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  • FA Defensive Lineman #98
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    Free agent DL Kendall Langford will reportedly meet with the Rams after his Thursday visit in Cincinnati.
    The Rams appear determined to land a defensive tackle to replace Fred Robbins. Langford is a fallback option in case free agent Jason Jones lands in Seattle or back in Nashville.
  • SEA Quarterback
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    Seahawks head coach Mike MacDonald said QB Jalen Milroe “will not be used in the same fashion as Taysom Hill.”
    “Milroe is a quarterback, Macdonald said, and will be used accordingly,” The Athletic’s Michael-Shawn Dugar said. That doesn’t mean the Seahawks won’t find some way to get the ultra-athletic Milroe onto the field in some high-leverage circumstances, perhaps in short yardage or goal line situations. If Milroe and Darnold rotate snaps in 2025, neither will have much in the way of fantasy value. Seattle is fully expected to be among the NFL’s run heaviest units under new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.
    How Olave, Shaheed can benefit from Shough at QB
    Kyle Dvorchak unpacks the reports of New Orleans Saints wide receivers Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed completely recovering from their injuries, analyzing how both can benefit with rookie Tyler Shough at QB.
  • CLE Quarterback #7
    Kenny Picket quarterbacked the first-team offense to start Browns OTAs.
    Pickett took reps with the first-team offense, followed by veteran Joe Flacco, followed by Dillon Gabriel. Shedeur Sanders, the team’s fifth-round draft pick, was last in the first-team rotation. Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said last week that the first-team reps would not be evenly split between the Browns’ four QBs. The team appeared to do just that on Wednesday. It would not be surprising if any of the the four signal callers were to emerge as Cleveland’s starter, though there’s a long way to go before we get any clarity on this muddied situation.
  • MIA Linebacker #2
    Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said LB Bradley Chubb (knee) is participating “in most things” during the team’s OTAs.
    Chubb missed the entire 2024 season with a torn ACL, meniscus, and patellar tendon injury he sustained at the end of the 2023 regular season. EDGE Jaelan Phillips, who suffered a season-ending ACL injury in October, was also participating during Miami’s OTAs as he makes his way back from yet another serious injury. A fully-healthy Chubb and Phillips would be a much-needed addition to a Dolphins defense that last year had the league’s ninth lowest QB pressure rate and was graded by Pro Football Focus as the NFL’s 11th worst pass rushing unit.
  • WAS Quarterback #5
    Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury said QB Jayden Daniels is “a little thicker” than he was in 2024.
    Kingsbury added that Daniels’ arm strength has improved since his tremendous rookie season, during which he threw for 25 touchdowns and nine interceptions while completing 69 percent of his attempts. Kingsbury said there was no mandate from the team that Daniels — who played as a rookie at 6'4" and 208 pounds — put on weight during the offseason. Lamar Jackson took a similar path early in his NFL career before dropping the weight and returning to his original playing weight. Daniels should once again be an elite fantasy option as one of the most efficient mobile quarterbacks in the NFL.
  • SF Punter #6
    49ers signed P Thomas Morstead, formerly of the Jets.
    Morstead will enter his 17th NFL season with the Niners after spending the past two years with the Jets. Morstead, 39, has played for four other teams since entering the league in 2007. In 2024, he ranked 25th in net punting average (41 yards) and a career-high touchback rate of 11.1 percent.
  • NYG Wide Receiver #1
    Giants head coach Brian Daboll said Malik Nabers is dealing with a toe injury that has bothered him since college.
    Nabers, per Daboll, “won’t do much this spring.” He’s still rehabbing a toe injury from last season that has lingered since his days at LSU, though he had not required a procedure on the toe. Nabers, who was second in the league in wide receiver targets and third in receptions in 2024, should be a full-go for training camp barring setbacks to the toe injury. He’ll look to develop chemistry with Russell Wilson, Jaxson Dart, and any other Giants quarterbacks who might see playing time in 2025.
  • SF Wide Receiver #14
    The Athletic’s Matt Barrows reports 49ers WR Ricky Pearsall has worked extensively with Brock Purdy this offseason.
    Pearsall missed critical practice time last summer after struggling with shoulder and hamstring issues and being shot in the torso in late August. The second-year wideout has tried to make up for lost time by working with Purdy in Florida and Arizona this spring. “There’s been so many moments throughout the year where [Pearsall] has run a route and I’ve thrown a ball and it’s just slightly off,” Purdy said in January. “And we know that, hey, once we get a real offseason together and we can talk about the basics, the fundamentals, the timing of concepts and everything and just get a bunch of reps together — dude, it’ll get way better.” The 49ers could lean on Pearsall and Jauan Jennings early in the season with Brandon Aiyuk (ACL) expected to miss the early part of the regular season and Demarcus Robinson potentially drawing a suspension for a DUI arrest in November. Pearsall’s performance against press coverage, Barrows said, could make him a valuable part of the San Francisco passing attack in 2025.
  • CHI Wide Receiver
    The Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs believes the Bears offense will use screen passes frequently in 2025.
    The Justin Fields-led Bears, according to Biggs, used screens as a way of countering pressure, “a tendency defenses were able to pick up on pretty easily.” Last year, 18 percent of Caleb Williams’ pass attempts were at or behind the line of scrimmage. He completed 94 of 99 screen throws for an average of 6.2 yards per attempt. Under new head coach Ben Johnson, Williams should continue using screens as an extension of the run game. “Wide receiver screens will be a part of just about every package, and the Bears have three talented catch-and-run targets in DJ Moore, Luther Burden. and Olamide Zaccheaus,” Biggs said. “They just can’t use the play as an answer for pressure over and over.” Burden, the 39th pick in the 2025 draft, was a screen merchant during much of his college career who ran 86 percent of his routes from the slot. He would benefit if Johnson’s Chicago offense features plenty of wideout screen plays.
  • LAC Tackle #70
    Chargers LT Rashawn Slater was not present at the team’s voluntary OTAs.
    Slater is awaiting a contract extension as he enters his fifth season with the Chargers. The former No. 13 overall pick has made two Pro Bowls while starting all of his 51 games played over four years. He is the Chargers’ starting left tackle and is due $19.05 million this season on his fifth-year option. A lucrative extension would get Slater paid for the long haul while also reducing his potential cap hit for 2025. The Chargers have been in negotiations with Slater, and while we have not reached holdout territory, this is an extension situation to monitor for Justin Herbert’s blindside.
  • LAC Cornerback #20
    Chargers CB Cam Hart is not yet fully cleared to return after getting surgery for a torn labrum in January.
    Hart was a fifth-round pick by the Chargers last year, starting six of fourteen games and tallying seven passes defended with a forced fumble as a rookie. He suffered a torn labrum against the Texans in the playoffs and underwent surgery in January. Though Hart won’t participate in OTA’s, he expects to be back for minicamp.