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Brown was the team’s second reserve safety with Keith Davis nursing a torn pecs muscle. Usual cornerback Nathan Jones will now slide into that role.

Minter interviewed with the Ravens yesterday and the Raiders earlier today. Three down. Five to go. The Chargers’ defensive coordinator is a sought-after candidate in this hiring cycle. He has coached under head coach Jim Harbaugh with the Chargers (2024-2025) and Michigan (2022-2023) over the last four years.

This is the same knee listing he had ahead of last week’s game that he played in, and we see little reason to believe he has much of a chance of missing the team’s Divisional Round date against the Rams. Moore will likely be removed from the injury report on Friday.

He practiced in full the Thursday ahead of Chicago’s Wild Card game against the Packers and we’re expecting this to be a similar situation. Odunze hasn’t exactly been as huge a part of the offense as he was earlier in the season since returning, but he should still be a key figure in Chicago’s passing game against the Rams.

It would be a $6 million cap figure for Aubrey if so, something that would put him easily in the top five kickers by average annual value. The Cowboys and agent Todd France “never got close” on extension talks with Aubrey last season. It’s one more thing the Cowboys need to figure out while they worry about how to pay George Pickens and rebuild their back seven this offseason.

Bowman’s son is reportedly “a top-ranked high school basketball player” and Bowman intends to be “more involved in his future.” Good for him. Bowman has held his current role for two seasons. He signed on with the Chargers after spending the 2022 season, his first career coaching role, as a defensive analyst at Maryland.

“The figurative writing was on the wall for Etienne and Lloyd in the last month when the Jaguars extended receiver Jakobi Meyers and left tackle Cole Van Lanen to ensure they wouldn’t hit the market,” O’Halloran writes, continuing: “Did the Jaguars choose Meyers/Van Lanen over Etienne/[Devin] Lloyd? Ultimately, yes.” If Etienne does leave Jacksonville, O’Halloran believes Bhayshul Tuten will be the No. 1 back in 2026 with LeQuint Allen as the “No. 2/third-down back/kick returner.” Etienne isn’t much of a between-the-tackles pounder (see Trevor Lawrence’s red zone rushing role) and is probably a better committee back, but he might have a chance to find his way into a No. 1 role in free agency after a strong 2025 season.

Brady is the first candidate to interview for the Chargers’ OC role, and undoubtedly not the last. He did interview for the Bucs and Patriots OC openings last year., as well as for three vacancies for an OC role in 2024. The veteran passing-game coordinator coordinated the Colts offense briefly in 2021-2022 — those were the Carson Wentz and Matt Ryan/Sam Ehlinger/Jeff Saturday year,s if you want help dating yourself.

Levine, a long-time special teams standout for the Ravens in a decorated playing career, is the latest to interview for the Buccaneers special teams coordinator job. Levine may or may not be interested in coming along with John Harbaugh to join the Giants, so he has a lot of options on paper. The Buccaneers also reportedly interviewed Eagles special teams coordinator Michael Clay for the role in what would be a lateral move.

The Buccaneers, Eagles, Lions and Chargers are interested in hiring McDaniel for their offensive coordinator vacancies. ESPN’s Jeff Darlington notes that the Eagles, Lions and Chargers are all run by offensive-minded head coaches. Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles previously held defensive coordinator roles with the Buccaneers (2019-2021), Cardinals (2013-2014) and Eagles (2012). He allows his offensive coordinators “full autonomy of the offense,” which could appeal to a former head coach like McDaniel, who may wish to avoid butting heads with an offensive-minded head coach over scheme and staff.

He got in three limited practice sessions this week, likely enough to toe a true questionable line. Bernard would replace one of Matt Milano or Shaq Thompson if he’s able to play on Saturday.