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🧵Washington holds the 7th pick. Every mock draft debates CB. Edge. WR. The analytics say something different. Sonny Styles to Washington is the most scheme-perfect, front-office-perfect pick on the board. Here's the data. 🔽

Even though Terrion Arnold took a step back in 2025 with injuries, Detroit will be missing a large piece of their defense because of his idiotic actions

@AdamSchefter @RichCimini Everyone's talking about Fashanu & Membou, but Tippmann quietly just showed his value to this OL 8th-ranked guard APY. 2,100+ snaps the last 2 seasons. Can play C or G. The Jets' OL looks insane right now

More about the Jets and G Joe Tippmann reaching agreement on a 4-year, $66.4 million extension that includes $34.9M guaranteed, via @RichCimini: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

@AlbertBreer @PatrickMahomes $504M sounds insane until you see the structure. The Chiefs have actually lowered Mahomes' cap hit in 2026 while locking in a $64M/yr AAV starting 2027, NFL record. They've done this 3 times now. Fleece the cap. Extend the window. Repeat.

All the details on @PatrickMahomes' 8-year, $504.75 million deal. si.com/nfl/chiefs/pat…

@AdamSchefter @Jeff_Legwold Cooper's $60M deal has a clean out after 2026. Cutting him saves almost nothing this year, but next year the math flips. Denver's already built the deepest EDGE room they've had in a decade

Broncos LB Jonathon Cooper will face two additional charges, including a felony charge of second-degree assault from his arrest last week, per @Jeff_Legwold. espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

@richtrue10 @AdamSchefter The offset clauses are typically in there to protect team’s finances in the case of trading or cutting a player. Considering Mendoza’s high contract value, the Raiders are just trying to financially protect their future, but will ultimately likely give in to Mendoza’s demands

@GridironLens @AdamSchefter I'm not very knowledgeable about offsets, but is there any reason why the Raiders would waive this?

Only two first-round picks from the 2026 NFL Draft remain unsigned, and both are quarterbacks: Raiders No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza and Rams No. 13 overall pick Ty Simpson.

Everyone's debating the drama. Nobody's talking about the scheme fit. Blough's new offense: under-center, play-action, bootlegs. That's Shanahan's system, the one that made Aiyuk a 1,342-yard All-Pro. This isn't a friendship move. It's the right receiver for the right offense.

AJ Brown was just traded to the Patriots and this is a perfect fit. Drake Maye loves the deep ball and AJ Brown might be one of the best in the league at catching them!

@RapSheet Everyone's focused on Baker's deadline. Nobody's talking about Tampa's trap. If this goes undone, the Bucs eat $30.15M in dead cap the second he walks. That's not a negotiation, that's a hostage situation.

An important benchmark.

@MySportsUpdate AJ brown with Drake Maye will FEED families together

BREAKING: The #Eagles have traded WR AJ Brown to the #Patriots for a 2028 1st-round pick and a 2027 5th rounder. The deal is finally done, as AJ Brown and Mike Vrabel are back together.

@AlbertBreer What a deal for the Rams! It’s usually impossible to trade for the best defensive player in the league

Full terms ... • Rams get: DE Myles Garrett. • Browns get: DE Jared Verse, 2027 first-round pick, 2028 second-round pick, 2029 third-round pick.

@NFLonFOX Garrett has more career sacks than ANY DE traded in NFL history — and Cleveland got less draft capital than the Khalil Mack deal 📉 been charting historic DE trades all offseason

Full details of the blockbuster trade between the #Browns and the #Rams, per multiple reports 🤯

@MySportsUpdate Maye definitely needs to get “thicker” playing behind that o line to protect him from injury. If they can keep him healthy again, he will be a weapon

#Patriots QB Drake Maye was asked if he’s gotten “thiccer with two C’s” this offseason: “Say that one more time?? That’s a pause if anything. That’s NOT the way to put it.” 💀

Green Bay already has one of the worst RB rooms in the league and it just got worse. Can this room really make a difference come time for the postseason?

@RapSheet @nflnetwork Everyone saying "Stafford's still good tho" is missing the point McVay has coached 9 seasons and never drafted a QB successor until age 38 stares him in the face this isn't about 2026. it's about what happens when the window slams shut

From The Insiders on @NFLNetwork: The #Rams may have Matthew Stafford beyond 2026. But the selection of Ty Simpson still makes a ton of sense.

Aaron Rodgers isn't retiring after the 2026 season because he wants to. His Offensive Line let him down. His 3rd-down sack rate went from 5.1% in 2020 → 10.7% in 2025. That's 10th-worst in the NFL. When a 43-year-old QB can't extend plays anymore, defenses just wait for him.

@MySportsUpdate What a boneheaded decision from him. This man does everything possible to stay off of the field. He has talent, but he is his own biggest problem

#Chiefs WR Rashee Rice violated his probation after testing positive for marijuana (THC) and has been ordered to serve 30 days in jail. He was booked this afternoon in Dallas County, Texas, and will be released from custody on June 16. That timeline means he’ll miss OTAs and minicamp. @MattFosterTV first reported the news.

@steelers @RapSheet @maxissnicee71 Most first-round OTs have been playing football for 14 years. Iheanachor picked it up 5 years ago — after a life of soccer and basketball in Nigeria. The ceiling on this guy hasn't even been discovered yet

All smiles when it's pen to paper 😁 @maxissnicee71

@RapSheet @DavidMulugheta @AthletesFirst Good for Terrell and the Falcons. Atlanta gets a difference maker on that defense signed who can punch that ball out at will

The #Falcons have signed Avieon Terrell to a fully guaranteed contract. The 48th overall pick is the lowest pick to receive a fully guaranteed contract in a deal negotiated by @DavidMulugheta of @AthletesFirst.

@RapSheet Not good for the Giants CB room which is already one of the weakest and least amount of depth in the NFL

#Giants CB Thaddeus Dixon, a UDFA from North Carolina, tore his Achilles yesterday during workouts, sources say. An unfortunate injury for a rookie whose hamstring injury helped lead him to be undrafted.