Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, Mecole Hardman, and Marquez Valdez-Scantling are just a few of the names we have seen propped up over the past few seasons under the pretense that being part of an offense led by Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid could, should, and would take their games to a higher level. In 2023, we finally saw one of those bets pay off as Rashee Rice…...

The most significant contract handed out to a WR during this free agency period was a four-year, $92 million pact the Tennessee Titans made with Calvin Ridley. The deal comes with $50 million guaranteed, a $10 million cap hit in 2024, and a potential out in two years. Ridley is coming off his first complete season since 2020 after sitting out most of 2021 to…...

The Chicago Bears have acquired Keenan Allen from the Los Angeles Chargers for a fourth-round pick (110th overall) in this year’s draft. For the second year in a row, the Chicago Bears are at the forefront of the NFL offseason. Choosing to stack future assets by passing on 2023’s crop of rookie QBs is looking like a smart move (especially if they had Bryce Young…...

Last week, the New England Patriots signed RB Antonio Gibson to a three-year $11.25 million contract with a max value of $17.25 million. The Patriots could get out next year to save less than a million on the cap or in 2026, which would save $3.5 million before Gibson’s age-28 season. The Patriots added Gibson to an RB room with Rhamondre Stevenson, Kevin Harris, Ja’Mycal…...

A sequoia fell in the woods on Saturday. Since the Bears drew the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft, there has been no more dissected story than what they will do next. With incumbent Justin Fields, who just turned 25, playing some of his best football in the back half of 2023, some wondered if the Bears would use the pick to…...

Sam Darnold signed a one-year, $10 million deal last Wednesday to be the starting QB for the Minnesota Vikings. The agreement raises significant questions for the franchise, Darnold, and most importantly for Justin Jefferson, T.J. Hockenson, and Jordan Addison. Jefferson has spent the past two seasons as the No. 1 ranked WR in dynasty leagues and the No. 1 ranked overall player in single-QB formats…....

The Carolina Panthers have traded CB Donte Jackson and a sixth-round pick (178th overall) to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for WR Diontae Johnson and a seventh-round pick (240th overall) The past couple seasons for Johnson in Pittsburgh have been . . . underwhelming, to put it nicely. Since being drafted by the Steelers in the third round of the 2019 draft, Johnson has had…...

Last season was the first in Austin Ekeler’s career in which he did not finish with positive fantasy points over expectation. And although he produced several RB1 weeks when healthy, he was also held below the RB2 threshold much of the time, including all but two games from Week 11 on. At 29 years old, this sort of decline is far from unprecedented. And in…...

It may have surprised some when Noah Fant, hitting free agency for the first time in his NFL career, decided to stay with the Seattle Seahawks. Fant signed a two-year deal, which left me scratching my head initially. I had high hopes for Fant landing on a new team, with the promise of an expanded role in an offense and a chance to finally realize…...

Joe Mixon is a polarizing player, and for good reason. On the one hand, his advanced metrics don’t point to a particularly great player. He has also struggled with pass protection and has had some precarious character-based red flags. Yet, he has been a starter in Cincinnati for years, maintained good physical health, played on some excellent teams, and produced decent counting stats. In an…...

The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to a one-year contract with free-agent RB Aaron Jones that will pay him $7M in 2024. After signing Josh Jacobs to a four-year, $48M contract on the first day of free agency, it was reported that the Packers were working with Jones to restructure his contract for the second time in as many years. A few hours later, Jones was…...

The Jaguars were one of the first movers in free agency, signing wide receiver Gabe Davis to a three-year deal worth a maximum of $50 million (with $24 million fully guaranteed). Davis has been one of the premier long-touchdown specialists of the last few years, even as many of his key metrics are routinely underwhelming. Yet after Calvin Ridley signed with the Tennessee Titans, Davis…...