Dolphins To Extend C Aaron Brewer
The Dolphins had signed Aaron Brewer to a mid-tier center contract in 2024, but after his breakthrough 2025 season, a new deal is in place. Brewer is now the NFL’s third-highest-paid center.
Miami’s new regime is giving Brewer a three-year, $52.5MM extension, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. The deal will provide the veteran interior blocker with $37MM guaranteed. At $17.5MM per year, Brewer trails only Tyler Linderbaum and Creed Humphrey among center salaries.
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Eagles Sign DE A.J. Epenesa
Several weeks after A.J. Epenesa‘s Browns deal fell through, the veteran edge rusher has found a new home. The Eagles signed the former second-round pick, per a team announcement.
Philadelphia has signed Epenesa and guard Michael Jordan. The team waived linebackers Chandler Martin and Isiah King to clear roster space. Epenesa will head to Philly after six years in Buffalo.
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Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes Agree On Extension Through 2033
Six summers ago, the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes agreed on an unrivaled extension that ran into the 2030s. The superstar’s lengthy contract benefited the Chiefs, and other passers’ salaries began to dwarf his.
The Chiefs agreed to a reworked deal in fall 2023 but did not remove any years from the mammoth pact. The parties have now agreed to add more time on this deal, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport. Kansas City will now have Mahomes signed through the 2033 season at $504.75MM. That is the total value of the new deal, which will add two seasons to Mahomes’ term.
That whopping number covers eight seasons in total, representing a seismic adjustment to the NFL’s longest-term contract. In terms of new money, Mahomes will receive $239.1MM, per Schefter and Rapoport. The first four years of the three-time Super Bowl MVP’s deal are guaranteed at signing, representing tremendous confidence the quarterback will return to his stratospheric heights after suffering ACL and LCL tears last December.
This does not mean the Chiefs are adding $239.1MM over the 2032 and ’33 seasons, as Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio points out, but the team will give the all-time great a significant raise over the existing years of his deal. In exchange, Mahomes will give the Chiefs two more years of control.
The 2033 season would be Mahomes’ age-38 campaign. That $239MM number will mark a raise throughout the eight-year contract’s life, and it represents a record-setting AAV bump for the current game’s most accomplished quarterback.
The new guarantees probably represent the most notable component of this agreement. Aside from first- or early-second-round rookie contracts and the outlier Deshaun Watson deal, teams do not authorize four years of fully guaranteed money. The Chiefs are doing so, with Schefter and Rapoport adding guarantee mechanisms — which were used in the team’s initial Mahomes extension — are present to cover the 2030s part of this accord.
While plenty of details are yet to emerge, the eight-year package worth $504.75MM comes out to more than $63MM per year. We will wait to see how this is structured, but that blows past Dak Prescott‘s previous high-water mark — set in September 2024. The Cowboys have Prescott signed to a four-year, $240MM extension, one the QB secured thanks to historic leverage. Mahomes opted for a team-friendlier deal in 2020, and it helped the Chiefs retain Chris Jones on multiple extensions — to go with other roster-building advantages. The organization is rewarding the 10th-year quarterback, and it will be interesting to see how this contract breaks down in terms of cap hits.
When Mahomes agreed to his 10-year Kansas City extension (worth $450MM) in July 2020, Russell Wilson‘s $35MM-per-year Seahawks pact had resided atop the quarterback market. Mahomes’ accord raised the ceiling, but it did not take too long for the field to catch up with him. Watson topped the deal on a much more player-friendly package — the most player-friendly agreement in NFL history — while Aaron Rodgers became the first $50MM-AAV player days earlier in March 2022.
A host of QBs are now in the $50MM-per-year club, leading to the Chiefs infusing Mahomes’ contract with guarantees in September 2023, with Prescott hitting $60MM AAV. The $60MM-per-year club now houses two passers, and Lamar Jackson‘s camp will assuredly take note of Mahomes’ latest update.
Jackson carries favorable leverage compared to Mahomes, whose previous through-2031 arrangement gave the Chiefs flexibility — which they have continually used via restructures. The Chiefs have restructured Mahomes’ contract five times since its authorization; the latest change (in February) dropped his cap number to $34.65MM for 2026. That gave the Chiefs some breathing room, as they entered the offseason well over the cap.
The contract maxes out at $522.25MM, according to Schefter and Rapoport, with incentives and escalators present. This agreement comes more than a year after the Bills gave Josh Allen a monster adjustment by adding two more years to his lengthy contract. The only QB to remotely venture into Mahomes’ contractual territory — term length-wise — Allen signed a six-year Bills extension in 2021. After Allen’s 2024 MVP season, the team rewarded him with a six-year, $330MM contract that added two years to his previous pact. This Mahomes offering looks similar, but with four fully guaranteed years, the Kansas City icon fared better on that front.
It is debatable as to whether Allen has passed Mahomes in the QB pecking order exiting the 2025 season, and the Bills superstar is a year younger. But no debate exists as to the league’s most accomplished active QB.
The Chiefs had experienced a 50-year Super Bowl drought after their Super Bowl IV victory, which closed the sport’s AFL chapter, as the likes of Joe Montana, Trent Green and Alex Smith — among others in a QB carousel that formed a San Francisco-to-Kansas City pipeline — were unable to lift the franchise back to the game’s ultimate stage. Mahomes did, and he has played in five Super Bowls and seven AFC championship games through eight seasons as a starter.
Mahomes delivered his best statistical season in 2018, throwing 50 touchdown passes and reaching 5,097 passing yards in his first year succeeding Smith. A porous Chiefs defense could not stop Tom Brady and Co. in the AFC championship game, but Kansas City’s seminal Steve Spagnuolo hire soon after allowed Mahomes to have near-Brady-like defensive protection en route to forming the NFL’s only post-Patriots dynasty. The Chiefs won Super Bowls LIV, LVII and LVIII over the next five seasons, with Mahomes earning MVP honors in each game. Also receiving regular-season MVP acclaim in 2022, Mahomes created distance between himself and the field by that point.
Since then, the Chiefs have not rivaled their early Mahomes years on offense. The team ranked 15th in scoring in 2023 and ’24, with the Tyreek Hill trade — and a few misses at wide receiver — limiting the once-explosive attack. Travis Kelce moving into his mid-30s did not help matters, and Spagnuolo’s defense — a top-10 unit in six of the decorated DC’s seven seasons in K.C. — became an underrated component of this dynasty.
The Chiefs lost Mahomes to a season-ending knee injury in Week 15 last year, but the team was on the verge of elimination with the future first-ballot Hall of Famer at the wheel. Mahomes went 6-8 as a starter last season, as the Chiefs’ close-game mojo faded. The team ranked 21st in scoring offense, with the post-Mahomes period contributing to that placement. Wednesday’s commitment certainly shows no signs the franchise is concerned about its passer’s long-term viability.
Andy Reid, the Chiefs dynasty’s other pillar, has continually fended off retirement rumors. The NFL’s fourth-winningest all-time coach is heading into his 14th season in charge of the AFC West team. The Broncos toppled Reid’s bunch last season, going 14-3, while the Chargers swept the Chiefs with Mahomes starting both games. Reid, 68, will attempt to become the oldest HC to win a Super Bowl; Bruce Arians, 66 when his Buccaneers thrashed the Chiefs in Super Bowl LV, currently holds that record.
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Meniscus Injury To Sideline Cardinals DT Kaleb Proctor; Latest On CB Garrett Williams
As the Cardinals transition to Mike LaFleur as head coach, they retained defensive coordinator Nick Rallis from the Jonathan Gannon period. Rallis’ unit has notable question marks along the defensive line, as the jury is still out on recent first-rounders Walter Nolen and Darius Robinson.
Arizona, which lost Calais Campbell in free agency, made another investment in the position early in the fourth round by selecting Southeastern Louisiana’s Kaleb Proctor. The No. 104 overall pick, though, may not be healthy when the the Cardinals open their season. LaFleur said (via Cards Wire’s Howard Balzer) Proctor suffered a torn meniscus during OTAs.
LaFleur did not rule out this being a season-ending injury. Proctor, among a handful of players from this draft class to not yet sign a rookie contract, was a consensus Division I-FCS All-American in 2025. He finished with nine sacks to become the Southland Conference’s Player of the Year. He was the first FCS player drafted this year.
The Cardinals saw Nolen run into multiple injuries derailing his rookie season. A calf injury suffered during offseason workouts sidelined the 2025 first-rounder until Week 8, and he suffered a season-ending knee injury two months later.
Nolen, who underwent surgery late last season, played just six games as a rookie. Robinson, meanwhile, finished his second season as Pro Football Focus’ lowest-graded interior D-lineman (among 127 regulars). Campbell rejoined the Ravens in free agency, though the Cardinals did bring back Roy Lopez after his Lions season. The team also signed Andrew Billings and Jonah Williams (not the two-year Arizona RT), but Proctor was the only D-lineman the team drafted this year.
Elsewhere on the Cardinals’ defense, Garrett Williams is rehabbing an Achilles tear suffered in Week 16. Arizona’s primary slot cornerback over the past three seasons, Williams played 10 games in 2025. He underwent surgery late in the season and is on track to return by Week 1, LaFleur added (via AZCardinals.com’s Darren Urban).
Williams is expected to be back during training camp, per LaFleur, who places Week 1 as a realistic goal. This would be a welcome development for all parties, as Williams — a 2023 third-rounder — has logged at least a 75% snap share on defense over the past two seasons. The Syracuse product, who ranked as PFF’s No. 3 overall corner in 2024, is entering a contract year. The Cards do not much in the way of known commodities at corner, so having Williams back to open the season would be a nice bonus as Rallis attempts to revive a defense that ranked 31st last season.
Giants Optimistic Malik Nabers Will Be Ready For Week 1
Giants No. 1 receiver Malik Nabers remains in recovery from the torn ACL and meniscus he suffered last September. It has been a difficult rehab for Nabers, who required a second surgery – a cleanup procedure – in mid-April. While Nabers is still sidelined, Giants bigwigs are optimistic he will be ready when they open their season against the Cowboys on Sept. 13.
“I still think he’ll be fine Week 1,” general manager Joe Schoen told Jori Epstein of Yahoo Sports on Monday. “So we’ll see. He’s trending in the right direction. Again, these things take time, so it’s not instant. Every patient is different.”
Head coach John Harbaugh took a similarly positive tone Wednesday, saying (via Dan Duggan of The Athletic) that Nabers is making “really good progress.” Harbaugh added he is “very hopeful that he’ll be back soon.” In Harbaugh’s estimation, Nabers is 70 to 80 percent through his rehab.
Nabers’ absence is the most glaring in the Giants’ receiving corps, but he isn’t their only wideout on the shelf. Darius Slayton is on the mend from core-muscle surgery, and the team saw Gunner Olszewski go down with a season-ending Achilles tear during practice on May 29. Scrambling for healthy bodies, the Giants reunited with Odell Beckham Jr. and also brought in JuJu Smith-Schuster and Braxton Berrios during a June 1 shopping spree. Those modest signings came a few months after the Giants added Calvin Austin and Darnell Mooney on the open market. They also traded up 31 picks to draft Malachi Fields in the third round (No. 74 overall).
Schoen admitted to Epstein that the Giants’ new-look WR group does not have a “true No. 1 alpha” with Nabers out, but he believes “there’s enough to go.” It is clear, however, that Nabers is the best player of the bunch. After going sixth overall in the 2024 draft, Nabers dazzled during a Pro Bowl rookie year in which he caught 109 passes for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns. Last season’s injury, which he incurred in quarterback Jaxson Dart‘s first career start, limited him to four games. Nabers will be a little under a year removed from it when Week 1 arrives, and the Giants are hopeful he will be on the field for the first meaningful game of the Harbaugh era.
Pats Not ‘Exploring’ Stefon Diggs Reunion; TE Addition Possible
Although the Patriots released wide receiver Stefon Diggs in March, the four-time Pro Bowler was reportedly open to a new deal with the team as of mid-May. As expected, though, the Patriots went on to acquire wideout A.J. Brown from the Eagles a couple of weeks later. With Brown now the leader of a crowded receiving corps, Diggs will probably have to look elsewhere.
When head coach Mike Vrabel met with reporters Wednesday, he downplayed the chances of the Patriots re-signing Diggs, saying (via Doug Kyed of the Boston Herald), “Right now, I don’t think that that’s something that I think we’re exploring, but I would never say no.”
Diggs gave the Patriots strong production in what ended up as the only season of his three-year, $63.3MM contract with the team. In his return from the torn ACL he suffered in 2024 with the Texans, Diggs stayed healthy and led the Patriots in receptions (85), targets (121) and yards (1,013). He also caught four touchdowns, helping the Pats to a remarkable one-year turnaround in which they went from 4-13 to 14-3.
New England advanced all the way to Super Bowl LX, but the team couldn’t overcome Seattle in a 29-13 loss. The Patriots gave Diggs the ax a few weeks later and opened up $16.8MM in cap space at the cost of $9.7MM in dead money. At the time, Diggs was facing strangulation and assault charges for an alleged incident with his former personal chef. He was found not guilty in early May, though the league has continued to review the matter. It is unclear if he will face any discipline.
While the 32-year-old Diggs may be the best receiver left in free agency, Vrabel noted the Patriots are “happy” with the options they have. Beyond Brown, the club has expensive free agent pickup Romeo Doubs, Mack Hollins,2025 third-round pick Kyle Williams, Kayshon Boutte, DeMario Douglas and Efton Chism in its top seven. Hollins and Williams are “near-locks” for roster spots, according to Kyed. On the other hand, Boutte has come up as a trade candidate. He is reportedly open to a change of scenery, but the fourth-year man claims he is still content in New England.
“I wouldn’t mind being here,” Boutte said this week (via Chad Graff of The Athletic): “I do want to be here.”
With Brown and Doubs playing on big-money deals, Boutte is not in good position to sign an extension as he heads into a contract year, Graff notes. At the same time, Graff does not believe the Patriots are so well off at the position that they would give Boutte away for a late-round pick. Meanwhile, Douglas is reportedly on the roster bubble and might lose his spot to Chism, who could be the Patriots’ kick returner.
Although another agreement with Diggs appears unlikely, the Patriots may be in the market for tight end help after losing Julian Hill to an undisclosed injury. They brought in the former Dolphin on a three-year, $15MM pact in free agency, but he abruptly went on season-ending IR on June 1.
Asked about a potential tight end addition, Vrabel said (via Kyed), “I think that’s somewhere where we’d have to address.”
The Patriots have a clear-cut No. 1 tight end in Hunter Henry. They also drafted Eli Raridon in the third round this year. CJ Dippre, Jack Westover and undrafted rookie Tanner Arkin round out the group, but they could have company soon.
Colts’ Daniel Jones Increases Offseason Participation; Alec Pierce Could Miss Start Of Training Camp
JUNE 10: Pierce’s surgery came after an unsuccessful PRP injection, per Mike Chappell of FOX 59. Asked when he could return, Pierce said, “Kind of somewhere in there I should be back right before the season or ready to go sometime during camp, whether that’s the beginning of the end.”
JUNE 9: Daniel Jones has continued to make progress while recovering from the Achilles tear which ended his debut Colts season. An increase in his level of practice participation has taken place recently.
Jones has been able to take part in seven-on-seven drills in OTAs lately, as detailed by the Associated Press (h/t ESPN). That marks the next step after he was limited to individual work earlier this spring. 11-on-11 participation will need to wait until training camp, but the latest developments are encouraging.
“To get him out there in seven-on-seven was huge, to get him in the fold, running plays with the guys,” head coach Shane Steichen said of Jones’ recovery. “We’ll keep that trend going, probably through the end of OTAs and then, obviously, get him into team stuff at training camp. It’s spring, we don’t play for a while, so we’ve got to be smart with his injury. But he’s making great progress.”
Jones received the transition tag in March to ensure he would not be able to test the market. Shortly thereafter, a two-year, $88MM deal was worked out. The 29-year-old will be counted on to replicate his impressive performances from before the injury as the Colts aim to end their playoff drought. The play of the team’s offense will be key to those efforts, and wideout Alec Pierce‘s availability will be critical.
Pierce – who landed a four-year, $114MM pact to stay with the Colts – underwent ankle surgery this spring. No missed time in the regular season is expected in his case, but a limited workload during the summer may be coming. Steichen said on Tuesday (via Joel A. Erickson of the Indy Star) it is possible Pierce could remain sidelined during the beginning of training camp next month. A return to practice in time for Week 1 would still be anticipated even in that event, but any setbacks in recovery could prove to be impactful on a Colts receiving corps which no longer has Michael Pittman Jr. in the fold.
Jones will also be able to participate in seven-on-seven drills during mandatory minicamp, Steichen confirmed today (h/t Fox59’s Mike Chappell). Anything beyond that will not take place until padded practices during the summer, but his recovery continues to head in a positive direction.
Jonathan Taylor Wants To Be ‘Colt For Life’
Thanks to the four-year, $64MM extension he signed last month, the Dolphins’ De’Von Achane leads all running backs in contract value. With fellow stars Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs and Jonathan Taylor also looking for extensions this summer, Achane might not sit atop the mountain for long.
Speaking about his future on Wednesday, Taylor told reporters he wants to re-up with the Colts before the season. The three-time Pro Bowler has informed management of that (via Mike Chappell of FOX 59).
“I’d love to be a Colt for life,” said Taylor, who has thrived in Indianapolis since the former Wisconsin standout entered the NFL as a second-round pick in 2020.
In 2023, the last time Taylor angled for new contract, negotiations between him and the team became so contentious that he requested a trade that July. Nothing materialized before the season, and Taylor wound up beginning the year on the PUP list as a result of an ankle injury. After the Colts did not receive any firm offers for Taylor while he was on the shelf, the two sides finally hammered out a three-year, $42MM extension in early October.
At the time of signing, Taylor placed third among RBs in average annual value and fourth in fully guaranteed money ($26.5MM). He’s now seventh in AAV and ninth in guarantees. With the 27-year-old Taylor still among the league’s elite backs, he is in line for another raise.
Taylor dealt with injuries in each year from 2022-24 and missed the equivalent of a full season (17 games), but his health bounced back during a full campaign in 2025. The 5-foot-10, 226-pound workhorse led the league in carries (323), finished third in yards (1,585; his fourth 1,000-yard season) and scored nine touchdowns on the ground. Taylor also found the end zone twice as a pass catcher and logged career highs in receptions (46) and yards (378).
The Colts got a couple of important tasks done earlier in the offseason when they made pricey commitments to quarterback Daniel Jones (two years, $88MM) and wide receiver Alec Pierce (four years, $114MM). Taylor still stands out as the best offensive weapon Indianapolis has, which should increase his chances of landing his own multiyear deal sometime soon.
Bills’ Michael Hoecht Uncertain For Camp
Seven months since he tore his Achilles last November, Bills outside linebacker Michael Hoecht participated in individual drills at minicamp Tuesday (via Sal Capaccio of WGR 550). That’s a good sign for Hoecht as training camp approaches, though it is uncertain if he will be ready by then.
“[The athletic trainers and medical staff] really don’t want me to put timelines on it, but I’m going to put as much effort, I can’t put a timeline onto it, but I can put as much effort as possible into it,” Hoecht said last week (via Alaina Getzenberg of ESPN).
Hoecht indicated the ultimate goal is to be on the field when Buffalo’s season kicks off in Houston on Sept. 13. Heading into the second season of a three-year, $24MM contract, the former Ram should play a notable role in the Bills’ defense if he is healthy. Hoecht’s first year in Buffalo went down as a disappointment, and his injury wasn’t the lone culprit.
Just four days after Hoecht signed with the Bills in March 2025, the NFL hit him with a six-game suspension for violating its policy on performance-enhancing substances. The ban prevented the 28-year-old from debuting until Week 8, but he made an immediate impact in a 40-9 blowout victory in Carolina. After forcing a fumble and registering 1.5 sacks against the Panthers, he chipped in another half-sack in a 28-21 win over the Chiefs in Week 9. However, Hoecht suffered his injury that afternoon, limiting him to just two games in 2025.
As the Bills transition to a 3-4 base defense under new coordinator Jim Leonhard, Hoecht is a key figure on their pass-rushing depth chart. Barring setbacks in his recovery, Hoecht and second-round rookie T.J. Parker will slot in behind starting OLBs Greg Rousseau and Bradley Chubb. The Bills brought in ex-Chief Mike Danna in free agency to add more depth, while Javon Solomon and Andre Jones will also compete for reserve spots. Joey Bosa and A.J. Epenesa – members of last year’s team – are among remaining free agent possibilities, but the Bills have not shown public interest in re-signing either player.
Elsewhere in the Bills’ LB corps, Dorian Williams is dealing with an undisclosed injury, but head coach Joe Brady is hopeful he will be good to go for camp (via Lance Lysowski of the Buffalo News). Like Hoecht, a healthy Williams could carve out an important role, especially considering the Bills have not re-signed Shaq Thompson or Matt Milano in free agency.
While Williams has come off the bench in 28 of 50 career games, the fourth-year pro may start alongside Terrel Bernard in the middle of the Bills’ defense in 2026. As things stand, their only other choices are fourth-round rookie Kaleb Elarms-Orr, Joe Andreessen (primarily a special teamer), Keonta Jenkins, free agent pickup Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, 2024 undrafted free agent Jimmy Ciarlo and 2026 UDFA Theron Gaines.
Ravens DL Calais Campbell Expects To Retire After 2026
Four years after his first Ravens stint ended, defensive lineman Calais Campbell reunited with the team in free agency earlier this spring. Campbell expects the one-year, $5.5MM contract he signed to go down as his last in the NFL.
Discussing his future on Tuesday, the soon-to-be 40-year-old said (via Jamison Hensley of ESPN): “I always tell myself — and this year I feel it as strongly as ever — that this is probably going to be my last year. I know I said that last year and the year before, but I genuinely meant it at the time. I always tell myself to play well enough to be able to get a job again if I want to. If I go out there and perform to the level I want to play, I’m probably going to have to turn somebody down next year. That’s the ideal scenario. As of right now, I’m playing this year as if it’s my last year.”
As Campbell noted, he will likely field offers in 2027 if he continues to stand out this year. Then a member of the Cardinals, Campbell indicated last August that 2025 would be his final season. However, things changed after the potential Hall of Famer showed no serious signs of slowing down in the 18th year of his career. He completed his third straight 17-start season and notched 43 tackles (nine TFL), 16 quarterback hits, 6.5 sacks and two pass deflections. Campbell’s performance impressed Pro Football Focus, which ranked him 23rd among 127 qualifying interior D-linemen.
Also a former Jaguar, Falcon and Dolphin, Campbell revealed the presence of Ravens defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver influenced his decision to return to Baltimore.
“Weave has been my favorite coach,” the six-time Pro Bowler said. “He’s probably the main reason why I came back here.”
Weaver, who spent the previous two seasons as the Dolphins’ D-coordinator, is beginning his third stint with the Ravens. He played for them from 2002-05 and then held multiple roles on former head coach John Harbaugh‘s staff from 2021-23. Weaver was the assistant defensive line coach for all three of those years, and Campbell was in the fold for two of them.
As Campbell enters what he expects to be his last season, the 2010s All-Decade Team member will have a chance to continue climbing up a couple of all-time lists. Campbell has played 278 games, leaving him five away from passing Jim Marshall for most ever by a defensive lineman. He also has 125 sacks, which ranks 34th in league history. Recording at least six sacks in 2026 would vault him into the top 30.