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Skule appeared in all 17 games for the Bucs last year and saw most of his run on special teams. His last start came in 2020 with the 49ers. He will remain a backup tackle for the Bucs in 2024.

It’s a homecoming for Griffin, who played four years in Seattle after being drafted in the third round in 2017. Griffin has sinced bounced around the league with stops in Jacksonville, Houston, Carolina, and most recently Minnesota. He appeared in all 17 games for the Vikings in 2023 and totaled six pass breakups with two interceptions. Griffin was a top flight corner in his first Seattle stint and earned a Pro Bowl nod for his efforts in 2019. While he’s more of a rotational corner at this point in his career, his return is a good fit for all parties.

The former fifth-round pick is most famous for receiving an indefinite ban in 2023 due to betting on NFL contests. He was reinstated after a year and had brief stints on the Bills and Texans’ rosters during the offseason. LA signed him to their practice squad in 2024 but he never appeared in a game for the team. Cephus will be fighting for a roster spot this summer if he signs elsewhere.

Wolfe added that Kenny Pickett “is gonna have the chance to steal that job from him” during training camp and in the preseason. Shedeur Sanders or Dillion Gabriel, Wolfe said, might get a look later in the 2025 season if it’s another lost season for the franchise. Flacco knows head coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense well and was productive for the Browns during his five starts in 2023. Flacco posted the third best adjusted yards per attempt (7.2) of his NFL career during that 2023 stint in Cleveland, and made fantasy superstars out of David Njoku and Amari Cooper. Stefanski said the Browns offense has “a very high floor” with Flacco under center. If Flacco begins the season as starter, look for the Browns to be among the pass-heaviest offenses in the league. It’s a potentially excellent development for Njoku, Jerry Jeudy, and perhaps Cedric Tillman.

Goedert said Patullo has made tweaks to the run-heavy Philadelphia offense that could create more opportunity for the team’s pass catchers. “Throughout OTAs, I’ve really loved what he’s doing with the offense,” Goedert said when asked about Patullo, who took over the Eagles offense after Kellen Moore was hired as Saints head coach. “Little changes here and there and I’m really excited for the opportunity just to — with the connection I grew with him the last four years. What he sees in me in different ways that he’s going to get me the ball I’m really excited for.” Among the game’s best yards-after-catch tight ends, Goedert will enter 2025 as the Eagles’ clear No. 3 targets behind AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith. In 2024, Goedert was targeted on 25 percent of his routes, the seventh highest rate among tight ends. Goedert’s fantasy prospects would get a boost with more looks near the end zone; last season he had just three targets inside the ten yard line and nine inside the 20.

DeFabo mentioned that Wilson during his collegiate career at Michigan “feasted on in-breaking routes over the middle of the field at Michigan, which should fit Rodgers’ skills.” Wilson will battle Calvin Austin for the team’s WR2 role behind DK Metcalf this season. Steelers wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni said recently that Austin will enter training camp as the clear-cut No. 2 wideout with “everyone else battling for a spot” in a receiver committee. Back in May, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler said Steelers coaches are “counting on” Wilson to make the jump in 2025 after injuries limited him to just five offensive snaps in 2024. Wilson, entering his age-24 season, had 789 yards and 12 touchdowns on 49 catches in his final season at Michigan. He was 19th among all college wideouts in yards per route run in 2023.

Murray, per The Athletic, “has noticed a different comfort level with Harrison, a different confidence” in offseason workouts, along with a new physique after Harrison spent the winter bulking up. Murray and MHJ in 2024 had no chemistry whatsoever, especially on downfield shots, where Murray has struggled mightily for several seasons. Unless Harrison can manage to get more separation from defenders and see more intermediate and short targets from Murray, his fantasy prospects likely won’t change all that much in 2025, despite the larger biceps.

Johnson said, “I’ve been seeing Kenny going like right now with the ones...I think they are going to stick with him through the preseason.” Pickett has been taking snaps with the starters in camp and Johnson confirms this to be the case, with veteran Joe Flacco rotating in after. Pickett flamed out as a starter with the Steelers, tossing 15 touchdowns and 14 interceptions in 24 starts over two seasons. He was the Eagles’ backup for their championship run last season and now seems to be getting another chance with the Browns. Rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders will likely start the year as reserves, leaving Pickett and Flacco as the potential starters for Week 1. Based on Johnson’s comments, Pickett has the edge, though the experienced Flacco is not far behind.

The Jaguars have a running back situation that could best be described as “in flux” with Travis Etienne on the final year of his rookie deal and Tank Bigsby not exactly establishing himself in the early-down role last season. Management brought on Tuten and LeQuint Allen in the draft, where Jaguars GM James Gladstone made drafting Tuten early a part of his elevator pitch to Jaguars management during his interview. Eventually we’d bet on Tuten getting a shot at a big role in this backfield. The question is simply: when?

Corley’s absence early in the offseason while he deals with an undisclosed injury has not helped. Jets OC Tanner Engstrand is quoted in the story as saying Corley is “going to have to find a way to catch himself up.” The previous coaching staff also reportedly wasn’t enamored with him after drafting him, noting his route running lacked precision and Cimini writing that his “maturity also came under scrutiny, with some in the organization privately questioning his approach.” Corley is not a lock for a roster spot despite what looks on paper to be a fairly weak Jets wideout room.

Asked about the J.K. Dobbins signing in a mailbag, Kosmider welcomed the opportunity to “dispel this narrative” and said if anything “Harvey has exceeded expectations during his early days in Denver.” While we’re sure Dobbins will get chances in the third-down role, we’re more aligned with Kosmider’s vision of how this plays out — if the Broncos wanted Dobbins to get more work than Harvey, they simply would have signed Dobbins before the draft. Training camp will probably be the point where we really start to understand what things look like in this backfield, but there’s no reason to shy away from Harvey yet.