NFL OFF-SEASON NEWS MARCH 10

TITANS ADD WR WAN’DALE ROBINSON ON 4-YEAR, $78M DEAL

New Titans offensive coordinator Brian Daboll welcomed a familiar face to Nashville when Tennessee reeled in wideout Wan’Dale Robinson.

Robinson, the No. 1 receiver for Daboll’s New York Giants in 2025, agreed to a reported four-year, $78 million deal Monday with Tennessee that includes $38 million guaranteed.

Robinson, 25, provides a top target for 2025 No. 1 pick Cam Ward after catching 92 passes for a career-high 1,014 yards and four touchdowns in 16 games (15 starts) for the Giants last season.

A second-round pick by New York in 2022, Robinson recorded 268 receptions for 2,465 yards and nine touchdowns in 54 games (33 starts) with the Giants.

Robinson consistently produced decent numbers despite a revolving door of signal-callers that included Daniel Jones, Drew Lock, Tommy DeVito, Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston and Jaxson Dart.

DOLPHINS SIGNING VETERAN K ZANE GONZALEZ

The Miami Dolphins are signing veteran kicker Zane Gonzalez to a one-year contract, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.

Gonzalez, 30, appeared in nine games last season for the Atlanta Falcons, making 19 of 22 field-goal attempts (86.4%) with a long of 56 yards. He was 7 of 9 from 50-plus yards. He also made 17 of 18 extra-point attempts.

For his career, Gonzalez has made 81% of his field goals (115 of 142) with a long of 57, and 163 of 171 PATs in 78 games for the Cleveland Browns (2017-18), Arizona Cardinals (2018-20), Carolina Panthers (2021), Washington Commanders (2024) and Falcons (2025). He did not appear in an NFL game in 2022 or 2023.

Cleveland selected Gonzalez in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Arizona State.

REPORT: LIONS SIGNING EX-CHIEFS RB ISIAH PACHECO

The Detroit Lions are signing former Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco to a one-year deal, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.

Pacheco, 27, gives the Lions a new backfield partner for Jahmyr Gibbs after they traded David Montgomery to the Houston Texans earlier this month.

Pacheco won two Super Bowl rings in four seasons with the Chiefs, who agreed to a three-year deal on Monday with former Seattle Seahawks running back and Super Bowl LX MVP Kenneth Walker III.

A seventh-round pick (251st overall) in 2022, Pacheco rushed for 2,537 yards and 14 touchdowns and caught 88 passes for 554 yards and three scores in 51 games (42 starts) with Kansas City. He added 689 scrimmage yards and four TDs in 10 postseason games.

REPORTS: PACKERS RELEASING CB NATE HOBBS AFTER 1 SEASON

The Green Bay Packers are releasing cornerback Nate Hobbs after one expensive, injury-shortened season, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.

Hobbs, 26, signed a four-year, $48 million contract last March that included a $16 million roster bonus and a $1.2 million base salary in 2025. He would have been due a $6.25 million roster bonus on Friday.

He played in 11 games (five starts) and contributed two passes defensed and 27 tackles in fewer than 400 snaps.

Hobbs joined Green Bay after four seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders, who drafted him in the fifth round in 2021. He had 281 tackles, three sacks, three interceptions and 19 passes defensed in 51 games (38 starts) with the Raiders.

With Hobbs designated as a post-June 1 release, the move will save the Packers the roster bonus and $8.8 million against the salary cap, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Hobbs, once envisioned as a replacement for Jaire Alexander in Green Bay, became expendable with the Packers’ reported agreement Tuesday with veteran cornerback Benjamin St-Juste on a two-year, $10 million deal.

St-Juste, 28, recorded 37 tackles, one interception and seven passes defensed in 16 games (two starts) last season with the Los Angeles Chargers.

A third-round pick by Washington in 2021, he has 243 tackles, two picks, 41 passes defensed, four forced fumbles and three sacks in 70 games (47 starts) with the Commanders (2021-24) and Chargers.

REPORTS: BEARS SIGNING EX-LIONS WR/PR KALIF RAYMOND

The Chicago Bears are signing receiver/return specialist Kalif Raymond to a one-year, $5.1 million deal, NFL Network reported Tuesday.

Raymond, 31, spent the past five seasons with NFC North rival Detroit and will be reunited with Bears head coach Ben Johnson, the Lions’ offensive coordinator from 2022-24.

Last season, Raymond caught 24 passes for 289 yards and one touchdown in 15 games. He also returned a league-high 32 punts for 241 yards and a touchdown and returned six kickoffs for 161 yards.

In 112 career games (33 starts), Raymond has 190 catches for 2,554 yards and nine touchdowns. He has returned three punts for scores and tallied 5,989 all-purpose yards with the Denver Broncos (2016), New York Jets (2017), New York Giants (2017), Tennessee Titans (2019-20) and Lions.

Chicago wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El was Raymond’s position coach in Detroit from 2021-24.

REPORTS: JAGUARS COULD DEAL WR BRIAN THOMAS JR.

Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. could be traded this offseason if general manager James Gladstone hears an offer to his liking, according to reports.

Jacksonville selected Thomas No. 23 overall out of LSU before Gladstone and head coach Liam Coen were hired and was coming off of a historically potent rookie season with 87 receptions for 1,282 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2024.

But last season was a different story.

Thomas tied for second in the NFL with 10 drops and his route-running and separation prowess touted by the previous regime wasn’t as evident. While Thomas encountered injuries, quarterback Trevor Lawrence established a better rapport with Parker Washington and the Jaguars traded for Raiders wide receiver Jakobi Meyers in November.

Thomas missed three games and caught 48 passes for 707 yards and two touchdowns.

Since Gladwell was hired, he has made 10 trades. Five of them involved a wide receiver or a draft pick used to select a wide receiver.

Teams reported to have interest in Thomas include the Cleveland Browns and New England Patriots.

Gladwell executed two trades with the Browns last season, including the draft day bonanza to acquire Colorado wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter. The franchises swapped cornerbacks Tyson Campbell and Greg Newsome II in October.

REPORT: BILLS, TE DAWSON KNOX AGREE TO 3-YEAR CONTRACT

Tight end Dawson Knox is staying in Buffalo, agreeing to a three-year contract extension with the Bills, according to multiple reports Tuesday.

While contract details were not immediately available, the contract is believed to restructure his current deal to lower his scheduled $17 million salary cap number. His existing contract had one year remaining.

Speaking in January on “Monday Mornings With Mitch,” the podcast of former Bills center Mitch Morse, Knox said he anticipated the team to make changes to his contract.

“I know they want to bring me back, however they can’t know right now what the cap is going to be, how much money they’ll have to spend, what the market will be for tight ends,” Knox said. “Whether they’ll want to keep me under my current contact for one more year, or try to work out some type of extension.”

Knox, 29, said he communicated to the front office that he and his family have made Buffalo their home and he wanted to remain with the Bills.

Buffalo selected Knox in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft.

In 102 career games (83 starts), Knox has 229 catches for 2,694 yards with 27 touchdown receptions.

Last season, he appeared in all 17 games (12 starts) and caught 35 passes for 417 yards and four touchdowns.

REPORTS: STEELERS ADDING RB RICO DOWDLE ON 2-YEAR DEAL

Running back Rico Dowdle is signing a two-year, $12.25 million contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers, multiple media outlets reported.

Dowdle rushed for over 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons with different teams. He had a career-best 1,079 rushing yards in 2024 with the Dallas Cowboys before totaling 1,076 to go along with a career-high six rushing touchdowns in 2025 with the Carolina Panthers.

He highlighted last season with a franchise-record 473 scrimmage yards over a two-game span. His production dipped considerably down the stretch, and he made no bones about testing the free agent market.

The reported addition of Dowdle helps the Steelers overcome the loss of running back Kenneth Gainwell, who reportedly agreed to a two-year, $14 million deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday.

Dowdle also will reunite with Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy, who was the running back’s head coach in Dallas.

With the Steelers, there is no certainty at the moment who will play quarterback. Aaron Rodgers, the starter in 2025, is a free agent.

Dowdle, 27, has rushed for 2,540 yards and 10 touchdowns in 69 career games (26 starts) with the Cowboys and Panthers since entering the NFL undrafted out of South Carolina.

He has added 95 receptions for 690 yards and six touchdowns.

REPORTS: GIANTS SIGNING CB GREG NEWSOME II TO 1-YEAR DEAL

The New York Giants are signing cornerback Greg Newsome II to a one-year contract worth up to $10 million, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.

Newsome was a first-round draft pick by the Cleveland Browns in 2021 and traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars last October for cornerback Tyson Campbell and a swap of late-round draft picks. He became a free agent at the end of the season.

Newsome, 25, played in 17 games (16 starts) between the two teams and had 29 tackles, one interception and six passes defensed.

In 71 career games (58 starts), Newsome has 207 tackles, one sack and four interceptions, with one of them returned for a touchdown.

The Giants had a need at the position after Cor’Dale Flott decided Monday to sign a three-year, $45 million contract with the Tennessee Titans instead of re-sign with New York.

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