Free company, the NFL Draft and rookie mini-camps are within the rearview. Coaching camps will not start till deep into the summer season. However group constructing continues.
With that in thoughts, Yardbarker NFL writers determine one main transfer every group within the AFC ought to make.
AFC East
BUFFALO BILLS | Lengthen RB James Cook dinner | With delays surrounding the completion of its $2B stadium and HBO’s “Hard Knocks” organising store with the Payments for the preseason, Buffalo does not want a holdout from one in every of its star gamers. After dashing for 1,009 yards and tying Baltimore’s Derrick Henry and Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs with a league-high 16 touchdowns in 2024, Cook dinner has a reported asking worth of $15M per season. Pay the person.
MIAMI DOLPHINS | Commerce CB Jalen Ramsey | The three-time All-Professional cornerback has not ask to be moved, however he and Miami’s entrance workplace mutually agreed to discover commerce choices within the offseason. With roughly $14M in out there cap house for 2025, per Over The Cap, the Dolphins are among the many NFL’s most cash-strapped groups. A post-June 1 commerce of Ramsey would save the Dolphins $9.9M in opposition to subsequent 12 months’s cap.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS | Signal LB Jadeveon Clowney | New head coach Mike Vrabel was Clowney’s place coach in Houston and head coach in Tennessee and new defensive coordinator Terrell Williams served as his place coach with the Titans. The 32-year-old edge-rusher had 5.5 sacks for Carolina final season and 9.5 sacks for Baltimore the 12 months earlier than, and can be good for a group that had the fewest sacks (28) in 2024.
NEW YORK JETS | Strike a take care of Garrett Wilson | The 24-year-old huge receiver hasn’t missed a recreation in three dropping seasons with New York, which is why the Jets ought to lock him up earlier than what guarantees to be one other down 12 months. “I am hopeful I am a Jet for all times and we get this factor rolling,” Wilson recently told reporters, however a fourth straight 1,000-yard receiving season with Justin Fields at QB might make him unaffordable in 2026. — Bruce Ewing
AFC West
DENVER BRONCOS | Lengthen WR Courtland Sutton | The Broncos solidifying their future with Sutton — who’s coming into the final 12 months of his contract this season — will surely make QB Bo Nix pleased. In 17 regular-season video games final season, Sutton, 29, had 81 receptions for 1,081 yards and eight landing catches.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS | Signal WR Keenan Allen | Giving QB Patrick Mahomes one other dependable goal can be sensible after he averaged a career-low 245.5 passing yards per recreation in 16 regular-season begins in 2024. Six-time Professional Bowler Allen was nonetheless productive final season, logging 70 receptions for 744 yards and 7 landing catches in 15 video games with the Chicago Bears.
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS | Signal DT Linval Joseph | DT Christian Wilkins remains to be rehabbing from a left foot harm he suffered in October 2024. If Wilkins isn’t prepared for the beginning of the common season, the Raiders ought to think about signing Joseph, a Tremendous Bowl champion and two-time Professional Bowler.
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS | Lengthen left sort out Rashawn Slater | Slater — who’s coming into the final 12 months of his rookie contract in 2025 — skipped the group’s first OTA on Could 27, per The Athletic’s Daniel Popper. As a substitute of dragging out contract negotiations, the Chargers ought to present the two-time Professional Bowler the cash. — Clark Dalton
AFC North
BALTIMORE RAVENS | Lengthen heart Tyler Linderbaum | One of many extra shocking strikes of Baltimore’s offseason was declining Linderbaum’s fifth-year choice, that means he’s set to turn into a free agent in 2026. The Ravens can’t afford to lose a participant so pivotal to their offensive success, so they need to lock Linderbaum into an extension earlier than Week 1.
CINCINNATI BENGALS | Lengthen DE Trey Hendrickson |
It doesn’t seem to be Hendrickson will return to play on his present contract, and the Bengals have been stingy with commerce presents all offseason. The star defensive finish deserves a pay increase after main the NFL with 17.5 sacks final season, and Cincinnati nonetheless has roughly $55M in cap house in 2026 (h/t: Over The Cap) after extending WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.
CLEVELAND BROWNS | Signal LB Kyzir White |
White remains to be a free agent regardless of rating second on the Cardinals in whole tackles (137) final season, and the Browns need assistance at linebacker after Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah introduced he received’t play in 2025. A veteran ball-hunter who can cowl sideline to sideline is precisely what Cleveland wants.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS | Signal QB Aaron Rodgers | The Steelers are on Rodgers’ time with this determination, however the blood strain in Pittsburgh’s constructing should be on the rise now that OTAs have begun. If Pittsburgh doesn’t discover a approach to persuade Rodgers to signal, it’ll be caught with the QB trio of Mason Rudolph, Will Howard and Skylar Thompson for the 2025 season. — Jack Dougherty
AFC South
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS | Title a beginning quarterback ASAP | The Colts are holding an open QB competitors between Daniel Jones and Anthony Richardson, however they need to watch out to not carry that competitors too deep into the offseason. With a brand new offense that would function rookie tight finish Tyler Warren as its focus, first-team reps can be key for the Week 1 starter. Head coach Shane Steichen ought to determine throughout or shortly after coaching camp which participant goes to run his offense.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS | Signal OT Shaq Mason | The Jaguars had an enormous want at offensive sort out heading into the NFL Draft, and lots of anticipated them to handle it with the No. 5 total decide. They as an alternative traded as much as draft CB/WR Travis Hunter and chosen two inside offensive linemen in Wyatt Milum and Jonah Monheim. Mason
had a tough 12 months with the Houston Texans in 2024, however he might nonetheless carry wanted expertise to Jacksonville.
TENNESSEE TITANS | Commerce quarterback Will Levis | The Titans have insisted that Levis and No. 1 total decide Cam Ward are competing for the Week 1 beginning quarterback job, but hardly anyone believes that. Tennessee expects Ward to be a franchise cornerstone, which leaves no room for Levis. Except Levis is glad with being locked right into a backup function for the foreseeable future, the Titans ought to transfer on.
HOUSTON TEXANS | Signal WR Keenan Allen | The Texans traded for WR Christian Kirk this offseason after which drafted two Iowa State huge receivers (Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel), however they nonetheless have room for a veteran wideout. Allen had a down season in Chicago final 12 months by his lofty requirements, however he nonetheless completed with 70 catches for 744 yards and 7 TD catches in an offense run by a rookie quarterback. If Houston feels they want one other confirmed choice for C.J. Stroud, they need to look no additional. — Steve DelVecchio
