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  • FA Running Back #33
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    Free agent RB Jeremy Hill worked out for the Texans.
    He left without a contract. The Texans have been getting by with a committee of Carlos Hyde and Duke Johnson, but this wouldn’t be a bad landing spot for Hill. Free agent Elijah McGuire also worked out for Houston.
  • MIN Wide Receiver
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    The Athletic’s Alec Lewis believes Vikings WR Tai Felton’s rookie season will be “spent mostly on special teams.”
    Lewis notes that Felton could see some snaps on offense if Jordan Addison is suspended in relation to his pending DUI trial. Otherwise, it sounds like Jalen Nailor will be back as the team’s third receiver. Nailor didn’t earn many targets in the WR3 role last year but did cash in with six touchdowns and 414 yards on 28 grabs. Nailor is on the menu as a dart throw in deep best ball formats while the third-round rookie is only intriguing as a dynasty stash.
    Watt in a contract standoff with Steelers
    T.J. Watt is in a contract dispute with Pittsburgh, and Lawrence Jackson Jr. examines why you should be cautious drafting the Steelers D/ST in fantasy if the former NFL Defensive Player of the Year misses time in 2025.
  • KC Running Back #25
    The Kansas City Star’s Jesse Newell believes Chiefs RB Elijah Mitchell will “make the team given good health.”
    Newell, of course, gives the caveat that health has been Mitchell’s main issue for years, so it’s far from a lock that he makes it to the season without a scratch. The Chiefs jumped on the opportunity to sign Mitchell this offseason, inking him to a one-year deal worth “up to” $3.5 million at the start of free agency. It’s a high-upside move given Mitchell’s past success in San Francisco. He ran for 963 yards and five scores on 207 carries as a rookie but has been plagued by injuries ever since. Mitchell appeared in 16 games over the following two seasons and missed all of 2024 with a hamstring issue. While a healthy Isiah Pacheco should be penciled in for the bulk of the carries to start the year, Mitchell could work himself into a committee role if he continues to look back to form in practice.
  • DEN Safety #6
    Broncos S P.J. Locke said he underwent spinal fusion surgery after the team’s playoff loss in January.
    Locke is one of the first NFL players to undergo spinal fusion surgery, sharing his journey in a personal documentary YouTube video. He dealt with the pain from the surgery early on, but says he does not feel pain now. Locke started 15 games and the playoff loss for the Broncos and is a key member of a daunting secondary. The 28-year-old missed offseason workouts due to rehab and is preparing to be ready for the regular season.
  • PIT Quarterback #8
    Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers is working out with six Steelers pass-catchers in Malibu prior to training camp.
    Rodgers did not sign with the Steelers until late in the offseason, leaving him little time to build chemistry with the team’s receivers through offseason workouts. However, Rodgers posted a photo on social media with WRs DK Metcalf, Calvin Austin, Roman Wilson, Scotty Miller, and Ben Skowronek and TE Pat Freiermuth. He had invited offensive skill players to work out with him and these six have taken up the offer thus far. Metcalf and Freiermuth are likely to be two of the top options in the Steelers offense, with Austin and Wilson mixing in behind. Newly acquired Jonnu Smith is not there, though he just joined the team this week. Rodgers is headed for a final season in Pittsburgh and is looking to build further rapport with his pass-catchers for one last hurrah.
  • NE Wide Receiver
    The Athletic’s Chad Graff believes Patriots WR Efton Chism will “enter camp with a decent shot at making the team.”
    A UDFA from Eastern Washington, Chism has been singled out by Drake Maye and coach Mike Vrabel for his impressive showing during the early offseason sessions. Chism put up videogame numbers in the Eagles’ high-flying passing attack last year, totaling 120 catches for 1,311 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2024. Despite the gaudy counting stats, Chism’s 5'10/195 build combined with a dreadful 4.71 Forty led to all 32 teams passing on him during the draft. He will likely be parked behind Demario Douglas as a rookie, but Chism could be worth a look in deep dynasty leagues if he makes noise during training camp.
  • BAL Wide Receiver #81
    ESPN’s Jamison Hensley believes Ravens WR Devontez Walker “was Baltimore’s most consistent wide receiver during spring practices.”
    Hensley called the second-year wideout “the front-runner to be Baltimore’s No. 4 wide receiver” job. It’s not much, but that would be a drastic improvement over the role Walker played as a rookie. He appeared in nine games and caught one pass, a 21-yard score in Week 15. A fourth-round pick in 2024, Walker was drafted as a developmental vertical threat and simply wasn’t ready to take on a meaningful role as a rookie. Coaches and reporters have talked him up this offseason, allowing dynasty managers to leave the light on for him in 2025.
  • JAX Running Back
    Jaguars head coach Liam Coen said rookie RB Bhayshul Tuten needs to improve in pass protection.
    It’s hardly surprising to hear a head coach urge a rookie back to get better as a blocker. Pass protection is usually a roadblock to consistent snaps for rookie runners. “From protection systems in college to the pros, that’s usually where you see some of the tempo slow down for them – playing slower, thinking more – is when pass-pro starts to kind of bog the mind,” Coen said. “I think [Tuten] has done a solid job. I know he needs a lot more work, which all those guys do.” The 104th selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, Tuten racked up 1,159 yards and 15 touchdowns on 183 attempts in his final collegiate season at Virginia Tech. He also functioned as a kicker return, a role he could experiment with in Jacksonville this summer. PFF graded Tuten in 2024 as the nation’s 98th best blocking back out of 148 qualifying backs. He’ll need to improve in that area if he’s going to seize the RB1 role in the Jaguars backfield in 2025.
  • MIA Tight End #12
    NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports TE Darren Waller told the Giants he “wanted to play again specifically only for Miami.”
    Waller, 32, came out of retirement Tuesday and was immediately traded to the Dolphins in exchange for draft-pick compensation. Waller joins one of the NFL’s thinnest tight end depth charts, alongside Pharaoh Brown, Jalin Conyers, and Julian Hill. None of those players will threaten Waller’s role as the team’s primary pass-catching tight end. A seam-stretcher for most of his NFL career, Waller will bring something very different to the Miami offense than what they had with YAC machine Jonnu Smith. Waller, who had 52 grabs on 70 targets for the Giants in 2023, should be the No. 3 target behind Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.
  • BUF Cornerback
    WKBW reports Bills CB Maxwell Hairston is being sued for sexual assault.
    The lawsuit against Hairston claims he assaulted a woman at the University of Kentucky in 2021 — an incident that was reported to authorities before the woman transferred out of the university. Buffalo selected Hairston with the 30th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The Bills did not comment on the lawsuit. When asked about allegations of Hairston’s involvement in a campus sexual assault, Bills general manager Brandon Beans said the “organization felt the matter was thoroughly investigated and felt there was no truth behind the allegations,” according to WKBW. Beans said of the sexual assault allegations against Hairston: “There doesn’t seem to be anything there.” Hairston is iffy for Bills training camp with a hamstring issue.
  • PIT Linebacker #90
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac believes T.J. Watt wants to be the highest paid non-quarterback in the NFL.
    “This isn’t going to be as easy as the last contract with T.J., where he was in his prime ... they saw a little bit of a decline last year,” Dulac believes. Ja’Marr Chase currently holds the record in average per year at $40.25 million for a non-quarterback, though Myles Garrett’s $88.8 million in guarantees dwarfs it. It’s unclear which dollar figure Watt is coming after, but what is clear is that this could drag on well into training camp and perhaps, as Dulac suggests, right up to the beginning of the regular season. With Trey Hendrickson and Micah Parsons also vying to be in the highest-paid non-quarterback space, we have plenty of contract drama ahead of us on the edge during training camp and the preseason.