NFL training camp is here! Biggest storylines, roster projections and previews for all 32 teams

NFL grooming campy is yet here. After an offseason of roster turnover and coaching philharmonic chairs, each 32 teams are looking to enactment successful enactment arsenic they commencement their quest to Super Bowl LX.

The Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens are 2 teams that person returned plentifulness of violative starters, hoping to re-create oregon adjacent transcend playoff expectations. The Eagles are returning 10 retired of 11 of their violative starters, portion the Ravens proceed to physique the roster astir Lamar Jackson. The AFC West is locked and loaded with tenured coaching talent, and the Detroit Lions mightiness beryllium connected the different broadside of their title model aft some coordinators near for caput coaching positions elsewhere.

Oh, and backmost Aaron Rodgers is present a subordinate of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Our 32 NFL Nation reporters preview everything you should beryllium watching arsenic grooming campy begins -- and person besides projected what each 53-man roster mightiness look similar 5 weeks from now.

First, let's commencement with the biggest storyline for each team:

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AFC EAST

Buffalo Bills

Biggest storyline: Will the revamped defence wage off? The Bills are entering the 2025 play with large expectations. Through the draught and escaped agency, the squad made it abundantly wide that the portion needed to beryllium improved from past year, notably with the antiaircraft enactment being prioritized and retooled successful a assortment of ways.

Work was done this offseason to support immoderate of the team's pillars for the agelong haul, including extending antiaircraft extremity Greg Rousseau and cornerback Christian Benford and adding veterans specified arsenic antiaircraft extremity Joey Bosa. The chartless is however the caller radical volition travel unneurotic connected the tract with the young additions -- six wide antiaircraft players taken successful the draft, 3 antiaircraft linemen -- successful summation to wellness question marks surrounding Bosa and wherever linebacker Matt Milano is, portion 2 linemen are acceptable to beryllium suspended for the archetypal six games. -- Alaina Getzenberg

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Miami Dolphins

Biggest storyline: Even though Jalen Ramsey didn't officially permission the Dolphins until precocious June, the large question entering grooming campy is the aforesaid 1 that persisted earlier OTAs and minicamp: Who volition instrumentality Ramsey's place?

Nothing the Dolphins did successful the months starring up to Ramsey's commercialized suggested they were preparing for beingness without him; they signed seasoned Artie Burns, who hasn't been a full-time starter since 2019, and drafted Jason Marshall Jr. successful the 5th round. General manager Chris Grier offered a nationalist situation to third-year cornerback Cam Smith to nutrient successful a captious play for the erstwhile second-round pick, and the squad would emotion for him to gain 1 of the starting jobs travel grooming camp. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques

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Mike Reiss: 'Jets can't autumn down aboriginal successful the season'

Mike Reiss breaks down the Jets' hard docket to commencement the season.

New England Patriots

Biggest storyline: Nearly 50% of the roster has been turned implicit successful Mike Vrabel's archetypal play arsenic caput coach, but it's a returning subordinate -- Drake Maye -- who holds the eventual cardinal to a palmy grooming camp.

Vrabel referred to Maye arsenic a "young dynamic quarterback" successful his introductory quality conference, saying Maye was a important portion of what made the Patriots' caput coaching occupation truthful appealing to him. How Maye adapts to violative coordinator Josh McDaniels' scheme, and elevates those astir him, volition beryllium captious successful Vrabel's wide program to instrumentality New England to being a playoff contender. Joint practices with the Commanders (Jayden Daniels) and Vikings (J.J. McCarthy) volition supply a measuring instrumentality of Maye's advancement successful camp. -- Mike Reiss

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New York Jets

Biggest storyline: Can the Jets interruption their streak of 9 consecutive seasons arsenic a bottom-10 discourtesy successful scoring? Obviously, Aaron Rodgers and his handpicked coordinator, Nathaniel Hackett, weren't the answers. Now the Jets crook their hopeful eyes to QB Justin Fields and first-time violative coordinator Tanner Engstrand.

The Jets judge Fields tin beryllium this year's Sam Darnold and yet unrecorded up to his first-round draught status. The program is to diagnostic the moving game, which volition see moving backmost Breece Hall and an violative enactment loaded with precocious draught picks. New manager Aaron Glenn wants to found a bully mentality. It's been a agelong clip since the Jets frightened anybody with their offense. -- Rich Cimini

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AFC NORTH

Baltimore Ravens

Biggest storyline: Is this the twelvemonth that Lamar Jackson leads the Ravens to a Super Bowl? Baltimore has enactment Jackson successful presumption to get implicit this postseason hurdle by assembling 1 of the champion rosters successful the NFL. The Ravens instrumentality each but 4 starters from past season's AFC North champion squad and added 2 erstwhile Pro Bowl players successful wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and cornerback Jaire Alexander.

There is truly nary glaring weakness with the Ravens, whose discourtesy led the NFL successful full yards past play and whose defence allowed the fewest points (15.4) successful the last 7 games of 2024. So, the biggest cardinal for Baltimore is to get done grooming campy arsenic steadfast arsenic imaginable and larn from past mistakes.

"I'm not going to accidental we underperformed, but we person underperformed," Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey said. "I consciousness similar we've had championship-caliber rosters. ... I don't deliberation we're acold off." -- Jamison Hensley

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Cincinnati Bengals

Biggest storyline: Can the Bengals go a playoff squad again? Last twelvemonth represented a large missed accidental for Cincinnati. The Bengals spoiled vocation years from backmost Joe Burrow, wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase and antiaircraft extremity Trey Hendrickson and failed, for the 2nd consecutive year, to marque the postseason.

A fewer years ago, the Bengals were primed to go a perennial Super Bowl contender. But a season-ending wounded to Burrow successful 2023 and struggles successful 2024 person kept Cincinnati from returning to its erstwhile heights. When grooming campy starts, determination volition beryllium nary excuses for the Bengals not to marque the postseason and contend for their archetypal AFC rubric since 2021. -- Ben Baby

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Bengals oregon Steelers: Who has a amended accidental of making the playoffs?

Mike Tannenbaum breaks down wherefore he's taking the Bengals implicit the Steelers to marque the playoffs this season.

Cleveland Browns

Biggest storyline: Will a instrumentality to Kevin Stefanski's discourtesy effect successful much success? The past 2 seasons, the Browns reshaped their discourtesy to acceptable Deshaun Watson, who remains sidelined aft suffering a setback successful betterment from an Achilles tear. Cleveland, though, is acceptable to instrumentality to the strategy Stefanski ran successful his archetypal 3 seasons arsenic caput coach, with a absorption connected improving the tally game. There's familiarity successful the offense, but bash the Browns person the personnel?

Along with bringing successful 4 caller quarterbacks to vie for the starting job, Cleveland drafted 2 moving backs (Quinshon Judkins and Dylan Sampson) and a choky extremity (Harold Fannin Jr.) who mightiness request to lend heavy arsenic rookies. The Browns volition besides request different wide receiver to measurement up other Jerry Jeudy, who is 1 of lone 2 wideouts connected the roster to registry 50 catches successful a season. -- Daniel Oyefusi

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Pittsburgh Steelers

Biggest storyline: What does the Steelers discourtesy look similar with Aaron Rodgers? For the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, the Steelers are heading into grooming campy with a caller seasoned quarterback. A twelvemonth ago, Russell Wilson entered campy successful "pole position" implicit Justin Fields, but Wilson missed astir of campy with a calf strain sustained during the team's opening-night conditioning test.

This clip around, Rodgers volition beryllium the clear-cut starter erstwhile the squad hits the field, but it inactive remains to beryllium seen however he'll mesh with the Steelers' violative players and violative coordinator Arthur Smith's scheme. Rodgers joined the squad conscionable earlier the June minicamp, but helium participated lone successful idiosyncratic periods. Training campy volition beryllium the Steelers' archetypal clip seeing Rodgers successful the discourtesy and the archetypal accidental to genuinely gauge however good he's operating 2 years aft a season-ending Achilles tear. -- Brooke Pryor

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AFC SOUTH

Houston Texans

Biggest storyline: All eyes volition beryllium connected however the Texans discourtesy meshes. Last season, backmost C.J. Stroud was pressured connected 38.6% of his dropbacks -- 3rd astir successful the NFL according to NFL Next Gen Stats -- which resulted successful him being sacked 52 times, 2nd astir successful the league. So, the Texans revamped the offense.

Houston shipped Pro Bowler near tackle Laremy Tunsil and guards Shaq Mason and Kenyon Green out. To regenerate that trio -- who accounted for 41 starts successful 2024 -- Houston signed tackle Cam Robinson, tackle Trent Brown and near defender Laken Tomlinson portion trading for erstwhile Minnesota Vikings close defender Ed Ingram. They besides fired erstwhile violative coordinator Bobby Slowik and hired Nick Caley successful his place. Training campy volition beryllium each astir however the O-line and playcalling look arsenic Houston aims to get backmost connected way toward a Super Bowl. -- DJ Bien-Aime

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Indianapolis Colts

Biggest storyline: This is shaping up to beryllium a pivotal grooming campy and play for the Colts, arsenic it is expected to find the aboriginal of their leadership. General manager Chris Ballard and manager Shane Steichen are mostly considered to beryllium connected the blistery spot aft precocious proprietor Jim Irsay contemplated changes aft past season. Irsay passed distant successful May, and his 3 daughters are present successful charge, bringing with them their stated precocious expectations.

The Colts person not made the playoffs since 2020 and haven't won a postseason crippled since 2018. That mightiness request to alteration if Ballard and Steichen privation to debar a alteration successful scenery. The Colts are astatine a spot of a crossroads aft this season, with galore cardinal players nearing escaped bureau and with the squad scheduled to person much than $70 cardinal successful headdress abstraction adjacent spring. Whether the existent authorities continues to navigate the squad done those waters apt depends connected the result of this season. -- Stephen Holder

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Jacksonville Jaguars

Biggest storyline: Will Travis Hunter truly beryllium a regular two-way subordinate successful 2025? While determination mightiness beryllium uncertainty astir the league, determination isn't immoderate wrong the franchise. Hunter is going to play important snaps connected each broadside of the shot arsenic a rookie. The Jaguars had him walk astir of his clip connected discourtesy successful the outpouring due to the fact that that's harder to larn than defense, but Hunter spent a fewer days connected defense.

The program for grooming campy is for him to get much clip connected defense, which includes taking snaps connected each broadside of the shot during definite practices. As for however galore snaps Hunter volition play connected each broadside of the shot each week, that volition beryllium connected each hostile and crippled plan. There mightiness beryllium immoderate weeks erstwhile helium plays much connected defence -- for example, successful Week 2 erstwhile the Jaguars look Cincinnati WR duo Chase and Tee Higgins. But GM James Gladstone and caput manager Liam Coen are adamant: Hunter volition beryllium a regular two-way player. -- Michael DiRocco

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Can Travis Hunter beryllium effectual for Jags connected some sides of the ball?

Domonique Foxworth and Kevin Clark measurement successful connected whether Travis Hunter volition marque a affirmative interaction connected some sides of the shot for the Jaguars.

Tennessee Titans

Biggest storyline: Is Cameron Ward acceptable to beryllium the starting QB? Given Will Levis' season-ending surgery, the Titans don't person overmuch of a choice. Ward volition present get each of the first-team reps arsenic Titans caput manager Brian Callahan looks to get him up to velocity during camp. Callahan handed Levis the starting occupation past play portion Mason Rudolph and Malik Willis fought for the backup job. He wanted to debar repeating that determination this year, but the existent quarterbacks country features Ward and escaped cause additions Brandon Allen and Tim Boyle.

Callahan plans to usage immoderate of the concepts that helped Ward excel successful assemblage to make an situation wherever helium feels comfy and tin succeed. The adjustments to the playbook volition beryllium based connected Ward's strengths and preferences, alternatively than forcing him into a rigid system. This was the nonstop program Callahan was a portion of with the Bengals nether Zac Taylor erstwhile they drafted Joe Burrow archetypal wide successful 2020. Joint practices with the Falcons earlier the 2nd preseason crippled and with the Buccaneers earlier the last preseason crippled volition let Ward to show his readiness. -- Turron Davenport

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AFC WEST

Denver Broncos

Biggest storyline: What adjustments volition Sean Payton marque successful Year 2 with backmost Bo Nix? Many of the abbreviated and intermediate routes Nix was truthful palmy utilizing successful a 29-touchdown rookie play volition apt beryllium overmuch much hard to travel by arsenic antiaircraft coaches volition apt propulsion Nix into much throws extracurricular the numbers. Nix's effectiveness arsenic a runner volition nary longer beryllium the astonishment it was past season.

How Payton expands his quarterback's portfolio successful the passing game, builds a much effectual tally crippled and uses escaped cause signing choky extremity Evan Engram, successful a presumption that has had small impact, volition beryllium 3 of the biggest pieces to the puzzle. -- Jeff Legwold

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Kansas City Chiefs

Biggest storyline: Can rookie Josh Simmons lick the Chiefs' long-standing occupation astatine near tackle? The Chiefs spent their first-round prime connected Simmons believing helium can.

Patrick Mahomes was sacked much times past twelvemonth (36) than successful immoderate different season. The Chiefs tried 4 antithetic near tackles, benching the archetypal 3 for mediocre play, but ne'er got accordant play astatine the position. Simmons is coming disconnected a torn patellar wounded but was participating during offseason practice, and the Chiefs were assured helium would beryllium acceptable for afloat interaction during grooming camp. The Chiefs signed a escaped agent, Jaylon Moore, to grip the presumption if Simmons can't. -- Adam Teicher

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Las Vegas Raiders

Biggest storyline: How realistic is Pete Carroll's extremity of contiguous success? Carroll doesn't privation to discarded time. Since helium walked into the building, helium has been striving to marque the Raiders a winning squad successful his archetypal season. But however realistic is his plan?

On paper, Las Vegas' discourtesy should beryllium bully capable to springiness opposing defenses problems. Whether the Raiders tin beryllium a squad that floats astir a .500 grounds volition travel down to antiaircraft players specified arsenic Christian Wilkins and Malcolm Koonce returning to afloat spot and immoderate of the rookies becoming coagulated contributors close away. Outside of moving backmost Ashton Jeanty, who is expected to beryllium the absorption of the offense, wide receivers Dont'e Thornton and Jack Bech and cornerback Darien Porter besides could beryllium asked to play meaningful snaps early. Will they beryllium acceptable erstwhile their numbers are called? -- Ryan McFadden

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Los Angeles Chargers

Biggest storyline: Is this the twelvemonth Justin Herbert yet has playoff success? Since Herbert entered the NFL successful 2020, occurrence for him and these Chargers has been rooted successful hypotheticals. Herbert has had the gaudy stats, NFL records and a Pro Bowl nod, but determination has been small squad occurrence to amusement for it.

Instead, Herbert's archetypal 5 seasons person been tainted by 2 of the astir embarrassing playoff losses successful squad history. Now, successful his 2nd twelvemonth with manager Jim Harbaugh, a coterie of caller walk catchers and title expectations, this could beryllium the twelvemonth the paradigm shifts for Herbert. Training campy volition beryllium the archetypal measurement successful changing the communicative for Herbert, arsenic helium looks to physique assurance with his receivers and offense. -- Kris Rhim

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NFC EAST

Dallas Cowboys

Biggest storyline: Can the Cowboys contend? Last season's 7-10 debacle seemed to marque a batch of folks hide Dallas was 12-5 the 3 erstwhile years. Yes, the Cowboys did not person the playoff occurrence they wanted, but they don't presumption this arsenic a implicit rebuilding job. They were much progressive successful gathering the roster from the extracurricular with escaped bureau and trades (George Pickens, Kenneth Murray Jr., Kaiir Elam) and volition person Dak Prescott backmost aft helium sat retired 9 games past season.

When Prescott has played a afloat play (or adjacent to it), Dallas has been successful playoff contention. Things mightiness beryllium much hard with the defending Super Bowl champ Eagles and NFC Championship Game subordinate Commanders successful the division, arsenic good arsenic a hard location schedule, but the Cowboys accidental they judge they tin beryllium a squad that gets backmost into the postseason premix aft a down season. -- Todd Archer

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Tannenbaum questions holdup with Micah Parsons' caller contract

Mike Tannenbaum wonders what is delaying Jerry Jones from offering Micah Parsons a declaration extension.

New York Giants

Biggest storyline: Can the Giants crook it astir with Russell Wilson astatine quarterback? He's the lone caller starter for an discourtesy that finished 31st successful scoring past season. But the content is that the accomplished seasoned volition marque everyone other astir him better.

Wilson volition beryllium the Giants' Week 1 starter, barring thing unforeseen. First-round prime Jaxson Dart volition stay connected the seat this play unless it's shown they can't triumph with Wilson down center. New York is putting a batch of spot successful Wilson -- and perchance backup Jameis Winston -- to support this squad and discourtesy afloat aboriginal successful the season. The Giants can't spend different dilatory start. Not Wilson (on his 4th squad successful 5 years). Not manager Brian Daboll. Not wide manager Joe Schoen. If that's the case, they'll crook to Dart sooner alternatively than later. -- Jordan Raanan

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Philadelphia Eagles

Biggest storyline: Do they person what it takes to repeat? Quarterback Jalen Hurts sought proposal from Michael Jordan connected however to spell back-to-back, and manager Nick Sirianni studied the keys to sustained occurrence this offseason.

"The biggest happening is taking it a time astatine a time. We person these goals and you person these large dreams of what we privation to accomplish, but yet it's a journey," Hurts said.

Besides keeping focus, the Eagles volition person to anticipation the unit turnover connected defence does not pb to a important downtick successful show for a radical that finished No. 1 past season. Notable players specified arsenic Brandon Graham, Josh Sweat, Darius Slay, C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Milton Williams are gone. It volition autumn to the likes of Azeez Ojulari, Kelee Ringo, Sydney Brown and Moro Ojomo to prime up the slack. -- Tim McManus

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Washington Commanders

Biggest storyline: After its champion play successful 33 years, tin the Commanders supply a worthy encore successful manager Dan Quinn's 2nd season? Was past play conscionable the culmination of magical finishes and catching lightning successful a vessel with a dynamic rookie backmost successful Jayden Daniels? Or tin they physique disconnected an NFC Championship Game appearance?

Those are each questions facing the Commanders arsenic grooming campy begins. They privation to beryllium that 2024 wasn't a fluke. Washington has not made the playoffs successful consecutive seasons since 1991-92. Nor has it won double-digit regular-season games successful back-to-back seasons since 1989-91. The Commanders retained their full coaching staff. They improved the endowment connected the violative enactment and accrued the extent connected the antiaircraft front. But they person the eighth-hardest docket successful the NFL (though the easiest successful the NFC East). Daniels, though, present allows them to imagination large each year. -- John Keim

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NFC NORTH

Chicago Bears

Biggest storyline: With his roller-coaster rookie play successful the rearview mirror, backmost Caleb Williams aims to get his vocation connected way aft the enactment paired him with violative mastermind Ben Johnson. The erstwhile Lions violative coordinator said Williams heavy factored into his determination to travel to Chicago, and his way grounds of occurrence successful processing quarterbacks and gathering high-powered offenses has generated optimism.

Landing the astir sought-after caput coaching campaigner implicit the past 2 offseasons signaled the opening of a civilization displacement wrong Halas Hall wherever players judge they are yet receiving the coaching and accountability needed for the Bears to go a winning squad successful a crowded NFC North. -- Courtney Cronin

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Detroit Lions

Biggest storyline: Have the Lions missed their Super Bowl window? Entering the 2024 season, Detroit was viewed by galore arsenic arguably the champion squad successful the league -- but the hype bid isn't arsenic precocious heading into 2025. Though the roster remains mostly the same, the squad underwent a large alteration to the coaching unit with the nonaccomplishment of OC Ben Johnson and DC Aaron Glenn.

During the 2024 regular season, the Lions finished with a franchise-best 15 wins but fell abbreviated successful their playoff opener to the Commanders leaving galore to question whether the Lions botched their Super Bowl chance. But caput manager Dan Campbell says helium likes his team's chances conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic anyone other and believes that the title model is "absolutely" inactive unfastened present that players person adjacent much acquisition together. -- Eric Woodyard

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Is the NFC North the astir competitory part successful the NFL?

Sam Acho explains wherefore the NFC North is successful a league of its ain arsenic the toughest part successful football.

Green Bay Packers

Biggest storyline: Do the Packers person a Super Bowl-caliber roster? General manager Brian Gutekunst said aft past season's wild-card playoff nonaccomplishment that they needed to ramp up their urgency. Some took that to mean Gutekunst would beryllium much assertive than accustomed successful the offseason, and though helium made immoderate cardinal free-agent signings (Aaron Banks and Nate Hobbs) and yet drafted a receiver (Matthew Golden) successful the archetypal round, helium aboriginal clarified it.

"The urgency remark is truly much for our team, our enactment to recognize what the expectations are." Which goes backmost to different of Gutekunst's offseason remarks: "We've got a clump of bully guys successful that locker room, we've got a clump of talented guys successful that locker room, and I deliberation it's clip we started competing for championships, right? I deliberation they're ready." -- Rob Demovsky

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Minnesota Vikings

Biggest storyline: The Vikings person cleared the platform for J.J. McCarthy to beryllium their starting quarterback, casting speech aggregate seasoned options to clasp steadfast connected their team-building plan. McCarthy, the No. 10 prime of the 2024 draft, sat retired his rookie play due to the fact that of a torn meniscus successful his close knee. Sam Darnold stepped successful to propulsion for 4,319 yards and 35 touchdowns, but the Vikings fto Darnold motion with the Seahawks successful escaped agency. They besides passed connected an accidental to motion escaped cause Aaron Rodgers.

McCarthy, 22, is steadfast and displayed a lively limb during outpouring practices, portion besides moving done the increasing pains associated with being a first-year starter. At the moment, his backup is seasoned Sam Howell, who is with his 3rd squad successful 3 years. The Vikings volition usage grooming campy not lone to proceed their improvement of McCarthy, but besides to recalibrate their discourtesy to suit his skills. -- Kevin Seifert

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NFC SOUTH

Atlanta Falcons

Biggest storyline: Is Kirk Cousins' continued beingness atrocious for Michael Penix Jr.'s development? Cousins was not released successful the offseason, arsenic expected. Instead, helium and his $27.5 cardinal declaration volition beryllium connected the bench, down Penix.

Cousins struggled opening successful Week 10 past play and Penix took implicit the starting relation for the last 3 games. The Falcons didn't privation to devour each that dormant wealth by cutting Cousins. But if Penix struggles early, could fans commencement calling for Cousins to salvage a imaginable playoff spot? Or could a backmost determination get injured, prompting a Cousins trade? Atlanta has to anticipation it won't beryllium a distraction successful campy erstwhile Cousins volition pb the 2nd squad successful signifier and possibly get preseason crippled reps. -- Marc Raimondi

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Carolina Panthers

Biggest storyline: Can Bryce Young unrecorded up to expectations successful Year 3? The apical prime of the 2023 draught showed glimpses of what Carolina hoped helium would beryllium the 2nd fractional of the season. In the last 3 games, Young had 7 touchdowns to nary interceptions and rushed for 3 much TDs. He was a dropped touchdown walk by rookie Xavier Legette distant from beating eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia and winning 3 of his last 5 games. Fixing the league's worst defence is important but having Young play astatine a precocious level volition find whether this squad tin extremity a streak of 7 consecutive losing seasons. -- David Newton

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New Orleans Saints

Biggest storyline: Can Kellen Moore instrumentality the Saints backmost to the playoffs? The Saints haven't been to the playoffs since backmost Drew Brees retired aft the 2020 season. Now they'll beryllium hoping to bash that with some a caller manager and a caller starting quarterback. That backmost has yet to beryllium decided, arsenic quarterbacks Tyler Shough and Spencer Rattler are considered the main contenders successful the backmost conflict this summer.

Shough was selected successful the 2nd circular of the draught this twelvemonth portion Rattler, a 2024 fifth-round pick, started six games successful spot of an injured Derek Carr past season. With Carr's retirement, the Saints volition beryllium counting connected some a young manager and a young backmost to pb them backmost to success. -- Katherine Terrell

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Biggest storyline: How overmuch volition injuries to All-Pro near tackle Tristan Wirfs and Pro Bowl wide receiver Chris Godwin impact backmost Baker Mayfield? Wirfs underwent arthroscopic genu country and mightiness commencement the play connected the physically incapable to execute database -- which would necessitate him to beryllium retired a minimum of 4 games -- and Godwin is inactive recovering from a dislocated near ankle sustained successful Week 7 of past season.

The Bucs invested a first-round draught prime successful wide receiver Emeka Egbuka, allowing them to beryllium diligent with Godwin's rehabilitation. But Wirfs' wounded creates much uncertainty, arsenic they person a caller plaything tackle successful Charlie Heck aft Justin Skule departed successful escaped agency. Training campy should springiness Baker a accidental to enactment done beingness without 2 important members of the offense. -- Jenna Laine

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Tristan Wirfs to miss commencement of play with genu injury

Buccaneers near tackle Tristan Wirfs is expected to miss the commencement of the play owed to a genu injury.

NFC WEST

Arizona Cardinals

Biggest storyline: The Cardinals person gone all-in successful the 3rd twelvemonth of the Jonathan Gannon era, but the question is: Have they done enough?

This offseason, Arizona overhauled its antiaircraft front, adding first-round prime Walter Nolen III to the antiaircraft enactment alongside a escaped cause haul that included walk rushers Josh Sweat, Dalvin Tomlinson and the instrumentality of Calais Campbell. While wide manager Monti Ossenfort tinkered with the defense, helium mostly near the discourtesy intact, hoping different play with the likes of wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., choky extremity Trey McBride and moving backmost James Conner volition assistance backmost Kyler Murray instrumentality Arizona to his 2nd playoff quality successful 7 seasons. -- Josh Weinfuss

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Los Angeles Rams

Biggest storyline: Have the Rams built a Super Bowl contender? The Rams don't cognize however overmuch longer seasoned backmost Matthew Stafford wants to play past this season, but they person a beardown team.

Los Angeles made changes to its discourtesy this offseason, including releasing wide receiver Cooper Kupp and signing wide receiver Davante Adams, but volition inactive beryllium relying connected a young defence that took immense strides during the 2024 season. The Rams judge they person a beardown squad successful 2025 but look a pugnacious first-place docket that includes the second-most miles traveled successful the NFL. They volition get an aboriginal trial to spot wherever they basal arsenic they question to Philadelphia to play the defending Super Bowl champs successful Week 3. -- Sarah Barshop

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San Francisco 49ers

Biggest storyline: After a 6-11 decorativeness followed by a wide offseason exodus, tin the 49ers instrumentality to the postseason? The Niners said goodbye to 17 players via trade, merchandise oregon escaped agency, including a fistful of cardinal starters. In their place, San Francisco is leaning into a younker movement, hoping that an 11-player draught people mixed with moves astir the margins specified arsenic the commercialized for antiaircraft extremity Bryce Huff tin harvester with improved heath for a amended 2025.

The 49ers besides person a docket that, connected paper, looks acold much manageable than past year's, but they'll person to beryllium they tin get -- and enactment -- steadfast arsenic good arsenic proceed processing young players to instrumentality vantage of it. -- Nick Wagoner

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Seattle Seahawks

Biggest storyline: The Seahawks haven't precocious past the divisional circular of the playoffs successful a decade, and if they're going to play good into January, Mike Macdonald's defence astir apt volition person to pb the way. That portion allowed the ninth-fewest points successful the NFL past play and returns astir each cardinal player. It's a antithetic communicative for the offense, which underwent a translation implicit the offseason successful some strategy and personnel.

It each began with Seattle firing coordinator Ryan Grubb and hiring Klint Kubiak, and it continued with the trades of backmost Geno Smith (to the Raiders) and wide receiver DK Metcalf (to the Steelers). The Seahawks are banking connected backmost Sam Darnold giving them steadier play than what they got from Smith, connected Cooper Kupp replacing Metcalf's production, and Kubiak succeeding wherever Grubb failed successful coordinating a run-centric discourtesy that takes unit disconnected the quarterback. The defense, peculiarly with the summation of playmaking information Nick Emmanwori successful the 2nd round, seems similar overmuch much of a definite thing. -- Brady Henderson

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