Cody Carpentier’s Top 10 Takeaways from The 2025 NFL Offseason

1. Pete Carroll comes out of Retirment at Age 73 to join the Las Vegas Raiders.

Just one season after retiring from the Seattle Seahawks, Carroll had an advisor role with the Seahawks through training camp of 2024, he stated that he had little to do with the Seahawks, aside from watching a few of the preseason games on television, feeling it was the right thing to do to let them go. In January of this year, he signed a 3-year deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, with a 4th year team option.

2. Four New GMs and Seven New Head Coaches in 2025. Three Hired Both.

  • The New York Jets replaced both Head Coach and General Manager this offseason, Aaron Glenn departed the Lions to become the HC. The new GM is Darren Moughey, who spent almost 15 years in Denver’s front office.
  • The New England Patriots fired Jerod Mayo after one season after promoting him from linebacker coach. Former linebacker Mike Vrabel who spent the 2024 season as an advisor for the Browns and Ohio State Buckeyes, is the new Head Coach in New England
  • The Chicago Bears hired Ben Johnson away from the Detroit Lions this offseason, he was the most sought after offensive coordinator this offseason.
  • The Jacksonville Jaguars moved on from both Trent Baalke (4 seasons) and Doug Pederson (3 seasons) after a 22-29 record together. Liam Coen came to Jacksonville after a season with the Buccaneers as Offensive Coordinator in 2024. James Gladstone took over as GM just weeks later after departing the Rams front office at age 34.
  • The Las Vegas Raiders hired Pete Carroll as mentioned above, while also firing GM Tom Telesco (2nd time being fired in a year). The new GM is John Spytek from Tampa Bay.
  • The Tennessee Titans moved on from Ran Carthon after two seasons and hired Mike Borgonzi from the Kansas City Chiefs, where he has spent the last 16 years.
  • The New Orleans Saints hired Kellen Moore from the Super Bowl winning Philadelphia Eagles. He replaces Dennis Allen, who was fired mid-way through the 2024 season.

3. The New England Patriots DOMINATED Spending… Did they Win the Offseason?

  • Milton Williams, DT – 4 year $104 million (Philadelphia)
  • Stefon Diggs, WR – 3 year $63.5 million (Houston)
  • Carlton Davis, CB – 3 year $54 million (Detroit)
  • Harold Landry, EDGE – 3 year $43.5 million (Tennessee)
  • Robert Spillane, LB – 3 year $33 milliion (Las Vegas)
  • Morgan Moses, OT – 3 year $24 million (NY Jets)
  • Garrett Bradbury, C – 2 year $9.5 million (Minnesota)
  • Mack Hollins, WR – 2 year $8.4 million (Buffalo)

The Patriots signed $360,845,000 in future contract values, $95 million more than the next best team (Minnesota). The last team to spend $90 million more than the next in free agency was the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2022, who spent on Christian Kirk, Brandon Scherff, Evan Engram and Darious Williams. The Jaguars went from 3-14 to 9-8 and division champions. The Patriots were 4-13 in 2024.

4. Seattle Seahawks trade QB Geno Smith (2yr-$75 Million) to the Las Vegas Raiders, Sign QB Sam Darnold (3yr-$100.5 Million) from the Minnesota Vikings and Draft QB Jalen Milroe in Round 3 from Alabama.

5. Aaron Rodgers finally signs with the Pittsburgh Steelers

One year after signing Russell Wilson and trading for Justin Fields, the Steelers let both leave in Free Agency after losing in the Wild Card Round of the Playoffs for the 2nd consecutive season and 4th time in 5 years.

The Pittsburgh Steelers NEW Offense Players

6. The 2024 Running Back Free Agency Class was a flash in the pan, 2025 returned to the Mean, thanks to the 2025 NFL Draft.

During the 2023 free agency period Miles Sanders, David Montgomery, and Jamaal Williams signed contracts… Ezekiel Elliott and Kareem Hunt signed contracts in the fall, while Leonard Fournette was signed to the Bills Practice Squad in October.

  • David Montgomery received $6 million per year over 3 years.
  • Miles Sanders received $6.25 million per year over 3 years.
  • Jamaal Williams received $4 million per year over 3 years.
  • Joe Mixon received $5.75 million per year over 2 years.

Josh Jacobs, J.K. Dobbins, and Jonathan Taylor awaited deals until camp and held out for a minute. Saquon Barkley signed a $10 million deal for 1 year with incentives attached.

In 2024, Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley, D’Andre Swift, Tony Pollard, Derrick Henry, and Devin Singletary each received deals in excess of $8 million per season or 3-years in length.

  • Josh Jacobs received $12 million per year over 4 years.
  • Saquon Barkley received $12.5 million per year over 3 years.
  • D’Andre Swift received $8 million per year over 3 years.
  • Derrick Henry received $8 million per year over 2 years.
  • Tony Pollard received $7 million per year over 3 years.
  • Devin Singletary received $5.5 million per year over 3 years.

Unlike 2023, the 2024 Free Agency class was picked through early and often thanks to a sparse 2024 draft class. The best players available as we head into fall camp is Joshua Kelley, Kareem Hunt, Cam Akers, Damien Harris, and Jerick McKinnon.

In 2025, everything returned to the mean with arguably the greatest RB class in the NFL Draft history – the result was almost ALL of the 2025 Running Back contracts being one-year deals.

  • Najee Harris received $5 million for 1 year.
  • Javonte Williams received $3 million for 1 year.
  • Rico Dowdle received $2.75 million for 1 year.
  • JK Dobbins received $2.745 millon for 1 year.
  • Nick Chubb received $2.5 million for 1 year.
  • Ty Johnson received $5 million for 2 years.
  • Kenny Gainwell received $1.79 million for 1 year.
  • Raheem Mostert received $1.6 million for 1 year.

Yikes…..

7. Derek Carr (QB), Terron Armstead (OT), Frank Ragnow (C), Zack Martin (G) and Julio Jones (WR) officially RETIRE from the NFL!

8. The RosterWatch YouTube Channel is now over 12,000 Subscribers!!! Thank You All

9. Fantasy Relevant Moves were meh…

  • WR Deebo Samuel was traded to the Washington Commanders
  • WR Davante Adams signed with Los Angeles Rams
  • Guards Joe Thuney (KC) and Jonah Jackson (LAR) were traded to the Chicago Bears
  • TE Evan Engram signed with the Denver Broncos
  • WR DK Metcalf was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • QB Justin Fields signed with the New York Jets
  • WR George Pickens was traded to the Dallas Cowboys
  • WR Cooper Kupp signed with the Seattle Seahawks
  • TE Jonnu Smith was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • WR Tyler Lockett signed with the Tennessee Titans

10. The New Age of Watching Football Games.. more streaming!

  • Amazon Prime: 2025 will be the 4th year in a 12-year deal between Amazon Prime, Twitch and Thursday Night Football.
  • Peacock: Will simulcast NBC games. However for it’s 3rd season of a 6-year deal, Peacock will exclusively stream one regular season game. (Week 17 Saturday Night)
  • ESPN: Will be launching their *NEW* direct-to-consumer service this fall, ESPN+ will simulcast select games, mostly those on ABC.
  • Paramount+: Will Simulcast in market and national CBS games.
  • Fox One: Will simulcast in-market and national Fox games when the *NEW* service launches this fall.
  • Netflix: Will exclusively stream two christmas day games in 2025, it’s 2nd year on a three year deal.
  • YouTubeTV: 2025 will be the third season on a seven-year deal that NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market sports package will stream on YouTubeTV. Additionally under a one-year deal, both YouTube and YouTube TV will stream the International Series game in Brazil for FREE.
  • NFL+: Will continue to live stream in-market and national regular season and postseason games on mobile devices only, radio broadcasts for all games, most out-of-market preseason games and live stream of NFL Network on it’s base tier, replays of games along with the NFL RedZone live stream on premium.

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  1. ↓ Post By [email protected]

    Question I’m in a full point PPR league which guide should I use? .5 and standard or the one below that v3.0?

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