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It’s Aaron Rodgers Day. The Jets are expected to release him when the league year begins at 4 p.m. They will designate him as one of their two post-June 1 cuts, allowing them to spread the cap hit over two years. With one door closing, will another open? Rodgers could pick his next team today. Will it be the Giants or Steelers? The Giants remain hopeful, I’m told, but my money is on the Steelers. Yesterday was quiet for the Jets. No deals. After doling out about $90M in guarantees on Sunday and Monday, GM Darren Mougey stayed on the sideline — a sign the big spending is over. Mougey is showing patience. Some new GMs, with ample cap room, would let the money burn a hole in their pocket. He’s taking a deliberate approach. Solomon Thomas and Ashtyn Davis departed, bringing the total number of free agent defections to six (not counting Davante Adams, who was cut). -- Rich Cimini, Jets reporter

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Chiefs have restructured the contracts of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and defensive tackle Chris Jones, freeing up $49.446 million in salary cap space, a source told ESPN's Field Yates on Wednesday. The moves were needed to open the cap space to fulfill the Chiefs' activity in recent weeks. They placed the franchise tag on guard Trey Smith and re-signed linebacker Nick Bolton and wide receiver Hollywood Brown.

Saints S Tyrann Mathieu is expected to sign a reworked one-year deal today with incentives based on playing time. Deal was being negotiated yesterday

The Broncos agreed to terms with receiver Trent Sherfield Sr. on a two-year deal worth $6 million, along with some potential performance incentives. Sherfield, who played for the Minnesota Vikings last season, is on his sixth team in his NFL career. He might be used at times in a rotational role at wide receiver -- both as a blocker in the run game and as a spot pass catcher (he had a 30-catch season with the Dolphins in 2022), but his primary role will be as one of the core players in newly hired Darren Rizzi’s special teams units.

Former Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Demarcus Robinson is signing with the San Francisco 49ers on a two-year, $9.5 million deal, including $6 million fully guaranteed, his agents, Jason and Michael Katz, told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Robinson, 30, spent the past two seasons with the Rams. He had 31 catches for 505 yards and seven touchdowns in 2024, playing in all 17 regular-season games and two playoff games for the Rams.

Source: QB Jacoby Brissett plans to sign with the #Cardinals. Arizona’s new QB2 has 53 career starts, 11 with Cardinals OC Drew Petzing as his quarterbacks coach in Cleveland.

Sources: Four-time All-Pro punter Johnny Hekker reached agreement today on a fully-guaranteed, one-year deal with the Tennessee Titans. Hekker will be reunited with Titans special teams coordinator John Fassel, with whom he started his NFL career with in Los Angeles.

The Panthers agreed to terms with punter Sam Martin. The former Bills punter averaged 46.7 yards per punt last year, with 25 punts inside the 20.

Source: Former Chiefs safety Justin Reid reached agreement today with the Saints on a three-year, $31.5 million deal, including $22.25 million fully guaranteed. Reid is returning home to Louisiana.

The Cowboys have agreed to a one-year deal with DE Payton Turner, a former first-round pick of the Saints in 2021, according to sources. Injuries hurt his development, but he had two sacks, four pass deflections and two forced fumbles in 16 games last year.

Leonard Floyd finds new team just hours after being released by 49ers The former 49ers pass-rusher already has a new team after being released early Tuesday afternoon by San Francisco. Floyd has agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract with the Falcons, CBS Sports NFL Insider Jonathan Jones has reported. Floyd racked up 8.5 sacks with the 49ers last season, which was the second-highest total on the team. If Floyd can replicate that number in Atlanta, the Falcons would likely be thrilled and that's because they struggled to rush the passer last year. In 2024, the Falcons recorded just 31 sacks, which was the lowest number in the NFC and second-lowest number in the NFL.

Saints agreed to terms with WR Dante Pettis on a one-year contract extension.

Steelers QB options: Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson both still in play Antonio Brown might be insisting that Aaron Rodgers is going to sign with the Steelers, but it doesn't look like that's the case yet. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rodgers has been talking to the Steelers, but if they can't agree on a deal, then Pittsburgh will likely look to bring Russell Wilson back for another year. According to DK Pittsburgh Sports, the Steelers have also reached out to Mason Rudolph, because even if they land Rodgers or Wilson, they're still going to need a backup QB and in that case, a return to Pittsburgh would make sense for Rudolph.

Washington is re-signing RB Jeremy McNichols to a one-year deal, source confirms. McNichols served as a valuable backup in 2024 in multiple ways -- from his blitz pickups to his running with a career-best 267 yards rushing.

Corner Mike Hughes headed back to the #Falcons on a three-year, $18M deal, per source. Hughes started 15 games for Atlanta last season.

#Titans agree to terms with safety Mike Brown on a contract extension.

Antonio Brown trying to break some Aaron Rodgers news Please take this with a grain of salt, but former Steelers receiver Antonio Brown is reporting that Rodgers has agreed to a two-year deal with the Steelers. Brown was the first one to report that Russell Wilson would sign with the Steelers last year, but he's also whiffed plenty of times in situations like this, so you'll have to decide whether you want to believe him or not.

The Saints don't have very much salary cap space, which has limited their ability to sign outside free agents, but they have been busy taking care of their own. The latest move came when they re-signed Juwan Johnson on Tuesday. The tight end is getting a three-year, 30.75 million deal that includes $21.25 million in guaranteed money, NFL Media has reported. Johnson led ALL Saints players in receiver yards last season with 548. He came on strong at the end of the season, averaging six catches and 73 yards per game over the final two weeks of the year. The 28-year-old was ranked as the third-best available tight end on Prisco's list of the top 100 free agents.

The Cardinals are bringing back WR Zay Jones on a 1 year deal, the team announced today.

Who are the best remaining free agents? Here are the top guys in Matt Bowen's top 100 rankings who haven't yet signed. Bowen's rankings factor in age, positional value, expected future production, scheme versatility and buzz around the league: Joey Bosa, Edge Cam Robinson, OT Rasul Douglas, CB Stefon Diggs, WR Mekhi Becton, G

Rams WR Nacua changes jersey number to 12

TE Juwan Johnson has agreed to terms with the #Saints on a three-year deal, per his agent @ajv

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Pass rusher Anthony Nelson back to the #Bucs at two years and $10M with a max of $12M, per source. Versatile defender back with Todd Bowles.

The Ravens re-signed five-time Pro Bowl fullback Patrick Ricard, a source confirmed. Ricard is a big reason why the Ravens have been dominant in running the ball in recent years.