousins as a fallback plan.
Carr might not find a taker in the next few months, but interest could arise if a team loses a starting QB to an injury between training camp and the trade deadline. At least two clubs considered Carr during the season last year, though he was less open to returning at that point.
The Bengals, then dealing with an injury to Joe Burrow, called the Saints about Carr in October. Two months later, the Colts contacted Carr in the wake of Daniel Jones‘ early December Achilles tear. The Nov. 4 trade deadline had passed by then, meaning Indianapolis could not have landed Carr unless New Orleans cut him and nobody ahead of the Colts made a waiver claim. There would be fewer hoops to jump through in acquiring Carr now, but another NFL opportunity does not appear imminent.
Cardinals To Sign WR Devin Duvernay
The Cardinals released quarterback Kyler Murray earlier this week, but now they are signing one of his relatives. The team has agreed to a one-year, $2.5MM deal with wide receiver/returner Devin Duvernay, per veteran insider Jordan Schultz. Murray and Duvernay are first cousins.
A third-round pick in 2020, Duvernay is already joining his fourth team. The former Texas Longhorn spent 2020-23 with the Ravens before one-year stints with the Jaguars and Bears. Duvernay went to two Pro Bowls and earned a first-team All-Pro selection for his work as a return man in Baltimore. The 28-year-old has averaged a strong 11.8 yards per punt return and taken back two kickoffs for touchdowns across six seasons in the NFL.
While Duvernay has impressed on special teams, his offensive impact has dropped off in recent years. He opened his career with three straight seasons of at least 20 catches, including a career-high 37 in 2022. Duvernay also logged personal bests in targets (49), yards (407) and receiving touchdowns (three) that year. Since then, though, Duvernay has combined for just 17 catches and 123 yards over three seasons and 43 games. He caught two passes for 26 yards with the Bears in 2025, his first 17-game campaign.
During his only season in Chicago, Duvernay ranked fifth in the league in kickoff returns (40) and yards (1,069). He also averaged 11.0 yards on 21 punt returns. Duvernay may end up as the top return option in Arizona, where he could replace Greg Dortch. Although Dortch was the Cardinals’ leading returner in 2025, the team has not re-signed the unrestricted free agent.
Cardinals To Host LB Jack Gibbens
The Patriots declined to tender restricted free agent linebacker Jack Gibbens a contract earlier this week, sending him to the open market for the second straight offseason. Gibbens’ next stop could be Arizona, which will host the four-year veteran during the upcoming week, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports.
Although Gibbens primarily worked as a starter with the Titans from 2022-24, they passed on tendering him last March. The former UDFA from Minnesota then reunited in New England with Mike Vrabel, Gibbens’ coach in Tennessee during his first two seasons.
The low-cost Gibbens pickup proved worthwhile for the Patriots, who added a solid contributor in multiple phases. Playing the first 17-game regular season of his career, Gibbens amassed 772 snaps (491 on defense, 281 on special teams) and recorded 81 tackles, eight TFL, four passes defensed, a sack and a forced fumble.
As an eight-game starter for the AFC champions, Gibbens ranked a respectable 41st among Pro Football Focus’ 88 qualified linebackers. PFF has typically given Gibbens favorable marks. The site placed him 30th among 82 qualifiers during a 13-start 2023. Gibbens then received a top-10 grade among inside linebackers in 2024, though an ankle injury limited him to 10 games.
Arizona opened up a spot at linebacker when it released Akeem Davis-Gaither before free agency began. The Cardinals relied heavily on Davis-Gaither during a 17-game, 13-start 2025, but they have not addressed the area since his exit. Gibbens would give the Cardinals another option to join Mack Wilson and 2025 fourth-rounder Cody Simon.
Ravens Still Hoping For Lamar Jackson Extension
The Ravens made it clear their goal was to extend quarterback Lamar Jackson before the start of the new league year, and when that didn’t happen, they were forced to restructure his contract in order to avoid a massive $74.5MM cap hit. General manager Eric DeCosta informed the media this week that, even though the team ran out of time to get an extension done, “they are still hopeful to reach an agreement,” per Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic. 
This was always going to be the battle in Baltimore after they reached their first extension agreement with Jackson on a five-year, $260MM deal in 2023. While still substantial, Jackson’s cap hits in the first three years of the new deal were more manageable at $22.15MM in 2023, $32.4MM in 2024, and $43.5MM last year. The cap hits were then scheduled to jump to $74.5MM in the final two years of the deal, forcing the Ravens front office to either come back to the table for a potential extension or allow a single player to represent nearly a quarter of their cap space.
The first time the two parties underwent extension discussions, things got fairly dicey. The two-time MVP represented himself, as he still does to this day, and after Baltimore placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on him, in an effort to let the open market determine his value with an intention to match, Jackson requested a trade, intimating that the team was not interested in meeting the value he had placed on himself. For most of two months, it seemed a resolution was out of reach and the situation was irreconcilable, until an extension was announced on the first day of the 2023 NFL Draft, showing that the Ravens would be making Jackson the highest-paid player in NFL history with the highest signing bonus ($72.5MM) in NFL history at that time.
The biggest sticking point that prevented an agreement from being reached for so long was Jackson’s desire for a fully guaranteed contract. Previously seen done reasonably by the Vikings in 2018 for Kirk Cousins on a three-year, $84MM deal, the Browns seemingly ruined the party for everyone in 2022, when they did the same for Deshaun Watson on a record-setting five-year, $230MM contract. Knowing now that NFL owners were found by an arbitrator to have colluded to reduce the locked in compensation on player contracts and avoid fully guaranteed deals, there’s belief that this played a hand in the rocky negotiations between Jackson and Baltimore.
It’s unclear if Jackson will be pursuing another fully guaranteed deal as negotiations continue, but there was a sense that the Bills laid out the groundwork for the Ravens to follow when they extended their own MVP quarterback, Josh Allen, in the last offseason. Allen’s deal reflected a lot of what the Ravens ended up doing with Jackson’s first extension, in terms of backloading the bulk of the cap burden in later years to encourage renegotiation. The difference was that Buffalo timed the extension when Allen still had multiple years remaining on his previous deal. Knowing that their MVP was making less per year than less-accomplished passers, the deal simply brought Allen up to top of the market in annual average value and kicked the can down the road for them to do the same thing again in a couple years to keep up with the inflating market.
When Jackson’s restructure was originally reported, we covered most of the details in regard to dollar amounts getting affected. Yesterday, though, KPRC’s Aaron Wilson disclosed some new details of the reworked agreement. Per Wilson, the restructure added another voidable year in 2030 as well as a no-trade clause, including an agreement not to use the franchise tag on Jackson following the 2027 NFL league year. One expects the Ravens have no plans of getting to that point as their intentions to secure an extended agreement persist with the rest of the offseason in front of them.
Falcons OLB James Pearce Jr. Now Faces Three Felony Charges
In the latest update to the legal situation surrounding Falcons rookie outside linebacker James Pearce Jr., ESPN’s Marc Raimondi and Michael Rothstein note that Pearce’s five pending felony arrest charges will be reduced to three. Pearce has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, fleeing and eluding police, and resisting an officer with violence to his or her person, while the arrest charge of felony aggravated stalking was reduced to a misdemeanor. 
The fifth original arrest charge of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer was dropped from his slate. According to Andy Slater of Fox Sports South Florida, the charge was dropped because prosecutors determined “there wasn’t enough evidence” on police body cam footage to charge Pearce with a felony that could carry a prison sentence of five years.
An arrest was made in February after an incident in which Pearce crashed his car while fleeing police. The episode stemmed from an alleged domestic dispute between Pearce and WNBA player Rickea Jackson. An NFL investigation was opened shortly thereafter, and it remains ongoing at this time.
As Raimondi and Rothstein detailed earlier this month, Pearce was the subject of at least seven 9-1-1- calls regarding Jackson and allegations of domestic disturbances prior to the incident which resulted in his arrest. Police records indicate numerous instances when Jackson reported feeling unsafe with respect to stalking and harassment on the part of Pearce in the months leading up to his arrest. A petition for a protective order was filed shortly after Pearce’s arrest, per the ESPN’s pair.
According to the court filing, Pearce “verbally and physically abused” Jackson on multiple occasions. It also states Pearce “threatened to kill, harm and injure” Jackson and “place a bag over her head.” The initial protection request was granted. A permanent injunction hearing is scheduled for April 21.
“Those are concerning, to say the least,” new Falcons general manager Ian Cunningham said of the allegations (via Raimondi) during his latest remarks on the Pearce situation. ” Outside of that, I’ll keep it similar to what we said at the Combine. We’re not going to comment on an ongoing investigation.”
After selecting Jalon Walker in the first round of the 2025 draft, the Falcons traded back into the Day 1 order to select Pearce. The 22-year-old was a Defensive Rookie of the Year finalist with 10.5 sacks as part of a substantial turnaround in terms of pass rush production for Atlanta. Pearce’s rookie contract runs through 2028.
Ely Allen contributed to this post.