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The Jags parted ways with Engram last week to free up just under $6 million in cap space. The veteran tight end was coming off a down season marred by injuries, and Jacksonville had Brenton Strange waiting in the wings. Despite the disappointing end to his Jaguars tenure, Engram had multiple suitors in free agency including the Broncos and Chargers. He now heads to Denver where Sean Payton has been yearning to find a player to fill his “joker” role ever since he signed on with the team. Engram is in line for plenty of short-area targets and screens as a potential YAC creator for Bo Nix. If he can earn enough volume, Engram should stick at the back of the TE1 ranks for at least one more year. The new deal includes $16.5 million in guaranteed money.

The Jaguars do not use top-30 visits. They prefer to keep their pre-draft information gathering under wraps. Jaguars general manager James Gladstone during his nine-year run with the Rams. Daniels revealed his meeting with the team in a recent interview. He has also met with the Titans, Broncos and Panthers. Daniels posted a 50/557/7 receiving line in his fifth and final college season.

Chachere was mostly a practice squad player, spending time with seven different teams. He signed four different contracts with the Cardinals. Chachere appeared in 43 games, including six starts, and retires with three passes defended and 51 combined tackles. He mostly served as a special teams player. PFF credits him with eight career special teams tackles.

Bowen last served as the Giants’ defensive coordinator, but was fired last season following a Week 12 blowout loss to the Lions after blowing yet another 10-point lead in the fourth quarter. Bowen spent six seasons with Mike Vrabel in Tennessee, serving as his outside linebackers coach (2018-2020) before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2021.

Even with the acquisition of D.J. Moore earlier this offseason, the Bills could stand to put some more talent around Josh Allen. Concepcion has risen rapidly up draft boards throughout the pre-draft process and finished the year with 61-919=9 through the air while adding another 10-75-1 on the ground. He’s a versatile player who can play both in the slot and out wide, and also returned 25 punts for 456 yards and two touchdowns. Concepcion will add multiple elements to whatever team drafts him, and Moore, who will be 29 at the start of the season, only has a few years left in the league before age begins to take a toll on him. Adding a premier, young weapon for Allen should be a top priority for the Bills, especially with Joe Brady now running the show.

In the most recent meeting between the league and the NFLRA, “several owners” joined the league’s negotiating team, per Seifert. The league and the NFLRA continue to work toward hammering out a deal before the current deal expires on May 31st. The league is already laying the groundwork for replacement referees should a deal not be reached in time before the start of the season, and is expected to begin training said replacements in May if no deal is in place. Hopefully the latests meetings are a sign that things are moving in the right direction, but given the massive gap in salary demands between the league and NFLRA, we won’t rush to assume a deal is close to being signed.

Cooper, 22, continues to make the rounds this pre-draft cycle with the draft just over two weeks away. The versatile, do-it-all receiver who has drawn comparisons to Deebo Samuel is viewed as a fringe first-round prospect and could immediately step in to help whatever team drafts him. Cooper was a full-time slot receiver in 2025 with the Hoosiers, but can work on the outside, and would pair well opposite Chris Olave and would face little competition from incumbent receivers for snaps. Cooper caught 69 passes for 937 yards and 13 touchdowns last season, and has totaled over 1,500 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns since 2024.

This isn’t the first time it has been reported that Hunter will serve primarily as a corner in 2026. NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe reported similar back in February, but Hunter is still expected to have a minor role on offense. The Jaguars are three deep at receiver with Brian Thomas Jr., Parker Washington, and Jakobi Meyers all on the roster. The decision to move Hunter to corner, where he allowed just nine catches on 15 targets while appearing on 120 coverage snaps, addresses a more pressing need for the Jags, who lost starter Greg Newsome earlier this offseason in free agency.

A nine-year vet of the league who rose to stardom after going undrafted in 2017, Moore has totaled 649 tackles, 21 interceptions, and 68 pass breakups during his time with the Colts and earned a Pro Bowl nod in 2021. The soon-to-be 31-year-old corner is a premier slot corner and played 578 of his 715 defensive snaps in the slot last season, per PFF. Moore started seven of the 14 games he appeared in last season and notched one interception, and is entering the final season of his contract. With no guaranteed money remaining on his current deal, Moore is likely eyeing a sign-and-trade deal.