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That means Fields, like fellow Pittsburgh QB Russell Wilson, will be a free agent after the 2024 season. Picking up Fields’ fifth year option would have cost the team $25 million in 2025. This season will essentially be a tryout for Fields, 25, that could land him a long-term deal with the Steelers or find him playing elsewhere in 2025. Though Wilson was deemed the Steelers’ starter for 2024 in March, head coach Mike Tomlin has suggested Fields will have a shot to compete for the starting job. Rotoworld’s Denny Carter wrote about how Fields might be deployed in the Steelers offense, whether or not he’s named starter.

Fortunately for the McAfee Show, his mouth continues to work. Indeed, our Sunday blurb on Rodgers was titled “Rodgers gets banged up in Week 4 loss” and noted that he received attention from Jets trainers for a leg injury. It’s possible he pops up on the injury report this week ahead of Sunday morning’s tilt with the Vikings in London. We doubt it’s serious enough to make him miss Week 5, but if it were serious, the Jets would likely to turn to Tyrod Taylor.

“But what concerns the staff is the group surrounding the quarterback. And that’s a big reason why Brissett remains the team’s starter,” Graff adds. “I’d expect [Maye] to get the go-ahead sometime in November.” The Patriots have lost three in a row and not put up much of an offensive fight in any game to date, but it makes sense that they’re slow-playing putting Maye in given, in particular, how bad the offensive line has played this year.

In a separate radio interview, Schefter said he thinks Tagovailoa is “going to be back” and “it would be more surprising if Tua didn’t come back.” Tagovailoa is reportedly symptom-free and none of the neurologists he has consulted has encouraged him to retire. On injured reserve, Tagovailoa is required to miss the Dolphins next two games, which are Week 5 against the Patriots and Week 7 against the Colts. Concussion experts have said that Tagovailoa will need to sit out an extended time after future concussions going forward. The Dolphins offense desperately needs him back as their backup quarterbacks have sunk the entire offense.

That’s a pretty sure sign that he’ll be playing a big role on Thursday night. Jalen McMillan and Trey Palmer both were injured over the last four days. It’s possible that McMillan is sent to injured reserve in a corresponding move later today. Palmer is merely in concussion protocol that he appears unlikely to clear before Thursday.

Scharping will help provide depth with Isaac Seumalo still questionable for this week and James Daniels placed on injured reserve yesterday. The 28-year-old started for the Texans for portions of three years before spending the last two years as a backup with the Bengals.

He’ll miss the next four weeks at the very least with a foot injury that could sideline him even longer. He suffered the injury against the Giants on Thursday Night Football. With both Lawrence and Micah Parsons (ankle) likely out this week, Dallas’ pass rush is wounded ahead of Sunday night’s date with the Steelers.

Henry was waived at last cuts after being drafted by the old Commanders regime in 2023, then caught on with the Bengals practice squad. He’ll provide depth for the Cowboys up front with the team placing DeMarcus Lawrence on injured reserve.

Welcome to the world of downplaying high-ankle sprains. We are now dealing with this from both the Packers (over Watson) and the Colts (over Jonathan Taylor.) What is very clear is that Watson will not be playing this week — Matt LaFleur said so on Monday. That leaves Watson essentially week-to-week going forward, with Week 6 against the Cardinals the earliest he could possibly be active. We’d bet on Week 7 or Week 8 as a more realistic recovery timetable for Watson.

A source tells Bonsignore that the club has begun reaching out to other clubs to “gauge interest.” This has been a long time coming after the Derek Carr-Adams partnership was disintegrated by management following the 2022 season. It stands to reason that Adams will be the prize of the trading deadline, and the Raiders should probably cash in the 31-year-old for whatever they can reasonably get. Adams has a $25.3 million cap figure that other teams will have to work around, but we expect him to command a Day 2 pick at the very least.

Peters, 42, is playing in his 21st NFL season. He played eight games with the Seahawks in 2023, starting two before a late November injury against the Niners. Peters will likely be a rotational player on the Seattle offensive line. Pro Football Focus grades the Seahawks’ offensive line as the NFL’s fourth worst pass blocking unit through Week 4.