2026 NFL Offseason Rumors: Rams Signal One other DB; Bolts Get New C; Wentz Reunion?

[ad_1] The NFL offseason is in full swing.

As groups proceed to fill out their teaching staffs, some groups are already planning on what to do with their rosters forward of the beginning of the brand new league yr in March.

Who'll get minimize? Who'll get traded? Who'll get prolonged? Who'll get the franchise tag?

Here is the newest have a look at among the most notable rumors across the NFL.

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Los Angeles has re-signed Curl to a three-year, $36 million deal, per NFL Media. The contract has a most worth of $39 million. Curl, who has spent the final two seasons with the Rams (2024-25), totaled two interceptions, two sacks and 122 mixed tackles within the 2025 common season. He then had one interception and 27 mixed tackles within the postseason.

Carson Wentz-Frank Reich reunion … once more? Third time's the appeal?

Wentz is the "most well-liked" free agent quarterback possibility for brand new Jets offensive coordinator Frank Reich, in line with SNY. Reich was Wentz' offensive coordinator on the Eagles over his first two seasons within the NFL from 2016-17 and was his head coach on the Colts in 2021.

Final season, Wentz performed for the Vikings, initially serving because the staff's backup quarterback earlier than beginning 5 video games rather than the injured J.J. McCarthy earlier than struggling a season-ending damage to his non-throwing shoulder (left). Wentz earned his solely Professional Bowl nod whereas being coached by Reich in 2017.

Los Angeles has signed Tyler Biadasz to a three-year, $30 million deal, per NFL Media. Biadasz, a 2022 Professional Bowler with the Cowboys, was launched by the Commanders final week after two seasons within the nation's capital.

Whereas the Jets hampered the free-agent working again market with their choice to franchise tag Breece Corridor, the Seahawks will not do the identical to Kenneth Walker.

The Seahawks will not place the franchise tag on Walker forward of Tuesday's deadline, ESPN reported.

Walker, who locations No. 6 in FOX Sports activities' high 100 free brokers rating, ran for 1,027 yards within the common season and 313 yards within the playoffs. A superb variety of these yards got here in Seattle's Tremendous Bowl LX win, speeding for 135 yards because the Seahawks working again gained the sport's MVP for his efficiency towards the Patriots.

The Commanders are the newest staff to make a cap-clearing transfer within the week forward of free company. Cornerback Marshon Lattimore has been knowledgeable by the Commanders that he'll be launched, ESPN reported. The transfer will clear $18.5 million in cap house for Washington, who'll now have practically $90 million out there in cap house this offseason, per Over The Cap.

Lattimore ranked seventeenth in Greg Auman's high cap casualty candidates getting into the offseason. He is performed simply 18 video games during the last two years, coping with a number of accidents.

The Browns are getting some much-needed assist alongside their offensive line, making a deal that would even have ramifications on the high of the 2026 NFL Draft.

The Texans are buying and selling proper sort out Tytus Howard to the Browns for a fifth-round decide, in line with a number of reviews. Howard can even reportedly obtain a three-year, $63 million extension as a part of the deal.

Cleveland's offensive line was among the many worst within the league in 2025, with Professional Soccer Focus rating the group the second-worst offensive line in soccer final season. Offensive sort out Dawand Jones was additionally the Browns' solely Week 1 starter on their offensive line who was below contract for the 2026 season.

With the Browns in determined want of offensive line assist, many mock drafts projected them to pick out an offensive sort out with the sixth general decide. Monday's commerce, which may't be made official till March 11, would possibly enable the Browns to handle different wants on the high of the draft, like vast receiver.

Chiefs minimize OT Jawaan Taylor to open up main cap house When it comes to the wage cap, the Chiefs had been effectively underwater getting into the offseason. They've given themselves some respiratory room, although, every week earlier than the beginning of free company.

The Chiefs determined to chop offensive sort out Jawaan Taylor on Monday, creating $20 million in cap house, in line with a number of reviews. With the transfer, Kansas Metropolis is now roughly $15 million below the wage cap, per Over The Cap.

Taylor was certainly one of Greg Auman's high cap casualty candidates getting into the offseason, rating eighth on the record. Taylor, who had been the Chiefs' beginning proper sort out since 2023, led them in penalties in every of his three years in Kansas Metropolis. Professional Soccer Focus additionally ranked him 76th out of 80 tackles this previous season.

The 2-time Tremendous Bowl champion, three-time All-Professional and Tremendous Bowl 50 MVP has reportedly hung out on the 2026 NFL Scouting Mix studying the ropes of what it takes to be an NFL common supervisor. Miller, an eight-time Professional Bowler, spent final season with the Washington Commanders, totaling 9 sacks and 26 mixed tackles. The 36-year-old is about to be a free agent this offseason.

The Philadelphia Eagles linebacker is predicted to hit the open market, and the Dallas Cowboys might be among the many groups that pursue him, per NFL Media.

"I'm 100% satisfied that Nakobe Dean is hitting the market and headed elsewhere ... In the event you requested me to make a brief record, they're going to be on it," reporter Mike Garafolo stated in an look on "The Anthony Gargano Present."

Final season, Dean totaled a career-high 4 sacks, two compelled fumbles and 55 mixed tackles. He was restricted to 10 regular-season video games because of knee and hamstring accidents, respectively. The yr prior (2024), Dean totaled three sacks, 4 passes defended and 128 mixed tackles.

Cowboys create cap room Dallas has created roughly $66 million in cap house by restructuring the contracts of quarterback Dak Prescott, vast receiver CeeDee Lamb and guard Tyler Smith, in line with ESPN.

Prescott, a four-time Professional Bowler, is getting into the second season of a four-year, $240 million deal; Lamb, a one-time All-Professional and five-time Professional Bowler, is getting into the second season of a four-year, $136 million deal; Smith, a Professional Bowler in every of the final three seasons, begins a four-year, $96 million deal in 2027.

NFL wage cap quantity revealed The NFL introduced that the 2026 wage cap might be $301.2 million. It is a $22 million improve from 2025. Brokers of NFL free brokers can start negotiating contracts with groups at midday ET on March 9, with NFL free company formally opening at 4 p.m. ET on March 11.

Dallas introduced on Feb. 27 that it has positioned the franchise tag on Pickens, which is price roughly $28 million for the 2026 NFL season. Pickens, who was set to be arguably the perfect vast receiver on the free agent market, is coming off a breakout season in what was his first yr with the Cowboys, totaling a profession excessive in receptions (93), receiving yards (1,429) and receiving touchdowns (9). Pickens, who earned his first profession Professional Bowl nod in 2025, spent the primary three seasons of his profession with the Steelers (2022-24).

Biadasz had one yr remaining on a three-year, $29.2 million deal, and his launch will incur a $10.9 million cap hit and go away $8.1 million in lifeless cap. Biadasz was a key a part of Washington's NFC championship run final season. He was a Professional Bowler for the Cowboys in 2022. He is now an unrestricted free agent.

The Colts have granted Richardson permission to hunt a commerce, in line with ESPN. Richardson, who was chosen by the Colts with the fourth general decide within the 2023 NFL Draft, has began simply 15 video games in his NFL profession; he suffered shoulder and head accidents in 2023, was benched throughout 2024 and misplaced his beginning job to veteran Daniel Jones final summer season whereas additionally coping with an eye fixed damage in 2025.

New York is sending defensive finish and 2022 first-round decide Jermaine Johnson to Tennessee for nostril sort out and 2024 second-round decide T'Vondre Sweat, per NFL Media. Johnson, a 2023 Professional Bowler, totaled three sacks and 43 mixed tackles in 14 video games in 2025. In the meantime, over the primary two seasons of his profession (2024-25), Sweat has averaged 1.5 sacks and 42.5 mixed tackles per season.

The Bears have granted Edmunds permission to hunt a commerce, in line with the Chicago Tribune. Edmunds, a two-time Professional Bowler, is getting into the ultimate season of a four-year, $72 million deal. Final season, he totaled 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 9 passes defended and 112 mixed tackles throughout 13 regular-season video games. The 27-year-old, who spent the primary 5 seasons of his NFL profession with the Payments (2018-22), missed 4 video games in 2025 because of a groin damage however returned for the postseason. Edmunds has totaled 100-plus mixed tackles in every of his eight seasons.

49ers contract dispute? Star left sort out Trent Williams and the 49ers are "struggling to discover a contractual resolution," per ESPN. Williams, a three-time All-Professional and 12-time Professional Bowler, is getting into the ultimate season of a three-year, $82.7 million deal. Williams performed by a hamstring damage down the stretch of the 2025 season, which ended for San Francisco by the hands of the eventual Tremendous Bowl-champion Seahawks within the NFC divisional spherical.

Dallas starter has surgical procedure Cowboys guard Tyler Smith had minor surgical procedure on his proper knee after the 2025 Professional Bowl Video games, in line with ESPN. He is anticipated to be prepared for OTAs. Smith, a three-time Professional Bowler, missed one sport in 2025 because of a knee damage.

Falcons common supervisor Ian Cunningham revealed that the staff will launch Cousins on the primary day of the brand new league yr (March 11), as anticipated. The 37-year-old Cousins, who has two seasons remaining on a four-year, $180 million deal which included $100 million assured when the deal was inked, was benched for Michael Penix Jr. with three video games remaining within the 2024 common season, with Penix opening 2025 because the Falcons' beginning quarterback.

Then, a season-ending knee damage for Penix put Cousins again below heart, with the veteran posting 1,721 passing yards, 10 passing touchdowns, 5 interceptions and an 84.8 passer score, whereas finishing 61.7% of his passes throughout 10 appearances (eight begins).

Cowboys co-owner Stephen Jones informed The Dallas Morning Information that the staff is hopeful Aubrey could have a deal in place earlier than the staff has to tender him forward of restricted free company.

"We’ve been engaged on a long-term deal for a while," Jones informed The Dallas Morning Information. "We’ve exchanged presents, and the aim is to get him signed. We’ll tender him earlier than the deadline if that’s what now we have to determine."

Aubrey has been one of many sport's high kickers over the previous couple of years. The three-time Professional Bowler has set a couple of information as effectively, similar to probably the most consecutive subject objectives made to start out a profession and probably the most 50-plus-yard subject objectives made in a season with no miss. This previous season, Aubrey set the file for probably the most 60-plus-yard kicks made in a single season and probably the most 60-plus-yard subject objectives made all-time.

The Chiefs are coping with quite a lot of uncertainty this offseason, however it seems that is not stopping some high gamers from eager to play with star quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Jaguars working again Etienne has curiosity in becoming a member of the Chiefs this offseason, The Kansas Metropolis Star reported. Etienne is about to change into a free agent on March 9, as his rookie contract will expire. After an up-and-down begin to his profession, Etienne closed out his rookie deal on a excessive word. He rushed for 1,107 yards on 4.3 yards per carry, including 292 receiving yards as he scored 13 whole touchdowns.

Chiefs working backs Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco are each set to change into free brokers this offseason as effectively. So, the Chiefs definitely have a necessity for a working again this offseason. Etienne is ranked twentieth in FOX Sports activities' high 100 NFL free brokers record, putting third among the many working backs on the record.

Philadelphia's longtime proper sort out will return for a 14th NFL season, Johnson informed The Philadelphia Inquirer. Johnson, a two-time All-Professional and six-time Professional Bowler, missed the Eagles' previous eight mixed video games in 2025 (seven regular-season video games and one playoff sport) because of a foot damage. Following its Tremendous Bowl LIX triumph, Philadelphia gained the NFC East at 11-6 final season however misplaced to the San Francisco 49ers within the wild-card spherical.

Kansas Metropolis has restructured Mahomes' contract, bringing his 2026 wage down from $78.2 million to $34.65 million and subsequently creating $43.56 million in cap house, per ESPN. The Chiefs are at the moment over the cap. Mahomes' 2025 marketing campaign led to Week 15 after he tore each his ACL and LCL, however the three-time Tremendous Bowl MVP is concentrating on a Week 1 return.

Following Daniel Jones' emergence this previous season, it is "inevitable" that Richardson will request a commerce from the Colts this offseason, ESPN reported on Feb. 17. Richardson, 23, largely struggled in his first two seasons after Indianapolis took him with the fourth general decide in 2023. He has thrown for two,400 yards, 11 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 17 video games, including 634 speeding yards and 10 speeding touchdowns. Richardson was sidelined for an excellent portion of the 2025 season because of an orbital damage. Richardson has one season left on his rookie contract.

The Dolphins are already making some roster strikes, releasing veteran edge rusher Chubb, NFL Media reported on Feb. 16. Chubb, who'll flip 30 in June, had a productive season in 2025, logging 8.5 sacks. Nonetheless, he was set to have a cap hit of over $31 million within the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Miami was additionally over the wage cap when the offseason started, and slicing him cleared $7.34 million in cap house, per Over The Cap.

NFL wins grievance, bans "staff report playing cards" An arbitrator decided that the NFL Gamers Affiliation violated the Collective Bargaining Settlement with the NFL by distributing annual "staff report playing cards" and ordered the union to cease making public any future reviews, per ESPN. The NFL knowledgeable groups of the choice on Friday.

"We're happy with the choice from the arbitrator, upholding the events’ collective bargaining settlement and prohibiting the NFLPA from disparaging our golf equipment and people by ‘report playing cards’ allegedly based mostly on information and methodologies that it has steadfastly refused to reveal," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy stated in a press release. "We stay dedicated to working in partnership with the NFLPA and an unbiased survey firm to develop and administer a scientifically legitimate survey to solicit correct and dependable participant suggestions because the events agreed within the CBA."

Common supervisor Jon-Eric Sullivan supplied considerably of an replace on the way forward for the staff's present starter.

"I do not know what the longer term holds proper now, and I informed Tua that," he revealed on Feb. 12. "We're working by some issues. What I can inform you is that we'll infuse competitors into that room — whether or not Tua is a part of the room [or not]. … Tua is aware of the place we're. We have been very trustworthy and upfront, and Tua additionally is aware of that he would be the first to know after we decide. … We're getting near a call, and after we do, we'll let Tua know whether or not he'll be a part of this or not, and we'll transfer ahead."

Tagovailoa is getting into the second season of a four-year, $212.4 million take care of the Dolphins, who've a brand new common supervisor in Sullivan and a brand new head coach in Jeff Hafley. Final season, Tagovailoa, a 2023 Professional Bowler, threw a career-high 15 interceptions in 14 begins, whereas posting an 88.5 passer score, his lowest mark since 2020. If the Dolphins launch Tagovailoa, they might incur an NFL-record $99.2 million lifeless cap hit.

Njoku, who spent the primary 9 seasons of his NFL profession with the Browns (2017-25) and is about to change into a free agent, posted on Instagram that "the time for [him] to discover a new dwelling has come." Final season, Njoku totaled 33 receptions for 293 yards and 4 touchdowns throughout 12 video games; he missed 5 video games because of a knee damage. Njoku, who Cleveland chosen with the No. 29 general decide in 2017 out of Miami (Fla.), was a Professional Bowler in 2023 in a season that noticed him whole a career-high in receptions (81), receiving yards (882) and receiving touchdowns (six). He is third in Browns historical past with 384 receptions, sixth with 34 touchdowns and twelfth with 4,062 receiving yards.

Whereas no choice is last, buzz is rising round Kansas Metropolis's star tight finish returning for a 14th season, in line with a report from The Athletic on Feb. 7. Final season, the 36-year-old totaled 76 receptions for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns in a 6-11 season for Okay.C. that noticed it miss the playoffs for the primary time since 2014. Kelce, a four-time All-Professional and 11-time Professional Bowler, has gained three Tremendous Bowls with the Chiefs (2019, 2022 and 2023).

Rams prolong HC Sean McVay, GM Les Snead McVay and Snead have agreed to multiyear extensions to stick with the Rams, the staff introduced on Feb. 2.

The pair have led the Rams by one of many longest stretches of success in franchise historical past. The Rams are 92–57 within the common season and 10-6 within the playoffs since Snead and proprietor Stan Kroenke employed a then-30-year-old McVay in 2017, one yr after the franchise returned dwelling from St. Louis. The Rams instantly ended a 12-year playoff absence and reached the Tremendous Bowl one yr later earlier than profitable the franchise's second Tremendous Bowl title in February 2022. Los Angeles has had eight profitable seasons, seven playoff berths and 4 NFC West titles in 9 years below McVay, the youngest coach to achieve the Tremendous Bowl and to win it. The Rams went 12-5 this season earlier than profitable two street playoff video games to achieve the NFC championship sport, the place they misplaced to the Seahawks.

McVay stated the Rams are optimistic that quarterback Matthew Stafford will return for an 18th NFL season, however the staff will watch for the quarterback to make his personal announcement. McVay stated the Rams would love to stay with Stafford if he needs to return again after his MVP-caliber season in 2025.

McVay additionally confirmed he has employed Bubba Ventrone as his new particular groups coordinator. He hasn't determined who will change into his offensive coordinator after Mike LaFleur left to change into the Cardinals' head coach.

Packers add former HC as DC Ex-Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon is becoming a member of the Packers' employees as defensive coordinator, the staff introduced on Feb. 2. Gannon will take over for Jeff Hafley, who left after two seasons when the Dolphins employed him to be their subsequent head coach.

"He possesses great expertise as an NFL coordinator and head coach," Matt LaFleur stated in a press release. "I'm assured that he might be an impressive addition to our group, in addition to a powerful chief of our protection."

The Cardinals fired Gannon the day after their season ended with a ninth consecutive loss. Gannon went 15-36 in three years, together with a 3-14 file this previous season. Gannon had been the Eagles’ defensive coordinator for 2 seasons earlier than Arizona employed him. In his second season in Philadelphia, the Eagles ranked second within the NFL in whole protection and gained the NFC championship earlier than shedding 38-35 to the Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LVII. The Eagles had a franchise-record 70.0 sacks — 15 greater than some other NFL staff — in 2022. Additionally they had 27 takeaways that season to rank fourth within the league.

Gannon takes over a protection that ranked twelfth in yards allowed per sport (311.8), ninth in yards allowed per play (5.0) and eleventh in factors allowed per sport (21.2) this previous season. Inexperienced Bay’s protection ranked larger earlier within the season however struggled after season-ending accidents to All-Professional go rusher Micah Parsons and defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt.

Eagles DC Vic Fangio thought of retirement The Eagles practically needed to make two coordinator adjustments this offseason. Fangio knowledgeable the staff shortly after their season ended that he deliberate to retire earlier than the Eagles satisfied him to return, PhillyVoice reported on Feb. 1. If Fangio had held agency in his choice to retire, the Eagles had been planning to contact former Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon and Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, in line with PhillyVoice. Gannon was the Eagles' defensive coordinator for 2 seasons (2021-22) earlier than leaving for Arizona in 2023.

Fangio has been extensively thought to be one of many high defensive minds within the NFL for a number of years. The Eagles' protection has additionally been one of many sport's high defensive models since Fangio joined the staff in 2024, rating within the high 5 in scoring in every of the final two years. The Eagles employed Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion to be their subsequent offensive coordinator after parting methods with Kevin Patullo.

Packers prolong coach, a number of executives Packers common supervisor Brian Gutekunst and govt vice chairman/director of soccer operations Russ Ball have joined coach Matt LaFleur in signing multi-year contract extensions. Packers president/CEO Ed Coverage introduced the extensions for all three on Friday.

The extensions come after the Packers went 9-8-1 and made their third straight playoff look, and sixth within the final seven years. A 31-27 loss at Chicago within the NFC wild-card playoff spherical capped a five-game skid that ended Inexperienced Bay's season, although a type of defeats got here when the Packers rested their starters of their regular-season finale.

"We're excited to increase our dedication to Brian, Matt and Russ because the leaders of our soccer operations," Coverage stated in a press release. "Their steadfast dedication, ardour and collaboration have remained fixed in our drive to compete on the highest degree. Whereas we're all upset with the best way this season ended, we stay aligned in goal and have spent appreciable time over the previous weeks collaborating on a path ahead.

"I'm exceedingly assured now we have the correct folks to attain our aim. The whole Packers group seems to be ahead to supporting each effort to deliver our neighborhood and followers one other championship that they very a lot deserve."

LaFleur owns a 76-40-1 regular-season file and has led Inexperienced Bay to the playoffs in all however certainly one of his seven years on the job. That features NFC championship sport appearances within the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Inexperienced Bay has been the NFC’s seventh and last playoff seed every of the final three seasons.

Falcons plan to launch QB Kirk Cousins, however may deliver him again Cousins' time in Atlanta appears to be nearing its finish, because the Falcons are planning to chop the veteran signal-caller, The Athletic reported on Jan. 29. Alternatively, they'd be interested by re-signing Cousins on a less expensive contract.

Cousins, 37, signed a four-year, $180 million deal to affix the Falcons within the 2024 offseason, simply months after he tore his Achilles. His tenure in Atlanta started with some promise earlier than getting benched late within the 2024 season in favor of Michael Penix Jr., who the Falcons chosen with the eighth general decide within the 2024 NFL Draft.

Penix was the Falcons' beginning quarterback to open the 2025 season. Nonetheless, Cousins wound up beginning eight video games as Penix suffered a season-ending ACL tear in November.

Cousins put up a good statline in 2025, finishing 61.7% of his passes for 1,721 yards, 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions with an 84.8 passer score. The Falcons went 5-3 in Cousins' eight begins as effectively. That wasn't adequate for Cousins to ensure his spot within the Falcons' new regime, nevertheless, with Matt Ryan working soccer operations and Kevin Stefanski getting into his first season as Atlanta's head coach.