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Colbert has worked the major college football landscape over the last 10 years, starting at Georgia State as a wideouts coach, then working as an analyst at Alabama, then spending a long stint at USC in a number of roles including wideouts coach before heading to Florida last offseason. This will be his first NFL stint as a coach.

The 35-year-old veteran spent the previous five seasons with the Giants after four years in Denver. Kreiter made the Pro Bowl in 2018 as a Bronco and has not missed a game since his rookie season in 2016.

Murray was informed of his impending release over a week ago, but there was still a slight chance that a team would opt to jump the free agency line and trade for him. Nothing materialized and Murray is now officially a free agent. With the Jets, Dolphins, and Colts all addressing their quarterback vacancies, the list of potential landing spots for Murray is barely more than one team long. The Vikings are widely considered the favorites to land Murray, and we expect that deal to be made official sooner rather than later. The Browns and Steelers could both give Murray a call, though it will be hard to steer him away from Minnesota.

The veteran was released by the Falcons earlier Wednesday and is now drawing speculative ties to the Raiders as a potential mentor to presumed No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza. It’ll be a similar setup for the veteran to the one he faced with the Falcons last season after the team made 2024 first-round pick Michael Penix Jr the starter. It would seem to make sense for both sides, with Cousins set to enter his 15th season in the NFL.

It’s easy to say “why?” and harder to say “why?” when the current backup quarterback on Tampa’s roster is 2025 UDFA Connor Bazelak. Browning has at least thrown well in NFL games before and is only entering his age-30 season. What he did last year wasn’t good enough, of course, but he’ll compete to hold the clipboard for the Bucs.

Barnes appeared in 11 games for the Giants in 2025, one of which was a start. He appeared in only four games during his rookie season with the Jets before missing the entirety of 2024 with injury. He returns to the Giants on another prove-it deal almost assuredly buried on the depth chart.

Parham has been a starter for the Raiders since the team drafted him in 2022. The former third-round pick appeared in 15 games in 2025. He played exclusively at left guard this year but has previously pitched in at center and right guard. Parham will take on a starting role with the Jets and his versatility will allow them some freedom with other free agent or rookie offensive linemen decisions.

Cousins doesn’t really appear to be in demand anywhere at the time of his release, though he has been bandied about as a backup plan in both Minnesota and Pittsburgh over the past few months as well as a potential veteran addition in front of Fernando Mendoza in Las Vegas. Entering what would be his age-38 season, it’s hard to find an obvious landing spot where he would both start and help rather than hold back the future. It’s possible he could pick up backup work somewhere, but we’ll believe it when we see it.

It’ll be a post-June 1 release, freeing up $1.3 million in cap space. The Vikings want Smith back, per Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s Ben Goessling, but the 37-year-old hasn’t yet made a decision on if he’ll play this season. Smith managed a 68.9 PFF grade in 2025 but dealt with illness early in the season and played just 793 snaps, the lowest total he’s appeared in since 2013.

It was previously reported that the Seahawks were not going to tender Bobo. They seemingly had a change of heart. Bobo will make $3.5 million this year, unless another team makes him a better offer. Seattle then has the right to match that offer and keep Bobo in town. There isn’t much room for Bobo in the receiver rotation, but he should see plenty of run on special teams once again in 2026.

He gets $5.5 million guaranteed. If George Kittle’s rehab from a torn Achilles runs into the regular season — which seems likely, even with all the positivity around it — Tonges should be a solid low-end TE1 while Kittle misses time. He averaged 4.5 catches for 44.5 yards in the games Kittle missed early last season, adding five touchdowns along the way.