This has been going on for a while with Trey Hendrickson, who quietly missed offseason workouts two offseasons ago. Bengals later did a one-year bridge deal at $21M but was never a long-term solution for the player.

Would have a very strong market if Cincy obliges.

We’re almost to the finish line.

Here’s my final mock draft for 2024. Two big trades rock the first round.

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Lions go all in on Sewell and Amon-Ra St. Brown on four-year deals worth more than $230M in total. And Jared Goff inevitably next.

When asking teams about the draft's WR4, a name that comes up frequently: Xavier Worthy. Though Brian Thomas is prevalent in that conversation, too.

Always crucial pre-draft work from ESPN content producer Paul Hembekides (Hembo), who calculated hit rates on first-round picks from 2000-19 based upon whether the players signed second contracts with the team that drafted them.

Here are the results by position.

Some league evaluators have Brock Bowers as the draft's best overall player. But could he slip out of the top 10 based on need?

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The sense after asking around is that Patriots have Williams-Daniels-Maye as their expected order at 1, 2, 3. But had one league source broach this last night -- 'I think people are discounting the Kraft-Brady-McCarthy connection in all of this.' Could be a thought for a

Has helped put the #Bears in a good position as a roster leading into Thursday night.

* #Patriots , #Commanders plans crystallize
* #Vikings active on phones but nimble, #Chargers looking to move back
* #Falcons -Penix connection
*Who will be WR4?

That and much more from last-minute NFL Draft buzz from Dan Graziano and me..

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Browning was an ERFA for the next two seasons, so doing a two-year deal now gives him injury protection.

Elite three-man crew locked into deals to round out the decade for #Chiefs

Few thoughts on #Broncos /Zach Wilson deal:

*Team has been in market for vet help since March, gets Wilson at low cost ($2.75M, late-round swap).
*Still enough ability with Wilson that perhaps a QB guru such as Sean Payton can salvage him
*Broncos worked on this for weeks. At

Compensation update on Zach Wilson trade: Jets and Broncos are splitting the $5.5 million that is due Wilson this season: Jets are paying $2.75 million and the Broncos are paying $2.75 million.

A reminder of how difficult the QB evaluation process in the draft can be:

5 QBs were taken in the top 15 picks of the 2021 NFL Draft.

4 have been traded:

2. Zach Wilson
3. Trey Lance
10. Justin Fields
15. Mac Jones

#Broncos plan to sign vet corner Levi Wallace, per sources. Not done but 'very likely' coming off his visit today, per source.

Former Steelers DB gives Denver an experienced starter days before the draft. (Ian Rapoport first on visit/expected signing)

Great intel from Adam days before the draft.

A must-read every year.