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The report comes from team reporter Tim Twentyman, who notes backup T Giovanni Manu was also placed on the active/non-football injury (NFI) list. Davenport missed 13 games with the injury before signing with the Lions in the offseason. He is expected to return during training camp before suiting up as EDGE Aidan Hutchinson’s bookend in Week 1.

Wilson’s deal includes $12.5 million fully guaranteed. Wilson played the first four years of his career in Minnesota. He bounced around the league for a year before finding another permanent home in Green Bay. Wilson spent three seasons with the Packers before returning to Minnesota for a career year in 2025. He amassed 6.5 sacks and four forced fumbles in Brian Flores’s blitz-heavy offense. Wilson is also a solid run-defender and even pitches in on special teams.

Per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the deal is worth “up to” $10.5 million. Jackson was drafted by the Saints in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He was cut just before the final year of his rookie deal and the Bears claimed him off waivers. Jackson went on to appear in 16 games for Chicago. He totaled 43 combined tackles, one sack, and one interception. Jackson played over 250 snaps on defense and special teams each. He is now under contract through 2027.

Samuel Jr. missed most of the 2024 season after undergoing spinal fusion surgery. He was fully recovered midway through the 2025 season and signed with Pittsburgh. He went on to appear in six games for the Steelers, three of which were credited as starts. In Week 15, Samuel Jr. picked off his first pass since 2023. With a full offseason to prepare, the former second-round corner could take on a full-time starting role in Pittsburgh this year.

Field-stretcher Pierce would be a strong fit in the Patriots’ offense, but they might believe he’s not enough of an upgrade on their current Kayshon Boutte/Mack Hollins tandem to justify more than $30 million per season. The 49ers, meanwhile, could be tired of waiting for former first-rounder Ricky Pearsall to stay healthy. Pierce is predictably generating wide interest after the Colts surprisingly let him reach the open market, but he is still most likely to end up with a cap-flushed, receiver-desperate team like the Titans.

The Bills announced on Friday that they would be releasing Johnson, who joined the team as a fourth-round pick in 2018. With that move not yet official, the team has now decided to trade Johnson to the Bills for a sixth-round pick while also sending a seventh-rounder of their own back to Vegas. Johnson is a former Second-team All-Pro who has played almost exclusively in the slot. The veteran corner earned a PFF coverage grade of 66.8 last season while allowing 34 receptions for 332 yards and two touchdowns on 51 targets. Johnson joins the Raiders with two years remaining on his deal and should help bolster a defense that ranked 25th in points allowed last season.

Walker was reportedly on the Giants’ “wish list” this offseason but the going rate on a contract extension simply got too high, with the prevailing feeling now one in which the Giants simply can’t come to terms with. Even so, the fact that the Giants are seriously pursuing running backs through free agency paints a dark picture regarding their level of enthusiasm in continuing forward with Cam Skattebo in a workhorse role. Stay tuned through the opening of the legal tampering period Monday as numerous fantasy-relevant situations are sure to change.

The history between Likely and Giants head coach John Harbaugh makes this an easy one to connect. Harbaugh drafted Likely in the fourth-round of the 2022 NFL Draft and saw his selection quickly pay dividends. The soon-to-be free agent has caught 135 passes for 1,568 yards and 15 touchdowns in his four-year career and would make for a nice receiving threat for Jaxson Dart. Likely’s ability to play in the slot could also soften the blow of losing Wan’Dale Robinson, which seems likely as we approach the league’s legal tampering period. Likely should have a strong market in the coming days so it’s possible he shops around before landing with a new team.

The news comes less than an hour after the team announced it had signed fellow tight end Adam Trautman, with the top trio of Evan Engram, Trautman, and Adkins all returning for the 2026 season. Adkins managed just 245 offensive snaps a season ago but brings depth to a position of great importance to head coach Sean Payton’s offense. The financials of the deal were not yet made public.

According to beat writer Chris Tomasson, the restructuring of Meinerz’s deal will save about $11 million in cap space for the Broncos this upcoming season. The fifth-year lineman has appeared and started in 17 games each of the last three seasons and earned a career-high 90.9 PFF grade in 2025.

Ingold was released by the Dolphins amidst their roster purge Friday, lasting only two days on the free agent market. The average annual value of his new deal keeps him as the highest-paid fullback in the league as he follows former head coach Mike McDaniel to Los Angeles.