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On the bright side, he did draw a 15-yard penalty for being hit out of bounds on his first NFL carry. He played just two snaps. Johnson doesn’t necessarily need to be dropped — he’ll likely make in-roads over the first month or so of the season — but he certainly can be in smaller leagues.

Charbonnet is still recovering from the torn ACL he suffered in the Divisional Round last year. He can be activated from the PUP list at any time, though the most likely outcome is that he misses all of camp and is then moved to the reserve/PUP list. That would require him to miss at least the first four games of the season. With Kenneth Walker gone, the Seahawks will rely on first-round rookie Jadarian Price to start the year. George Holani and Emmanuel Wilson could also mix in for some touches, with Holani likely operating as the primary option on passing downs.

The first pick of the third round, Beck’s deal is worth roughly $7.4 million over four years. Jacoby Brissett is also gunning for a new contract, though he is looking for a raise on his current salary and more guarantees. Brissett is penciled in as the Week 1 starter and is not even a highly paid backup. The two sides should come to an agreement soon, though the deal won’t guarantee Brissett a full season as the starter. If things don’t go well for Arizona this year, they will almost certainly take a look at Beck near the end of the season.

The fourth-round rookie suffered a torn meniscus in OTAs. Head coach Matt LaFleur didn’t sound optimistic about his odds of suiting up this year when it happened. Now his absence is official. With over a year to recover from the injury, Proctor will hopefully be fully recovered ahead of the 2027 season.

Tershawn Wharton is joining him on the PUP list. This was to be expected after Ekwonu suffered a ruptured patellar tendon in the playoffs. He isn’t expected to be ready for Week 1. Panthers coach Dave Canales could only say he expects Ekwonu to return “at some point” in 2026 when asked about him in June. With right tackle Taylor Moton also out for the start of the year, the Panthers will likely be forced to start free agent addition Rasheed Walker and first-round rookie Monroe Freeling early in the season.

The Seahawks have “made an extraordinary effort” to sign Witherspoon before training camp, per Rapoport. The deal would “almost certainly” make Witherspoon the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL and Rapoport said $32 million a season would be the new benchmark and he’d be surprised if the deal wasn’t around there. Sounds like there’s a chance this deal is knocked out sooner rather than later, and obviously if and when it does get done, Christian Gonzalez of the Patriots will be next in line to get his own record-setting extension.

That would be the first bar Madubuike will have to clear to get back on the field. There was plenty of optimism about Madubuike returning this offseason from Ravens management, but given how long he was out we’d be surprised if he didn’t at least miss a chunk of training camp, and perhaps even some regular season time while he tries to get back into football shape.

Vaki was “quietly putting together an excellent training camp last year when healthy” per Pouncy and the 2024 fourth-round pick could cut into Pacheco’s touches if Pacheco continues to not look like the 2022-2023 vintage. Vaki has just seven carries in his first two seasons in the league, but has been active 27 games as a core special teams contributor.

The Cardinals are slated to enter the season with Brissett as the starter, but Brissett’s contract calls for just $1.5 million in guarantees this season. The 33-year-old desires a starter-level contract and could be a candidate for a hold-in. Rapoport reports the team agrees that Brissett deserves a pay bump and the two sides have been negotiating “for months”, though a deal has not yet been reached.

Johnson is a former undrafted free agent out of Oregon, spending his rookie 2025 season with the Eagles. He was primarily on the practice squad, appearing in three games and tallying three combined tackles for Philadelphia. After getting waived last month, the Seahawks add Johnson as cornerback depth ahead of training camp. Tight end Harrison Bryant was waived in a corresponding move.

LaPorta underwent surgery last year for a herniated disc, ending his 2025 season early. The surgery seems to have fixed the issue as Fowler reports the 25-year-old was “fully cleared earlier this month.” With training camp coming up, this is a good sign for LaPorta to be a full participant. The Lions will need him healthy to learn the offense under new offensive coordinator Drew Petzing before the season starts.