Eagles Push Back Dallas Goedert’s Void Date
MARCH 13: It certainly seems like the sides are still interested in working together. Goedert’s void date has now been pushed back to Monday, Berman tweets. Philly’s previous deadline of this afternoon will not be met, but the parties will presumably continue negotiating this weekend.
MARCH 12: The Eagles added two tight ends during the legal tampering period, re-signing Grant Calcaterra and adding Jaguars cap casualty Johnny Mundt. But Dallas Goedert is still on the team’s radar.
Philadelphia made the move to push back the void date on Goedert’s contract, with The Athletic’s Zack Berman indicating it has been moved to Friday. As Connor Byrne’s Eagles Offseason Outlook detailed, Goedert is set to count $20.49MM in dead money if not re-signed. The Eagles, however, now have a bit more time to work out a deal before that money hits their cap sheet.
Goedert’s deal was to void at midnight March 11, per the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane, who notes the veteran tight end — as a result of this move — is not yet a first-time free agent. Although the Eagles gave Goedert a pay cut after trade rumors swirled last year, the eight-year veteran wants to finish his career in Philly.
Howie Roseman said at the Combine the Eagles want to bring back Goedert, who turned 31 earlier this year. Though, Berman predicted earlier this offseason Goedert would depart. The all-around TE talent has battled various injuries during his time in Eastern Pennsylvania but has been one of the better players at the position. Last season showed Goedert still has plenty left in the tank, as his 11 touchdown receptions were the most by an Eagles tight end in a season.
The Eagles brought the South Dakota State alum back on a $4.25MM pay cut last year, but he still made $10MM. The Eagles had given Goedert a four-year, $57MM extension shortly after trading Zach Ertz to the Cardinals in 2021. Goedert has started in two Super Bowls and averaged more than 11 yards per catch in four seasons — most recently doing so in 2024 (11.8). He totaled a career-high 60 receptions for 591 yards in 2025.
The Buccaneers took Cade Otton off the market by re-signing him; that move came after the Falcons franchise-tagged Kyle Pitts. Travis Kelce is predictably returning to the Chiefs, after rumors of a possible defection emerged, while Chig Okonkwo (Commanders) and Isaiah Likely (Ravens) are off the market. Goedert and David Njoku represent probably the top options left. TE-needy teams are surely monitoring this situation, and it is possible Njoku’s market is affected by the Goedert delay as well.
With Mundt a blocking tight end and Calcaterra totaling 76 receiving yards in 15 games last season, the Eagles would carry a glaring TE need if they did not re-sign Goedert. While Philly is pursuing an edge rusher — being in talks with Jonathan Greenard after a Trey Hendrickson pursuit failed — the team looks to still have Goedert in its plans.
S Geno Stone To Join Bills
The Bills continue to reorganize their safety room. After signing C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Buffalo is bringing in Geno Stone.
Playing out his Bengals contract, Stone is joining the Bills on a one-year deal (via NFL insider’s Jordan Schultz).
More to come.
Falcons Sign QB Tua Tagovailoa
MARCH 13: Like Russell Wilson in 2024 and Kyler Murray on Thursday, Tagovailoa agreed to a veteran-minimum contract following a high-profile release. The former Dolphins starter, who will compete with Penix for the Falcons’ QB1 gig, will do so for barely $1MM, CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones confirms. This will cut into Miami’s historic dead money bill, but not by much.
Exercising Tagovailoa’s 2026 option bonus before his release (per the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson), the Dolphins will be tied to a $55.4MM dead money hit this year. That breaks Wilson’s single-season record ($53MM). Tagovailoa will count $43.8MM against Miami’s 2027 cap.
MARCH 9: The Dolphins are planning to release Tua Tagovailoa, and just a few hours later, he has found a new team. The 28-year-old quarterback will be moving one state north to join the Falcons, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
As expected, Tagovailoa will receive a one-year, veteran-minimum deal in Atlanta, per CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones, as Miami is still paying him $54MM this season. He will join fellow lefty Michael Penix Jr. in a Falcons quarterback room that will likely soon lose Kirk Cousins.
In fact, Tagovailoa projects as the team’s bridge starter as Penix works his way back from knee surgery, filling a role that could have kept Cousins in Atlanta. Instead, the veteran should now get the opportunity to pick a new team that he did not receive last offseason.
Considering Tagovailoa’s drastic fall since his 2023 Pro Bowl nod, Atlanta is a fine landing spot for the former first-round pick. The Falcons have been non-committal on Penix’s status as their franchise QB, and his injury will give Tagovailoa an opportunity to rebuild his stock surrounded by a strong supporting cast.
The Falcons have a solid offensive line and exciting young skill position players like Drake London, Bijan Robinson, and Kyle Pitts. But Tagovailoa’s struggles over the past two seasons will still give him an uphill battle in convincing Atlanta’s new leadership that he, not Penix, is the quarterback to steward the team’s offense into the future.
Finding no trade takers, the Dolphins will designate Tagovailoa as a post-June 1 cut Wednesday. That comes as little surprise, as it will allow Miami to spread out the record-breaking $99.2MM dead money charge in this case over two years. Thanks to Tagovailoa’s guarantees on his contract, he could account for $67MM a dead cap charges in 2026 as the Dolphins move forward with their full-scale roster reset.
Benched before Week 16 last season, Tagovailoa would welcome a fresh start. His four-year, $212.4MM extension — which included a $54MM 2026 option bonus that shifted from an injury guarantee to a full guarantee in March 2025 — backfired quickly. Still, Tagovailoa played well for much of the 2022 and ’23 campaigns.
Tua, 28 in May, led the league in yards per attempt and passer rating in 2022, passing yards in 2023 and completion percentage in 2024. Concussion concerns resurfaced in 2024, and Tagovailoa missed six games that year. His 2025 season continued a downward trajectory. But at the veteran minimum, the Falcons will take a flier.
If Tagovailoa were to make that a serious consideration later this year, it would create a fascinating dynamic in Atlanta. The Falcons surprised many by selecting Penix with the No. 8 pick in the 2024 draft weeks after signing Cousins to a four-year, $160MM deal with $90MM guaranteed. Cousins started the regular season strong, but struggled with turnovers down the stretch and was replaced by Penix. He went into 2025 as the unquestioned starter with Cousins trying to force his way out of Atlanta. But Penix did not inspire much confidence himself before partially tearing his ACL, leaving the Falcons in a tricky spot this offseason.
Normally, a quarterback’s third season (second as a starter) is a good litmus test for their long-term capabilities. But Penix will not get that type of opportunity, as he is expected to miss offseason practices as the team transitions to Kevin Stefanski‘s coaching staff. Instead, Tagovailoa will have the first opportunity to impress the new regime on the field.
Lions To Add TE Tyler Conklin
After a season with the Chargers, Tyler Conklin is heading back to the NFC North. The former Vikings and Jets tight end is joining the Lions, according to his agent.
Conklin saw his pass-catching momentum stall last season. The emergence of fifth-round rookie Oronde Gadsden II diminished Conklin’s standing in Los Angeles’ offense, but prior to that disappointing campaign, the former Minnesota fifth-rounder had been a consistent receiving option. He joins a Lions team that played much of last season without Sam LaPorta, who underwent back surgery in November.
Outplaying fellow 2022 Jets tight end signee C.J. Uzomah in New York, Conklin amassed at least 550 receiving yards each season from 2021-23. Creating a nice 2022 FA market after a 593-yard Vikings performance in his contract year, Conklin caught 58 passes for 552 yards and three touchdowns in Zach Wilson‘s second Jets season.
Although Wilson proved to be a megabust in New York, Conklin totaled a career-high 621 receiving yards in 2023 — after Aaron Rodgers went down four plays into the season. With Davante Adams joining the Jets during the 2024 season, Conklin saw his numbers dip a bit after Rodgers’ return (51/449/4) but still brought a quality auxiliary option.
Playing out a three-year, $20.25MM Jets deal, Conklin landed only a one-year pact worth $3MM from the Chargers. The 30-year-old TE caught just seven passes for 101 yards in 13 games as a Charger. The Bolts rostered Will Dissly alongside Gadsden last year as well, though they have since released him.
This represents a homecoming for Conklin, who is a Chesterfield, Mich., native. Conklin also played his college ball in the state, suiting up for Central Michigan. Conklin combined for 11 TD grabs during his final two seasons with the Chippewas. He will represent a solid receiving option behind LaPorta, giving the Lions some insurance. Blocking option Brock Wright remains on the roster as well, though he is now in a contract year two offseasons after the team matched his 49ers RFA offer sheet.
Panthers To Sign LT Rasheed Walker
Rasheed Walker entered free agency as one of the top options, representing a prime-years player with multiple seasons of left tackle experience. The ex-Packers starter is heading to the Panthers, NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport report.
Carolina lost LT starter Ikem Ekwonu to a torn patellar tendon during their wild-card loss to the Rams. Walker will be poised to open the season as the team’s replacement. This is a one-year deal, per Pelissero, likely giving Walker a chance to reset with an aim toward doing better on the 2027 market. This contract features a $10MM max value, ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler tweets.
This year’s free agent class, as some tend to be, was light on left tackle talent. Walker appeared poised to follow Dan Moore Jr. in fetching an upper-crust contract as a young LT with significant starter seasoning. Instead, this free agency has followed Cam Robinson‘s 2025 path. Robinson ended up settling for a one-year, $12MM Texans deal — one later traded to the Browns. While Walker’s precise terms are not in, a one-year contract represents a disappointment for a player universally expected to be one of this year’s biggest FA winners.
Walker, 26, ranked 11th in pass block win rate last season and 14th in 2024. Pro Football Focus was a bit less bullish due largely to the Penn State product’s run blocking. The advanced metrics site never ranked Walker higher than 40th overall among tackles. Connections to the Browns, Chiefs and Patriots emerged; though, Pats GM Eliot Wolf shot down the New England rumor.
The Packers had hoped David Bakhtiari could reemerge as a consistent starter in 2023, but he lasted just one game. With the former All-Pro quickly out of the picture that season, the Pack plugged in Walker despite having waited until Round 7 to draft him in 2022. He has since started 48 games. The Packers are on track to give the LT keys to 2024 first-round pick Jordan Morgan, who has been an O-line nomad in Green Bay. Walker beat out the Arizona alum for the 2025 first-string gig, following in Moore’s footsteps by holding off a first-round challenger (as Moore did with Broderick Jones in Pittsburgh).
Despite trouble in pass protection with the Steelers, Moore received a four-year deal worth $82MM ($42.51MM guaranteed at signing). It appears teams had reservations about Walker. Considering LT being a premium position and a 48-game starter being available at 26, this represents perhaps the biggest value surprise on the 2026 market. But Walker will work toward making a better impression on teams soon. Ekwonu’s injury should provide a runway to do so.
Drafted in the 2022 first round, Ekwonu has stopped a decade-long Panthers LT carousel. A locked-in starter throughout his career, Ekwonu looked to be moving toward an extension. But the Panthers may wait now; the former No. 6 overall pick is almost certainly ticketed for the reserve/PUP list to open next season. As a three-year starter who was expected to do much better on this year’s market, Walker represents a high-end insurance option. It will be interesting to learn Ekwonu’s timetable. The Bears have a similar situation, with Ozzy Trapilo suffering a patellar tendon tear in the wild-card round, but they opted to bring back Braxton Jones on a one-year, $5MM deal.
Commanders To Bring Back WR Dyami Brown, Sign WR Van Jefferson
Dyami Brown‘s Jaguars signing did not produce a great return for the AFC South franchise, and the sides will separate after one season. Brown will receive a second chance in Washington, however.
The Commanders are bringing back their former third-round wide receiver draftee, NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero tweets. It is a one-year deal worth up to $3MM. Veteran wideout Van Jefferson is also joining Washington, The Athletic’s Nicki Jhabvala reports.
Despite a thin resume on his Washington rookie contract, Brown scored a $10MM Jacksonville guarantee. He caught just 20 passes for 227 yards and one touchdown. The Jaguars acquired both Tim Patrick and Jakobi Meyers after adding Brown last year, and the North Carolina alum played 38% of the team’s offensive snaps during a season that featured Travis Hunter shut down at the midpoint.
That 227-yard showing represented Brown’s second-best as a pro; he reached a career-high 308 in 2024. For a player without a 350-yard season, Brown has managed to remain a viable option for teams in free agency. He joins a Commanders roster that may lose Deebo Samuel on this year’s market. Washington has Luke McCaffrey and Jaylin Lane complementing Terry McLaurin. Washington also re-signed Treylon Burks this offseason.
Jefferson has put up more impressive numbers as a pro, though his 802-yard performance in the Rams’ Super Bowl LVI-winning season now looks fluky. The former second-round pick has not surpassed 375 yards in a season since. Though, he did manage a 350-yard showing last season on a bad Titans team.
Heading into an age-30 season, Jefferson is heading to a fifth NFL team over the past four years. The Rams traded him in a low-level pick swap in 2023, sending the Florida alum to the Falcons. The Steelers deployed Jefferson as a role player in 2024, and the Titans handed him a $1.67MM deal last year. Jefferson and Brown will compete for roles in the Commanders’ McLaurin-fronted receiving corps.
Colts Sign DT Derrick Nnadi, Re-Sign TE Andrew Ogletree
For a second straight offseason, Derrick Nnadi is leaving the Chiefs. Although Kansas City reacquired the veteran defensive tackle via trade (from the Jets) last summer, he is on the move again.
The Colts are adding Nnadi this year, announcing the signing. The team also re-signed tight end Andrew Ogletree and wide receiver Laquon Treadwell. Nnadi is a 98-game career starter; he joins a veteran-heavy Colts D-tackle cadre housing DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart.
Chris Ballard was not in the Chiefs’ front office when the team selected Nnadi in the 2018 third round; the move came a year after the ex-John Dorsey lieutenant’s departure for Indianapolis. Nnadi is heading into an age-30 season. He will join Buckner (32 next week) and Stewart (32) as 30-somethings at defensive tackle in Indy.
Nnadi has been a career-long 4-3 D-tackle, playing most of his career under Steve Spagnuolo. The Chiefs’ run-stuffing Chris Jones sidekick played 34% of Kansas City’s defensive snaps last season, despite being reacquired in August. Pro Football Focus has not viewed Nnadi as a productive defender in years, ranking him outside the top 110 among qualified options at the position each season from 2022-25. The Chiefs, however, have consistently fielded top-10 defenses. Nnadi played in Super Bowl LIX and started Super Bowls LIV, LV and LVII.
As Nnadi joins Colby Wooden as new DTs acquired by the Colts over the past week, the AFC South club has rostered Ogletree since 2022 and Treadwell since 2024. Arriving during Frank Reich’s final draft as Colts HC, Ogletree has started 20 Colts games. The 2022 sixth-round pick ended up playing a more consistent role than 2022 third-rounder Jelani Woods, who has not played since his rookie season. The Colts cut Woods last year.
After logging 40% snap shares in both 2023 and ’24, Ogletree played 24% of Indianapolis’ plays in 2025. The Colts have used Ogletree more as a blocking tight end, and for good reason. Although not qualifying as a full-time TE in 2025, Ogletree drew the top pass-blocking grade among all players at the position. More than three quarters of Ogletree’s snaps came as a run or pass blocker.
For never coming close to living up to his first-round billing, Treadwell has managed to stick around. Should he see action in 2026, it would be his 11th NFL season. Treadwell, 30, has not caught a pass as a Colt; he did, however, see action on 51% of Indy’s special teams plays in 2025.
Colts To Sign S Jonathan Owens
Already home to WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark, Indianapolis will be poised to draw some Simone Biles visits soon. The Colts are bringing in veteran safety Jonathan Owens, ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweets.
Owens, who is married to the Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast, will join the Colts after spending the past two seasons with the Bears. This is a one-year contract, per Schefter.
Working as a part-time starter in Chicago, Owens has made 35 starts in seven seasons. Managing to carve out a long career out of Division II Missouri Western, Owens is obviously best known for his Biles relationship. But he has served as a long-running special teams presence — with the Texans and Packers prior to the Bears deal — and a valuable backup. Owens is going into an age-31 season.
Making 125 tackles as a full-season starter for the 2022 Texans, Owens landed a one-year $1MM Packers deal but secured a slight raise (two years, $3.8MM) with the Bears. Chicago used Owens as a five-game starter in 2024 and as a full-time backup behind Jaquan Brisker and Kevin Byard last season. The Bears have now lost Byard, Brisker, Owens and Nahshon Wright from their secondary this week. Byard joined the Patriots, with the Steelers and Jets respectively adding Brisker and Wright.
The Colts are also signing former Cowboys safety Juanyeh Thomas, NFL insider Jordan Schultz tweets. Thomas made three Cowboys starts last season and played three years in Dallas. Indianapolis has an opening at safety after losing starter Nick Cross (to the Commanders). The team will likely not devote notable funds to replacing him, as Camryn Bynum joins Sauce Gardner, Charvarius Ward and Kenny Moore in carrying pricey contracts in this secondary.
Browns Re-Sign G Teven Jenkins
MARCH 13: The former second-round Bears draftee agreed to another one-year Browns deal, with KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson noting the contract is worth $4MM and brings a $2MM cap hit. This pact includes $3.96MM guaranteed, per OverTheCap. As they are wont to do, the Browns are tacking four void years onto the deal to keep the cap hit low. Jenkins played for $3.1MM in 2025.
MARCH 10: Teven Jenkins will remain in place with the Browns for 2026. The veteran guard has agreed to a new Cleveland deal, per a team announcement.
After Jenkins concluded his college career with First-Team All-Big 12 honors in 2020, the Bears drafted the former Oklahoma State Cowboy 39th overall the next spring. A back injury limited Jenkins to six games and two starts as a rookie, though, and the Bears shifted him to guard in his second season.
Although injuries held Jenkins to 39 of a possible 51 games from 2022-24, he racked up 36 starts. Pro Football Focus generally took a favorable view of Jenkins’ work as a guard in Chicago. The team still did not retain Jenkins last offseason, instead bringing in Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson as its new starting guards.
With his time in Chicago up, Jenkins headed to Cleveland on a one-year agreement last March. Jenkins put together the first 17-game season of his career, but the 28-year-old started just four times on a team with established guards Joel Bitonio and Wyatt Teller. Bitonio played every game and barely missed any snaps, but Jenkins stepped in four times for an injured Teller.
After totaling 329 offensive snaps last year, Jenkins’ role moving forward is in flux as the Browns continue a wide-ranging overhaul up front. Bitonio may retire, while Teller is on track to leave in free agency. Knowing they would need new guard starters, the Browns traded for ex-Texan Tytus Howard (who can also play tackle) and worked out an agreement with former Charger Zion Johnson on Monday.
Earlier today, Dianna Russini of The Athletic reported Cleveland would still be involved in the guard market, so more outside additions could be coming. In any case, Jenkins will again be at least a depth option.
Broncos To Re-Sign RB Jaleel McLaughlin
As the low-end RFA tender figure has climbed near $4MM, those are being handed out at a lower rate. The Broncos declined to tender running back Jaleel McLaughlin, but he is still in their 2026 plans.
Despite re-signing J.K. Dobbins, Denver is re-signing McLaughlin (per NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport). The diminutive running back is rejoining the team on a one-year deal, continuing a string of re-signings for a Broncos team that has otherwise been inactive in free agency.
McLaughlin will receive a $125K signing bonus, according to the Denver Gazette’s Chris Tomasson. This likely represents the RB’s only guaranteed money on the deal, making it far from certain he makes the 53-man roster.
Denver now has its top four RBs from 2025 under contract, with Tyler Badie remaining in the fold. Badie’s increased usage on passing downs led to McLaughlin — a regular from 2023-24 — being a healthy scratch for a chunk of the season, but Dobbins’ Lisfranc injury opened the door for another opportunity.
Sean Payton‘s team has yet to sign an outside free agent this week, but plenty of re-signings have commenced. Denver has brought back linebackers Alex Singleton and Justin Strnad to go with tight ends Adam Trautman and Nate Adkins. Third-string quarterback Sam Ehlinger is also returning. While the Broncos’ inactivity with regards to outside FAs is a bit unexpected — as the Russell Wilson contract is off the books during what will likely be Bo Nix‘s final rookie-contract year — the team is doing plenty to retain contributors from a 14-3 roster.
The NCAA’s all-divisions rushing leader — from his time at Youngstown State and Notre Dame College (Ohio) — McLaughlin impressed as a UDFA. Playing as a Javonte Williams complementary piece, the 5-foot-7 RB totaled 410 rushing yards as a rookie and 496 in Year 2. The elusive back combined for six touchdowns in those seasons. The Broncos only gave McLaughlin 37 carries last season, but he averaged 5.1 yards per tote as a reserve option behind rookie RJ Harvey.
Dobbins will only count $6MM against Denver’s cap this year, per Spotrac, as his $8MM guarantee (on a two-year, $16MM deal) will produce a 2027 cap hit of $10MM. Dobbins’ health history effectively makes this a one-year, $8MM pact with a team option. Trautman’s four-year, $17MM contract will bring $9.5MM guaranteed at signing, per OverTheCap. This includes a partial 2027 guarantee, with $3.76MM of the ex-Saint’s $4.99MM base salary locked in at signing. Adkins is back on a one-year, $1.64MM deal, according to KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson. The TE/FB received $300K guaranteed at signing.