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White continues to get a mixture of carries and passing-down usage behind Bucky Irving, running 11 routes on 25 snaps. He had a 39-yard rush to open the second quarter, the second-longest rush of his career and the Bucs’ second-longest run of the season. White also eclipsed 4,000 scrimmage yards for his career with 60 total yards in this game. The Bucs’ usage of their backs is frustrating for fantasy purposes. White has the No. 2 role and rotates in for pure passing situations, making him a risky FLEX play for Week 17 against the Dolphins.

It will keep him around in 2026 and, as with James Conner’s re-working, is almost certainly a salary cut after he missed the entire 2025 season with an undisclosed injury. We’re a little surprised this was a priority for Arizona as Murphy-Bunting has not been an appreciably good player since his 2022 walk season with the Buccaneers, but the Cardinals have better information on his injury than we do.

$10 million of it is guaranteed. The Broncos have been rumored to want to keep both Strnad and Alex Singleton, potentially signaling a release for Dre Greenlaw after an injury-plagued year. Strnad, 29, had the best season of his career last year for the Broncos, finishing with a 72.1 PFF defensive grade.

The good news about the restructure is that it will keep Conner in Arizona next year, giving him a real shot to head the backfield again depending on how his foot/ankle injury rehab is coming along. Because of how it was reported, it’s almost certainly actually a pay cut for Conner, who would likely have faced a tough market. Conner and fellow injury rehabber Trey Benson figure to again split carries in Arizona in 2026 if both are healthy.

He points out that Moore and Caleb Williams didn’t jive early in the season because Williams wasn’t delivering on-time passes often enough early in the year, and then Moore became less emphasized in their offense later in the season. It is, to some extent, Buscaglia’s job to sell this trade to Bills fans after the cost ballooned to a second-round pick and guaranteed money in 2028. Still, we mostly believe in his film study, and the contract and cost all point to Moore being the focal point of the passing game in 2026. We’d bet he enters the fantasy WR3 sphere for sure and wouldn’t be surprised if WR2 production was on the table.

Throw another team name on the pile. This makes plenty of sense as the Commanders released starting center Tyler Biadasz (recently signed by the Chargers) ahead of free agency. Linderbaum is going to cash in big time on being the best available offensive lineman on the market, should he get there.

The 27-year-old was benched in Vegas’ Week 18 win over the Chiefs after completing one of four passes for three yards and an interception. His other start was one of the worst games any quarterback had all season — a 15-of-25, 64-yard, dead-on-arrival clunker in a 31-0 loss to the Eagles. Perhaps Pickett can resurrect himself in a better situation.

The Cowboys lost out on the Maxx Crosby trade sweepstakes and will have to pivot — they reportedly had some interest in Hendrickson at the deadline. Oweh probably makes more sense as a younger upside swing, and this is the third of four NFC East teams in on Jaelan Phillips that we’ve heard about.

If so, the Giants “can’t/won’t go there,” per Duggan. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler believes the Titans, Chiefs, Broncos, and Commanders — as well as the incumbent Seahawks — are teams to watch for Walker, who figures to be the belle of the running back free-agent market ball. Coming off his Super Bowl MVP, we wouldn’t be totally surprised if the market got this high for Walker, but it should be noted that Fowler’s prediction was a market more in the range of $12 million a season.

Duggan says he’d bet on the high end of that. Of New York’s three main free agents, Eluemunor is the one that they still seem to have some chance of retaining. Coming off a two-year, $14 million bargain contract, Eluemunor figures to strike it big in free agency as one of the few tackles of renown on the market.

The deal contains $11 million guaranteed in the form of a signing bonus. Rhyan, only 26, would have been a good bet to hold value through his twenties. He played both right guard and center last year, finishing with a career-best PFF run block grade of 65.6. This signing likely seals that Elgton Jenkins will be traded or released.