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.
Dolphins, WR Jalen Tolbert Agree To Deal
The Cowboys franchise-tagging George Pickens gives them two high salaries at wide receiver. A four-year CeeDee Lamb supporting-caster will now relocate.
Jalen Tolbert is joining the Dolphins, according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, who adds the parties agreed to a one-year deal. Pickens’ Dallas arrival cooled the momentum Tolbert established as Lamb’s top sidekick in 2024, and he will attempt to rebound as one of Malik Willis‘ targets in Miami. As Schultz points out, Tolbert and Willis have been close since playing in the Senior Bowl together four years ago.
In 2024, Tolbert broke through with a 49-reception, 610-yard season that produced seven touchdowns. That is an outlier on the former third-round pick’s resume, however. Tolbert has not eclipsed 300 yards in another season, and he combined for just three TDs between the 2022, 2023 and 2025 campaigns.
More to come.
Chargers, Dalvin Tomlinson Agree To Deal
Dalvin Tomlinson has lined up his next opportunity. The veteran defensive tackle has agreed to terms with the Chargers, per his agency (h/t Tom Pelissero of NFL Network).
Pelissero’s colleague Ian Rapoport reports this is a one-year deal. Tomlinson is in line to collect $7.5MM with $6MM of that figure fully guaranteed. The Bolts will be his fifth career NFL team.
The Bolts have specialized in low-cost veteran D-linemen during Jim Harbaugh and Joe Hortiz‘s time in Los Angeles. The team has brought in the likes of Da’Shawn Hand, Poona Ford, Teair Tart and Naquan Jones on low-cost deals. Ford and Tart played their way into bigger deals — Tart’s coming with the Bolts — after impressing for low-level money. Tomlinson checks in with a higher pay rate by comparison to the original pacts for the aforementioned D-linemen, but he has now been cut twice in two years.
The Browns released Tomlinson in 2025, and the Cardinals cut him days ago. Tomlinson follows Jonathan Allen and Javon Hargrave as D-tackles being cap casualties twice in two years only to find a new home shortly after. The Chargers are Tomlinson’s fifth team, as he played for the Giants and Vikings before signing a big-ticket Browns contract.
A 142-game starter throughout a nine-year career, Tomlinson has only missed seven career games. The former second-round pick logged 17 starts for the Cardinals last season. Pro Football Focus graded the run stuffer 114th among 127 qualified interior D-linemen last season. PFF viewed Tomlinson’s run defense as having fallen off considerably; the Chargers obviously disagree. Though, Tomlinson has needed to take pay cuts in each of the past two years. After the Browns moved his four-year, $57MM contract off their payroll, the Cardinals gave the 335-pound defender a two-year, $29MM accord.
More to come…
Titans To Release CB L’Jarius Sneed
The Titans are releasing L’Jarius Sneed, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, making him a late addition to the cornerback market in free agency.
Sneed, 29, arrived in Tennessee in a tag-and-trade deal with the Chiefs during the 2024 offseason. The Titans sent a third-round pick to Kansas City and handed the veteran corner a four-year, $76.4MM contract with $44MM guaranteed.
He only played 12 games on that deal due to quad injuries in both 2024 and 2025. When healthy, Sneed’s performance dipped notably with career-worst marks in several categories, including his ball production, tackling, and yards per target allowed. His grades from Pro Football Focus (subscription required) plummeted relative to his time in Kansas City, too.
The Titans certainly hoped to get more out of Sneed, especially since the third-round pick they sent to Kansas City turned out to be the second in the round. Instead, they will release him with two years remaining on his contract to save $11.4MM against the 2026 salary cap, per OverTheCap. The remaining prorations of Sneed’s signing bonus will leave an $8.1MM dead cap hit.
Tennessee used several different cornerbacks in the last two years and seem to be rebuilding the unit entirely under new head coach Robert Saleh. He declined to retain Darrell Baker, who led the corner room in snaps in 2025, and instead signed Cordale Flott, Alontae Taylor, and Joshua Williams, all young potential starters that will give the Titans plenty of options in their secondary.
More to come.
49ers To Re-Sign LB Luke Gifford
Luke Gifford will remain in San Francisco next season. The veteran linebacker and special teams ace has agreed to a new 49ers deal, Tom Pelissero, Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL Network report. 
This is a two-year deal worth $5.3MM, per the report. Gifford’s most recent San Francisco pact was for one year and $1.8MM. His strong showing in 2025 has landed him a notable raise.
Gifford played out his rookie contract with the Titans and he spent 2023 and ’24 as a member of the Titans. During that span, the 30-year-old played sparingly on defense but was a special teams mainstay. In his debut 49ers campaign, Gifford earned a Pro Bowl nod for his strong third phase work. He will no doubt be expected to remain a high-end contributor in that regard moving forward.
Due to the 49ers’ injury situation at the linebacker spot, however, Gifford wound up making nine starts in 2025. The Nebraska product handled 172 defensive snaps, the second-highest total of his career. He made 35 tackles, second only to his total from the year before in Tennessee. A full-time gig should not be expected in this case, but Gifford will offer San Francisco with a familiar backup option on defense if needed.
The 49ers have been busy with respect to defensive additions in recent days. That includes a reunion with Dre Greenlaw. He and Fred Warner will be counted on to handle a heavy workload, with the likes of Dee Winters and Tatum Bethune also in the fold as well. Gifford will give the team veteran depth at the second level.
San Francisco entered Friday with roughly $27MM in cap space. As a result, this deal will not make a major impact on the team’s other roster-building moves leading up to the draft.
Giants To Reunite With S Jason Pinnock
The Giants are reuniting with Jason Pinnock, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz. The veteran safety is set to return to New York on a one-year deal, ESPN’s Jordan Raanan adds.
Pinnock, 26, appeared in 44 games for the Giants from 2022 to 2024. He started five games in 2022 with a 49% snap share before taking on a full time role with 16 starts in each of the next two years. He recorded 85 tackles in each of those seasons – the fourth-most on the team – and a combined five sacks and 10 tackles for loss. Pinnock also pulled in two interceptions in 2023, the only picks of his career.
The five-year veteran then signed a one-year, $2.2MM to be the 49ers’ third safety in 2025. Pinnock struggled in San Francisco, according to Pro Football Focus (subscription required), earning the lowest grades of his career and posing the highest missed tackle rate and completion percentage allowed of his career.
Pinnock will be vying for a similar role in New York in 2025 behind Giants starting safeties Jevon Holland and Tyler Nubin. That was Dane Belton‘s job in 2025, but he switched New York clubs this week and now plays for the Jets. Pinnock’s primary competition will be Ar’Darius Washington, a former Ravens safety who followed John Harbaugh to his new team on a one-year deal.
Washington’s relationship with Harbaugh – as well as new defensive coordinator and former Ravens secondary coach Dennard Wilson – may give him a leg up in earning a role in the defense. Pinnock clearly has fans in the building, though, and with more than 3,500 snaps of experience before turning 27 years old, he will likely find his way on the field in the Meadowlands.
Eagles Unlikely To Trade WR A.J. Brown Before June?
Through the outset of the new league year, no A.J. Brown trade has been worked out. The Eagles‘ preference was to resolve this situation at the start of free agency, but much of the league’s high-profile deals have already taken place no swap has taken place. 
Any Brown trade worked out before June 1 would result in massive dead cap charges, something which of course represents motivation for patience on the Eagles’ part. According to SportsBoom’s Jason La Canfora, there is now an expectation among NFL executives a swap – if one is to take place at all – will not occur until after that date. There is still interest in this case nevertheless.
The Patriots have been named as a strong suitor for Brown both before and after the free agent arrival of Romeo Doubs. New England is indeed still regarded as one of the logical landing spots for Brown, La Canfora adds, although any trade will not come at a discount. The Eagles have maintained a high asking price, and NFL evaluators contend “more than a first-round pick” will be required for GM Howie Roseman to accept an offer in the near future.
That price may be lowered after the draft, by which point the number of teams willing to acquire Brown will no doubt drop. The three-time Pro Bowler is under contract for four more years, although 2026 is the final season which includes guaranteed base pay. Brown has topped 1,000 yards in six of his seven NFL seasons, including each of his three in Philadelphia. Talk regarding dissatisfaction with the Eagles’ offense has been ongoing for a lengthy period, however, leading many to see this offseason as the time for a parting of ways.
The Rams were previously mentioned as a team to watch on the Brown front. They have since been busy, adding Trent McDuffie via trade and fellow former Chiefs cornerback Jaylen Watson in free agency. In spite of that, Dianna Russini of The Athletic reports Los Angeles continues to monitor the situation. She cautions that conversations with Roseman about Brown have slowed since the McDuffie trade, one which saw the Rams part with one of their two 2026 first-round picks.
Los Angeles has extension candidate Puka Nacua and veteran Davante Adams in place at the receiver spot. The latter only has one year remaining on his contract, however, so adding a long-term replacement could be viable for the Rams (which was not recently mentioned as one of the teams on Brown’s wish list). The team owns pick No. 13, a far more attractive selection than New England’s No. 31. Whether or not a swap based on either of those picks can be worked out will be worth monitoring.
DeCosta: Ravens Planned On Signing Trey Hendrickson In Addition To Maxx Crosby
The Ravens remain at the heart of the NFL’s most notable (and controversial) storyline of the offseason. Shortly after backing out of the trade agreement which would have sent Maxx Crosby to Baltimore, the team agreed to terms with free agent Trey Hendrickson. 
GM Eric DeCosta spoke about the matter recently at a press conference. Notably, he said (via ESPN’s Jamison Hensley) the Ravens’ initial plan was to sign Hendrickson while also following through on the Crosby trade. Baltimore’s push to sign the former Bengals sack artist picked up late Tuesday, a point well after the free agent negotiating window opened but before – officially, at least – the Crosby trade fell through.
DeCosta said he was “gutted” about the fact his agreement with Raiders counterpart John Spytek was not finalized. The Ravens were set to send their first-round pick in 2026 and ’27 to Vegas for Crosby, who now remains under contract with Vegas. The All-Pro’s future is once again in question, although he appears to be on course to continue his decorated run with the franchise. Crosby continues to rehab surgery following a meniscus repair; a failed physical led to the trade being called off, though DeCosta did not specifically reference Crosby’s medical testing when reflecting on this high-profile saga.
The timing of this matter proved to be impactful, with Monday marking (as usual) the busiest point on the calendar with respect to free agent deals being agreed to. Vegas in particular was active, with edge rusher Kwity Paye among the players set to be brought in. As Hensley’s colleague Jeremy Fowler notes, Crosby’s Baltimore physical did not take place until Tuesday. Many dominoes had already (unofficially) fallen by then, a sore spot for critics of how this situation has been handled.
While no league rules were broken, the Ravens’ decision to back out of the Crosby deal has led many to expect backlash from other GMs. DeCosta said, however, that his phone has not stopped ringing with the new league year continuing to unfold. It will nevertheless be interesting to see how future dealings with Baltimore take place moving forward.
Sack production was a major issue for Baltimore in 2025, making it no surprise the Crosby trade was worked out in the first place or that a big-ticket Hendrickson deal was signed. Dianna Russini of The Athletic reports Baltimore planned on restructuring Crosby’s contract (which runs through 2029 and is based heavily on base salaries) upon arrival. She adds, however, that doing so would have moved him near the top of the pass rush market and thus made a Hendrickson pact difficult to arrange given Baltimore’s cap situation.
Of course, that is now a moot point with Crosby set to continue with the Raiders or be traded to another team. Nonetheless, DeCosta’s remarks are certainly noteworthy in the wake of the criticism he has faced. Whether or not Hendrickson winds up being paired with one of the few low-cost EDGE options still on the market or a high draft choice in April will make for a storyline worth following.
Jets To Re-Sign T Chukwuma Okorafor
Chukwuma Okorafor lined up a deal with the Jets early in free agency last spring. Almost exactly one year later, the veteran offensive tackle made the same choice. 
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Another deal has been agreed to between team and player, Brian Costello of the New York Post reports. Okorafor made 14 appearances during his debut Jets season. His only playing time (45 snaps) came on special teams, however, with starting tackles Olu Fashanu and Armand Membou each logging a full slate of games.
Both Fashanu (selected 11th overall in 2024) and Membou (seventh overall in 2025) are set as long-term pieces for the Jets. They will of course be expected to remain full-time starters moving forward. Health in each case will be critical as New York looks to make needed improvements on offense. Okorafor, 28, will offer plenty of experience as a fill-in option, however.
The former Steelers third-rounder served as a full-time starter through most of his Pittsburgh tenure (2018-23). Okorafor then spent a single campaign with the Patriots, although he made just one appearance during the regular season that year. A one-year Jets deal worth $1.34MM followed, and the terms of this latest pact will no doubt be similar.
The Jets also announced on Friday that linebacker Mykal Walker has been re-signed. Walker also made his Jets debut in 2025. The former Falcon, Steeler and Commander made 14 appearances and five starts, chipping in on defense while handling a snap share of 81% on special teams. A large third phase workload can be expected for Walker moving forward.
The Jets entered Friday with over $37MM in cap space. Neither of these deals will significantly alter that figure, so further moves could be coming as general manager Darren Mougey continues to re-shape the roster.