NFL Player News

Thomas Jones is going to lose his role in the offense. “We basically have a plan in terms of not equally distributing the carries,” Muir admitted. “As a staff, we’ve always known (Jackie) has talent. Now that he the opportunity to carry the ball, I think that’s a significant thing.” Battle is averaging 5.4 yards through his first 29 carries, and could be in line for as many as 25 totes against the Raiders on Sunday. Dexter McCluster will be a situational passing-down back moving forward.

It’s unknown how bad Moreau is injured, but if he has ligament tears he could open training camp on the PUP list. If Moreau’s knee injury is deeply serious, the 2025 season would probably be in jeopardy given how late in the season this injury occurred. Moreau enters the final year of his three-year Saints contract in 2025 and has a $4.6 million cap hit. The Saints can save $2.5 million against the cap if they release him.

It’s possible that Hall Jr. starts training camp on the PUP list depending on how many months are involved. Hall Jr missed five games due to a personal conduct policy suspension this season after a domestic violence arrest. He wound up playing eight games and finishing with one sack, 14 combined tackles, and six quarterback hits as a rotational lineman.

Lewis, slated to be a 41-year-old free agent, told reporters before Chicago’s win against the Packers that he wants to keep playing. “My body feels good. I am still dominant at the point of contact. I don’t miss games. It’s not like I’m an old guy trying to milk it. I am not that guy. I am not out here wearing a jersey on the sideline being a leader. I want to lead from the front, and when I’m asked to do a job and counted on to do a job, I dominate and do that job,” Lewis said. He’d make a fine second or third tight end on a contender as a blocker.

It hasn’t even been 24 hours since the Jets’ season officially came to an end, but they’re already casting one of the widest head coach/general manager searches in recent memory. Brown becomes the latest name to be added to the GM list and has spent the last four seasons with the Bengals after joining them as a scout in 2021. He also worked in a variety of scouting jobs with the Patriots and Eagles from 2010-2018. This isn’t the first time Brown has been interview for general managers roles, as he also met with the Bills, in 2017 and on two separate occasions with the Raiders in 2018 and 2022. Brown has multiple names to compete with early on, and will likely see more competition added to the mix before the process is finished.

Speaking to the media on Monday, Pierce laid out his plans for the Raiders’ future after his team put the finishing touches on a 4-13 season with a 34-20 loss to the Chargers in Week 18. Pierce hasn’t heard anything regarding his future, but we wouldn’t be so quick to assume the team will retain him in 2025. That said, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Sunday that Pierce’s job could be safe, as he and owner Mark Davis have had “regular conversations” about the team’s future. The Raiders are in desperate need of a franchise quarterback, something they never attempted to acquire in Pierce’s first full season with the team. After dismissing three coaches since 2021, it’s possible Davis opts to stay patient with Pierce and give him a chance to construct a legitimate offense this offseason.

It puts his training camp status in jeopardy. Murray is under contract for 2025, but his cap number of $10 million may be untenable and the Titans could save $7.5 million against the cap by releasing him. Murray was inactive for the last two games of the season after trying to play through the injury in Weeks 15 and 16. He finished the year with 3.5 sacks, 95 combined tackles, and two passes defensed.

Kraft opened his Monday presser by taking full responsibility for the firing of former head coach Jerod Mayo, who Kraft said was put in an “untenable” situation. Shortly after, he announced that Wolf and senior personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith would return to their roles next season while adding they will be “looking for people working together.” Kraft dodged any questions about the possibility of Mike Vrabel being at the top of his coaching wish list, but nobody would be surprised to see the former Patriots linebacker and Titans head coach return home if the two sides came to an agreement. It will be a busy few days in New England as the team looks to sort itself out and find the next coach to usher in the post-Belichick era.

Also New York’s associate head coach, Kafka is getting this interview in spite of the Giants struggles on offense in 2024. Last year Kafka got a second interview with the Seahawks for the team’s head coaching vacancy and also interviewed with the Titans and Cardinals. This suggests the Bears will cast a fairly wide net for their coaching search, though they at least need to reach out to Dick Jauron before we can say they’re on par with what the Jets are up to.

This was a report before Sunday’s game, but the added context of Jerry Jones’ answer on Sunday of “I don’t know that I am considering making a change” adds fire to the idea that the Cowboys will simply retain McCarthy. Because Dallas promoted Jason Garrett from his role as OC in 2010 and interviewed only McCarthy and Marvin Lewis in the 2020 cycle, it could be argued that they haven’t done an expansive and real coaching search since they fired Bill Parcells. Jones may just be comfortable keeping on at this point despite a down year from McCarthy.