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Extremely productive for Steve Spurrier, McKinley shattered Sterling Sharpe’s school records despite consistently poor quarterback play. McKinley is still raw, though, and very lean at just 6'0/188. He is also not a physical player. McKinley may have a hard time finding work on offense as a rookie.

“Usually another team who gets into that more serious level usually drafts that player earlier than we (would),” Snead added. It’s possible that the level of quarterbacking in this draft creates a situation where the Rams are comfortable with someone at 26th overall — that depends both on who is there and what grades they have on the middle-of-class quarterbacks — but it doesn’t seem like it will be the club’s priority this offseason despite Matthew Stafford entering his age-37 season. Snead noted that the Rams keeping Stafford means the club are in a “win-now” scenario.

The Athletic’s Jourdan Rodrigue reported that Snead said the Rams would like to “engineer a long-term partnership” with the back entering the final year of his rookie contract. “We all want this to work out. It’s just, ‘Can we agree upon a contract where … we feel like it’s a win-win?’ And if it doesn’t happen this year, it doesn’t mean that Kyren is not going to be a part (of) next year, doesn’t mean that we don’t do something a year from now.” This sounds more like a meeting to establish the parameters the two sides have, but perhaps it’s possible the Rams sign Williams to an extension this offseason. Snead has been mentioning this as a possibility since January.

Robbins was a sixth-round pick of the Bengals who missed all of last season with a quad injury. In his first season as a pro, Robbins booted 76 punts for a net average of 40.1 yards. He landed 26.3 percent of those punts inside the opposing 20-yard line and will now have a chance to battle for the punter role that was vacated by Sam Martin after the team opted to release him earlier this month.

The real quote to take away from Berry’s answer was: “I’ll be honest: It is still a little bit nebulous in terms of what that the timeframe looks like. So we really are trying to deal with it week to week and month to month.” Owusu-Koramoah went on IR with a neck injury in early November after being carted off in Week 8 following an attempt to tackle Derrick Henry. The vagueness with which the Browns have talked about his injury since leaves us with real questions about whether he will be playing in 2025.

It’s not exactly a glowing endorsement of the behind-the-scenes development from Hooker. The 2023 third-round pick appeared in three games in which the Lions scored 49 or more points last season, completing 6-of-9 passes for 62 yards. It sounds like Kyle Allen (and potentially Jake Fromm) will push him for No. 2 duties this offseason.

Gutekunst said almost the exact same thing back in February while also acknowledging that the two sides could be headed for a split. Alexander, 28, appeared in just seven games last year due to injury but said he had “nothing good to say” about the organization after their playoff run ended in the NFC Wild Card Round. Speaking at the NFL owners meeting, Gutekunst said the team would like to get something in return for Alexander if possible, but with two years left on his deal and his recent injury history, a trade could prove difficult to pull off.

This is the first we’re hearing of Polk having a surgery, though he did miss time with a shoulder injury at the end of last season. Depending on the timeline, it’s possible he misses some offseason work with the team. We wouldn’t necessarily be concerned about it impacting his training camp yet, but after a failed rookie season, every missed chance to not impress the new coaching staff could potentially be killer for Polk’s rebound prospects. With Stefon Diggs in town, Polk is probably no more than a dart throw in best ball leagues at this point.

“He popped in the other day to see the doctors. When he walked into the training room, just his energy and presence, so I know that he’s feeling better,” Vrabel told reporters at the NFL owner’s meetings. Barmore played in four games last year before suffering a recurrence of his blood clot symptoms. If healthy, he would certainly complete a fearsome defensive front for the Patriots on paper with Milton Williams, Harold Landry, and Keion White. There’s still plenty of uncertainty around if he can shake the symptoms, unfortunately.

McLaurin turned in one of the best years of his career in his first season with Jayden Daniels at the helm. The veteran receiver caught 82 passes for 1,096 yards and a career-high 13 touchdowns after never surpassing more than seven scores in his previous five seasons. McLaurin has one year left on the three-year extension he signed in 2022 and will turn 30 shortly after the start of next season. He has plenty left in the tank and is again expected to serve as the Commanders’ WR1 despite the team acquiring Deebo Samuel this offseason. He’ll make for a high-upside WR2 for those taking shots on him in fantasy drafts next season.

Eagles GM Howie Roseman met with the press at the Owner’s Meetings and said “There’s no update. Obviously, Dallas has been a tremendous player and person for us. ... I know certainly that Dallas is unique player. So really, that’s kind of where we’re standing.” The team has openly shopped Goedert for most of the offseason. His $12 million cap figure would actually cost the Eagles cap space to move on from unless the trade happened after June 1. It’s possible the Eagles move on from Goedert if they get the right offer, but it sure seems like the market isn’t there at this time.