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Turner, 72, last worked as an offensive coordinator for the Panthers in 2019, when Carolina ranked 29th in points per game and 24th in yards per game. Turner will reportedly help guide the lifeless Raiders offense alongside his son, Scott Turner, who will serve as the team’s new offensive coordinator after the Raiders fired OC Luke Getsy this week. This is Turner’s second stint with the Raiders; he was the team’s head coach from 2004-2005. He’ll try to turn around a Vegas offense that ranks dead last in EPA per play and 25th in offensive success rate. It’s unclear who will be the team’s starting QB under Turner.

Richardson has stumbled into a rare zone: He’s too talented to give up on, and too flawed for a team with playoff ambitions to start. The Colts probably will turn back to Richardson at some point this year, no matter how stubbornly Shane Steichen seems to suggest otherwise. The market for moving quarterbacks usually peaks in the offseason anyway, and that will probably be the real test for the Colts.

White had been given permission to seek a trade in late October. The Ravens will take a shot on the 29-year-old as they desperately try to find another potential answer at cornerback. The cost was, well, a year of waiting to take a seventh-round pick. Hard to critique either the Ravens for biting or the Rams for letting White move on.

There was smoke around the idea that the Panthers would at least listen to offers for Young, but apparently they didn’t like what they heard. Ultimately it’s not surprising as most teams view quarterback as a position to upgrade in the offseason — perhaps the Panthers will eventually move on from Young then. Young, 23, looks likely to start against the Giants this week after playing one of the better games of his career in a win over the Saints in Week 9.

Turner was the Commanders offensive coordinator for three years, during which the team had the following players play quarterback: Alex Smith, Dwayne Haskins, Kyle Allen, Taylor Heinicke, Garrett Gilbert, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Sam Howell, and Carson Wentz. The Wentz trade eventually shifted the Commanders into a pure run-the-ball team, but before that Turner was a short-pass maestro. It’s hard to see how this changes the offense with (likely) Desmond Ridder in tow at quarterback — we’d bet they remain as conservative as ever. Perhaps Jakobi Meyers and Brock Bowers get a few more open looks per game than they had been getting under Luke Getsy.

Smith, who had eight or more sacks in each of the 2021-2023 seasons, had seen his snaps decline recently as Kingsley Enagbare and Lukas Van Ness grew into bigger roles. The 31-year-old is a nice pick up for the Steelers given the lack of pass-rushing depth they had behind T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith. the Steelers will take on Smith’s contract and the Packers will take on $5 million in dead money on the 2025 cap to make the deal happen.

He’ll miss at least four games. The Vikings are signing John Parker Romo to replace Reichard as the kicker for the near-term. Reichard missed two kicks — his only two misses of the season — while trying to play through the quad injury on Sunday night. It was obvious that he was in pain on each backswing.

Someone had to go to make room for Jonathan Mingo. Booth has mostly been a healthy scratch this year and hadn’t played since Dallas’ Week 6 depantsing against the Lions. He had five solo tackles in 38 defensive snaps over three Cowboys games this year.

Robinson was an interesting UDFA in the 2022 class and has bounced between the Commanders, Eagles, and Vikings offseason rosters and practice squads since coming out of Oklahoma. The Patriots, as is now their normal, are shuffling bodies along the offensive line after another injury and hoping to find some players who will stick. It’s a great chance for Robinson to establish himself as an NFL-capable lineman.

Khalil Herbert will now slot in as Chase Brown’s backup. Moss finishes the year with a 74/242/2 rushing line and caught 23 of 27 targets for 187 yards and a touchdown in his most extensive receiving work yet. It’s possible he’s back next year on a $4.9 million cap figure if the neck isn’t a longer-term concern than the next few months. If not, Moss will be a credible backup/committee option in free agency next offseason.

One of the more oft-rumored trades of the past few weeks, as the Steelers seemed interested in moving on Williams the second the Jets acquired Davante Adams, finally gets done. Williams hasn’t done well enough as a Jet to walk into fantasy value in Pittsburgh, but he might be worth a stash in deeper fantasy leagues. Xavier Gipson and Malachi Corley will step into slightly bigger roles in the Jets offense with Williams gone and Allen Lazard on IR, but neither of them are worth counting on in fantasy football. The Jets recoup a fifth-round pick for a player who they had clearly lost confidence in, which is a slight win.