3 weeks agoThe Pittsburgh Steelers are finalizing an undisclosed one-year deal with former Philadelphia Eagles running back
Kenneth Gainwell on Tuesday night, sources tell FOX Sports' Jordan Schultz. Gainwell will stay in the state of Pennsylvania and become the change-of pace option behind
Jaylen Warren after
Najee Harris left in free agency to join the Los Angeles Chargers. The 25-year-old will most likely be used more as a third-down option for Pittsburgh in pass-catching situations. In his four years with the Eagles, Gainwell had 280 carries for 1,185 yards (4.2 yards per carry) and 12 rushing touchdowns while adding 102 catches on 138 targets for 721 yards and an addition touchdown in 66 games (four starts). The Steelers still also have running back
Cordarrelle Patterson to share the workload. At best, Gainwell will be a low-ceiling RB3/flex in point-per-reception leagues in his new home.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: FOX Sports - Jordan Schultz
3 weeks agoFree-agent wide receiver
Trent Sherfield Sr. is signing with the Denver Broncos on Tuesday on a two-year, $8 million deal, sources tell FOX Sports' Jordan Schultz. Sherfield will join the Broncos in 2025 after playing in 17 regular-season games (one start) with the Minnesota Vikings last year and catching only eight of his nine targets for 83 yards and one touchdown. The 29-year-old pass-catcher has been with five different teams (Cardinals, 49ers, Dolphins, Bills and Vikings) in the last five seasons, with his best year coming in 2022 with Miami, when he posted a 30-417-2 line in 17 games (four starts). The Vanderbilt product spent the first three years of his NFL career in Arizona before bouncing around on a year-to-year basis. Sherfield is unlikely to make much noise with the Broncos next season while competing for a secondary role with the likes of
Marvin Mims Jr.,
Devaughn Vele and
Troy Franklin.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: FOX Sports - Jordan Schultz
3
weeks
agoNFL
Network's
Tom
Pelissero
reports
that
with
quarterbacks
Sam
Darnold
and
Daniel
Jones
now
out
of
town,
it's
considered
likely
that
J.J.
McCarthy
(knee)
will
be
the
Minnesota
Vikings'
starting
QB
in
2025.
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3 weeks agoFormer Los Angeles Rams wide receiver
Demarcus Robinson signed a two-year, $9.5 million deal with the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday that includes $6 million fully guaranteed, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. Robinson will remain in the NFC West after spending the last two seasons with the Rams. In 33 regular-season games (21 starts) for L.A., Robinson caught 57 of his 103 targets for 876 yards and 11 touchdowns. The 30-year-old had a career year in 2024, setting career-highs in receiving yards (505) and touchdowns (seven) while catching 31 of his 64 targets over 17 regular-season starts. In the Bay Area, he'll help make up for the loss of
Deebo Samuel Sr., who was traded to the Commanders. Fantasy managers should definitely expect regression in the touchdown department, and he's likely to open the year as the No. 4 behind
Brandon Aiyuk (knee),
Jauan Jennings and
Ricky Pearsall, depending on Aiyuk's recovery from a torn ACL.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: ESPN - Adam Schefter
3 weeks agoFormer Carolina Panthers safety Xavier Woods has signed a new two-year, $10 million deal with the Tennessee Titans. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the news. Woods spent the last three seasons in Carolina, leading the team in tackles with 119 in 2024. Perhaps most impressively, he started all 17 games and played 100% of Carolina's defensive snaps (1,218). The former sixth-round pick will now join his fourth team since being selected by Dallas in the 2017 NFL Draft and should provide a sure-tackling asset for the Titans while working in tandem with fellow safety Mike Brown, who is returning to the team on a one-year deal. Tennessee still has some work to do on the offensive side of the ball, but they've shored up a defense that allowed the third-fewest yards per game in the league a season ago (311.2).
--Alex CiullaSource: Adam Schefter
3 weeks agoPer Kevin Patra of NFL.com, New Orleans Saints head coach Kellen Moore is excited to team up with quarterback
Derek Carr for the 2025 season. "I think we've been consistent through this whole process," Moore said. "We feel really good about Derek, and we're excited to team up with him...We want him here, and it'll be a good situation." The Saints' new head coach also noted he believes that the veteran can improve from last year's injury-plagued season. Carr and New Orleans started 2024 on fire, scoring 44+ points in each of their first two contests. However, it was all downhill from there, as the team imploded and the 33-year-old dealt with abdomen and hand injuries that forced him to miss seven games. If the Fresno State alum can stay healthy, he'll undoubtedly be more productive this upcoming season. The vote of confidence from his head coach is nice, but he projects as nothing more than a middling QB2 and potential streaming option regarding fantasy.
--Alex CiullaSource: Kevin Patra
3 weeks agoFormer Tennessee Titans wide receiver
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine has signed a two-year contract with the Miami Dolphins. The agreement is worth $6.5 million, with $3.2 million guaranteed. Westbrook-Ikhine is coming off his best season as a pro in 2024. Despite not snagging his first catch until after the Titans' bye in Week 5, he'd go on to set career-highs with 497 yards and an impressive nine TDs. However, he posted just one game with more than three receptions. It's an interesting move for Miami, who continues to load up the offensive side of the ball. The 27-year-old's path to touches is not a clear one, as he'll vie for targets with fellow wideouts
Tyreek Hill and
Jaylen Waddle, as well as
Jonnu Smith, who broke out last season, leading the team in receptions (88).
--Alex CiullaSource: ESPN
3 weeks agoESPN's Adam Schefter reports that free-agent wide receiver
DeAndre Hopkins and the Baltimore Ravens have agreed to terms on a one-year, $5 million deal worth up to $6 million guaranteed. Despite the increased production from fourth-year wideout
Rashod Bateman a season ago, Baltimore sought to bolster their wide receiver corps, bringing a veteran presence into the locker room. Hopkins spent most of 2024 with Kansas City after a midseason trade with the Tennessee Titans and racked up a 41-catch, 437-yard line in 10 games with four touchdowns. The 32-year-old is not the presence he once was on the outside, but he gives superstar quarterback
Lamar Jackson another set of reliable hands. While Hopkins may still have some juice, he'll be competing with fellow wideouts
Zay Flowers and Bateman and tight ends
Mark Andrews and
Isaiah Likely for targets on a team that ranked second-to-last in pass attempts per game in 2024 (27.5).
--Alex CiullaSource: Adam Schefter
3 weeks agoThe Buffalo Bills have re-signed running back
Ty Johnson on a two-year deal. The amount of the contract is undisclosed. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported the news. The Maryland product tied his career high with four total touchdowns last season and was a valuable asset on third downs for the team. Johnson played the second-most snaps of all Bills' RBs in 2024 and will likely again slot in as a change-of-pace option and third-down specialist behind incumbent starter
James Cook. However, he'll still have second-year back
Ray Davis to compete with for touches, and Davis out-carried Johnson 113-41 in just his rookie season. Despite what this means for the team on the field, it's unlikely to make an impact regarding fantasy. The 27-year-old presents as nothing more than a potential low-end handcuff.
--Alex CiullaSource: Jeremy Fowler
3 weeks agoFree-agent quarterback
Jacoby Brissett plans to sign with the Arizona Cardinals, a source tells ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. Brissett, who spent last year with the New England Patriots, will become the new backup to starter
Kyler Murray in Arizona. Eleven of Brissett's 53 career starts have come with new Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing as his quarterbacks coach in Cleveland. The 32-year-old Brissett started the 2024 season as the Patriots' starter under center as they waited on first-rounder
Drake Maye. In his eight appearances (five starts), Brissett struggled in a lackluster offense without many weapons, going 95-for-161 (59%) with 826 passing yards, two touchdowns and one interception as a low-ceiling game manager. He is a respected veteran backup, but the Cardinals offense will be in trouble if Murray misses time with an injury in 2025.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: ESPN.com - Jeremy Fowler
3 weeks agoFormer Kansas City Chiefs safety Justin Reid reached an agreement on Tuesday with the New Orleans Saints on a three-year, $31.5 million deal that includes $22.25 million fully guaranteed, a source tells ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Prairieville, Louisiana, native will be returning home after spending the last three years with the Chiefs. He played his first four seasons with the Houston Texans after they took him in the third round (68th overall) in the 2018 NFL draft. The 28-year-old defensive back has been solid in all seven of his NFL seasons with 80-plus total tackles in five of his seven campaigns. He played a critical role in helping the Chiefs make it to three straight Super Bowls and recorded 265 tackles (194 solo), four sacks, three interceptions, 23 pass breakups and a forced fumble in his three years in KC. Reid will be a starter in New Orleans alongside former Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: ESPN - Adam Schefter
3 weeks agoThe Dallas Cowboys agreed to a one-year deal worth $3 million with free-agent defensive end Payton Turner on Tuesday, sources tell ESPN Dallas' Todd Archer. Turner will receive $2 million guaranteed. Payton, the former 28th overall pick in the first round in 2021 by the New Orleans Saints out of Houston, played in a combined 15 games for the Saints in his first three NFL seasons due to injuries. However, the 26-year-old pass-rusher stayed healthy in 2024 and had 21 tackles (10 solo), two sacks, four pass breakups and two forced fumbles in 16 games (no starts). The Cowboys will be hoping their defensive coaches will be able to get more out of a player that has had just five sacks in 31 career games in his first four years in the league. Turner will likely be a rotational pass-rusher for Dallas and won't be on the IDP radar.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: ESPN Dallas - Todd Archer
3 weeks agoThe Atlanta Falcons are signing former San Francisco 49ers pass-rusher Leonard Floyd on Tuesday to a one-year deal worth $10 million, sources tell NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. After being released by the 49ers on Tuesday, Floyd will come home, as he went to the University of Georgia and is a Chauncey, Georgia, native. The 32-year-old veteran joins a Falcons team that is in desperate need of a pass rush after they ranked near the bottom of the league in sacks in 2024. Floyd, the former ninth overall pick by the Chicago Bears in 2016, has at least 8.5 sacks in each of the last five seasons, including double-digit sacks twice. He has also played in at least 16 games in each year since 2018. Over the last five seasons, Floyd has totaled 48 sacks in 84 games (83 starts), so it's a big addition to Atlanta's D-line. In his lone season in San Fran in 2024, Floyd had 42 tackles, 8.5 sacks and eight tackles for loss in 17 starts.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: NFL Network - Ian Rapoport
3 weeks agoPass-rusher Anthony Nelson re-signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday for two years and $10 million, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. Nelson's new deal can max out at $12 million through incentives. Nelson was originally drafted by the Buccaneers in the fourth round (107th overall) in 2019 out of Iowa, and he's spent all six of his NFL seasons in Tampa. The 28-year-old linebacker will return to head coach Todd Bowle's defense for another two years after recording 40 total tackles (25 solo) for the second straight season. He added four sacks, six tackles for loss, 13 QB hits, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in 17 regular-season games (six starts). Because Nelson isn't an every-down linebacker, he's off the fantasy radar, but he's been a key player for the Bucs over the years and has 17.5 sacks since 2021.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: ESPN.com - Jeremy Fowler
3
weeks
agoThe
New
Orleans
Saints
agreed
to
terms
on
an
undisclosed
one-year
deal
to
re-sign
wide
receiver
Dante
Pettis
on
Tuesday,
according
to
ESPN's
Adam
Schefter.
Pettis
began
the
2024
season
with
the
Chicago
Bears
before
being
released
in
September
with
an
injury
settlement.
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