Free-agent QB Blaine Gabbert (Titans) is expected to be signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the near future, according to Greg Auman of The Athletic.
Footballguys View: Gabbert can be the backup to Jameis Winston in 2019. His playing style should mesh with Bruce Arians offense and the downfield passing we expect Tampa to use early and often this season.
Free-agent RB Jay Ajayi (Eagles) has kept in contact with the Philadelphia Eagles despite having a good meeting with the Indianapolis Colts recently. He is expected to be ready for the start of the regular season wherever he plays, despite recovering from a torn left anterior cruciate ligament.
Free-agent DL Malik McDowell (Seahawks) has been cleared by independent doctors – according to his agent – and is confident he will be able to play in 2019.
Updating a previous report, Miami Dolphins OG Chris Reed signed a two-year contract worth $2.975 million with $500,000 guaranteed on Monday, March 18.
Free-agent DE Ziggy Ansah (shoulder) remains unsigned in part due to the fact potentially interested teams are waiting for more information on his surgically repaired shoulder. According to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, ‘the plan’ is to wait until his four-month appointment in mid-April to ‘help determine his readiness.’
Houston Texans RB D’Onta Foreman (Achilles) is reportedly ‘much leaner’ than he was during his first two NFL seasons and is currently ‘a few pounds shy’ of the 235-pound weight at which he was listed on the roster in 2018.
San Francisco 49ers RB Jerick McKinnon (knee) will remain on the roster past April 1 and ‘fits’ into the team’s plan for the 2019 season, according to general manager John Lynch.
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Free-agent TE Neal Sterling (Jets) and LB Brandon Copeland (Jets) were re-signed by the New York Jets Monday, March 25, on undisclosed deals.
Free-agent CB E.J. Gaines (Browns) agreed to a one-year, $3.6 million deal with the Buffalo Bills Monday, March 25.
Former New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said Monday, March 25, that if Patriots QB Tom Brady called Gronk and said the team needed him at some point next year, he could come back to play a few games.