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He’s the perfect handcuff for Warrick Dunn and a fun late sleeper pick considering Dunn’s age and the Atlanta system. Norwood is a solid receiver and may be a poor man’s Dunn. Reach a round or two early for Norwood if you draft Dunn.

The rookie tackle played just one game for the Steelers this past season due after suffering a dislocated kneecap in the Friday practice ahead of Week 2. With Dan Moore a pending free agent, it seems likely the Steelers will slide Fautanu right back into the starting left tackle spot if he shows he’s healthy.

Cowden was reportedly Vrabel’s candidate to be general manager in Tennessee in 2023 before Amy Strunk Adams hired Ran Carthon. Now he resurfaces in New England under his former charge, and the Giants let him out of his contract to make it happen. It makes plenty of sense for Cowden, as the Giants front office isn’t exactly on firm ground right now despite being retained. Is he a real threat to Patriots GM Eliot Wolf, who didn’t exactly build a great roster for Jerod Mayo last year? That remains to be seen, but clearly Cowden is a Vrabel hire.

Harbaugh noted that Flowers doesn’t need to practice to play while adding the Pro Bowl receiver will play “if he feels healthy enough and it’s safe for him.” There was hope that Flowers would be available to play in the divisional round after missing Saturday’s wild card game against the Steelers, but it sounds like Flowers is anything but a lock to play on Sunday against the Bills. His practice status will be one to monitor when the Ravens release their first injury report of the week on Wednesday.

Ominously, ESPN’s Katherine Terrell notes that “the move is the same one the Saints made before quarterback Drew Brees’ retirement in 2021.” The Saints reduced Ramczyk’s base salary to the veteran minimum and freed up $16.47 million in cap space for 2025. He did not play in the 2024 season due to deteriorating cartilage in his knee. 31 in April, it would make all the sense in the world for the Ramczyk to walk away later this offseason if that is indeed the plan.

This was actually the first interview of their process. The former Fighting Irish quarterback was Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator from 2020-2022, and coordinated the Alabama offense under Nick Saban in 2023. It would seem like Rees is one of the favorites to get the role, though the Browns have three other candidates in the mix at this moment.

He will reportedly interview on Friday. Koger came into the league as a Packers offensive quality control coach in 2019-2020 and was Chargers tight ends coach under the Branden Staley regime. He picked up a job as Falcons tight ends coach this past season, so you know exactly who you can blame for this Kyle Pitts thing. Koger is, to date, one of four candidates for the Browns OC job.

“For instance, Lions assistant general manager Ray Agnew could be an appealing partner for [Ben] Johnson or [Aaron] Glenn,” Bonsignore writes. In a process that seems to be heavily run by Tom Brady per the story, it’s not unsurprising that the Raiders would pull this card as they don’t have much of a quarterback to sell candidates right now. Of course, the last time the Raiders paired a head coach and GM they wound up with Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler, so this doesn’t exactly guarantee great results. But it is noteworthy that the Raiders are willing to do this when other front offices are not.

Wilson joined the Steelers on a one-year contract for a veteran’s minimum salary after being released by the Broncos last offseason. After a slow start to his season that saw him miss six games due to a calf injury, Wilson eventually found his way to the field and wound up throwing for 2482-16-5 while completing 63.7 percent of his passes on the season. Wilson and the Steelers rode a four-game losing streak into the playoffs and then fell 28-14 to the Ravens in the AFC Wild Card Round. Wilson isn’t without blame for the Steelers’ late-season collapse, but if the season were to start today, the Steelers wouldn’t have a quarterback signed to the roster. Wilson is one of a handful of underwhelming potential free agents at the quarterback position who could be brought back by the Steelers, and will be considered the early-favorite to lead the team in 2025 after this season. We’ll see how the offseason unfolds in the coming months, but it wouldn’t come as a surprise if Wilson, in his age 36 season, was back under center for the Black and Yellow for at least one more year.

Alexander declined to have a session with the media and said “he didn’t have anything good to say so definitely wasn’t going to talk.” Okay then! An Alexander release would save the Packers almost $7 million against their 2025 cap, with a post-June 1 designation saving $17 million but spreading the hit into 2026. Alexander played well while healthy this year, but “while healthy” has dogged the star cornerback as he has played 560 snaps or less in three of his last four seasons. If he does hit free agency, he’ll probably be perceived as risky enough to be a one-year deal candidate.

The Saints have not done so yet, but they have been linked to McCarthy strongly enough that Mickey Loomis was asked earlier today if they’d be targeting McCarthy. McCarthy was New Orleans’ offensive coordinator from 2000-2004 before joining the 49ers, so he has worked with Loomis before and has Saints roots. Most sourced accounts of the Saints opening have pushed the idea that the Saints will hire someone familiar to the organization, so the McCarthy smoke has some solid foundational roots already.