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  • NYJ Tight End
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    Jets selected LSU TE Mason Taylor with the No. 42 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
    The Jets have seemingly had a hole at tight end through perpetuity, so it’s not a surprise to see them attack the position early. At 6’5/251, Taylor looks the part of an NFL tight end, although his production at LSU was solid but far from elite with 546 yards and two touchdowns in 2024 serving as his peak campaign. He was used as an underneath option early in his career and struggled with drops until becoming one of the most sure-handed tight ends in college football as a junior. He dropped just 1-of-79 targets in his final season and expanded his route tree to include more intermediate looks. With a strong resume as a blocker, Taylor can do a little bit of everything, even if he isn’t the flashiest tight end prospect in the class. His versatility could help speed up the typically slow learning curve most young tight ends experience, giving him some TE2 potential as a rookie.
  • FA Running Back #35
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    Titans waived RB Tyrion Davis-Price.
    Davis-Price signed with the team in early June, but apparently free agent Jordan Mims caught the front office’s collective eye in recent weeks. Davis-Price will likely find a spot elsewhere in the league, as many young third-rounders do. He is not worth following closely for fantasy purposes, though.
    Rams' Ferguson can make fantasy impact as rookie
    Denny Carter sifts through reports suggesting Rams rookie tight end Terrance Ferguson could have a significant role in the team's 2025 offense, exploring what it means for Tyler Higbee and fantasy drafts.
  • SEA Linebacker #10
    Seahawks placed LB Uchenna Nwosu (knee) on the active/physically unable to perform list.
    This transaction was always expected. Nwosu underwent a cleanup procedure on his knee this offseason. The real question is whether he can recover in time for the regular season. Nwosu is a capable player who has been slowed by injuries in recent seasons. Hopefully, he makes a full recovery this summer.
  • DET Defensive Lineman #91
    Lions placed DL Levi Onwuzurike on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.
    Onwuzurike must now sit out training camp, preseason and at least Weeks 1-4 of regular season play. His medical issue was not disclosed, but we expect clarification soon. The front office signed Onwuzurike to a one-year, $5.5 million contract in March. He totaled 45 quarterback pressures, three sacks and 21 tackles last year.
  • DAL Cornerback #7
    The Cowboys “will deduct $500,000 from [Trevon] Diggs’ $9 million base salary for his failure to complete at least 84% of his offseason workouts.”
    Per The Dallas Morning News’ Calvin Watkins, “club officials had the option of not enforcing the clause in the contract,” but chose to do so anyway. Diggs reportedly has issues with the Cowboys’ internal staff and chose to rehab on his own, in Miami, after having damaged cartilage replaced with a tissue graft earlier this offseason. Perhaps, this $500,000 sum is the key figure needed to sign Micah Parsons to a record-setting extension.
  • PIT Linebacker #90
    ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Steelers and T.J. Watt have agreed to terms on a three-year, $123 million extension, making Watt “the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history for the second time in his illustrious career.”
    Per Schefter, “no player has recorded more sacks over the last five seasons than T.J. Watt, who has 73.5 during that span.” Watt receives $108 million fully guaranteed, and the deal averages $41 million per year. It is a fitting contract for the 30-year-old pass rusher. Steelers players report to training camp on July 23rd.
  • LAC Wide Receiver #83
    NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that Chargers second-round WR Tre Harris “has now agreed to terms and will sign his rookie contract.”
    The agreement coincides with Mike Williams’ retirement announcement, narrowing the competition for the Chargers’ No. 2 wide receiver role to Harris and Quentin Johnston. Harris has decent odds of stealing the role and producing flex-worthy numbers in year one. Stay tuned.
  • DET Defensive Lineman #54
    Lions placed DL Alim McNeill on the active/physically unable to perform list.
    McNeill’s Week 15, 2024 ACL tear made this transaction a formality, as it was always expected. Lions head coach Dan Campbell previously said McNeill was expected to miss both training camp and the “early part of the season.”
  • DET Tackle #68
    Lions place OT Taylor Decker on the active/physically unable to perform list.
    The reason for Decker’s PUP listing was not given. He dealt with a knee injury late in the 2025 season, though. Also listed in the active/PUP transaction are CB Khalil Dorsey, OG Miles Frazier, DL Alim McNeill, LB Malcolm Rodriguez, DL Mekhi Wingo. Players with this designation may be removed from it at any time this summer.
  • ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. and Kalyn Kahler report that there is a dispute among NFLPA player reps regarding the disclosure of Executive Lloyd Howell’s 2011 sexual discrimination and retaliation lawsuit.
    Sources tell ESPN that “the lawsuit was settled in July 2015 for an undisclosed sum,” and stems from Howell’s time at Booz Allen Hamilton. Per the report, two player reps “were surprised to learn of the lawsuit,” saying, “the subject never came up” when the group voted Howell into his current position in June 2023. “However, two other players, who sat on the union’s executive committee that vetted and chose Howell as a finalist in 2023, disputed those accounts,” saying, “they worked closely” with search firm Russell Reynolds Associates regarding this and other matters. The latter two executive committee members, “at times,” could not recall details and/or declined to divulge details of Howell’s interview process. Prior ESPN reporting on Howell’s 34 years at Booz Allen Hamilton noted that “the firm paid a $377 million fine to settle a long-standing whistleblower lawsuit from the federal government that alleged overcharging by the firm,” which was announced “a month after the NFLPA’s executive committee hired Howell to be its executive director.” Howell served as “the company’s chief financial officer from 2016 to 2022.”
  • KC Wide Receiver #4
    The Washington Post’s Mark Maske reports, “Rashee Rice may receive a multiple-game suspension this season but it’s ‘premature’ to conclude that with certainty and that outcome is ‘not close to final.’”
    Earlier today, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that “the NFL can expedite its disciplinary process and Rice is likely to receive a multi-game suspension.” Maske’s source suggests otherwise. We have no way of knowing which source to rely upon but Schefter’s report could cause Rice’s ADP to dip in an advantageous manner. Regardless, were Rice to be suspended, it would likely only be an issue for fantasy managers early in the year. Should Rice be suspended and return in Weeks 4-6, he would arrive in time to boost lineups as the bye weeks begin.