March 10, 2026
Retired All-Pro wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. believes that new Atlanta Falcons wide receiver
Jahan Dotson "has developed enough" to handle the No. 2 receiver role behind
Drake London, according to Josh Kendall of The Athletic. The Falcons have released
Darnell Mooney and
KhaDarel Hodge, leaving only London,
Casey Washington, and
Deven Thompkins under contract in 2026. In addition to Dotson, the Falcons signed
Olamide Zaccheaus on Monday. The 25-year-old former 16th overall pick by the Washington Commanders in 2022 out of Penn State only has 1,519 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns on 121 catches in his first four NFL seasons with the Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles, but his speed means he'll be "expected to play the field-stretcher role" that was handled the last two years by Mooney. Given Atlanta's big question mark at quarterback, Dotson figures to be a boom/bust WR4/5, at best, in fantasy in 2026.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Athletic - Josh Kendall
March 10, 2026
Former Indianapolis Colts offensive tackle Braden Smith is signing with the Houston Texans on Tuesday on a two-year, $25 million deal, sources told Dianna Russini of The Athletic. Smith was drafted in the second round by the Colts in 2018 out of Auburn. The 29-year-old right tackle started 105 of the 107 games he appeared in over his eight seasons with the Colts. Smith has trended down the last two seasons and finished last year on Injured Reserve due to a concussion and neck injury. Still, the Texans are hoping he can be an upgrade at right tackle next season over Trent Brown. Houston's offensive line was a liability last year. Pass protection isn't Smith's specialty, but he should at least be competent as a run-blocker if he can stay healthy in his new digs in Houston.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Athletic - Dianna Russini
March 10, 2026
NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe says that he was told that the New England Patriots' talks regarding Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver
A.J. Brown "aren't dead yet." The Eagles' asking price for Brown is "still very high," and it's unclear if anything changes on that front after New England signed former Green Bay Packers wideout
Romeo Doubs to a four-year deal on Tuesday. Right now, there isn't much common ground between the Patriots and Eagles on any potential deal for the 28-year-old Brown. Doubs goes a long way to help replace veteran
Stefon Diggs, who was released recently, but it wouldn't be a surprise if the Patriots still want an alpha No. 1 receiver like Brown. The three-time Pro Bowler had his fourth straight 1,000-yard season with the Eagles in 2025, although he wasn't happy with his role in the offense, and he had a career-low 12.9 yards per catch in his seventh year in the league.
--Keith HernandezSource: NFL Network - Cameron Wolfe
March 10, 2026
The Dallas Cowboys restructured defensive tackle Kenny Clark's deal on Tuesday, turning his $11 million roster bonus due next week into a signing bonus to open up around $8.8 million in salary cap space for this year, sources told Todd Archer of ESPN. The Cowboys acquired Clark and two first-round picks last year from the Green Bay Packers in exchange for All-Pro pass-rusher Micah Parsons (knee). In his first year in Dallas, the 30-year-old veteran and three-time Pro Bowler had 36 tackles (17 solo), three sacks, six tackles for loss, and nine QB hits in 17 starts. The Cowboys haven't really made a big splash in free agency yet this week, but their restructuring of Clark's contract could be a sign that they are about to do something. They were interested in trading for All-Pro pass-rusher Maxx Crosby before he was dealt to the Ravens, and they've been connected to impending free-agent pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson as well.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN Dallas - Todd Archer
March 10, 2026
The Buffalo Bills have reached out to pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson, a source told Ryan Talbot of Syracuse.com. Plenty of other teams around the league are in the mix for Hendrickson as well, who is expected to walk away from the Cincinnati Bengals in free agency this offseason. Despite playing in only seven games last year and having season-ending core-muscle surgery, the 31-year-old All-Pro defensive end is the top name available on the market after back-to-back 17.5-sack seasons for the Bengals in 2023 and 2024. Hendrickson has every right to think that he deserves somewhere between $30 million and $40 million per season, but ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that so far, no team has been willing to meet his asking price. Teams are probably hesitant to dole out that much cash for a player on the wrong side of 30 coming off surgery. The Cowboys are another team that has been connected to Hendrickson.
UPDATE: Hendrickson has offers on the table and will decide on Wednesday, according to The Athletic's Dianna Russini.--Keith HernandezSource: Syracuse.com - Ryan Talbot
March 10, 2026
A few teams have called the San Francisco 49ers about quarterback
Mac Jones, but many interested teams around the league described the price as "astronomical," according to Dianna Russini of The Athletic. The 49ers don't have much incentive to move Jones, who filled in nicely with
Brock Purdy missing plenty of time last year with a turf-toe injury. The 27-year-old went 5-3 as a starter while throwing for 2,151 yards, 13 touchdowns, and six interceptions in 11 total games played. The Niners signed Jones to a two-year, $8.4 million deal last offseason, so he has become an excellent value as the backup for the oft-injured Purdy. The 49ers will have to be blown away by a trade offer to even consider moving Jones as he heads into the final year of his deal. The former first-rounder in 2021 by the New England Patriots out of Alabama has become one of the more steady backup options in the NFL.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Athletic - Dianna Russini
March 10, 2026
The Indianapolis Colts and quarterback
Daniel Jones have made progress on a long-term deal, but nothing has been finalized yet, sources told Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports. Both sides remain in contact. The Colts placed the transition tag on Jones, which will pay him a fully guaranteed $37.83 million for 2026 if he doesn't sign a long-term extension. Jones' representatives reportedly countered a previous long-term offer by Indy and asked for $50 million per season. The two sides were pretty far apart on the numbers, but it sounds like they're getting closer to a middle ground to lock Jones up as their starter under center for the future. The 28-year-old former sixth overall pick by the New York Giants in 2019 out of Duke was having a career year in his first year in Indy in 2025, throwing for 3,101 yards, 19 touchdowns, and eight interceptions before tearing his Achilles in the second half of the year. It sounds like something will eventually get done, and he'll return to the Colts. As far as Jones' fantasy value goes, there will be a lot of skepticism with him spending all offseason rehabbing his Achilles tendon tear.
--Keith HernandezSource: FOX Sports - Jordan Schultz
March 10, 2026
The New England Patriots are signing former Green Bay Packers wide receiver
Romeo Doubs to a four-year deal for roughly $70 million on Tuesday, multiple sources told Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports. The 25-year-old former fourth-round pick (132nd overall) in 2022 out of Nevada had 202 catches on 320 targets for 2,424 yards and 21 touchdowns in 59 games (50 starts) in his four seasons with the Packers. Doubs had a career-high 724 receiving yards and six touchdowns in 16 regular-season games on 85 targets last year, filling in nicely for the offense with several other wideouts battling injuries throughout the year. He doesn't have the upside of a high-end WR1 in fantasy or real life, but Doubs is a significant signing for New England and for young quarterback
Drake Maye to help replace
Stefon Diggs. Depending on what else the Pats do at the receiver position in free agency, trades, and the draft, Doubs could have more upside left in an excellent landing spot.
--Keith HernandezSource: FOX Sports - Jordan Schultz
March 10, 2026
The New York Jets are acquiring veteran quarterback
Geno Smith and a 2026 seventh-round draft pick from the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round selection, sources told Adam Schefter of ESPN. Going into his 13th year in the NFL, the 35-year-old signal-caller will reunite with the organization that took him 39th overall in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft out of West Virginia.
Justin Fields failed miserably as a big free-agent acquisition for the Jets last year, so now they will bring Smith back and have him likely compete with another free-agent veteran addition to the QB room. There has been a lot of smoke about Minnesota Vikings backup QB
Carson Wentz as another option. Smith was a Pro Bowler in 2022 and 2023 in Seattle, but he flopped in 2025 with the Raiders, throwing for 3,025 yards, 19 touchdowns, and a league-high 17 picks. If Smith wins the starting QB gig in New York in 2026, he'll be a low-end QB2 in superflex leagues, at best.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN - Adam Schefter
March 10, 2026
The Athletic's Saad Yousuf, Dianna Russini, and Mike DeFabo believe that with the addition of new running back
Rico Dowdle in free agency, "there's a good shot" that Dowdle will be in the 1A role, and Pittsburgh Steelers RB
Jaylen Warren will be the "change-of-pace" back. The 5-foot-8 Warren has been "at his best in a third-down role and out of the shotgun." It means that the 27-year-old will likely take over the pass-catching duties that
Kenneth Gainwell had in 2025, when he caught a career-high 73 passes for 486 yards and three touchdowns in 17 regular-season games. Warren was the RB17 in half-PPR scoring last year, going for a career-high 958 rushing yards and six touchdowns on the ground on 211 carries in 16 games, adding 40 catches for 333 yards and two TDs as a pass-catcher. The addition of Dowdle is definitely a big hit to Warren's overall fantasy value going into 2026, but his role as a pass-catcher shouldn't be taken lightly in PPR formats, especially if veteran quarterback
Aaron Rodgers returns.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Athletic - Saad Yousuf, Dianna Russini, and Mike DeFabo
March 10, 2026
SNY's Connor Hughes reports that "all signs right now are pointing" to former Las Vegas Raiders quarterback
Geno Smith returning to the New York Jets this offseason. The Jets failed miserably with the free-agent acquisition of QB
Justin Fields last March, so this year, they are looking to bring in two cheap veteran options at the position to compete for the starting job this summer. Other than Smith, the Jets are high on Minnesota Vikings veteran backup
Carson Wentz. The 35-year-old Smith was drafted by the Jets back in 2013 out of West Virginia in the second round, and he played the first four seasons of his NFL career in New York. The 35-year-old was a Pro Bowler in 2022 and 2023 with the Seattle Seahawks in a late-career resurgence, but he was one of the worst signal-callers in 2025 with the Raiders, throwing for 3,025 yards, 19 touchdowns, and a league-high 17 interceptions in 15 starts. Smith would probably be the favorite if he's competing against Wentz, but not many fantasy managers will want much to do with him, even as a low-end QB2 in superflex formats.
--Keith HernandezSource: SNY - Connor Hughes
March 10, 2026
The early projection is "eight to 10" targets a game for Indianapolis Colts wide receiver
Alec Pierce in 2026, according to Stephen Holder of ESPN. The Colts re-signed Pierce on Monday to a four-year, $116 million contract after he led the team with 1,003 receiving yards and six touchdowns on 47 receptions in 2025. Sources say that the 25-year-old turned down offers from other teams that would have surpassed his deal with the Colts by a "substantive amount." Pierce preferred familiarity and to keep his connection going with quarterback
Daniel Jones (Achilles). The Colts traded away
Michael Pittman Jr. on Monday, too, so Pierce will be Indy's unquestioned No. 1 wideout in 2026 after his breakout performance last season. Posting a second straight 1,000-yard season might not be easy, but Pierce has solidified himself as a big-play threat for fantasy managers after leading the NFL in yards per catch in each of the last two seasons.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN.com - Stephen Holder
March 10, 2026
Veteran free-agent kicker
Zane Gonzalez agreed to an undisclosed one-year deal with the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday, agent Mike McCartney told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Gonzalez will be joining his sixth team as he heads into his eighth NFL season. The 30-year-old former seventh-round pick by the Cleveland Browns in 2017 out of Arizona State kicked in nine games for the Atlanta Falcons last year and was solid, making 19 of his 22 field-goal attempts (7-for-9 from 50-plus yards) while missing just one of his 18 extra-point tries. The Dolphins already released long-time kicker
Jason Sanders, and
Riley Patterson, who filled in nicely in 2025, could leave in free agency, so Gonzalez gives Miami's new coaching staff an experienced fallback option at placekicker. In an offense that will be led by new quarterback
Malik Willis, Gonzalez will be a low-end kicking option, at best, in fantasy football leagues if he's the starter this fall.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN - Adam Schefter
March 10, 2026
The Houston Texans are signing kicker
Ka'imi Fairbairn to a two-year, $13 million deal on Tuesday, a league source told Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Sports. Fairbairn still had a year left on the three-year, $15.9 million contract he signed with the Texans in March of 2024, but the Texans will extend one of the best kickers in the NFL for another couple of seasons. The 32-year-old veteran led the NFL in both field-goal makes (44) and attempts (48) in 15 regular-season games in 2025, also making all 28 of his extra-point opportunities. He went 9-for-13 on kicks from 50-plus yards out. Fairbairn was second behind only the Seahawks'
Jason Myers in overall fantasy points among kickers last year. He has an 87.6% success rate in his career on 291 field-goal attempts over his nine years in the league. Locked in with Houston for another couple of years, Fairbairn will be a high-floor fantasy kicker in 2026.
--Keith HernandezSource: KPRC 2 Sports - Aaron Wilson
March 10, 2026
The Detroit Lions are signing free-agent running back
Isiah Pacheco to an undisclosed deal on Tuesday, a source told Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Pacheco will essentially replace
David Montgomery, who was traded to the Houston Texans, as the backfield complement to starter
Jahmyr Gibbs in Detroit. The 27-year-old former seventh-rounder in 2022 out of Rutgers had 1,765 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns on 375 carries for the Chiefs in his first two years in the league, but injuries slowed him down the last two years, as he had a combined 772 rushing yards and only two rushing TDs on 201 carries in 2024 and 2025. The landing spot with the Lions is certainly a good one for a potential bounce-back campaign for Pacheco in his fifth year in the league, and he won't cost much late in drafts this fall as a handcuff for Gibbs.
--Keith HernandezSource: NFL Network - Tom Pelissero
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