Eagles Acquire, Extend WR Dontayvion Wicks
Two NFC contenders have swung a trade. The Eagles are acquiring wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks from the Packers for a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027 sixth-rounder, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Philadelphia is also extending Wicks on a one-year, $12.5MM deal.
Wicks’ name surfaced in trade rumors in early March. The three-year veteran is now headed elsewhere a month later. Shipping him out will save the Packers $2.6MM in cap space, per Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. They have around $26MM available.
Wicks becomes the second notable Packers receiver to exit this offseason. The Pack previously lost Romeo Doubs to the Patriots in free agency, but the team still counts Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, Jayden Reed, Savion Williams, Bo Melton and Skyy Moore among its wideouts. The Packers also have a quality pass-catching tight end in Tucker Kraft, giving quarterback Jordan Love plenty of options.
In using a first-rounder on Golden and a third-rounder on Williams, the Packers invested heavily in the position during last year’s draft. Neither produced much in 2025, but the Packers will likely expect the two to make a bigger impact going forward.
Green Bay spent a 2023 fifth-rounder on Wicks, who gave the club decent complementary production. The 6-foot-1, 206-pounder has missed five games, including three last year, but has averaged 40 catches, 491 yards and four touchdowns per 17 contests. Wicks’ move to Philadelphia will reunite him with Sean Mannion. Now the Eagles’ offensive coordinator, Mannion spent the past two years on the Packers’ offensive staff.
Wicks is the third receiver addition this offseason for the Eagles, joining Marquise Brown and Elijah Moore. While Moore is not a lock to make the team, Wicks and Brown figure to carve out important roles in their offense. The acquisition of Wicks will only add fuel to the fire in regards to a potential A.J. Brown trade. The Eagles are expected to deal the three-time Pro Bowler in the coming months, likely between June 2 and the start of the season. Wicks’ track record pales in comparison to A.J. Brown’s, but the Eagles have at least found another capable receiver ahead of the draft.
The Wicks extension gives the Eagles control over three of their top receivers through at least 2027. It may be short-lived in the case of A.J. Brown, who is currently under wraps through 2029. Regardless of what happens with Brown, fellow star DeVonta Smith is signed through 2028.
NFL Mailbag: Giants, Love, Jets, Saints
In this week's edition of the PFR Mailbag, questions on both New York teams are addressed. The top running back prospect in this year's class along with the Saints' offseason are also explored.
Cole asks:
Are both Dexter Lawrence and Kayvon Thibodeaux on the Giants by Week 1? Who do you think has the better chance of being traded?
Many trade requests in the modern NFL are more about trying to attain leverage in contract talks than a genuine desire to change teams. That seems to be the case for Lawrence, with his request coming after another unsuccessful round of extension negotiations.
Colts To Seek CB Kenny Moore Trade
Kenny Moore‘s tenure with the Colts is likely nearing an end. The veteran cornerback is under contract for 2026, but a change of scenery could soon be coming.
Moore and the Colts have mutually agreed to seek out a trade, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. A parting of ways is viewed as beneficial in this case, so it will be interesting to see if a market develops leading up to the draft. Moore has spent his entire nine-year career with Indianapolis.
After handling a part-time workload as a rookie, the former undrafted free agent became a defensive starter for the Colts. Moore has been a mainstay in the secondary since then, racking up 111 starts over the course of his career. During the 2024 offseason, a $10MM-per-year deal was worked out to ensure he would remain in the fold. That represented a record figure for pure slot corners at the time.
Moore remained a key figure in the secondary during the first year of that new contract, collecting three interceptions. The former Pro Bowler totaled 14 appearances this past season, but playing under new defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo his snap share saw a notable drop. Scheme fit is seen as an issue in this case, Schefter’s colleague Stephen Holder notes. A parting of ways could allow Moore to start over while paving the way for Justin Walley – who was drafted in the third round last year but did not play during his rookie campaign – to take on first-team slot duties.
Moore’s contract was restructured in October to lower his immediate cap hit. As a result, his pact is set to void in February 2027. The 30-year-old is owed $10MM this season with a scheduled cap charge of $13.11MM. A trade at this point would create $7.06MM in cap savings while generating a dead money charge of $6.05MM. If the Colts waited until after June 1, the financial benefits of a swap would be far greater ($9.91MM in savings, $3.2MM in dead money).
The Colts have named getting younger and faster on defense as an offseason goal, and moving on from Moore (one of the team’s longest-tenured players) would allow for that to happen. It would also give an acquiring team a veteran presence in the secondary, and one who has played at least 11 games in every season of his career to date. Adding draft capital for this month’s event could also beneficial for the Colts since they do not own a first-round selection in 2026 or ’27.
Moore has been held without an interception for a year only once in his career, and he has notched at least one sack during a season on seven occasions. He could be counted on as a starting presence for an acquiring team, although that will of course depend in large part on where he winds up in the event of a trade being finalized at some point this offseason.
Giants Eyeing Trade-Down Move From No. 5; Other Teams Interested In Trading Back
Closely connected to Jeremiyah Love and Caleb Downs at No. 5 overall, the Giants are launching a new regime centered around John Harbaugh. Coming off a 3-14 season and not entering free agency as one of the most cap-rich teams, the Giants still have holes to fill.
New York also does not hold a third-round pick, trading it to the Texans in the deal that gave New York Jaxson Dart access last year. The Giants are (again) in prime position to snare one of the top talents in a draft class. This is certainly not atypical, as the Giants have walked out of recent drafts with Abdul Carter, Malik Nabers, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Andrew Thomas and Saquon Barkley. They also made two more top-10 picks in this span, selecting Daniel Jones and Evan Neal. This brigade of high-level prospects has not mattered much for Big Blue in the grand scheme.
Harbaugh represents the latest organizational pivot, as the team hopes an experienced leader can help put pieces together in a way the recent run of less seasoned coaches could not. The Giants could land yet another upper-crust prospect, but ESPN.com’s Jordan Raanan notes a belief exists the team would prefer to trade down a few spots to accumulate more draft capital.
The Giants hold Nos. 5 and 37 but do not pick again until No. 105. While they have been tied to Love, Downs, Sonny Styles and Carnell Tate, Raanan adds cornerback is a position where the team is doing homework. LSU’s Mansoor Delane visited the Giants on Thursday, and they are digging into Tennessee’s Jermod McCoy as well. McCoy missed all of last season with an ACL tear but has rehabbed to the point he will be ready to go as a rookie. McCoy clocked a 4.38-second 40-yard dash time at the Volunteers’ pro day and is expected to be drafted by the middle of Round 1 at the latest.
Neither player profiles as one requiring an investment at No. 5, however, and the Giants could be angling to find teams interested in climbing up for a prospect in an effort to recoup a Day 2 pick or two. We are, of course, in prime smokescreen season. The Giants are obviously far from certain to move down and pass on one of this draft’s top prospects, and the New York Post’s Ryan Dunleavy adds Love and Downs (in that order) may be the top players in the team’s draft queue. We heard Giants-Love connections earlier, with Downs and Styles also drawing extensive attention from the team — as Harbaugh’s former club valued the safety position highly.
New York gave Paulson Adebo a three-year, $54MM deal in free agency last year and signed Greg Newsome to a one-year, $8MM pact last month. Newsome profiles as more of a stopgap than a Cordale Flott successor, and the Giants look to have missed on 2023 first-rounder Deonte Banks. Adebo being brought in before Harbaugh’s staff arrived also probably affects the team’s CB interest in this draft.
The Giants also might not find too many teams with appetites to surrender assets and move up. With no quarterback beyond Fernando Mendoza compelling teams to consider big-ticket trade-up offers and the likes of Love, Styles and Downs at non-premium positions, there might be a shortage of trade action early. The teams that follow the Raiders in the top five — the Jets, Cardinals, Titans and Giants — are believed to be interested in moving down to add assets, SI.com’s Albert Breer said in an interview with The Ringer’s Todd McShay, but trade partners are not plentiful right now.
Drafting Love, Styles or Downs this high do not bring the type of contractual advantage identifying a top-shelf pass rusher, wide receiver or tackle — positions usually populating this draft space — would provide. And trading assets to acquire one of these players compounds this issue, potentially creating a scenario in which we do not see much trade action early. Breer adds the trade movement in this year’s draft may begin around No. 10.
It is obviously not a lock the draft will play out this way, and veteran insider Jordan Schultz has been told this could be a trade-heavy draft. Schultz points to a potential “flurry” of activity in the first half of Round 1, citing sources informing him of modest depth in the later rounds. While it is true the present college landscape keeping players in school longer has depleted draft classes — with mid-20-somethings populating the later rounds and UDFA classes — others have spoken of this class’ depth at certain positions.
It will be interesting to hear if more trade chatter picks up over the next two weeks. That is generally the case, and even without a quarterback driving action (as Drake Maye did with the Giants and Vikings in 2024), trade buzz promises to pick up in the coming days.
Who Is The 2026 NFL Draft’s RB2?
Last year’s draft saw six running backs taken in the first two days, including two first-rounders. 2024 didn’t see a rusher selected until the midpoint of the second round. 2023 showed the same output as 2025, and like 2024, the 2022 draft failed to see a first-round running back.
Now, we already know that the 2026 NFL Draft will not follow the even-year trend as Notre Dame sensation Jeremiyah Love is widely projected to become a top-five pick, but after him, who will be the second running back off the board, and where will they be taken? Oddly, enough, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Love’s backfield running mate Jadarian Price is considered by many teams to be the RB2 in this year’s draft class, meaning the Fighting Irish could put out the first two rushers in the draft.
Unfairly forced to play second fiddle to Love all three years of his time in college, Price still made a name for himself, rushing for 1,692 yards and 21 touchdowns over his three years in South Bend, averaging six yards per carry over the course of his career. Scouts saw Price maintain that maximum efficiency while operating on only 6.8 carries per game, keeping his legs much fresher than those of Love. Price operates by vision with patience for developing holes in the offensive line. He has impressive acceleration once he finds his outlet and runs with impressive balance and body control.
Price was certainly impressive in limited time, but NFL teams do not have film on him in extended use. His change of direction doesn’t look necessarily smooth, and his patience behind the line can sometimes leave him over-reliant on bouncing outside. He also benefitted massively from the impressive Notre Dame line in front of him, but he may struggle if his NFL line doesn’t create lanes consistently. Additionally, despite the short sample size, Price showed lots of room for improvement in ball security.
Arkansas’s Mike Washington Jr. is widely seen as the RB3 of the class behind Love and Price. NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah ranks Price as the 39th-best overall prospect, Dane Brugler of The Athletic slots him in at 51st overall, and Todd McShay of The Ringer puts Price at 69th. Washington doesn’t appear in Jeremiah’s top 50 but ranks 85th on Brugler’s list and 96th on McShay’s. If rankings determined draft order, this would slot Price in the mid- to late-second round and Washington solidly in the third.
Interestingly, though, when a draft is so thin on prospects at a single position, it can price that position at a premium, inflating the stock of some lower-ranked prospects. Because of that possible effect, there’s a sense that Price could potentially find his way into the first round. Once Price’s name is called, the position could see a run of selections by teams eager to add fresh legs to their room.
Prospect Profile: Keionte Scott
The University of Miami (FL) saw its formidable pair of pass rushers fly up draft boards in its run through the College Football Playoffs, and Rueben Bain Jr. and Akheem Mesidor — the Hurricanes’ two highest-rated defenders, per Pro Football Focus (subscription required) — are projected Day 1 picks as a result. Miami’s third highest-rated defender has also flown up draft boards recently as nickelback Keionte Scott looks to begin his NFL career.
An unranked recruit out of Helix HS (CA), Scott turned to junior college to continue his football career. Twice earning JuCo All-American honors and getting named a team captain in his second year at Snow College, Scott committed to Auburn as a JuCo recruit. Working primarily in the slot, Scott showed immediate promise with the Tigers. His contributions came all over the field as he registered 53 tackles, four tackles for loss, a sack, an interception, and four passes defensed. He showed more of the same in 2023, though some injury trouble limited his time and production a bit.
After initial rumors that Scott may transfer, he announced he would return for a third year at Auburn, but injuries limited him severely throughout the year, and he officially entered the transfer portal in 2025. After initially transferring to Houston, Scott quickly re-entered the transfer portal and found his way to Coral Gables. Healthy again, Scott not only returned to the promising levels of play from his early time at Auburn but also took his play to another level for the Hurricanes.
In his lone year at Miami, Scott looked dominant for the Hurricanes early and often. Roaming around in his nickelback role, he made plays all over the field, recording 37 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, three sacks, a pick six, four passes defensed, and a forced fumble in the Canes’ first nine games. It was announced that Scott would miss the rest of the season with a right foot injury, but when the Miami extended its season by sneaking into the College Football Playoff, the extra weeks of rest allowed him to return for the team’s run to the National Championship. The impact of his return to the field was immediately felt in College Station, where he tortured the Aggies with three tackles for loss, two sacks, and a forced fumble. In the next round, Scott made the play of the game against Ohio State when he returned an attempted screen pass 72 yards for his second pick six of the year.
There’s a lot to like about Scott’s game because its versatility offers so much. His all gas, no brakes playing style guarantees some flashy playmaking where he may blitz out of the slot, blow up runs or screens behind the line of scrimmage, or ambush screen passes. At the Miami Pro Day, that all gas speed was clocked at an unofficial 4.33 seconds in the 40-yard dash. He finds success with such aggressive play due to elite instincts and quickness. His energy and tenacity help him play much bigger than his size as he disrupts in the box like a linebacker and tackles with pop when he can square up.
As a traditional cornerback, Scott is not as strong in man coverage, though he can still generally stick with guys. He can also struggle in contesting catches with taller, longer receivers. After two years of JuCo and four in the NCAA, Scott will be an older rookie at 25 years old, and his injury history is certainly worth keeping in mind. I’m not quite sure what this says for him, but his three-game absence after a season-ending diagnosis this year was not a first. In his second year at Auburn, Scott required tightrope surgery for a high right ankle sprain but somehow only missed three games after a speedy recovery.
After his recent rise in draft stock, Scott has been projected as high as the second round, though age, injury, and limited usability could certainly cause him to slip into the third or fourth round. At the moment, though, his stock is hot as Daniel Jeremiah of NFL Network ranks him as the 44th-best overall prospect in the class. Dane Brugler of The Athletic slots Scott in at 53rd overall, and Todd McShay of The Ringer puts him at 52nd. Both Jeremiah and McShay list him as the seventh-best cornerback of the class, while Brugler classifies him as the fourth-best safety.
While Scott’s versatility likely won’t allow a team to stick him at outside cornerback or deep safety positions at length, it can allow him to excel in a very specific role. Last year, the Super Bowl champion Seahawks saw rookie second-round safety Nick Emmanwori excel in an extremely similar type of role as what Scott held in the Hurricanes’ defense. If there’s a team in the NFL looking for a player to fill that particular role, they could look to strike gold by selecting Scott sometime in the first two days of the draft.
CB Andre Chachere Announces Retirement
Finding longevity in the NFL at any level is an impressive feat. Doing so as an undrafted free agent out of college takes some serious determination. After seven years in the NFL, cornerback Andre Chachere failed to find his way onto a roster in 2025, and today he announced his decision to retire from the NFL.
Chachere came out of San Jose State, where he played almost exclusively on the outside as a cornerback. After seeing few snaps as a freshman, he found a consistent role coming off the bench in his sophomore year. His strongest season came in a breakout junior campaign that saw him intercept four passes, returning them for a total of 117 yards, and register 14 passes defensed as a full-time starter. His production dipped a bit in his final year, though, and Chachere went undrafted in 2018, initially signing with the Texans.
Patient and determined, Chachere didn’t make his NFL debut until his fourth year in the league. After failing to make the initial 53-man roster in Houston, he started the season on the Texans’ practice squad but ended up in Detroit, signing to the Lions’ taxi squad in mid November. He was briefly called up to the active roster as a rookie in Detroit but didn’t see any game time. After failing to make the Lions’ 53-man roster the next year, Chachere signed to the Cardinals’ practice squad, was released a month later, signed to the Panthers’ practice squad, then was signed off the Panthers’ p-squad to the Cardinals’ active roster, again failing to see any game time. After getting cut in the offseason, Chachere spent the 2020 season on the Colts’ practice squad.
Once again failing to make an initial 53-man roster, Chachere was claimed off waivers by the Eagles for the 2021 season. He finally made his way into an NFL game, initially serving mostly on special teams before earning his first career start in the final week of the regular season. He remained in Philadelphia in 2022, but after appearing in 16 games the prior year, he only saw action in seven games in his second season making it onto the field. Waived again in the offseason, Charchere was claimed off waivers by the Cardinals, marking his third stint with the team. In the most active season of his career, he found his way onto the field as a nickelback for the Cardinals, spending a good portion of his snaps back at safety, in the slot, and in the box after playing in college on the outside. Appearing in all 17 games that season, he made five starts.
Chachere failed to make one more 53-man roster the next year and signed to the Jaguars practice squad for less than a month before a fourth stint in Arizona on the practice squad. Chachere has made the decision to end his playing career with eyes on an unclear future. After working three full years before making his NFL debut and spending so much time on the waiver wire, he still found a way to make an impact for a short time on an NFL defense and lasted seven years in the league.
Bengals Host Rueben Bain, Jacob Rodriguez
Thanks in part to a defense that ranked 30th in the NFL in scoring and 31st in yards, the Bengals sputtered to a 6-11 record in 2025. A healthy season from quarterback Joe Burrow would go a long way toward an improved record in 2026, but the Bengals are still in dire need of defensive help. They figure to focus on that side of the ball in the upcoming draft.
Holding the 10th overall pick and looking to boost a lackluster pass rush, the Bengals hosted Miami defensive end Rueben Bain on Friday, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reports. There are serious concerns over Bain’s short arms, and some regard Miami teammate and potential first-rounder Akheem Mesidor as the better edge prospect. Although Mesidor is already 25, more teams than expected prefer him to the soon-to-be 22-year-old Bain, according to Albert Breer of SI.com.
While there may be leeriness toward Bain in some circles, the 6-foot-2, 263-pounder is widely considered a top-10 prospect. To finish off a terrific three-season run with the Hurricanes, Bain won ACC Defensive Player of the Year and was a consensus All-American in 2025. In addition to an FBS-high 83 pressures, he tallied 15.5 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks in 16 games.
The Bengals ended last year just 25th in sacks, which explains their interest in Bain. They also lost their best pass rusher, Trey Hendrickson, to the AFC North rival Ravens in free agency. While Hendrickson barely factored in during a seven-game, injury-wrecked 2025, he posted a league-leading 35 sacks over the previous two seasons. Expecting that type of production from Bain or anyone else would be unrealistic, but the Bengals would benefit from adding a new blue-chip talent on the edge.
Cincinnati signed former Seahawk Boye Mafe to a three-year, $60MM contract in free agency, though the team also lost Joseph Ossai to the Jets. That leaves the Bengals with Mafe, Myles Murphy and former first-round pick Shemar Stewart as their top edge rushers. The jury is still out on Stewart, a raw prospect they chose 17th overall last year, after he mustered just 11 tackles and a sack in an eight-game rookie season. Pro Football Focus ranked Stewart’s performance last among 119 qualifiers at his position.
Meanwhile, although there are questions over whether the Bengals will add a linebacker, they hosted decorated Texas Tech LB Jacob Rodriguez on Friday, per Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. If Rodriguez falls to the Bengals’ second-round pick, they could consider snagging the 6-1, 231-pounder. The Bengals’ second selection slots in at No. 41, which is exactly where Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com ranks Rodriguez among this year’s prospects.
Rodriguez, who began his college career at Virginia, broke out at Texas Tech in 2024. Over 13 games, he racked up 127 tackles, 10.5 TFL, five sacks and three forced fumbles en route to first-team All-Big 12 honors. Last season was another first-team All-Big 12 showing for the 23-year-old Rodriguez, who notched 128 tackles (11 TFL), forced a whopping seven fumbles, intercepted four passes and recorded a sack. He earned unanimous All-America honors, took home major hardware (including the Bronko Nagurski Trophy for the best defender in college football) and finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy race.
In moving on from Germaine Pratt and Logan Wilson, the Bengals have turned over their linebacker group in the past year-plus. The team spent a second-rounder on Demetrius Knight and a fourth-rounder on Barrett Carter last spring. They took over as rookie starters, but neither thrived on a bottom-tier defense. Although the Bengals have not made any needle-moving additions at linebacker this offseason, that could change if they draft Rodriguez or another high-end prospect.
49ers To Sign CB Jack Jones
After logging his first career 17-start season in Miami last year, cornerback Jack Jones is headed elsewhere. The 49ers are signing Jones, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network relays. It will be a one-year pact, per Adam Schefter of ESPN.
A fourth-round pick of the Patriots in 2022, Jones is now joining his fourth organization and returning to his native California. Along with the Pats and Dolphins, Jones has spent time with the Raiders. The 28-year-old has intercepted eight passes over 59 games and 38 starts.
Jones began his career with a 13-game, two-start rookie year in which he picked off two passes. However, his run in New England didn’t last much longer. Jones was arrested in June 2023 after trying to bring two loaded firearms on a plane, though charges were later dropped. He then began the season on IR as a result of a hamstring injury. Just five games after the Patriots activated Jones, they waived him amid on-field struggles and more off-field issues. New England quickly cut the cord after Jones missed curfew ahead of a game in Germany.
Jones temporarily found a home in Las Vegas, which claimed him on waivers. The move reunited him with then-Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce, who coached him in high school and at Arizona State. With two pick-sixes and four passes defensed, Jones had a productive seven-game finish to the season. Pierce remained at the helm in 2024, during which Jones recorded his first 17-game season and started 16 times. Jones added another three INTs, but with Pierce out the door, the Raiders released the corner last spring.
Three-plus months after the Raiders cut him, Jones joined the Dolphins in late July. While injuries ravaged the Dolphins’ secondary, Jones had a second straight healthy season and led their corners in defensive snap share (91.5%). The 5-foot-11, 175-pounder tallied 77 tackles, six passes defensed, two forced fumbles and a pick, but Pro Football Focus ranked his play a below-average 62nd among 112 corners.
Now set to play for new 49ers defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, Jones will give the club another experienced choice on the outside. Deommodore Lenoir and Renardo Green, the 49ers’ starters last year, remain atop the depth chart.
Falcons Pick Up Bijan Robinson’s Fifth-Year Option
To no surprise, the Falcons have exercised Bijan Robinson‘s fifth-year option, Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports reports. The superstar running back is now in line to earn $11.32MM in 2027.
Since going eighth overall in the 2023 draft, Robinson has established himself as one of the NFL’s premier players. The former Texas Longhorn fell just shy of 1,000 yards rushing as a rookie (976), but he exceeded 1,400 in each of the past two seasons. Robinson has also amassed 198 receptions, including 79 last year, and 34 touchdowns (25 rushing, nine receiving). Along with posting elite production, Robinson has been eminently durable. The 5-foot-11, 215-pounder has yet to miss a game.
Robinson’s 1,478 rushing yards ranked fourth in the league in 2025. The 24-year-old notched another 820 yards through the air, good for 20th overall, and scored 11 times (seven rushing, four receiving). Along with earning his second Pro Bowl invitation, Robinson was a first-team All-Pro running back and a second-team All-Pro as an all-purpose player.
Having made the no-brainer decision to pick up Robinson’s option, the Falcons’ new front office leaders – president of football Matt Ryan and general manager Ian Cunningham – could turn their attention to an extension after the draft. Locking up Robinson and star wide receiver Drake London will be priorities, though there should be more urgency in the latter’s case. London is due to reach free agency in a year, while Robinson will remain in place for at least two more seasons.
An extension for Robinson will make him one of the league’s highest-paid running backs, if not the highest. The Saints’ Travis Etienne and the Packers’ Josh Jacobs top the position in total value ($48MM). The Eagles’ Saquon Barkley ($20.6MM) and the 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey ($19MM) lead in average annual salary, while the former is No. 1 in guarantees ($36MM). Robinson has a strong argument to surpass all of them, especially with the salary cap continuing to rise.