March 5, 2026
The San Francisco 49ers hired former Chicago Bears head coach and Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus as their assistant head coach of defense on Thursday, sources told Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Eberflus will help fill a key role that was vacated when Gus Bradley left to join the Tennessee Titans' coaching staff. The 55-year-old was the defensive coordinator for the Cowboys last year and was the head coach in Chicago from 2022 to 2024. Eberflus will work closely with 49ers new defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, who was hired to replace Robert Saleh. San Fran's defense was decimated by injuries last year and finished 13th in points allowed per game (21.8) while allowing 340.2 points per game. With better health, the Niners' D should be able to rebound under Morris and Eberflus.
--Keith HernandezSource: NFL Network - Tom Pelissero
March 5, 2026
The Arizona Cardinals will not tender a contract to restricted free-agent running back
Emari Demercado before next week, making him a free agent, sources told Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports. Demercado had over 1,100 scrimmage yards and four touchdowns in his three years with the Cardinals, including a career-high 312 rushing yards on 44 carries in 2025 in 13 games with both
James Conner (foot) and
Trey Benson (knee) injured. He added 13 receptions for 101 yards and a touchdown on 20 targets in 2025. Especially with Conner and Benson coming off serious injuries last year, it wouldn't be surprising to see Arizona try to bring Demercado back on a cheap deal for 2026. The 27-year-old former undrafted free agent out of TCU probably won't be anything more than a complementary back wherever he lands in free agency this offseason.
--Keith HernandezSource: FOX Sports - Jordan Schultz
March 5, 2026
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Jeff McLane reports that the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens are the most likely potential partners to trade for Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver
A.J. Brown this offseason, especially since the Eagles are only inclined to deal with AFC teams. McLane adds that the Buffalo Bills checked in with the Eagles about Brown, but their pending acquisition of
DJ Moore from the Chicago Bears theoretically takes them out of the market for Brown. The 28-year-old three-time Pro Bowler had his fourth straight 1,000-yard season in 2025, a mark he's reached in six of his seven NFL seasons, but Brown may have worn out his welcome in Philly while voicing his displeasure about his role in the offense last year. A move to either New England or Baltimore would be enticing for fantasy purposes, but it remains to be seen if either team will meet Philly's demand of a first-round pick and more.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Jeff McLane
March 5, 2026
Former Cleveland Browns offensive tackle Jedrick Wills (knee), who didn't play at all in 2025 due to a knee injury, has been on a tour of visits with NFL teams, including the New England Patriots and Detroit Lions, sources told Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports. Wills is expected to visit with more teams next week. The 26-year-old was taken 10th overall by Cleveland in 2020 out of Alabama. He fully expects to be with a team in 2026. Wills suffered an MCL injury in November of 2023 and dealt with complications with the knee ever since, which is why he only played in a combined 13 games since the start of the 2023 season. If fully past his knee issues, Wills could provide some help to an NFL team looking to improve at the tackle positions.
--Keith HernandezSource: FOX Sports - Jordan Schultz
March 5, 2026
The Tennessee Titans "have their eyes" on New York Giants impending free-agent wide receiver
Wan'Dale Robinson, according to CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones. The Titans have more than $90 million in salary cap space this year and have a huge need at receiver as they look to develop young quarterback
Cameron Ward. The 25-year-old Robinson is coming off a career year in New York with 1,014 receiving yards, and he'd be reuniting with former head coach Brian Daboll, who is now Tennessee's offensive coordinator. Robinson is also a Kentucky native and played high school ball three hours from Nashville. The former second-round pick in 2022 out of Kentucky has 90-plus receptions in each of the last two seasons and has been money for fantasy managers in PPR leagues. However, a move to the Titans and a new offense would create some uncertainty as far as his role while he competes for targets with several young up-and-coming receivers.
--Keith HernandezSource: CBS Sports - Jonathan Jones
March 5, 2026
The Miami Dolphins have been unable to find any takers in a trade for quarterback
Tua Tagovailoa and his contract, according to Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports. One high-ranking team executive told Jones that he had considered taking on Tagavailoa, but only if Miami "would send a first-round pick to take on the freight of his contract." Jones writes that the odds have been overwhelmingly in favor of the Dolphins exercising Tagovailoa's 2026 option at some point after the start of the new league year and then releasing him as a post-June 1 designation, which will spread the $99 million dead-salary cap hit over two seasons and allow the former first-rounder to sign with another team on the veteran minimum. Because of Tua's history of playing poorly in bad weather, a warm-weather team or a team that plays in a dome makes the most sense. The 28-year-old's declining play over the last two years and history with head injuries mean he'll most likely be competing for a starting job in 2026 in a best-case scenario.
--Keith HernandezSource: CBS Sports - Jonathan Jones
March 5, 2026
The Chicago Bears are "a team to watch" in potentially trading for Las Vegas Raiders All-Pro pass-rusher Maxx Crosby, multiple sources told Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports. The Dallas Cowboys are also lurking, according to sources, but the Bears could be the team best positioned to trade for Crosby. The Raiders want to pry two first-round picks and a young player away from a team for Crosby, which isn't viewed as realistic for a player nearly 30 years old who is also coming off knee surgery. However, teams are willing to give up a first-round pick and then some for Crosby, who ranks second in the NFL with 68 tackles for loss over the last three years. Another complicating factor for a Crosby trade is his contract and whether he wants to play on the three-year, $109.5 million contract he signed with Vegas last March. One source believes that Crosby would play in 2026 under his current contract. Any team that lands Crosby, a five-time Pro Bowler, will be getting a huge boost in the pass-rush department.
--Keith HernandezSource: CBS Sports - Jonathan Jones
March 5, 2026
Buffalo Bills quarterback
Josh Allen has finished as the fantasy QB1 and QB2 over the past two seasons, with an NFL MVP mixed in there, while throwing to
Khalil Shakir as his top wide receiver. Following Thursday's breaking news that the Bills will acquire
DJ Moore from the Bears for a 2026 pick swap, Allen will now share the huddle with his most talented receiver since
Stefon Diggs' final season in Buffalo in 2023. While Moore is coming off a down year in Chicago, in which he made only 50 catches for 682 yards and six touchdowns, targets were split almost frustratingly unilaterally between Moore,
Rome Odunze,
Colston Loveland, and, later in the season,
Luther Burden III. In Buffalo, Moore should step in as the undisputed WR1 that the Bills have been in search of for years, prolonging Allen's reign as the QB1 in all dynasty formats.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 5, 2026
Chicago Bears wide receiver
Luther Burden III finished his rookie season on a tear that had him widely regarded as a Year 2 breakout candidate, and following the team's trade of
DJ Moore to the Bills, his stock will only continue to rise. Burden's 2.69 yards per route run led all rookies in 2025 and trailed only
Puka Nacua and
Jaxon Smith-Njigba among all the league's receivers. Among his own team, however, he was unable to carve out a significant role, with four Chicago players topping the 650-yard mark, while none could crack 750. With Moore's 80 targets, 682 yards, and six touchdowns now being shipped to Buffalo, Burden,
Rome Odunze, and tight end
Colston Loveland should all see significant production spikes in 2026.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 5, 2026
Buffalo Bills wide receiver
Khalil Shakir has led the team in targets and receiving yards in each of the past two seasons, but given the team's reported acquisition of Bears receiver
DJ Moore via trade, that streak is likely to come to an end in 2026. Shakir has been a fantasy-relevant depth piece over the past two seasons, largely due to his safe, volume-dependent floor while the Bills struggled to find an Alpha receiver to fill the shoes of
Stefon Diggs, who last played for the Bills in 2023. In Moore, they appear to have found that Alpha. While Shakir and Moore do play complementary games, and the spacing provided by a true outside threat could help Shakir see more spike games, his reliable floor will likely become a thing of the past, making him a difficult-to-trust weekly play moving forward.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 5, 2026
Chicago Bears wide receiver
Rome Odunze has shown brilliant flashes throughout his first two seasons, but he has yet to capitalize on the potential that made him the ninth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. With teammate
DJ Moore now being shipped to Buffalo via trade, the door is wide open for him claim the WR1 spot in Ben Johnson's fantasy-friendly offense. Despite missing five games in 2025, Odunze led the Bears in targets, and along with Moore was one of four players to top 600 receiving yards. With Moore's 80 regular-season targets likely to be distributed between Odunze and promising second-year players
Luther Burden III and tight end
Colston Loveland, all should see a boost in productivity, and will likely all see their dynasty cost rise dramatically.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 5, 2026
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver
Ricky Pearsall's early NFL career has been hampered by injuries, resulting in 17 missed games through his first two seasons. However, with major changes expected to reshape the 49ers' receiving corps heading into 2026, the cards are aligned for a healthy Pearsall to take the next step and deliver upon the flashes he showed to bookend his sophomore campaign.
Jauan Jennings is set to test free agency when the new league year opens, and All-Pro tight end
George Kittle faces a lengthy recovery from the torn ACL he suffered in a Wild Card win over the Eagles. San Francisco is still likely to add receiving depth through free agency or the draft, but the former first-rounder Pearsall has every opportunity to carve out a major role on a depth chart with only the soon-to-be-30-year-old
Christian McCaffrey currently threatening for targets.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 5, 2026
Green Bay Packers wide receiver
Christian Watson missed the first seven weeks of 2025 with an ACL injury sustained late in 2024, but in his 10 games played in 2025, he delivered a 17-game pace of 60 catches for 1,039 yards and 10 touchdowns, finishing as a top-five fantasy wide receiver three times. Four-year veteran
Romeo Doubs, who led the team in targets, receptions, and yards in 2025, is now set to test free agency, leaving an opening for Watson to take over as the Packers' unquestioned WR1. Green Bay is expected to have tight end
Tucker Kraft back in the fold after pacing the team in receiving before missing the final nine games with an ACL injury of his own, and speedster
Matthew Golden is expected to take a leap after finishing his rookie campaign without a regular-season touchdown catch. So while the competition for Doubs' potentially vacated targets could be stiff, Watson's career-high 2.51 yards per route run led the team in 2025, and he will look to thrive in a potentially expanded role in 2026.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 5, 2026
The Chicago Bears are working to finalize a trade that would send wide receiver
DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills, sources told Adam Schefter of ESPN. Compensation is still being discussed, and the trade cannot be processed until the new league year begins next week. Moore signed a four-year, $110 million contract with the Bears in July of 2024, and he was an obvious trade candidate after having the worst year of his career in 2025 in head coach Ben Johnson's new offense. The 28-year-old just didn't seem to fit Johnson's scheme very well, and he also didn't show much chemistry with quarterback
Caleb Williams, finishing with 50 receptions on 85 targets for 682 yards and six touchdowns. Moore did have some clutch moments and big plays when Chicago needed them, but overall, he was a disappointment in fantasy. If the trade goes through with Buffalo, he and
Khalil Shakir will be at the top of Buffalo's WR depth chart, although it won't guarantee Moore a big uptick in production in an offense that led the NFL in rushing in 2025.
UPDATE: NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports the Bills will send a mid-round pick as compensation for Moore.--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN - Adam Schefter
March 5, 2026
The Houston Texans re-signed offensive tackle Trent Brown (ankle) to a one-year deal worth up to $7 million on Thursday, agent Drew Rosenhaus told Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. Brown only ended up playing in seven games in his first year with Houston in 2025 due to an ankle injury. The 32-year-old veteran is expected to serve as the Texans' starting right tackle next year if he's completely recovered from his ankle injury. Brown, a former seventh-round pick (244th overall) by the San Francisco 49ers in 2015 out of the University of Florida, has started 103 of the 110 games he's appeared in over the course of his 11 seasons in the NFL with five different teams. He was a Pro Bowler back in 2019 with the Raiders, when he started only 11 games.
--Keith HernandezSource: NFL Network - Ian Rapoport
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