Tampa Bay Buccaneers DT Vita Vea will have his fifth-year option picked up for the 2022 season.

Free-agent CB Corn Elder (Panthers) is visiting the Detroit Lions Thursday, April 1.

Free-agent OG Chris Reed (Panthers) agreed to a one-year, veteran benefit deal with the Indianapolis Colts Thursday, April 1.

Free-agent WR Antonio Brown (Buccaneers) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are far apart in terms of compensation in talks on a new deal.

San Francisco 49ers TE George Kittle’s 2022 salary of $11.45 million became guaranteed Thursday, April 1.

Wake Forest EDGE Carlos Basham Jr., conducted his pro day Wednesday, March 31, with Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Gus Bradley in attendance.

Kentucky LB Jamin Davis was measured at 6-foot-4 and 234 pounds at his pro day Wednesday, March 31. He had a 42-inch vertical jump and ran a 4.41-second 40-yard dash.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said about the team’s 2021 quarterback Wednesday, March 31, ‘one way or another, we have to get that position solidified.’ Cam Newton and Jarrett Stidham are currently the top QBs on the Patriots’ depth chart.

Footballguys View: The Patriots need to find a quarterback of the future. Newton is there to start for this season but after that things are wide open. If a player like Mac Jones (Alabama) fell to them in the first round then that would make a lot of sense. We’ll see when they address the position, but it sounds like they will at some point in the 2021 NFL draft.

Free-agent DE Al-Quadin Muhammad (Colts) re-signed with the Indianapolis Colts Wednesday, March 31, on a one-year, $3.4 million contract, according to his agent.

Arizona Cardinals C Rodney Hudson restructured his contract Wednesday, March 31, to give the team more than $7 million in additional cap space for the 2021 season.