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Jameis Winston has high praise for Cleveland as he enters free agency
Listen as Jameis Winston has high praise for fall in Cleveland and his desires for free agency:
Quarterback Jameis Winston is open to a return to the Cleveland Browns and praises Northeast Ohio as he gets set for NFL free agency.
Franchise superstar Myles Garrett isn’t the only Browns player on Radio Row wondering where he’ll play next season. Winston is spending Super Bowl week signed with Fox Sports as a media member. Winston has spent the week in New Orleans entertaining fans and players alike.
Winston canvassed the Chiefs and Eagles to determine where he would play next season. The two Super Bowl teams were recruiting Winston hard. Winston was flattered by the idea, but the quarterback was adamant he wanted to start next season.
A few players suggested he play in New York with the New York Giants or stay in his adopted home of New Orleans. In an interview with Kay Adams, Winston said he wants to return to Cleveland. Winston was enamored with the city. He said Cleveland was the most beautiful place for 90 days during the fall. The quarterback famously experienced all four seasons for the first time in his life in Ohio.
I want to see the gunslinger back in Cleveland. Winston didn’t get a fair shake with the Browns. The team was more concerned with tanking once their playoff chances dipped into the single digits.
Winston battled against multiple playoff teams in his limited starts. The quarterback was still plagued by interceptions, but I think the Browns were scratching the surface with Winston. I think a second year in the system would do wonders for a Browns team that needs an explosive passing attack. Winston is the cheapest option for a Browns team desperate for a quarterback.
Former first round QB added to list of post-Watson bridge options
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero floated a non-Kirk Cousins option out for the Browns in free agency…
The Cleveland Browns are looking to move on from the failed Deshaun Watson experience, and they could turn to former first round pick Daniel Jones.
Do not discount the possibility that the Browns are highly interested in either Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders or Miami’s Cam Ward. However, if the Browns do not view either option as a player who is ready to take over the starting job from Day 1, then a veteran option is also still firmly on the table.
During a media byte on Radio Row at the Super Bowl, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero added another name to the list of veteran quarterbacks to watch. While Kirk Cousins, who is almost certainly going to be released by the Atlanta Falcons, is the popular name given his connection with head coach Kevin Stefanski, Pelissero floated out the former No. 6 overall pick Jones as another option:
Cleveland Browns quarterback Daniel Jones….? pic.twitter.com/vbuUWO7EtD
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 9, 2025
Perhaps the Browns could be banking on a bit of time away from the New York Giants and with NFL Coach of the Year Kevin O’Connell in Minnesota may have straightened some issues out for Jones just as it did for Sam Darnold.
Given the age and play of Cousins a year ago, there is a pathway to seeing the argument for the younger, bigger-armed, and more mobile Jones in the short term as the team looks to move past the horrendous Watson era.
With NFL free agency about a month away, it’s going to get interesting in Berea.
Steelers QB Russell Wilson linked to NFC East team as 2025 destination
Russell Wilson’s offseason just got more intriguing, with reports linking the Steelers QB to the New York Giants ahead of 2025 free agency.
Russell Wilson appears to have had a very busy—and confusing—start to the 2025 offseason. Wilson originally proclaimed that the “plan” was to remain with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2025 and beyond. However, insider Gerry Dulac hinted that this may have changed, much to the delight of Justin Fields’ supporters.
From drama surrounding the relationship between OC Arthur Smith and Wilson to the arrival of the quarterback’s former HC Pete Carroll in Las Vegas practically acting as a ‘welcome mat,’ no one can truly pinpoint what 2025 has in store for the Steelers QB.
However, insider Jeremy Fowler has identified which team Wilson is interested in heading into the 2025 free agency:
“Wilson has also been connected to the Giants by a few people this week. He visited with the Giants last free agency, and New York is on his radar as a potential option in 2025.”
Wilson would fit nicely with the NY Giants, with the team boasting a great WR duo in Malik Nabers and Wan’Dale Robinson, complementing his incredible ‘moon ball.’
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Mike Tomlin’s loyalty could impact Steelers’ QB decision, per insider
Insider Jeremy Fowler reports that Mike Tomlin’s loyalty to Russell Wilson may complicate the Steelers’ chances of re-signing Justin Fields.
Fans hoping to hear news about the Pittsburgh Steelers potentially re-signing QB Justin Fields may be disappointed.
NFL insider Jeremy Fowler reported that while Fields may be the better and more favored option in Pittsburgh, HC Mike Tomlin remains loyal to Russell Wilson. And it is this loyalty that may present itself as a roadblock to bringing back Fields in 2025:
“Coach Mike Tomlin seems to have a loyalty to Wilson that could lead the team in that direction, though. Plus, Fields could have a sneaky good market and price himself out of Pittsburgh.”
Insider information should always be taken with a grain of salt, but it is troubling news nonetheless.
Wilson usurped the QB starting role in controversial fashion, as Fields had led the Steelers to a 4-2 start to the 2024 season, while the former finished out the season with a less-than-impressive 6-6 record, including the playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
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How much will Tyler Huntley get in free agency? Case for, case against Dolphins re-signing QB
Did Tyler Huntley show enough to compete for a backup role in 2025, or should the Dolphins look elsewhere?
When Tyler Huntley joined the Miami Dolphins in September, he hardly had time to acclimate to his new squad before he was thrust into action.
With Tua Tagovailoa on injured reserve, Skylar Thompson’s time as the replacement starter lasted little more than half a game. Huntley started the next three for the Dolphins and couldn’t do much to get the team’s offense on track. The team averaged 12.3 points and Huntley completed only 59.1 percent of his passes.
Two months later, Huntley looked like a different quarterback in his return to the starting lineup. He completed 84.6 percent of his passes with a pair of touchdowns (one passing, one rushing) in a 20-3 win against the Cleveland Browns.
It seemed the Dolphins had their backup quarterback of the future.
But two interceptions and four fumbles from Huntley in a Week 18 loss dragged Miami right back into its quarterback quandary. So should Huntley be back to compete for the No. 2 role in 2025?
The case for re-signing Huntley
As Tyreek Hill so eloquently put it in December, Huntley “came in at the beginning of the season and he was just raw dogging it.” After leading the team to a win at the end of the December, Huntley said it was nice to “actually know what the motions” are in the Dolphins offense.
It hardly seems fair to judge Huntley for his performance in the first three starts near the beginning of the 2024 season. And although the expectation was that he’d play much better in Week 18, the quarterback was still trying to operate an offense he learned on the fly after spending the offseason and training camp elsewhere.
Given a year of work with the Dolphins coaching staff, it’s not unreasonable to think Huntley would be capable of providing more performances like his Week 17 showing in Cleveland.
Should Huntley be the only option behind Tagovailoa heading into camp? Absolutely not.
But the Dolphins invested three months of time into a quarterback who showed enough promise to warrant a shot at continuing that development in Miami.
The case for letting Huntley walk
The Dolphins didn’t reach the playoffs for the first time in the McDaniel era for several reasons, but none larger than the team’s backup quarterback situation.
Miami’s offense crumbled to pieces in its six games without Tagovailoa and that included Huntley’s turnover-filled disaster in the Week 18 finale.
If Miami hopes to avoid a similar fiasco in the future, an investment at the quarterback position is a must. In January, Dolphins general manager Chris Grier told reporters the team was in the market for “a number of topflight backup quarterbacks” in the 2024 offseason.
Acquiring an experienced veteran — Marcus Mariota, perhaps? — and/or drafting a young passer should be a priority.
Huntley competing in camp would be fine if it came without a price tag. It won’t, though. While bringing Huntley won’t break the bank, he probably won’t sign for minimum wage either.
The Dolphins need to be deliberate about their spending and investing in Huntley would mean dishing out money for more of the same at the position.
Prediction
According to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, the Dolphins told Huntley late in the 2024 season that they were interested in bringing him back in 2025. Maybe his Week 18 implosion changed things. Probably not, though.
Huntley signed a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the Cleveland Browns last offseason and is probably just a little more expensive this time around.
Prediction: Dolphins re-sign Huntley to two-year, $5 million deal
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Projected next contract value for every Browns pending free agent
What will some of these Browns free agents be expecting on the open market? Let’s take a look.
The Cleveland Browns enter NFL free agency with gobs of pending free agents, including running back Nick Chubb.
Chubb has expressed his desire to stay in Cleveland and get a new deal done sooner rather than later. However, he is far from the only free agent the Browns may have to work with. Names like quarterback Jameis Winston, offensive tackle Jedrick Wills, wide receiver Elijah Moore, and tight end Jordan Akins are all unrestricted free agents as well.
So what could the cost to retain some of their talent be? Or a better question for some, what will their value be on the open market? We take a look here at what the next contract on all of the pending Browns free agents could be at the start of the new league year.
These numbers come from Over the Cap’s free agency valuation and PFF’s top-100 free agency projections. Of note: OTC’s valuation is not a projected contract, but a dollar figure of a player’s value to their next team. Some players will have valuations in the thousands of dollars despite the salary minimum being around $1 million.
PFF’s numbers, however, on the few that fall into the top 100 free agents, are projected contract values.
OT Jedrick Wills
OTC valuation: $1.16m
PFF projection: $3m
QB Jameis Winston
OTC valuation: $9m
PFF projection: $6.25m
C Nick Harris
OTC valuation: $1.586m
PFF projection: n/a
RB Nick Chubb
OTC valuation: $1.179m
PFF projection: $3m
WR Elijah Moore
OTC valuation: $8.797m
PFF projection: n/a
TE Jordan Akins
OTC valuation: $5.089m
PFF projection: n/a
DT Mo Hurst
OTC valuation: $225k
PFF projection: n/a
LB Devin Bush
OTC valuation: $3.811m
PFF projection: n/a
RB Nyheim Hines
OTC valuation: n/a
PFF projection: n/a
S Rodney McLeod (retiring)
OTC valuation: $2.645m
PFF projection: n/a
OG Michael Dunn
OTC valuation: $736k
PFF projection: n/a
OT Germain Ifedi
OTC valuation: $1.306m
PFF projection: n/a
TE Geoff Swaim
OTC valuation: $957k
PFF projection: n/a
LB Khaleke Hudson
OTC valuation: $2.256m
PFF projection: n/a
WR James Proche
OTC valuation: $426k
PFF projection: n/a
OT Hakeem Adeniji
OTC valuation: n/a
PFF projection: n/a
RB D’Onta Foreman
OTC valuation: $1.08m
PFF projection: n/a
OT Geron Christian
OTC valuation: $18k
PFF projection: n/a
CB Mike Ford
OTC valuation: $2.37m
PFF projection: n/a
CB Tony Brown
OTC valuation: $634k
PFF projection: n/a
OT James Hudson III
OTC valuation: $1.19m
PFF projection: n/a
RB John Kelly (restricted)
OTC valuation: $29k
PFF projection: n/a
DT Michael Dwumfour (exclusive rights restricted)
OTC valuation: $3k
PFF projection: n/a
QB Bailey Zappe (restricted)
OTC valuation: $1.542m
PFF projection: n/a
TE Blake Whiteheart (exclusive rights restricted)
OTC valuation: $1.525m
PFF projection: n/a
EDGE James Houston (restricted)
OTC valuation: $1.511m
PFF projection: n/a
S D’Anthony Bell (restricted)
OTC valuation: $4.118m
PFF projection: n/a
LB Winston Reid (exclusive rights restricted)
OTC valuation: $3.046m
PFF projection: n/a
Contract projection for this Cardinals OL free agent is crazy!
Wait, Trystan Colon is projected to make how much in a new contract?
The Arizona Cardinals have 20 players scheduled to be unrestricted free agents. Several of them are offensive linemen; namely, tackle Kelvin Beachum and guards Evan Brown, Will Hernandez and Trystan Colon.
Beachum, Brown and Hernandez have been longtime starters in their careers. Colon has not been. He has starting experience (15 starts in 51 career games, including 11 in two seasons with the Cardinals), but he doesn’t figure to be a hot commodity in the open market.
Well, one would think that.
Spotrac projects the market value of many free agents. It has a crazy projection for Colon, the least accomplished of all the Cardinals’ free agent offensive linemen.
How much is he projected to get? How about $16.6 million a year?
Apparently, based on his play, performance and age, Spotrac’s statistical model believes Colon is worth a huge deal.
That would likely be the biggest free agent surprise of the decade.
While Colon will certainly be signed by a team. He is versatile. He has experience. But he has also never started more than seven games in a season and was benched last year.
Perhaps he will return to Arizona. I just won’t be anywhere near that price.
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Nick Chubb speaks on his future with free agency pending
The star running back has thoughts on what he wants out of free agency, and it’s really simple.
The Cleveland Browns are getting set for NFL free agency and running back Nick Chubb is among the names set to hit the open market.
With one superstar in defensive end Myles Garrett already requesting a trade, the Browns could lose another locker room glue guy in Chubb too. He has spoken on what he wants as free agency nears, and it’s simple for him.
He wants to remain a Cleveland Brown.
“This is where I was drafted. This is where I’ve played the last seven years… I’m not sure how it’ll work… This is the first time I’ve been a free agent. But I’d like to get it done sooner than later.”
Chubb, however, told Chris Easterling of the Akron Beacon Journal that he has yet to hear from the Browns about a potential new deal. Browns fans need not fret; those talks will occur in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine.
The 29-year-old running back is coming off a severe knee injury in 2023 that required multiple surgeries, then suffered another season-ending injury this past season when he broke his foot in December. This one will have a much shorter turnaround as Chubb has likely already returned to football activities.
It is hard to see how a deal with Chubb does not get done from both sides of the table. From Chubb’s perspective, it is easy. He wants to stay in Cleveland. From the team’s perspective and the financial side of things, Chubb will be cheap and likely a short-term deal laden with incentives.
Get it done, Cleveland.
Broncos WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey set to become a free agent in March
Broncos WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey is scheduled to become a free agent in March. Should the Broncos bring him back?
Lil’Jordan Humphrey is not necessarily a fan favorite, but there’s a reason why Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton has signed him in each of the last two offseason.
Humphrey has received criticism from fans for his sometimes unreliable hands and infrequent big plays, but he is an excellent blocker and an unselfish, team-first player. That’s the kind of receiver Payton loves, and Humphrey fits Payton’s preferred receiver size (6-4, 225 pounds).
Humphrey, 26, has earned about $2.2 million over the last two years in Denver, and his team-friendly deal is another factor that swings in his favor. The veteran receiver has totaled 44 receptions for 455 yards and four touchdowns through 34 games (15 starts) with the Broncos.
It wouldn’t be shocking to see Denver offer Humphrey another one-year deal in 2025.
Broncos 2025 free agents
- DL D.J. Jones
- QB Zach Wilson
- QB Jarrett Stidham
- LB Cody Barton
- WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey
- CB Tremon Smith
- RB Javonte Williams
- P Riley Dixon
- LB Justin Strnad
- OL Matt Peart
- CB Levi Wallace
- LB Zach Cunningham
- FB Michael Burton
- LS Mitchell Fraboni (RFA)
- TE Lucas Krull (ERFA)
- OLB Dondrea Tillman (ERFA)
- DB Devon Key (ERFA)
- DL Jordan Jackson (ERFA)
- CB Ja’Quan McMillian (ERFA)
The NFL’s 2025 negotiating period will run from March 10-12 ahead of the official start of NFL free agency on March 12.
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