The Eagles agreed to a deal with tight end Kylen Granson, his agency announced Friday.
Granson, 26, is the second tight end the Eagles have added in as many days after signing Harrison Bryant. The Eagles also have Dallas Goedert and Grant Calcaterra.
Granson caught 14 passes on 31 targets for 182 yards and no touchdowns.
The Colts selected him with the 127th overall pick in the 2021 draft, and he spent his first four seasons in Indianapolis. Granson has played 62 games with 17 starts.
In his career, he has 86 receptions for 958 yards and a touchdown.
The Colts have added a veteran cornerback.
Indianapolis announced on Friday that the club has Corey Ballentine.
The terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Ballentine, 28, spent the last three seasons with the Packers. He was primarily a special teams player in 2024, as he played just eight percent of defensive snaps in 15 games played. He was on the field for 51 percent of special teams snaps.
A sixth-round pick in 2019, Ballentine has appeared in 69 games with 11 starts for the Giants, Jets, Lions, and Packers. He’s recorded one interception with nine passes defensed and two forced fumbles.
The Colts are up to two kickers on their 90-man roster.
The team announced the signing of Spencer Shrader on Thursday. Matt Gay is the incumbent kicker in Indianapolis.
It’s the second time Shrader has signed with the club. He kicked in place of an injured Gay at the start of last season and went 3-of-3 on extra points in Week One.
Shrader was released in October and signed to the Jets’ practice squad. He was called up for one game and then moved to Kansas City when the Chiefs signed him off the practice squad to replace the injured Harrison Butker. He was 3-of-3 on field goals and 6-of-6 on extra points in two appearances in Kansas City.
Gay was 31-of-37 on field goals and 33-of-33 on extra points last season.
Daniel Jones is officially a member of the Colts and that means the battle for the starting quarterback job in Indianapolis is on.
The Colts signed Jones to a one-year deal after saying that there will be an open competition at quarterback this offseason. Anthony Richardson will be the other contestant in that competition and the Colts are hoping that one of the disappointing first-round picks will be able to blossom in 2025.
During a press conference on Thursday, Jones said that he believes the situation provides a chance for both quarterbacks to put their best foot forward.
“It’s an opportunity to come in and compete,” Jones said, via the team’s website. “I’m looking forward to that. I have a lot of respect for Anthony, watching him — I think he’s certainly talented young player. And I think the competition aspect brings out the best in everybody. I think we’re both interested in helping this team win games and whatever we can do to help that happen.”
General Manager Chris Ballard has brought in a number of different quarterbacks over his time in Indy and none of them have solidified the position. Should that remain the case this year, there will likely be calls for someone else to try their hand at solving that puzzle for the Colts.
The Giants are set to meet with Russell Wilson on Friday, but he’s not the only quarterback they are considering for their 2025 roster.
Field Yates of ESPN reports that they had Joe Flacco in for a visit on Thursday. Flacco spent last season with the Colts and he spent the 2023 season with the Browns, who hosted Wilson on a visit Thursday.
Aaron Rodgers is also believed to be a target for the Giants and the general consensus is that either he or Wilson is their top option, but Tommy DeVito is currently the only quarterback under contract for the NFC East team so it makes sense that they would be exploring every available option.
Flacco helped the Browns to the playoffs in 2023, but failed to impress in six starts for the Colts last year. He would give the team an experienced signal caller to pair with a rookie should the Giants wind up going that route. They could also see him as a capable backup option for one of the other veterans if the current regime’s shaky job security makes building for the future less of a priority this spring.
While discussing the recent “trade rumors” (they weren’t rumors) that preceded his renewal of vows with the Rams, quarterback Matthew Stafford mentioned the events that preceded his 2021 trade from the Lions to the Rams.
Stafford explained to Jason and Travis Kelce on the newest New Heights podcast that he spent plenty of time on Zillow looking for houses. He said, nonchalantly, that he was searching for properties in Indianapolis.
That’s an intriguing twist to what seemed to be a secret handshake arrangement between the Rams and the Lions, aimed at giving Stafford a new home and allowing the Rams to have an inconspicuous opportunity to unload the Jared Goff contract by stapling a second first-round pick to the Stafford package.
Think about the final terms: Two first-round picks and a third-round pick AND Goff, for Stafford. Given Goff’s ascension in Detroit, that’s a ridiculous imbalance. Given the Rams’ desire to get out of a contract that had millions in remaining guarantees, it’s not so ridiculous.
The Rams were done with Goff. Without a quarterback-for-quarterback trade, however, it would have been obvious they were admitting to the world that they never should have signed him to a market-value second contract. And since the Lions also needed a post-Stafford quarterback, they welcomed Goff — since doing so sweetened the Stafford trade pot.
Still, it’s interesting to know that Indy was in it. There had been a sense that the Lions (with former Rams director of scouting Brad Holmes freshly hired as the G.M.) and Rams moved stealthily, blocking a more widespread and robust trade market. The Commanders, for example, were miffed that they didn’t have a chance to make a deal. (And that’s why, the next year, they called every team to see whether their starter was available, including the Chiefs.)
But the Colts were in it. As they continue to ricochet through one bad option after another in their post-Andrew Luck existence, the notion that they could have had Stafford is fascinating generally and, for Colts fans, likely nauseating.
Former Colts linebacker Grant Stuard, a strong special teams player, is signing with the Lions.
Stuard announced on Instagram that he’s heading to Detroit.
The 26-year-old Stuard was a 2021 seventh-round pick of the Buccaneers and played primarily on special teams as a rookie. He was traded to the Colts in 2022 and has also played mostly special teams in Indianapolis, and he was chosen as a special teams captain. But Stuard can also contribute on defense, and last season he started five games at linebacker for the Colts as well.
After their defense suffered through an injury-plagued season last year, the Lions want more depth at defense, and they’ve got that in Stuard, while also bolstering their special teams with a player who should be a significant contributor at a fairly low cost.
Neville Gallimore is on the move, again.
The 2020 third-round pick has, per Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Colts.
Picked by the Cowboys in the third round of the 2020 draft, Gallimore became a free agent last year. In March, the Dolphins signed him to a one-year deal. Miami cut him in late August, and he landed with the Rams.
Gallimore appeared in 14 regular-season games last year, with four starts. After getting no sacks in the regular season, Gallimore racked up 2.5 of them in the Rams’ two postseason games.
Those performance likely got the attention of the Colts, where Gallimore will spend at least his sixth NFL season.
The Colts are adding a running back behind Jonathan Taylor.
According to multiple reports, Khalil Herbert has agreed to sign a one-year deal with Indianapolis.
Herbert, 26, had spent his career with the Bears until they traded him to the Bengals midway through last season. He ended up appearing in eight games for Cincinnati, taking 28 carries for 114 yards and catching eight passes for 21 yards.
Herbert’s best season was back in 2022 when he averaged 5.7 yards per carry to finish with 731 yards.
In 56 career games, he’s rushed for 1,905 yards with nine touchdowns and caught 53 passes for 312 yards with two TDs.
Players are coming and going across the NFL this week, but one particular free agent departure meant enough to Colts owner Jim Irsay for him to release a statement about it.
Ryan Kelly, a four-time Pro Bowl center with the Colts, has agreed to a contract with the Vikings. And Irsay says it’s tough to say goodbye.
“It’s been an honor to watch Ryan represent the horseshoe and he will forever be a part of the Colts family,” Irsay wrote. “Ryan is the only center our franchise has ever selected in the first round of the NFL draft, and he developed into an All-Pro and Pro Bowl player over nine seasons. As great as he was on the field, Ryan, along with his wife Emma, made just as big of an impact off the field.”
It’s an unusual move from the Colts to make such a statement, but Irsay felt that Kelly was an important enough player to the team that he warranted it — even if he didn’t warrant a contract offer big enough to convince him to stay in Indianapolis.
