OFFICIAL 2026 NFL News: Trades, cuts, free agency, and more

[Coliseum Ram]

Schefter: Patriots Still Likely To Acquire A.J. Brown, Eagles Want 2027 First-Round Pick

ESPN's Adam Schefter has long been reporting the expectation that Eagles WR A.J. Brown will be traded after June 1st, likely to the Patriots. Schefter remains confident Brown will be traded right around June 1st,

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[PhillyRam]

Rams usually do all of their extensions right before and during training camp/preseason time. No idea why but that's been their modus operandi for years now. Snead even alluded to that timeframe when asked about all of the players who are due for extensions a few months back. So will probably be late July/August before we hear of any. They tend to do all of the rookies at once too well after a lot of other teams have signed their picks. I'm assuming they do this to have a clear picture of what salary cap situation is after offseason is completely over.

Well, last year didn't they do Lake & Landman during the season? I know they did Landman because he was on a 1 yr deal, but Lake was also during the season I believe.

 

[BonifayRam]

I have feeling McClendon is gonna have a good year at right tackle. If so he'll be a hot commodity in free agency. If they extend him now before he's well known he'll be cheaper than waiting till after the season.

My pondering thoughts on this situation with McClendon.....Long time OL leader RT Havenstein retired when the 2025 season concluded leaving an the back up filled RT post last season.

Rams resigned veteran 37 yrs old RT David Quessenberry very early this season at a economy cost. At the same time they resigned 29 yr old entering his 5th season as a Ram RT AJ Arcuri to a 2 yr contract. Rams on day 2 of April's draft & armed with a very small amount of draft selections... selected primarily a RT Keagen Trost. After the draft Rams signed two UDFA RT's 6-8 Bryce Henderson & near 6-7 Chad Lingberg.

I know that the 2025 position was exceptional played by RT Warren McClendon & have no understanding why he has not been given a new 2 or 3 yr contract for this upcoming 2026 season???

Very Strange NON ACTION thus far.

 

[Memento]

My pondering thoughts on this situation with McClendon.....Long time OL leader RT Havenstein retired when the 2025 season concluded leaving an the back up filled RT post last season.

Rams resigned veteran 37 yrs old RT David Quessenberry very early this season at a economy cost. At the same time they resigned 29 yr old entering his 5th season as a Ram RT AJ Arcuri to a 2 yr contract. Rams on day 2 of April's draft & armed with a very small amount of draft selections... selected primarily a RT Keagen Trost. After the draft Rams signed two UDFA RT's 6-8 Bryce Henderson & near 6-7 Chad Lingberg.

I know that the 2025 position was exceptional played by RT Warren McClendon & have no understanding why he has not been given a new 2 or 3 yr contract for this upcoming 2026 season???

Very Strange NON ACTION thus far.

A bit of a correction on Lindberg; he's projected as a kid who can play every position on the line; people were particularly interested in him as a center, which is what he played at North Carolina before getting hurt and the other North Carolina O-line kid we got as a UDFA filled in. Trost is another who can play every position (center in a pinch and left tackle if - fate forbid - A-Jax went down with an injury), but I think he's best suited at guard (even though I think he'd make a good right tackle, I think Trost would be an elite guard). He's your Dotson/Avila replacement.

Arcuri's presence means nothing to me as of now. I keep hearing that he's done well in the offseason every year, but I've never seen it in action. Honestly, I'm surprised he's still on the team; it proves how much of a dearth there is at offensive line talent, particularly those who can hack a few games as a backup left tackle.

Quessenberry is a backup. A solid one, but a backup nonetheless.

I'm not concerned about a Warren McClendon extension. I suppose they'll want to see how he holds up at right tackle for a second season. If he does well, he'll get an extension before Dotson/Avila. If not, Trost likely takes his place, and we triple-dip at O-line in next year's draft - and we have a good amount of picks to use.