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The 25-year old Britt is essentially replacing fellow LB Anthony Walker, who signed with the Buccaneers. Britt started 11 of 14 games in 2024, registering career highs in both defensive snaps and tackles. Britt spent four seasons with Tampa Bay after being selected in the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Walker is an eight-year veteran of the league who started eight of the 14 games he played for the Dolphins last season. His move to Tampa correlates with former Buccaneers linebacker K.J. Britt’s signing with the Dolphins, as Walker will likely replace Britt’s role from 2024. Walker totaled 68 tackles and one sack last season while also forcing an interception. He’s a solid depth signing who can provide starting caliber snaps when necessary.

It’s not all that surprising to hear that a team that stubbornly struggled to re-sign its key players is equally as difficult when it comes to trading others. Russini reports that “teams are willing to pay Hendrickson the contract he desires,” suggesting that the asking price on the Bengals’ end is simply too much to get a deal done at this time. Hendrickson will be 30 at the start of next season and has racked up 34 sacks over the last two years. By allowing Hendrickson to seek a trade with another suitor, the belief is the team will eventually sign Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to long-term deals this offseason. Their asking price for Hendrickson could eventually come down, but with the offseason just getting underway, the Bengals could opt to wait to see how things develop in the coming months.

As Reiss points out, Andrews is an eight-time captain for the Patriots. The veteran center is recovering from a shoulder surgery that limited him to just four games last season and could opt for retirement rather than continuing his career elsewhere. A pillar of the Patriots’ franchise for several years, Andrews has started 121 of the 124 games he’s appeared in and has spent his entire career in New England. We’ll see where things go from here, but the two-time Super Bowl champ is now free to sign with any team interested in his services.

Davis finished last season with the Jets and will now have a chance to make Aaron Glenn’s 53-man roster this upcoming season. A former first-round pick from the 2021 draft, Davis is one of several busts from the infamous Ron Rivera era in Washington. Davis is anything but a lock to make the Jets’ roster this offseason.

Vildor is a 27-year-old depth signing who has spent the last two years with the Titans and Lions. The sixth-year vet never started more than 12 games in a season (2021), and totaled 16 tackles and three pass breakups last season while playing on 244 defensive snaps. He’ll also be a primary contributor on special teams.

31-year-old Kupp, of course, is from Washington and played his college ball at Eastern Washington. Seattle is also direly short on wideouts after cutting Tyler Lockett and trading DK Metcalf. It can likely only serve to help their case that they play Kupp’s former Rams squad twice per season. Despite Kupp’s many question marks — injury and aging chief amongst them — he should have a new home within 48 hours time.

As The Athletic’s James Boyd points out, Gallimore slides in as a depth replacement for the recently-released Raekwon Davis behind starters DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart. Now 28, Gallimore spent the first four years of his career in Dallas before last year’s one-year sojourn in L.A. (that initially began in Miami before Gallimore’s late-camp release). Gallimore is purely an early downs rotational option.

Dulac is speaking specifically about Rodgers and the Steelers. “The offer has been made,” Dulac reports. “It’s about Rodgers taking his good ol’ time about making a decision.” In typical Rodgers fashion, he is keeping the Steelers, Giants and supposedly maybe even the Vikings in suspense. The act can’t go on much longer than another day or two, but there haven’t been any indications a decision is imminent. Ultimately, the tea leaves seem to suggest Pittsburgh. Stay tuned.

The Giants recently signed veteran OG Greg Van Roten so this may come down to the Bengals and Seahawks. Both teams need to significantly improve their interior blocking. Jenkins entered the NFL as a left tackle in 2021 but was ultimately shifted to offensive guard; first right, then left. Jenkins has generally performed reliably as a run blocker throughout his career while incrementally improving his pass protection skills. He earned a career-best 75.8 PFF pass-blocking grade in 2024. Both teams should be willing to meet the 27-year-old’s asking price.