However, general manager Joe Schoen made clear he isn't going to "force" taking a quarterback that early in the draft, setting a high bar for such a selection.

"Yeah, if you're talking about where we're picking, you'd like that guy to be able to be a franchise quarterback that you can win with, you're winning the NFC East every year," Schoen said. "The ultimate goal is to win a Super Bowl if you're taking a guy that high, so they have to be able to check (all) those boxes."

Schoen added that the Giants are in a position to take the best player available at No. 3, regardless of position.

The Giants are picking behind the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns, two quarterback-needy teams, and Miami's Cam Ward and Colorado's Shedeur Sanders are the two QB prospects universally projected to be high picks.

Giants owner John Mara said at the start of the offseason that finding a "quarterback of the future" was their No. 1 priority. Since then, New York signed ex-Super Bowl champion Wilson, 36, and former No. 1 overall pick-turned-journeyman Winston, 31.

Wilson said in his introductory press conference that he expects to be New York's starter. Schoen said Monday that the team didn't guarantee to Wilson that it wouldn't also draft a quarterback.

"I didn't tell him what we're going to do at (Pick) 3, but I said we're open to everything," Schoen said. "So yeah, you can't give a promise that you're not going to take a certain position or something like that. That's not fair.

"We can go any which direction. We can go play a game right now. So, it doesn't force you into a corner or force you to have to take something based on needs, so gives us optionality to go many different directions."

Winston met with reporters Monday and said he was looking for a team that could offer a starting or "bridge" quarterback role. The Giants signed him before adding Wilson.

"My role was explained to me as there is an opportunity at the quarterback position that we're looking forward to getting better at," Winston said. "I signed up for that because I'm looking forward to getting better and being my very best self myself.

"So that's how was it. I didn't get a clean explanation of my role because I played so many different roles already. I've played every role that the quarterback room has to offer, so I'm ready for anything."

Winston said he had a good relationship with Wilson, revealing that Wilson once let him have a look at how "Russ ran his enterprise, ran his businesses, how he took care of his body and how he trained and what did he do to go into his mental approach."

If the Giants add a quarterback in the draft, at No. 3 or in a later round, Winston will be happy to play the mentor.

"Me having that experience, being in rooms with great veteran quarterbacks such as Ryan Fitzpatrick, being in rooms with ... Derek Carr, Deshaun Watson last year, having the chance to mentor Dorian Thompson-Robinson when he had a chance to get back in his starting role with the Cleveland Browns. I've been able to learn so many different things from my time, my career," Winston said.

"So catering to a young quarterback and serving them would be something that I would definitely take on with a great responsibility and cherish it."

"We really look forward to having him not just this year, but for the years to come," Spytek told reporters at the NFL's annual spring meeting in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Smith, 34, was traded to Las Vegas earlier this month after being unable to come to terms with the Seattle Seahawks on an extension. He has one year and $31 million remaining on a three-year, $75 million deal signed in March 2023.

A full-time starter in Seattle the past three seasons with two Pro Bowl nods, Smith was reunited with former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, whom the Raiders hired this offseason. Carroll, 73, was out of coaching last year after mutually agreeing with the Seahawks to step down as head coach. He stayed on as an adviser.

"We're working on it," Carroll said of an extension for Smith.

The Raiders are not ruling out taking a quarterback with their nine picks in the upcoming NFL draft, but the acquisition of Smith takes away some of the pressure.

"We could take one anywhere, but I feel like we got a guy that can go play football right now," Spytek said of Smith. "So, the need and anxiety at that position is not as high as it was a month ago."

Smith was Carroll's starting quarterback his final two seasons, piloting the Seahawks to matching 9-8 records after taking over for Russell Wilson, who was traded away before the 2022 season.

That year, his first as a full-time starter in Seattle, was Smith's most successful, as he threw for 4,282 yards and a career-high 30 touchdowns against 11 interceptions, leading the Seahawks to the playoffs.

The follow-up year netted fewer passing yards (3,624) and touchdowns (20) as Smith missed two games to injury. Last year, under new coach Mike Macdonald, Smith rebounded to throw for 4,320 yards and 21 touchdowns (albeit with 15 interceptions) while leading Seattle to a 10-7 record.

Smith was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round in 2013 after a highly productive college career at West Virginia. He started 29 games over his first two seasons before being relegated to the bench, bouncing to the New York Giants and Los Angeles Chargers before landing in Seattle in 2019.

Las Vegas was 4-13 under former head coach Antonio Pierce last season. Gardner Minshew II, Aidan O'Connell and Desmond Ridder each started games at quarterback.

Steichen said Monday the QBs will share first-team practice reps starting in the offseason.

"Who's the most consistent, who's the most productive will be the starter," Steichen said at the NFL annual meeting in West Palm Beach, Fla.

The Colts signed Jones to a one-year, $14 million contract as the hand-selected competitor to Richardson. Jones spent six years with the New York Giants and finished last season with the Minnesota Vikings.

New York benched Jones in November and then waived him at his request before he joined the Vikings' practice squad.

In Indianapolis, the sixth overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft will battle it out with the fourth overall selection of 2023, Richardson, who's had two tumultuous years with the Colts.

Jones has thrown for 14,582 yards, 70 touchdowns and 47 interceptions in 70 career games (69 starts). He's also racked up 2,179 rushing yards and 15 scores on the ground.

"If you look at (Jones') skillset, he can run the football with the zone read game, obviously can throw the football as well," Steichen said. "Career completion percentage is 64 percent, which is pretty good, has had some production, won a playoff game, high football IQ -- really high football IQ -- which is really good."

Richardson made 11 starts in 2024 and threw for 1,814 yards, eight TDs and 12 picks, adding 499 yards and six TDs rushing.

General manager Chris Ballard wouldn't put a timeline on naming a starter and said he envisions a 50/50 split within a practice, rather than rotating who is the No. 1 quarterback in practice day by day.

"I think it'll be pretty seamless," Ballard said. "I think with any competition, you gotta spend the reps evenly and then everybody make a decision on who's going to be the guy."

"Brock wants to be with us," Lynch said. "We want Brock to be with us."

Purdy, 25, has taken the 49ers to the playoffs twice in three seasons, finishing his rookie year with a loss -- and an elbow injury -- in the 2023 NFC Championship game before piloting San Francisco to the Super Bowl in his second season.

After San Francisco missed the playoffs and posted a 6-11 record in 2024, Purdy enters the final year of his rookie contract with both sides stating their interest in completing a deal likely to bring the 2022 seventh-round pick a raise equal to about 10 times his current base salary. Because of his on-field performance, his pay for next season is up from $985,000 in 2024 to $5.346 million in 2025.

Purdy said at the end of the season he hoped for a no-drama negotiation that would be wrapped up before training camp. Lynch suggested a deal could reasonably be finished before the draft.

"I don't think it's too optimistic," Lynch said of signing Purdy in the next month. "I think I understand why Brock wants that, and we'd like that, very much so. We just got to find that right place for both sides and I would love nothing more than for that to be the case."

Lynch said he knows there are no guarantees in contract negotiations but has no plan to delay contract talks because of Purdy's modest salary.

"I think we are going to get the deal done," Lynch said. "That's what I believe, so I'll just leave it at that."

Head coach Mike McDaniel dismissed suggestions the Dolphins might part with Hill, who was adamant he wanted out of Miami when the 2024 season ended with the team outside the playoff picture at 8-9. It was the first season in Hill's nine-year NFL career with the Chiefs and Dolphins that ended without at least one playoff game.

Hill played through a wrist injury and had surgery after the season. He followed up an All-Pro campaign in 2023, when he had 1,799 receiving yards, with 959 in 2024.

McDaniel said he would be fine with Hill coming back -- and serving as a captain, if he can prove to teammates he's dedicated to making sure the Dolphins return to their winning ways.

"I think that's what Tyreek's up for ... up for the challenge, because Tyreek wants to set the standard of what type of competitors we have," McDaniel said.

"I think in that scenario, I would be pumped if he was voted captain. Because I think that Tyreek, being accountable for who he is as a competitor and what he's learned from in his journey, I think that means that his teammates have seen him completely ... embraced the whole process of, ‘Hey, I'm a human being. This is wrong. This is right. This is how we want to do things.'"

McDaniel said the Dolphins are encouraged Hill was recently cleared to begin running, but they'll take their time asking him to do much more than that during offseason workouts.

"We'll gradually work him into catching the football and going through that process so that at the end of the offseason program, we should be able to get that work that we were unable to this season before," McDaniel said.

"We took a big swing and miss with Deshaun," he said at the league meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. "We thought we had the quarterback, we didn't, and we gave up a lot of draft picks to get him. So we've got to dig ourselves out of that hole. (It) was an entire organization decision and it ends with Dee (Haslam, Jimmy's wife and franchise co-owner) and I, so hold us accountable."

The Browns acquired Watson from the Texans in March 2022, despite the quarterback being accused of committing sexual improprieties with multiple massage therapists in the Houston area. Cleveland sent Houston first-round draft picks in 2022, 2023 and 2024, along with a 2023 third-round pick, and fourth-round picks in 2022 and 2024 in exchange for Watson and a 2024 sixth-round pick.

After the trade, the Browns signed Watson, who then had three Pro Bowl selections to his credit, to a fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million contract. He is still owed $92 million.

In return, Watson has compiled a 9-10 record while starting only 19 of 51 possible regular-season games due to injuries and an 11-game suspension related to the sexual assault allegations. In those games, he has completed 61.2 percent of his passes for 3,365 yards, 19 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.

After tearing an Achilles in January for the second time in less than a year, the 29-year-old is expected to miss most or all of the 2025 season.

The Browns finally have a first-round draft pick and own the No. 2 overall selection in the draft, to be held April 24-26 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

With only Watson and Kenny Pickett on the roster, the Browns need a long-term solution at quarterback. But Haslam said the Browns won't draft a quarterback if there isn't one available whom they believe is the QB1 of the future.

"It would be great if we could get ‘the quarterback,' but we're not going to force it," Haslam said. "We're going to be patient and we're going to try to accumulate as many really good football players as we can."

"I don't see us getting something done anytime soon. We're onto the draft. Just because we don't get something done this year doesn't mean we can't get something done before he's a free agent," general manager Brandon Beane said at the NFL league meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

A deal for $15 million per season would rank Cook third among NFL running backs behind the Philadelphia Eagles' Saquon Barkley ($20.6 million per season) and the San Francisco 49ers' Christian McCaffrey ($19 million).

Cook is due to make $5.3 million in the fourth and final season of his rookie deal in 2025. He would become an unrestricted free agent in 2026 if he doesn't get a new deal with Buffalo.

Cook, 25, made the Pro Bowl and rushed for more than 1,000 yards for the second straight season in 2024, leading the NFL with 16 rushing touchdowns.

He has rushed for 2,638 yards and 20 TDs and caught 97 passes for 883 yards and seven scores in 49 games since being drafted in the second round in 2022.

Peter O'Reilly, the league's executive vice president, confirmed there is "strong interest" in hosting a game in Dubai or Abu Dhabi during a news conference on Monday at the NFL owners meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

"We don't know the timing, and it's really an ‘if' in terms of whether we'll play a game there. What I will say is that's a market where there's strong interest in our game on a year-round basis. ... It's a market we'll continue to explore," O'Reilly said.

"We've done some exploratory trips there to understand the viability of a potential regular-season game in the market, but we've got more work to do there in terms of what that looks like over this next stretch."

As part of the NFL International Series, games were played in Brazil, England and Germany in 2024. All three nations are on the schedule again in 2025, along with Spain and Ireland. Australia will host a game in 2026.

The league expanded its global markets program on Monday by granting international marketing rights in the UAE to the Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Commanders.

But as head coach Kevin O'Connell said at the NFL's annual spring meeting on Monday in West Palm Beach, Fla., that prominent distinction has yet to be earned.

"I feel really, really positive about the path we're going to take with J.J. from a development standpoint, from an acceleration of reps," O'Connell said. "And he's going to benefit from an offseason worth of reps from the offseason program to obviously training camp and being in a competitive situation when our quarterback room is all finalized."

Even as the Vikings entertained signing free agent Aaron Rodgers, O'Connell was in touch with McCarthy in "borderline real time" to apprise him of any developments. Rodgers, who remains unsigned, has maintained contact with O'Connell since their playing days and made the initial contact with Minnesota after he was released by the New York Jets.

O'Connell said the Vikings have high expectations for McCarthy but decided, as a franchise, they didn't want to resist vetting Rodgers as an option to safeguard McCarthy.

"... Aaron Rodgers is a four-time NFL MVP and somebody who, not just myself, but we've all had so much respect for competing against him," O'Connell explained. "And he happened to be at a point in time in his career where he was free to have some real dialogue about what his future may look like. And we happened to be one of those teams that he reached out to."

General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah made it clear the preferred outcome of the offseason shuffling at the quarterback position would be McCarthy stepping into the starting role. He was essentially a professional redshirt in 2024 after being drafted 10th overall because of a post-draft knee surgery, and Sam Darnold went 14-3 to put the Vikings in the NFC playoffs as a wild card.

McCarthy took mostly "visual reps" but was in quarterback meetings and game-planning sessions to become intricately familiar with O'Connell's communication style, expectations and vast offensive playbook.

"I think it's a responsibility for me as the playcaller to make sure I'm building rapport in addition to demanding a standard of the position from a very early time here with J.J. that I think he's going to meet, and challenge himself to meet, on a daily basis," O'Connell said. "Very much excited to see him do that."

That's according to first-year head coach Mike Vrabel, who talked with reporters Monday at the NFL's annual meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

Vrabel said he saw Barmore, 25, recently and could tell by the lineman's "energy and presence" that he was feeling better but that medical staff would continue to monitor him.

"It's something very serious. We take the health of our players extremely serious, especially when you're talking about something like blood clots," Vrabel said, adding the team would develop a plan for him.

Barmore, taken by the Patriots in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft, missed the first 10 games last season. He played in four games, then missed the rest of the season due to a recurrence of the blood clots.

In 48 career games (11 starts), Barmore has 13.5 sacks, 139 tackles, 33 QB hits and one forced fumble. He signed four-year, $83 million contract extension with the franchise on April 29, 2024.

He just doesn't know exactly who will still be on the board.

"You tell me who goes 1, 2 and 3, and I'll tell you who goes 4," Vrabel said Monday at the NFL's annual spring meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

New England didn't add a left tackle in free agency and Vrabel confesses the "draft is a good option for us" to fill what is viewed as a glaring need. The Patriots signed 34-year-old Morgan Moses to play right tackle, and the Patriots plan to give Caedan Wallace an opportunity to compete for a starting job, Vrabel said.

While not ruling out a trade down from No. 4, the top offensive tackle prospects in the draft -- LSU's Will Campbell and Missouri's Armand Membou -- are names Vrabel has heavily studied.

"They're great young, talented players that have great film. Will has a lot of snaps at left tackle. Membou has played right, but there's a lot of guys that have played right and left and switched. Those are two good young players to talk about in that conversation," Vrabel said.

Campbell's wingspan of less than 78 inches was a red flag at the NFL Scouting Combine and his arm length of 32 5/8 inches is well under the prototype baseline most teams follow. Vrabel insisted Campbell's college film at LSU proved he can play left tackle in the NFL. He also indicated there are no doubts in the Patriots' building that Membou, a 332-pound freakish athlete who played right tackle at Missouri, can operate on quarterback Drake Maye's blindside.

Vrabel went out of his way to warn media to "be careful" projecting the Patriots to pick a player at the position because it's viewed as a dire need. He said personnel boss Eliot Wolf and the scouting staff are focused on adding premium talent regardless of position, which could include wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter of Colorado.

The Patriots have Hunter ranked as the No. 1 wide receiver in the draft. New England wouldn't insist on Hunter converting to offense full-time after he played both ways at Colorado, logging more than 100 snaps per game as a two-way star and Heisman Trophy winner. New England isn't joining the debate about how difficult the double workload would be in the NFL, because there is no true precedent, Vrabel said.

"We've never seen a player necessarily do it," Vrabel said. "There are some things that he can improve on by probably concentrating more on just one position, but never going to put any restrictions on Travis or any player. We'd be open to playing everybody that we had at more than one position, anything that would help the football team."

Vrabel said defensive tackle Christian Barmore is cleared to participate in voluntary team workouts and would be closely monitored in his upramp to return from a blood clotting condition. Barmore, 25, experienced recurring symptoms in December after playing four games and his future was uncertain. Vrabel said Monday that the Patriots have "a great plan for him" now that he's feeling better.

Callahan pointed to plans on the team calendar for the Colorado pro day, where they'll finalize assessments of wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter and quarterback Shedeur Sanders as part of the final phase of their draft process.

"We're going to do our due diligence," Callahan said Monday at the NFL's annual spring meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. "Whatever we're doing doesn't have to do with any specific player. I wouldn't say it precludes anybody. We're just making sure the process is done the right way."

Miami quarterback Cam Ward is considered the most likely option for the Titans. Callahan, entering his second season with the Titans, was with the Cincinnati Bengals when the franchise picked Joe Burrow first overall in 2020.

"We're open to everything at this point," Callahan said. "If it's something you feel is beyond the value you ever thought you could get that's one thing. But you also have to look at what a potential quarterback could look like. Those guys, to me, are priceless."

Ward's pro day was his third known gathering with Titans' officials, who also met with him at the NFL Scouting Combine in February and hosted him in Nashville in March. Callahan said they've also scheduled another video call with Ward to exhaust all available options.

Even with Colorado's pro day ahead on Friday, general manager Mike Borgonzi disclosed at the combine that the Titans had already set their draft board with "only small moves" up or down likely because of the amount of film study and research the scouting staff had done on the class.

Borgonzi, groomed by the Chiefs the past 15 years and part of the organization when Patrick Mahomes was selected, spoke highly of Ward and Hunter. He has not indicated the door is closed on holdover quarterback Will Levis. However, Callahan and Borgonzi have been careful not to commit to Levis, either.

The head coach and GM were part of the Titans' contingent that also included offensive coordinator Nick Holz at Ward's pro day.

Harbaugh said at the NFL annual spring meeting that Baltimore is in discussions with Jackson, who signed a five-year, $260 million contract in 2023. That fully guaranteed deal has salary-cap figures of $74.65 million in 2026 and 2027, and it's possible the two sides are eyeing the deal Bills quarterback Josh Allen signed as a benchmark.

"The value is the top," Harbaugh said. "When Lamar gets paid, he's going to be the highest-paid player in football, just like he was last time. I think every contract he signs till he decides to hang up his cleats, he's going to be that guy."

Jackson, 28, is a two-time NFL MVP and finished second to Allen in the 2024 MVP voting by a margin of four first-place votes. It was the tightest MVP vote since 2003, when Peyton Manning and Steve McNair were named co-MVP.

Allen signed a $330 million deal with $250 million in guarantees. His annual average salary of $55 million is equal to Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and Packers quarterback Jordan Love. Dak Prescott's contract in Dallas averages $60 million per year.

At the moment, Jackson is ninth in the NFL in AAV at $52 million. Addressing his contract opens the Ravens to be able to do business with other soon-to-be free agents. Safety Kyle Hamilton and tight ends Isaiah Likely and Mark Andrews are high on that list.

"There's been conversations about that internally, I know. How far along that is or whatever, I don't know," Harbaugh said of the potential timing of Jackson's new contract. "That's going to continue to have to be addressed, really with all those guys. You have to manage that dance, the salary-cap dance. Lamar is the main part of that because he's the franchise player. That's a possibility, I think. Sooner or later, definitely it's going to have to happen."

The Steelers met with the 41-year-old Rodgers, a four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, on March 21 for a reported six hours. Tomlin met with media for the first time since then on Sunday at the NFL's annual meeting in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Tomlin called it "a really good day" spent with a player he has known for some time. As far as a timetable, however, the coach said there's no deadline for Rodgers to work out a deal with the Steelers from the team's perspective.

"I really wanted to spend more of our time just getting to know him better, and things that he values as a player and a man, and what he might be looking for with his next stop," Tomlin said. "I don't know that we've approached it from a deadline perspective. Certainly, as I mentioned, you'd like to have settled circumstances, but deadlines can often bring that to a head."

Tomlin called free agency a process, which has led Pittsburgh to bring back former Steelers QB Mason Rudolph, who played last season with Tennessee, and another veteran, former Miami Dolphin Skylar Thompson.

The Steelers' 2024 quarterback room has emptied, as Russell Wilson and Justin Fields were on one-year deals as they split starts, and Kyle Allen was a reserve. Wilson signed with the New York Giants and Fields went to Rodgers' former team, the New York Jets. Allen signed as a free agent with the Detroit Lions. The high turnover at the QB position has gone on for two seasons.

"Oftentimes, I say ‘Two is a pattern.' It's a cliche that I use in coaching, but I don't know that I'm alarmed by that as it pertains to this discussion," Tomlin said. "We're just simply trying to put together the very best team that we can put together for 2025. Last year, we had a group in that room that were on one-year deals, and so the possibility of what we're doing right now was a real thing. But that's just one isolated scenario. If we're having similar conversations next year at this time, it's probably more of a discussion for us."

Tomlin is not glossing over the addition of Rudolph, 29, as a potential starter, as he was signed to a two-year contract.

"We're optimistic about the room that we're constructing. Obviously, we're excited about having Mason Rudolph back," Tomlin said. "But certainly we're going to continue to explore all our options in terms of rounding that room out."

That includes adding another free agent or selecting a QB in the draft. Rodgers, who was released by the Jets on March 12 and has not said whether he wants to continue playing, has the decided edge in experience.

He passed for 3,897 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2024, returning from a season-ending Achilles injury suffered in his first game with the Jets in September 2023.

The 10-time Pro Bowl selection ranks fifth in league history in touchdown passes (503) and seventh in passing yards (62,952).

"We're still evaluating the acquisition of a guy at that position, whether it's free agency and/or the draft, and so we're doing our due diligence, communicating with some free agents, also preparing for the draft," Tomlin said. "(GM) Omar (Khan) and I just got off on a nice tour here last week where we were at Notre Dame, Ohio State and Texas, for example, our last three trips. I think all three of those institutions have quarterbacks that are draft-eligible, and so it's been a good process for us."

"We believe Justin is the starter," new Jets general manager Darren Mougey told reporters at the annual league meetings on Sunday. "We believe in Justin. We believe we can win with Justin, so we're excited about Justin."

In moving on from Aaron Rodgers, the Jets signed Fields to a two-year, $40 million contract with $30 million guaranteed after he spent the first four seasons of his NFL career with the Chicago Bears (2021-23) and Pittsburgh Steelers (2024).

Though this will be Fields' third attempt to establish himself as a franchise quarterback, Mougey projects a specific path for the 26-year-old, citing recent turnarounds by Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold elsewhere in the league.

"We have seen some of that as of late and it did (play a factor) as we went through the process, and we think we could have the same" with Fields, Mougey said.

Fields showed flashes for the Steelers when he began the season as their starter while Russell Wilson rehabbed a calf injury. He went 4-2 in six starts and finished the season with 1,106 passing yards, five touchdowns and just one interception along with 289 rushing yards and five rushing TDs in 10 games.

"You saw it last year," Mougey said. "He was 4-2 as the starter and probably had some of the best quarterback play of his career. We're going to do everything to support him when he gets here."

Overall, Fields has a 14-30 record as a starter.

The Jets' other options on the roster were journeyman Tyrod Taylor, 2024 fifth-round draft pick Jordan Travis and Adrian Martinez.

Mougey was hired this offseason to replace Joe Douglas, while head coach Aaron Glenn was tapped to take over for Robert Saleh. Both Saleh and Douglas were fired during a dreadful 5-12 season that saw the Jets and Rodgers fall flat despite playoff aspirations.

Per the report, Aiyuk is not expected to be traded before Tuesday. He will remain with San Francisco for the 2025 season once the bonus has been paid.

The 49ers traded wide receiver Deebo Samuel to the Washington Commanders on March 1 in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick.

Aiyuk, 27, recorded 25 catches for 374 yards and no touchdowns in seven games before his season ended after sustaining an ACL and MCL injury in his right knee against the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 20.

A second-team All-Pro selection in 2023, Aiyuk staged an offseason holdout before accepting a four-year, $120 million contract extension in late August.

Aiyuk has 294 receptions for 4,305 yards and 25 touchdowns in 69 career games (67 starts) since the 49ers selected him with the 25th overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft.

Benford, 24, was entering the final season of his rookie deal. He is now under contract through the 2029 campaign.

The Bills have been busy with contract extensions, including NFL MVP Josh Allen (six years, $330 million), defensive end Greg Rousseau (four years, $80 million), wide receiver Khalil Shakir (four years, $53 million) and linebacker Terrel Bernard (four years, $42 million).

Benford recorded 64 tackles, two interceptions, two forced fumbles and a sack in 15 games (all starts) last season.

He has 142 tackles, five interceptions, four forced fumbles and one sack in 39 career games (34 starts) since being selected by the Bills in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL Draft.

That total would serve as the largest deal ever for a non-quarterback in NFL history.

Conversations between Parsons' representation and members of the Cowboys' front office were conducted at the NFL Scouting Combine in late February. It's been quiet on the front since then, per the report.

Sizable contracts for non-quarterbacks are nothing new this offseason.

Las Vegas Raiders star edge rusher Maxx Crosby signed a three-year, $106.5 million deal, only to be trumped by Cleveland Browns standout defensive end Myles Garrett inking a four-year, $160 million. Cincinnati Bengals All-Pro wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase reeled in a four-year, $161 million pact.

Those contracts are the largest in terms of annual average value for a non-quarterback.

Parsons, 25, recorded 12 sacks, 43 tackles and two forced fumbles in 13 games (all starts) last season.

A Pro Bowl selection in each of his first four seasons in the league, Parsons has totaled 256 tackles (63 for loss), 112 quarterback hits, 52.5 sacks, nine forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 63 career games (all starts).

Harbaugh, 62, guided the Ravens to the NFL title in 2012 but has since fallen short of a return to the Super Bowl. Baltimore has reached the postseason in six of the last seven seasons but has advanced to the AFC title game just once, losing 17-10 to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2023.

Since Harbaugh took over in Baltimore in 2008, the Ravens are 172-104 in the regular season with six division titles, but they are 13-11 in the playoffs. Four of those wins came in the Super Bowl title run in 2012.

Baltimore won the AFC North last season, going 12-5 in the regular season before defeating the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card round of the playoffs. The Ravens, though, fell 27-25 to the host Buffalo Bills in the division round.

Diggs is a two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl selection, who becomes a key weapon for Patriots quarterback Drake Maye. Since entering the league in 2015, Diggs is third in receptions (857), trailing only Travis Kelce (939) and Davante Adams (919). From 2018 to 2023, he posted six consecutive 1,000-yard seasons.

Diggs had 107 receptions for 1,183 yards and eight touchdowns for the Buffalo Bills in 2023 while playing with quarterback Josh Allen. Last offseason, he was traded to the Houston Texans.

"I'm excited and really look forward to it," Diggs said of playing with Maye. "It's crazy because when you ask around ... people say through the grapevine that he acts a lot like Josh. That was my guy, so I look forward to meeting him and connecting with him."

The 31-year-old got off to a fast start in Houston with 47 receptions for 496 yards and three touchdowns in eight games. However, his season was cut short, when he tore his ACL in Week 8.

"I'm really looking forward to putting my best foot in front of me," Diggs said. "I would've been on pace to have another 1,000-yard season and 100 catches (in 2024) if I didn't get banged up. If you're doing the math right, I'm going to be productive."

New England's offense finished last in passing yards last season with 2,995.