Caleb Banks Underwent Surgery On Broken Foot
Injuries during the pre-draft process always shake up big boards around the NFL, and this year will be no different.
Florida defensive tackle Caleb Banks surged up post-Combine rankings after an impressive athletic performance from his 6-foot-6, 327-pound frame. He may now head in the other direction after undergoing surgery on a fractured fourth metatarsal last week, according to Dane Brugler of The Athletic.
Banks suffered the broken foot the day before his testing session, making his numbers – including a 9-foot-6 broad jump – all the more impressive. However, the injury may also be a concern for some teams, especially after Banks missed most of the 2025 college season with a foot injury.
The injury was discovered during a pre-draft visit to an undisclosed team, per ESPN’s Jordan Reid. Banks is expected to return to the field by June, so he likely will be sidelined for rookie minicamp, most (if not all) of OTAs, and potentially mandatory minicamp. Currently viewed as a late first-round prospect, Banks seems unlikely to rise into the top 20 after news of his injury, though it only takes one team to have confidence in his recovery.
In other pre-draft medical news, Texas A&M wide receiver KC Concepcion underwent a “routine and preventative” knee scope last week, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. He played in all but one of his teams’ games in college with All-SEC honors for his contributions as a receiver and returner in 2025.
The 5-foot-11 wideout did not participate in athletic testing in Indianapolis, though he did run receiver drills on the field. His surgery will likely sideline him for the Aggies’ Pro Day on March 25, but Concepcion is expected to be ready for rookie minicamp after the draft. Concepcion is also viewed as a borderline first-rounder, but preventative arthroscopic surgery on a player without a significant injury history is unlikely to negatively impact his draft stock.
Jamaree Salyer To Compete For Starting Guard Job In Miami
The 2025 season was one of the healthiest in recent memory for the Dolphins’ offensive line.
Four players played over 800 snaps, per Pro Football Focus (subscription required): left tackle Patrick Paul, left guard Jonah Savaiinaea, center Aaron Brewer, and right guard Cole Strange. Austin Jackson held the starting right tackle job in Week 1, but injuries resulted in Larry Borom finishing the year with 11 starts.
Borom left in free agency, but Jackson agreed to a revised contract and will likely enter the season as the starting right tackle once again. Strange’s departure to Los Angeles will force new offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik to find a new right guard, and after ranking as the NFL’s lowest-graded starting offensive lineman in 2025 (via PFF), Savaiinaea’s starting job may not be secure, either.
New free agent signing Jamaree Salyer is expected to factor into the starting guard competition in Miami this summer, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. In fact, such an opportunity was among the reasons he opted to take an inexpensive deal in Miami over better offers from other teams.
The 2022 sixth-round pick took over as the Chargers’ starting left tackle four games into his rookie year but was replaced by Rashawn Slater after he was drafted the following spring. Salyer played almost every snap at right guard in 2024 and has spent the last two years as a versatile backup. That skillset came in handy amid the Chargers’ offensive line injuries, with Salyer starting nine games and taking snaps at every position except center.
His competition for a starting guard gig will include Savaiinaea and Andrew Meyer, per Jackson, and the team could also augment the position with another veteran signing or a draft pick in April. Kion Smith, who started two games last year, could also get a look, though he struggled mightily in his limited playing time.
Jets DL Jowon Briggs Signs ERFA Tender
Following a promising sophomore season in New York, Jowon Briggs is now definitively sticking with the Jets in 2026. According to Aaron Wilson of KPRC2 in Houston, the defensive tackle inked his exclusive rights free agent tender today.
This was the expected move after the Jets initially placed the ERFA tender on Briggs earlier this month. By signing that deal, the defensive tackle is now attached to a non-guaranteed $1.075MM base salary for next season.
A 2024 seventh-round pick by the Browns, Briggs played sparingly as a rookie. The Jets picked him up via a late-round pick swap towards the end of the 2025 preseason, and the defender immediately saw a role for his new squad. Briggs had a part-time role on the Jets defensive line through the first half of the season, but following the Quinnen Williams deal, the defensive tackle saw a larger role down the stretch.
Briggs actually led the DL unit in snaps from Week 11 on, with the uptick corresponding with his move to the starting lineup. Over that stretch, the lineman compiled 25 tackles, five tackles for loss, and a pair of sacks. When all was said and done, Briggs had four sacks for the season, with Pro Football Focus ranking him 15th among 127 qualifying interior defenders.
The Jets have been busy adding to their defensive line this offseason, with T’Vondre Sweat and David Onyemata joining Harrison Phillips in the starting lineup. Still, the Jets regime clearly sees something in Briggs, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he sees an even larger role during his third NFL season.
Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love Visited Titans, Giants
Drafting running backs early in the first round has gone in and out of fashion over the last decade. From 2015 to 2018, six running backs were selected within the first 15 picks; since then, only three have been taken that high, all in the last three drafts.
2026 prospect Jeremiyah Love could be the fourth with apparent interest from multiple teams with top-10 selections. He visited the Titans at the beginning of March (via NFL insider Jordan Schultz) and the Giants this past weekend (also via Schultz).
The hype train for Love took off at the Combine in Indianapolis, where his 4.36-second 40-yard dash and smooth hands and footwork in pass-catching drills attracted the attention of several teams.
“The NFL loves Jeremiyah Love,” NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe said in early March. “I spoke with execs for three different teams who said that Jeremiyah Love is the best player in this draft. The Notre Dame running back should go in the top 10, and the word I’m hearing, don’t be surprised if he goes in the top five.”
Selecting a running back with such a high pick will no doubt draw criticism based on positional value. Running backs earn significantly less than other positions like wide receiver and edge rusher that have a more direct impact on the passing game. Ashton Jeanty, taken with the No. 6 pick last year, immediately became the NFL’s 12th-most expensive running back, per OverTheCap, greatly reducing the financial advantage offered by rookie contracts.
Taking Love in the top 10 would result in a similar inefficiency. A top-five selection would result in the most guaranteed money ever for a running back being handed to a rookie before he plays a single down in the pros.
However, as Wolfe notes, the 2026 draft class is viewed as thin on truly elite prospects. Love is one of the few, so rather than pursue a less talented player at a more valuable position, teams could opt to land a potential game-changing running back with the hopes that he can have a similar impact as Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs have in Atlanta and Detroit, respectively.
Falcons Rework A.J. Terrell’s Contract
The Falcons opened up a considerable chunk of cap space today. According to Aaron Wilson of KPRC2 in Houston, the team restructured A.J. Terrell‘s contract.
Specifically, the team converted $12MM of the cornerback’s salary into a signing bonus. This helped carve out an extra $9MM in cap space, per Jason Fitzgerald of OverTheCap.com. The veteran will now earn a $3MM base salary in 2026 and is attached to a $13.5MM cap charge.
Terrell is still playing on the four-year, $81MM extension he inked with the Falcons back in 2024. That contract effectively included $65.8MM in guaranteed money; at the time, that represented the second-highest commitment to a cornerback in NFL history. As a result of that lucrative deal, the organization will have to continue navigating the contract in upcoming seasons. In addition to carving out some extra cap space, today’s contract machinations kicked the can down the road in that regard.
The cornerback is attached to a sizable $27.5MM cap hit in 2027, meaning the team could once again go to the negotiating table with the veteran. The Falcons will truly face a decision about Terrell’s roster status in 2028, when he’s attached to a $29.5MM cap hit. By making the CB a post-June 1 cut that year, the organization would save $19MM against the cap vs. $10.5MM in dead cap. In other words, this surely isn’t the last time we’ll hear of the player’s contract.
Of course, neither GM Ian Cunningham nor head coach Kevin Stefanski were around when Terrell inked that extension, and it’s uncertain how the new Falcons regime feels about their high-priced cornerback. A first-round pick in 2020, Terrell showed off his ceiling as a sophomore, when he earned an All-Pro nod after finishing with three interceptions and 16 passes defended. For his efforts that season, Pro Football Focus ranked him 2nd among 116 qualifying cornerbacks.
He’s struggled to live up to that showing. He finished the 2024 campaign having allowed a career-worst 67.2 completion percentage on passes thrown his way. He rebounded slightly in 2025, improving that mark to 58.3 percent. However, PFF marked him down for eight missed tackles, leading to a middling positional grade (75th among 112 qualifiers).
Fortunately for Terrell, he’ll have an opportunity to show the organization’s new leadership what he’s got. The Falcons haven’t done anything to address the position this offseason, meaning they’re easily penciling Terrell in for an important role in 2026.
Minor NFL Transactions: 3/16/26
Today’s minor moves:
Las Vegas Raiders
- Signed: LB Segun Olubi
New England Patriots
- Signed: LS Niko Lalos
Tennessee Titans
- Signed ERFA tender: WR Bryce Oliver
Seahawks RB George Holani Signs ERFA Tender
As expected, George Holani will be back in Seattle next season. The team announced that the running back has signed his exclusive rights free agent tender.
The move locks Holani into a non-guaranteed $1.075MM base salary for the 2026 campaign. The Seahawks placed the ERFA tender on the RB earlier this month.
Holani quickly caught on with the Seahawks after going undrafted out of Boise State in 2024. He spent the majority of his rookie campaign on Seattle’s practice squad. He made appearances in five regular season games for the Seahawks, with 36 of his 41 snaps coming on special teams.
He took on a somewhat larger role in 2025, serving as the team’s third running back behind Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet. The majority of the player’s production continued to come on special teams. He finished the year with 16 kick returns for 387 yards, and he also scored a touchdown while recovering Seattle’s own kickoff in Week 2.
Offensively, Holani got 24 touches, which he turned into 88 yards from scrimmage and one touchdown. The second-year player also got an extended look in the playoffs after Charbonnet suffered a torn ACL. Holani ultimately got another nine touches in the postseason, compiling 44 yards.
The 26-year-old could be in line to take another step forward in 2026. Walker left for the Chiefs via free agency, and Charbonnet’s season debut will surely be delayed as he works his way back from the knee injury. The Seahawks did add former Packers backup Emanuel Wilson for depth, and the likes of Cam Akers, Kenny McIntosh, Velus Jones, and Jacardia Wright are on the offseason roster. Considering Holani’s familiarity with the organization, he’ll be given every chance for reps heading into the 2026 campaign.
Cardinals Sign DL Andrew Billings
The Cardinals have been busy adding to their defensive line this offseason, and they’re apparently not done. According to Darren Urban of the team website, the team is signing defensive lineman Andrew Billings.
It will be a one-year deal for the veteran. Aaron Wilson of KPRC2 in Houston reported earlier today that Billings was visiting the Cardinals.
The veteran is coming off a three-year stint with the Bears, where he started 39 of his 42 appearances. A torn pectoral muscle limited him to only eight appearances in 2024, but he rebounded with a 17-game showing (14 starts) in 2025.
He finished this past year with 31 stops and one sack while getting into just about half of Chicago’s defensive snaps. While his health was a positive, his play left some to be desired. Pro Football Focus wasn’t particularly fond of his performance, ranking him 121st among 127 qualifying interior defenders.
The site rates his last notable season as 2022, when he finished 16th among 127 qualifiers. During that one-year stop with the Raiders, Billings compiled 39 tackles and one sack. The 2016 fourth-round pick spent the first four seasons of his career with the Bengals, where he collected 3.5 sacks in 47 games.
The Cardinals have made several notable additions to their defensive line over the past week, including Roy Lopez, L.J. Collier, and Jonah Williams. Lopez is likely penciled in for the nose tackle role in the middle of the defensive line, but Billings will help soak up some extra snaps at the position.
Cardinals To Sign LB Jack Gibbens
TODAY, 5:55pm: The Cardinals are signing Gibbens, the team announced. It will be a two-year pact for the linebacker.
SUNDAY, 8:35am: The Patriots declined to tender restricted free agent linebacker Jack Gibbens a contract earlier this week, sending him to the open market for the second straight offseason. Gibbens’ next stop could be Arizona, which will host the four-year veteran during the upcoming week, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports.
Although Gibbens primarily worked as a starter with the Titans from 2022-24, they passed on tendering him last March. The former UDFA from Minnesota then reunited in New England with Mike Vrabel, Gibbens’ coach in Tennessee during his first two seasons.
The low-cost Gibbens pickup proved worthwhile for the Patriots, who added a solid contributor in multiple phases. Playing the first 17-game regular season of his career, Gibbens amassed 772 snaps (491 on defense, 281 on special teams) and recorded 81 tackles, eight TFL, four passes defensed, a sack and a forced fumble.
As an eight-game starter for the AFC champions, Gibbens ranked a respectable 41st among Pro Football Focus’ 88 qualified linebackers. PFF has typically given Gibbens favorable marks. The site placed him 30th among 82 qualifiers during a 13-start 2023. Gibbens then received a top-10 grade among inside linebackers in 2024, though an ankle injury limited him to 10 games.
Arizona opened up a spot at linebacker when it released Akeem Davis-Gaither before free agency began. The Cardinals relied heavily on Davis-Gaither during a 17-game, 13-start 2025, but they have not addressed the area since his exit. Gibbens would give the Cardinals another option to join Mack Wilson and 2025 fourth-rounder Cody Simon.
Broncos Eyeing Tight End Depth?
At the moment, the Broncos are set to return much of their same offensive skill players from 2025. However, if the front office has its way, that grouping will ultimately feature some new faces.
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According to Albert Breer of SI.com, the Broncos may not “done yet” at the tight end position. The reporter adds that the team did have interest in Dallas Goedert before he re-upped with the Eagles. Breer also notes that David Njoku remains unsigned, although the reporter doesn’t go as far as to report any definitive interest.
To the Broncos credit, they attempted to address the position last offseason when they gave Evan Engram a three-year, $23MM deal. While the veteran was coming off a nine-game showing in 2024, he topped 100 receptions as recently as 2023. While the free agent acquisition did get into 16 games for his new squad, he disappointed when he was on the field.
His 28.8-yards-per-game mark was the second-lowest of his career, and his 3.1 receptions per game represented a new career-low. He ultimately finished the campaign with 50 catches for 461 yards and one touchdown. He was limited to only 42 percent of his team’s offensive snaps, the first time in his career he finished below the 50-percent mark.
The Broncos ended up leaning heavily on Adam Trautman at TE, and the veteran continued to perform as one of the league’s elite blockers at the position. The team showed their commitment to the 29-year-old by handing him a three-year deal last week. However, Trautman would never be confused with an offensive threat, as his best pass-catching season saw him haul in 27 catches for 263 yards and two touchdowns with the Saints in 2021.
If the Broncos are looking for a legitimate pass-catcher at the position, then Njoku would likely be the best bet. Otherwise, the team is eyeing the likes of Jonnu Smith, Darren Waller, and an injured Zach Ertz. The team could also look to the draft, where Kenyon Sadiq would be a logical target. However, considering the Oregon product is the only tight end with a definitive first-round grade, the Broncos would likely have to move up from No. 30 to acquire the prospect.