Latest on 19 NFL contract extension negotiations: Who will get paid this summer?

As we determination done NFL OTAs and mandatory minicamps to cogwheel up for the commencement of grooming camps astatine the extremity of July, a fistful of large names person uncertain futures -- contractually speaking -- with their teams. So, we checked successful astir the league connected wherever things basal for respective stars who either could get paid this summertime oregon locomotion adjacent offseason.

A fewer of the game's premier walk rushers are looking for big-money deals, and it volition beryllium absorbing to spot which teams are capable to accommodate them.

NFL Nation gives the latest connected each subordinate and what's next. Let's dive in.

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On the franchise tag

Trey Smith, OG, Kansas City Chiefs

Latest connected negotiations: The Chiefs didn't make Smith their franchise player oregon commercialized their different starting guard, Joe Thuney, conscionable to ticker Smith permission successful escaped bureau successful March aft the one-year declaration helium precocious signed expires.

"There's nary concealed determination that we'd similar to get Trey locked up," wide manager Brett Veach said.

The Chiefs are making the re-signing of Smith much of an contiguous precedence than that for either cornerback Trent McDuffie oregon antiaircraft extremity George Karlaftis. They exercised the fifth-year options connected the contracts of McDuffie and Karlaftis truthful they are some signed done the 2026 season.

Smith tin reasonably expect a declaration that would marque him the highest-paid defender successful the league. -- Adam Teicher

2026 escaped agents

Kyle Pitts, TE, Atlanta Falcons

Latest connected negotiations: Many thought Pitts could person been a commercialized campaigner this offseason, but helium has much worth to the Falcons successful the abbreviated word than immoderate they could person gotten successful return.

This is simply a declaration twelvemonth for Pitts -- and a pivotal 1 for his career. There is simply a accidental the Falcons could re-sign him earlier oregon during the season. But it seems much apt they'll spot however things spell connected the field.

Pitts had 1 of the large rookie seasons successful past astatine choky extremity (68 catches for 1,026 yards), but helium has struggled with injuries and inconsistency implicit the past 3 seasons. Atlanta has anticipation that Michael Penix Jr. astatine backmost brings retired the aged Pitts, oregon astatine slightest an improved mentation compared to the past fewer seasons. -- Marc Raimondi

James Cook, RB, Buffalo Bills

Latest connected negotiations: Cook is entering the last twelvemonth of his rookie deal, and portion 3 different members of his draught people received extensions this offseason, that hasn't been the lawsuit for the moving back.

There were discussions betwixt Cook's campy and the Bills astir a caller deal, but wide manager Brandon Beane said astatine the extremity of March that helium didn't "see america getting thing done anytime soon." That doesn't mean they wouldn't motion him successful the future.

Cook was the lone subordinate not successful attendance for the Bills' voluntary OTAs connected Tuesday and has made it wide connected societal media that helium would similar an extension, adjacent pinning erstwhile once unrecorded connected Instagram this offseason, "15 mill [per] year."

"We're staying successful touch, similar you'd expect a subordinate and a manager to do," Sean McDermott said connected Tuesday. "So, James volition beryllium present erstwhile he's acceptable to beryllium present and we determination forward." -- Alaina Getzenberg

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Schrager: I deliberation Bills privation to wage James Cook but not astatine asking price

Peter Schrager tells Pat McAfee that the Bills privation to support James Cook, but not astatine the wage figures presently being discussed.

Trey Hendrickson, DE, Cincinnati Bengals

Latest connected negotiations: Hendrickson has nary tendency to play retired the last twelvemonth of his contract. He is acceptable to gain $15.8 cardinal successful basal wage this play but is angling for a semipermanent woody with a steadfast magnitude of guaranteed money.

Cincinnati, connected the different hand, prefers a short-term declaration for the All-Pro antiaircraft extremity who volition crook 31 successful December.

Hendrickson has been 1 of the NFL's champion values. He ranks 3rd successful sacks (57) and unit complaint (13.4%) since 2021, but helium is 11th successful mean yearly wage among borderline rushers. Cincinnati has $24.7 cardinal successful disposable headdress space, per Roster Management System. Both sides volition request to find a mediate crushed successful bid for Hendrickson to play successful Cincinnati successful 2025.

"Both parties should recognize that a semipermanent declaration with guarantees that I tin proceed to play astatine the level that I person been is simply a communal respect wherever that's wherever my values lie," Hendrickson said connected May 13. -- Ben Baby

Micah Parsons, LB, Dallas Cowboys

Latest connected negotiations: After Jerry Jones and Parsons had a backstage gathering successful March successful which the proprietor and wide manager felt they had an statement connected the magnitude of the deal, full dollars and the guaranteed money, things person slowed considerably. There has not been overmuch dialog from either broadside connected closing immoderate gaps.

It's shaping up arsenic different hurry-up-and-wait negotiation, overmuch similar the Cowboys had past offseason with CeeDee Lamb and Dak Prescott. Lamb missed astir each of grooming campy earlier signing successful August. Prescott's woody was finalized the time of the play opener, but helium did not miss a practice.

Parsons has been astir for parts of the offseason. The adjacent cardinal day volition beryllium the mandatory minicamp that runs June 10-12. Lamb skipped that past year. Could Parsons bash the aforesaid this year? -- Todd Archer

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Clark: Micah Parsons volition obliterate Myles Garrett's declaration record

Ryan Clark explains wherefore helium expects Micah Parsons' declaration with the Cowboys to surpass Myles Garrett's grounds woody with the Browns.

Courtland Sutton, WR, Denver Broncos

Latest connected negotiations: Sutton's lawsuit is unsocial fixed the Broncos dug successful their heels a twelvemonth agone connected not giving the seasoned receiver a caller contract, truthful helium stayed distant from the team's offseason program. He did be minicamp past June and organized workouts astatine SMU with backmost Bo Nix and the team's different walk catchers. The Broncos yet tweaked his deal, but with nary caller guaranteed money, arsenic $11.79 cardinal of his basal wage was converted to a signing bonus to spell with immoderate inducement bonuses that Sutton yet earned erstwhile helium led the squad successful each large receiving category. He became Nix's astir valued and trusted people -- 80 much targets than the adjacent wide receiver.

The Broncos person had discussions astir a caller woody since past play ended, and some sides, contempt past spring's consternation, person publically said they privation a semipermanent woody done. General manager George Paton said: "Courtland is 1 of our guys, squad skipper ... we privation him here." And manager Sean Payton has called Sutton "important to what we're doing." -- Jeff Legwold

Nik Bonitto, LB, Denver Broncos

Latest connected negotiations: Because Bonitto was a second-round prime successful 2022, the Broncos don't person the fifth-year enactment arsenic a cushion successful their negotiations with the borderline rusher, who had 13.5 sacks and was second-team All-Pro past season. The 25-year-old is scheduled to beryllium a escaped cause aft the upcoming season, and the Broncos volition person to springiness him a woody commensurate with the league's champion borderline rushers to support him.

Montez Sweat's woody successful 2023, which averages $24.5 cardinal per year, is the apt level for the ascending Bonitto, who helped Denver pb the NFL successful sacks successful 2024.

The Broncos inactive person $32 cardinal remaining successful dormant headdress from Russell Wilson's release, but Paton has called signing Bonitto a priority, adding that they privation him "here for a agelong time." It mightiness behoove the Broncos to get him signed earlier, arsenic a healthy, productive 2025 play would thrust up his price. -- Legwold

Kolton Miller, OT, Las Vegas Raiders

Latest connected negotiations: Miller wants a caller contract, but his request hasn't kept him from being connected the signifier field. After it was reported past period by ESPN's Jeremy Fowler that Miller was not participating successful the team's voluntary offseason program, the 29-year-old returned to the installation and was astatine OTAs past week.

Miller is successful the last twelvemonth of his declaration and has a headdress deed of $15.7 million. When wide manager John Spytek was asked astir Miller's declaration concern up of the draft, helium declined to answer. But earlier successful the offseason, helium mentioned that declaration extensions are connected a case-by-case basis. The Raiders person handed retired extensions to antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby, backmost Geno Smith and punter AJ Cole.

Miller has been a reliable beingness up front, starting 107 of 109 vocation games with the Raiders. It makes consciousness to fastener him successful connected a semipermanent deal. Las Vegas has $38.6 cardinal successful headdress space. -- Ryan McFadden

Rashawn Slater, OT, Los Angeles Chargers

Latest connected negotiations: Slater made the Pro Bowl for the archetypal clip since his rookie season, reestablishing himself arsenic 1 of the league's apical violative tackles. Among tackles, helium finished 10th successful tally artifact triumph complaint past play (78.6%).

Slater has been mum connected his declaration publically and didn't be the Chargers' optional offseason program. Still, wide manager Joe Hortiz said successful April that L.A. is having hold talks with Slater's representatives and is hopeful that a woody volition beryllium made.

The Chargers person $26 cardinal successful wage headdress abstraction that volition apt summation if a woody gets done with Slater, arsenic teams often prorate a player's signing bonus implicit the magnitude of a caller contract, meaning a smaller information of that bonus counts against the wage headdress successful the archetypal year. -- Kris Rhim

Kyren Williams, RB, Los Angeles Rams

Latest connected negotiations: At the league meetings successful April, Rams manager Sean McVay and wide manager Les Snead met with Williams' cause astir a imaginable extension. That morning, McVay said Williams "knows however important helium is to us." McVay said the sides are isolated connected a number, though helium would not accidental however far.

"As acold arsenic conscionable bridging that gap, we'll spot however acold we person to spell for that, but helium is simply a precise important portion of what we privation to beryllium moving forward," McVay said.

The Rams person $19.5 cardinal of headdress abstraction successful 2025 and $75 cardinal successful '26, but they person different large extensions connected the horizon. After the 2025 season, the Rams' 2023 draught people that includes Puka Nacua, Kobie Turner, Steve Avila and Byron Young tin statesman to negociate declaration extensions. -- Sarah Barshop

T.J. Watt, LB, Pittsburgh Steelers

Latest connected negotiations: Watt wasn't among those spotted connected the tract during the archetypal time of OTAs connected Tuesday, but that's not needfully a astonishment arsenic helium and the Steelers proceed to negotiate. The squad has been wide they privation Watt to beryllium a "one-helmet" guy, and astatine league meetings successful precocious March, wide manager Omar Khan said helium was "hopeful" Watt would decorativeness his vocation arsenic a Steeler.

Watt posted an Instagram communicative wearing his Steelers azygous successful a crippled and flashing a bid motion successful April without immoderate further explanation. The Steelers typically get extensions done aboriginal successful the offseason, truthful it's not clip to panic rather yet, but things whitethorn not beryllium going arsenic smoothly arsenic Khan hoped. -- Brooke Pryor

Terry McLaurin, WR, Washington Commanders

Latest connected negotiations: Washington intelligibly would similar to support McLaurin around. He's coming disconnected his champion play wide -- 82 receptions for 1,096 yards and a career-best 13 touchdowns. He clicked with backmost Jayden Daniels and has established himself arsenic a No. 1 receiver successful the league. He's a respected dependable successful the locker country and hasn't missed a crippled since 2020.

However, helium turns 30 this summer, truthful however overmuch tin the Commanders put successful a subordinate who volition beryllium approaching his mid-30s erstwhile the declaration ends?

The sides person been talking for a while, and McLaurin skipped past week's voluntary OTA league -- aft attending each the anterior offseason workouts. McLaurin missed immoderate OTA enactment successful 2022 erstwhile helium was past up for an extension.

"We privation to marque Terry a Commander for a agelong time," wide manager Adam Peters said earlier this offseason. "He got amended and amended arsenic the play went on, not lone arsenic a player, but arsenic a leader. It was truly awesome to spot him turn truthful much. You deliberation of Terry arsenic this pristine, polished player, but past helium got adjacent better." -- John Keim

2027 escaped agents

Drake London, WR, Atlanta Falcons

Latest connected negotiations: The Falcons picked up London's fifth-year enactment successful April and person made it precise wide that keeping the rising wide receiver with the franchise for galore seasons to travel is simply a high-priority item.

London had vocation highs successful receiving yards (1,207), receptions (100) and touchdowns (nine) successful 2024 contempt Kirk Cousins' struggles. And determination is simply a content internally that, with Michael Penix Jr. throwing to him, London volition instrumentality his crippled to different level successful 2025 and beyond.

His declaration concern isn't apt to get sorted retired afloat until adjacent offseason, but the Falcons are committed to keeping the Penix-London operation unneurotic for the agelong term. -- Raimondi

Kyle Hamilton, S, Baltimore Ravens

Latest connected negotiations: The Ravens utilized the fifth-year enactment connected Hamilton, but it feels similar it's a substance of erstwhile -- not if -- helium becomes the NFL's highest-paid safety.

Hamilton has rapidly go 1 of the leaders and playmakers connected defense, making him the benignant of foundational subordinate astir whom Baltimore loves to build. At the commencement of the offseason workout programme past month, Hamilton said determination person not been galore talks with the Ravens astir an extension.

"If it happens this offseason, [that's] cool," Hamilton said successful April. "But I'm not successful a unreserved to get it done necessarily."

If Hamilton signs an extension, helium is expected to surpass Detroit's Kerby Joseph ($21.5 cardinal per season) arsenic the league's highest-paid safety. -- Jamison Hensley

Aidan Hutchinson, DE, Detroit Lions

Latest connected negotiations: The Lions picked up Hutchinson's fifth-year enactment successful April and spot him arsenic a foundational portion wrong the enactment for years to come. The No. 2 prime of the 2022 NFL draught has earned respect arsenic 1 of the league's apical young walk rushers done his archetypal 3 seasons but is coming disconnected a season-ending limb wounded that constricted him to 5 games successful 2024.

Hutchinson precocious announced that helium is afloat cleared for shot activity. Although helium is eligible for an extension, it's unclear erstwhile the Lions volition scope an hold with him fixed that he's nether declaration for the adjacent 2 seasons.

Detroit's beforehand bureau has established a way grounds of taking attraction of their ain players with caller notable extensions to Penei Sewell, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Alim McNeill and Kerby Joseph. -- Eric Woodyard

Trent McDuffie, CB, Kansas City Chiefs

Latest connected negotiations: The Chiefs haven't invested large wealth astatine cornerback since Brett Veach became their wide manager successful 2017. They traded Marcus Peters and L'Jarius Sneed earlier they got to escaped bureau and besides saw Charvarius Ward motion a lucrative declaration with the San Francisco 49ers.

But McDuffie could alteration each of that. The Chiefs spot him arsenic an perfect cornerback successful coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's antiaircraft system, due to the fact that helium tin play extracurricular oregon successful the slot, is simply a susceptible blitzer and a consenting tally defender.

There's nary request to unreserved to a woody for either side. The Chiefs precocious exercised a fifth-year enactment connected McDuffie's contract, extending his woody done the 2026 season. For McDuffie, caller contracts signed by Pat Surtain II, Jaycee Horn and Derek Stingley Jr. lifted the cornerback market, and a caller woody by Sauce Gardner would bash the same. -- Teicher

Sauce Gardner, CB, New York Jets

Latest connected negotiations: Gardner has professed his tendency to enactment with the Jets long-term. The Texans' Derek Stingley Jr. raised the ceiling with his three-year, $90 cardinal extension. Gardner is thought to beryllium seeking astatine slightest that much.

Gardner was an All-Pro successful each of his archetypal 2 seasons, but his play tailed disconnected past season, arsenic it did for galore of the Jets' defenders. Nevertheless, he's inactive regarded arsenic 1 of the apical corners, an indispensable presumption successful manager Aaron Glenn's man-heavy scheme. -- Rich Cimini

Garrett Wilson, WR, New York Jets

Latest connected negotiations: The caller authorities has made it wide that it values Wilson arsenic a foundational player. The feeling is mutual, arsenic Wilson said past week.

"I'm hopeful I'm a Jet for life," the receiver said.

Talks are successful the aboriginal stages; this feels similar a concern that volition vigor up successful grooming camp.

Despite inconsistent backmost play, Wilson has recorded 3 consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons. He's astir apt looking for a woody successful the $30 million-a-year range. After June 2, the Jets volition beryllium among the leaders successful headdress room, truthful there's capable flexibility to marque it happen. -- Cimini

Charles Cross, OT, Seattle Seahawks

Latest connected negotiations: The Seahawks picked up Cross' fifth-year enactment successful May, marking the archetypal clip they've done that with 1 of their ain first-round picks since John Schneider became their wide manager successful 2010. That sets up Cross to marque an estimated $17.56 cardinal successful 2026, though the 2 sides would surely similar to widen his rookie declaration earlier then.

After serving arsenic his ain cause aboriginal successful his career, helium hired Klutch Sports Group to correspond him successful negotiations connected his 2nd contract.

The Seahawks typically hold until good aft escaped bureau and the draught to widen their ain players, truthful the commencement of grooming campy is simply a realistic timeframe for the 2 sides to get a woody done. The ninth wide prime successful 2022, Cross ranked 16th among each tackles past play successful walk artifact triumph complaint portion playing successful each 17 games for the 2nd clip successful 3 seasons. -- Brady Henderson