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Powell saw the majority of his production come following the departure of alpha wide receiver Justin Jefferson in the fourth quarter. That said, he could continue in the WR3 role for the Vikings considering Jefferson left with the dreaded hamstring injury, placing his availability moving forward in question.

Cousins is now the backup quarterback for the Falcons, a position he did not expect to be in as he now hopes to find a way out of the situation. The Browns are currently without a starting quarterback and Russini reports that “there’s enough conversations being had” for Cousins going to the Browns to not be surprising. Falcons owner Arthur Blank said he spoke with Cousins and took notes in a conversation that likely revolved around Cousins’ future in Atlanta. If he does get traded, the Browns are a team where Cousins can come in and start, even if they draft a rookie.

O’Connell emphasized that Jones excelled in “1a-1b backfield structure” and the team brought in Jordan Mason to complement Jones. He continued that Mason will “bring something to the table” in short-yardage situations and goal-line scenarios. Meanwhile, Jones will be used more in early-down, third-down, and passing-down situations. The Vikings backfield is shaping up to have both backs useful in fantasy. Jones will have more value as a pass-catcher while Mason will be a downhill runner with goal-line utility.

Johnson in his first year as the Bears’ head coach will get the chance to work with his franchise quarterback this offseason. Williams is “very comfortable” in shotgun formation, so Johnson said they will “work to see the comfort level under center” to further open up the offense. As last year’s No. 1 overall pick, Williams struggled at times and finished 3,541 passing yards while taking a whopping 68 sacks. Now he gets to build from the ground up with an offensive-minded head coach in Ben Johnson. Bears fans will be excited to hear about head coach and franchise quarterback working closely together leading into the season.

Buried outside of the top-30 wideouts in best ball rankings at times this offseason, Olave figures to be a key fixture in Moore’s offense as long as he can stay healthy. He likely would have returned from his second 2024 concussion before the season ended if the Saints had happened to have something to play for. Olave was practicing in full for most of January. It’s not unfair to consider Olave in the Tua Tagovailoa mould for fantasy purposes — a good player, but one with added injury risk — now that he has four NFL concussions in three seasons. But the reward may outweigh the risk at some point on your board. Moore’s No. 1 wideouts have never lacked for targets.

“We’ll see,” Reid ominously added. “He’s working his tail off right now, I know.” Rice’s Week 4 LCL tear puts him in a better spot than a few other notable injury returners this season, but we wouldn’t be shocked if he was brought along slowly in training camp. With Hollywood Brown and Xavier Worthy back for a second season together, the Chiefs have the luxury of slowly working Rice in. Still, this is a great update for Rice, who was on track for a breakout season with a 24/288/2 line in four games before suffering the injury.

Entering his age-39 season, Campbell is simply a marvel. A magnificent run-stuffer even at his advanced age (he had an 85.9 PFF run defense rating in 2024) and still productive enough as a pass-rusher to be a good third- or fourth-rusher on an above-average defense. With the additions of Josh Sweat, Campbell, and Dalvin Tomlinson, the Cardinals hope they have done enough to bring the floor of the defense up above where it was last season. It’s a good front on paper, even if Arizona’s cornerbacks make us a little weary of forecasting them as a fantasy-worthy defense in 2025. Campbell last played for the Cardinals in 2016, if you’d like to feel a little older today.

Havenstein was often on the injury report late in the season with the shoulder ailment, but this is the first we’re hearing of a surgery. Entering his age-33 season, the Rams will likely take another stab at replacing Havenstein in this year’s draft. If for whatever reason he’s lagging behind in camp, Warren McClendon would likely be the next man up at right tackle.

“I’ll have more to know about that after [this] month goes on - see how he feels when he gets running and practicing and everything else,” Bowles continued. This makes both Jason Licht and Bowles in the “quietly confident” section on Godwin’s recovery after the 29-year-old dislocated his ankle in Week 7. Godwin certainly appears to have a chance to be ready for Week 1, but we’re probably too far out to reliably forecast that at this point.

In true Jerry Jones fashion, he managed to start a bit of a firestorm by admitting that not only had he not talked to Parsons’ agent, he didn’t even know his name. ”I’m the one who has to write the check and Micah is the one who has to agree to it,” Jones told David Moore. “That’s the straightest way to get there.” Parsons then used X: The Everything App to say that he would not be doing any deal without agent David Mulugheta and that there “will be no backdoors in this contract negotiation.” So, you know, another day as usual for the Cowboys. They could have sewn up this Parsons deal months (or even a year ago), but that would have been too competent. Too boring.

Kyle Shanahan also mentioned that he hoped Purdy wouldn’t hold out of offseason workouts today. The general tenor of contract negotiations for Purdy is that it will get done, though it perhaps has not advanced as quickly as Purdy would have preferred. York’s comment about it happening “when he’s ready” is a bit eye-catching. But with the cuts that the 49ers have made this offseason, this isn’t really a matter of cap space so much as both sides actually agreeing on the numbers.