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  • SF Tackle #71
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    49ers declared LT Trent Williams, QB Joshua Dobbs, RB Isaac Guerendo, TE Jake Tonges, DL Khalil Davis, CB Rock Ya-Sin, and DL Robert Beal Jr. active for Week 16 against the Dolphins.
    Williams is inching toward being done for the year as the 49ers’ playoff odds approach zero and his ankle issue fails to get much better. Guerendo was ruled out earlier in the week, meaning Patrick Taylor will draw the start at running back.
  • IND Wide Receiver #10
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    Colts WR AD Mitchell looks to grow from rookie season.
    “Not living up to my own personal expectations” is how Mitchell summed his rookie campaign with the Indianapolis Colts. The second-round draft pick caught 23 passes for 312 yards with zero touchdowns in the 2024 season. “Like any young player, there’s going to be a maturation process with him. And he definitely had some really strong moments, but we need more consistent moments from him,” added Colts general manager Chris Ballard. “This position is all about confidence,” Mitchell says. “Ain’t nobody taking that away from me no time soon. (2025 will) be a lot different from this year.”
  • MIN Quarterback #14
    ESPN’s Kevin Seifert reports the Vikings won’t rush to place the franchise tag on Sam Darnold and are looking to “become aware of a trade market.”
    Seifert says that this doesn’t mean that Minnesota has ruled out placing the franchise tag on Darnold, and that they also haven’t ruled out signing him to a multi-year deal. The Vikings could pull off a tag-and-trade with Darnold if a potential destination he’s interested in wants to jump the market. This will be a situation to monitor over the coming weeks, as it sounds like the Vikings will try to gather as much intelligence as they can before making the decision on the March 4 franchise tag deadline.
  • KC Guard #65
    ESPN’s Adam Schefter believes that the transition tag is “palatable and plausible” for Chiefs RG Trey Smith.
    Smith is expected to be one of the prizes of free agency after finishing with a 75.1 PFF blocking rating at right guard, the fourth year in a row that the 25-year-old has been above-average in their metrics. His only real demerit is the staggering amount of penalties he’s called for — 39 in four seasons. The projected transition tag for 2025 would assign a salary of $22,745,000 to Smith — a savings of about $3 million from the franchise tag — and would give the Chiefs the right to match any offer Smith receives.
  • CIN Wide Receiver #1
    ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports the Bengals will “attempt” to re-sign Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, and DE Trey Hendrickson to long-term contracts.
    “Whether Cincinnati can pull it off remains uncertain, but the team’s messaging behind the scenes is that it’s certainly going to try,” Fowler writes. The latest is that the Bengals will franchise tag Higgins in order to have time to get a deal done. Fowler adds that Chase is expected to be “looking to be the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL -- possibly by a wide margin.” Hendrickson finished second in Defensive Player of the Year voting and was named first-team All-Pro for the first time in 2024 after leading the league with 17.5 sacks. The star Bengals edge player was disgruntled with his contract last offseason, and we imagine the gruntles have only grown as it was mostly left unresolved. The Bengals have a lot of room to work with and can generate more by pushing Joe Burrow’s cap hits into the future. It would absolutely be the best-case scenario for both the league and fantasy managers if Burrow, Chase, and Higgins all stayed in Cincinnati.
  • MIN Quarterback #13
    The Athletic’s James Boyd believes the Colts could sign QB Daniel Jones this offseason.
    Boyd said Jones would make sense as a signing who could push Anthony Richardson in training camp and fill in for him should Richardson have yet another injury-marred season in 2025. Jones’ “abilities on the ground mean the offense won’t have to change much should Richardson miss more time due to injury,” Boyd said, adding Justin Fields could be another option for a Colts team hedging their bets on Richardson. Richardson is reportedly working with a biometrics coach to hone his throwing motion ahead of the 2025 season. Without a major leap in intermediate accuracy, Richardson could lose out to Jones after being benched for Joe Flacco in 2024.
  • NO Coaching Staff #16
    Saints hired Scott Tolzien as the team’s quarterbacks coach.
    Tolzien, 37, who played quarterback in the NFL from 2013 to 2017, will join Kellen Moore’s staff in New Orleans. Tolzien was on the Dallas coaching staff with Moore two years ago. In New Orleans, Tolzien will work with Derek Carr to implement Moore’s offense after Moore led the Eagles offense to a productive season that ended with a Super Bowl championship. The Saints also added RB coach Joel Thomas, formerly of the Giants, to the coaching staff.
  • CIN Punter #8
    Bengals sign P Ryan Rehkow to a two-year extension.
    Rehkow, 25, signed with the Bengals as a free agent last July and appeared in all 17 games as a rookie. His gross punting average (49.1) and net average (42.9) each set a Bengals single-season record and led all rookies. In Week 1 vs New England, he set an NFL single-game record with 64.5 yards per punt (minimum four attempts), and set a team record for longest punt (80 yards). Prior to joining the Bengals, Rehkow signed as an undrafted free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs, but was released in June.
  • BAL Kicker #9
    Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said in 2022 that the team had “kind of zero tolerance” for players accused to sexual misconduct.
    Harbaugh made the comments as several NFL teams vied for Deshaun Watson after he had been accused by dozens of women of sexual misconduct. Harbaugh’s comments have resurfaced in light of Ravens K Justin Tucker being accused of misconduct by 16 massage therapists from eight different spas in the Baltimore area. We’ll see if Harbaugh and the Ravens stick by the zero tolerance policy as legal proceedings unfold. The team would absorb a $7.5 million dead money hit if they were to release Tucker — the most accurate kicker in NFL history — before June 1. A post-June 1 release would create $4.2 million of cap savings and spread out the dead money over the next two years. Tucker, coming off the worst season of his career, has three years remaining on his current deal with Baltimore.
  • DET Quarterback #16
    Lions offensive coordinator John Morton said the team’s offense will remain “predicated” on Jared Goff.
    Morton, taking over for departed Detroit OC Ben Johnson — now Chicago’s head coach — said his prior experience with Goff would inform the direction of the team’s offense in 2025. “I think it’s big because it all starts with the quarterback,” said Morton, who worked as a Lions senior offensive assistant in 2022. “Just kind of knowing him — and when I was here, I was in the quarterback room. So, I have a feel of what he likes, what he doesn’t. That’s important as a play-caller.” Goff thrived under Johnson over the past two seasons: Only Brock Purdy and Josh Allen had higher drop back success rates, and only three QBs had a better drop back EPA than Goff. Morton is short on play calling experience; the Jets fired him after the 2017 season, his only year of play-calling experience. Whether Morton can continue putting Goff in favorable situations will loom large as the Lions enter 2025.
  • FA Quarterback #7
    Miami QB Cam Ward said he’s not sure if he will throw at the NFL Scouting Combine.
    Ward appears unlikely to participate in the Combine, like other recent highly touted prospects primed to go in the first couple picks of the draft. Ward did, however, offer a warning to NFL teams who might pass on him because he sat out the second half of his final collegiate game. “You’re either going to draft me or you’re not,” Ward told the Associated Press Monday. “If you don’t draft me, that’s your fault. You’ve got to remember you’re the same team that’s got to play me for the rest of my career, and I’ll remember that.” Ward threw for 39 touchdowns and 4,313 yards for the Hurricanes last year, adding 204 rushing yards and four touchdowns on the ground. The QB-needy Titans, who have the first overall pick in the 2025 draft, seem like a likely landing spot for Ward.