The original content and analysis produced by the PFR staff during the past week:
- The Giants and Lions are reportedly interested in free agent running back LeGarrette Blount, but other NFL clubs could conceivably be eyeing the 30-year-old power back. Zach Links ran down the list of potential fits for Blount, an inventory that includes teams such as the Ravens and Dolphins.
- Blount has yet to find a new home, but other veteran running backs such as Adrian Peterson, Marshawn Lynch, and Jamaal Charles have, as they’ve landed with the Saints, Raiders, and Broncos, respectively. With that in mind, Sam Robinson asked PFR readers which runner will have the most significant impact in 2017. Thus far, Lynch is leading the voting at more than 60%.
- The deadline for teams to pick up the fifth-year options for players selected in the first round of the 2014 is May 3, but all 32 NFL clubs made their decisions with a day left on the clock. 23 of 32 players had their options exercised, five saw the options declined, and three weren’t eligible given that they’d already been released by their original clubs. I rounded up all the decisions and salaries on 2018 fifth-year options.