2025 NFL Week 1 Buzz: 49ers, WR Jauan Jennings come to contract agreement

Who’s starting, who’s hurt, and who’s on the move? 

NFL news is nonstop, and we’re breaking it all down week by week this season.

Here’s the latest on what’s happening around the league entering Week 1:

49ers, Jauan Jennings agree on deal

The San Francisco 49ers and wide receiver Jauan Jennings didn’t see eye-to-eye on contract terms throughout the entire offseason, but have come to an agreement just before Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season. Jennings reportedly signed a deal that added $3 million in “play-time” incentives, meaning he can earn up to $10.5 million this season. 

Dallas getting healthier

Cowboys cornerback and two-time Pro Bowler Trevon Diggs (knee) and left tackle Tyler Guyton (knee) were each full participants at practice on Sept. 3. Dallas opens the 2025 season on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 4.

Vera-Tucker has suffered a “significant arm injury,” which could potentially require surgery and keep him off the field this season, according to the New York Post. He’s reportedly seeking a second opinion. Last season, Vera-Tucker ranked 15th among guards with a 77.7 overall grade, 17th with a 76.3 run-blocking grade and 19th with a 74.5 pass-blocking grade, according to Pro Football Focus. Vera-Tucker, who the Jets selected with the No. 14 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft out of USC, has been held back by injuries throughout his NFL career, as he missed 10 games in 2022 due to a torn triceps, 12 games in 2023 due to a torn Achilles and two games in 2024 due to an ankle injury.

Tampa Bay and Goedeke came to terms on a four-year extenstion, worth $90 million with $50 million guaranteed. The Bucs selected Goedeke in the second-round of the 2022 NFL Draft and 2025 was the final year of his rookie contract. Now, he and the team are tied together through the 2029 season. In 2024, Goedeke ranked 30th among 140 tackles, per pro football focus, while allowing just three sacks on the season. 

Two months after suffering an eye injury in a fireworks incident that caused him to miss all of training camp, Harris is set to make his debut for the Chargers against the Chiefs in Brazil on Friday. The veteran running back was a full participant at practice on Sept. 2, increasing his chances of playing in Week 1. Harris, a former first-round pick, signed a one-year deal with LA in March after spending the first three years of his career with the Steelers (2021-24).

Russell Wilson will be under center to begin the season for the Giants, but rookie Jaxson Dart is now listed as New York’s No. 2 quarterback ahead of Jameis Winston, who signed a two-year deal with the franchise in March. The Giants traded up to select Dart with the No. 25 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft out of Ole Miss.

Despite Parsons and the Cowboys having a messy and public breakup — one that has persisted beyond the trade that sent the edge rusher to the Packers — Parsons’ agent, David Mulegheta, does not see it impacting any future negotiations between Dallas and his other client, Pickens. 

“There’s nothing personal here,” Mulugheta said. “If George Pickens does what we expect him to do, which is be one of the best [WRs] within the NFL this 12 months, we’ll have these conversations with the Cowboys.”

Pickens performed for the Steelers for the previous three seasons earlier than the Cowboys acquired him this offseason. Pickens is now Dallas’ No. 2 WR behind CeeDee Lamb. In 2023, Pickens led the AFC in yards per reception at 18.1 whereas logging 1,140 receiving yards, and he adopted that up with 900 yards in 12 begins and 14 video games in 2024.

Stafford has been coping with an aggravated disk that triggered him again soreness, and it has saved him from collaborating in preseason actions or coaching camp for many of the summer season. Nonetheless, the veteran signal-caller is predicted to begin for the Rams in Week 1 in opposition to the Texans, per head coach Sean McVay. Stafford, 37, has been the Rams’ QB since 2021, beginning 16 video games for the staff in 2024 whereas throwing for 3,762 yards and 20 touchdowns in opposition to eight interceptions. It is unclear at this level how a lot of an influence the again harm can have on Stafford’s Week 1 efficiency or season, however he has repeatedly been unable to match the timeline steered by the Rams for his restoration through the preseason, together with missing a mid-August practice when he had been slated to take part.

Newly minted Packers DE Micah Parsons practising by way of again sprain

Earlier than Parsons was traded to the Packers final week, he was coping with a sprain in his again that the Cowboys had simply prescribed him a remedy plan for. Parsons is affected by an L4/L5 aspect joint sprain in his again, per ESPN, and will take an epidural injection for it earlier than Week 1’s sport vs. the Lions to permit him to play by way of the harm. Parsons, who was in a bodily remedy program to assist with the sprain, was prescribed a five-day prescription for a corticosteroid to assist with the inflation earlier than the commerce that despatched him to Inexperienced Bay, and has been practising since whereas letting the prednisone do its work. It is unclear, per ESPN’s supply, if Parsons will play in Week 1, although he’s trying to do extra than simply relaxation and get better this week if it is doable.

Ailing Dolphins getting again on monitor

The Dolphins have been coping with quite a few accidents heading into Week 1 of the season, however issues are trying up on that entrance. Head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters that operating again De’Von Achane, large receiver Tyreek Hill and tight finish Darren Waller had been trending towards taking part in in Week 1. Achane began 16 video games for the Dolphins in 2024, choosing up 907 yards on the bottom and one other 582 within the air whereas totaling 12 touchdowns. Achane is questionable, whereas Jaylen Wright, who’s recovering from leg surgical procedure, is uncertain for Week 1. Alexander Mattison is on IR with a season-ending neck harm, leaving third-stringer Ollie Gordon II as the one one with a clear invoice of well being.

The Steelers and Warren have agreed to a two-year extension that brings the worth of his deal as much as three years and $17.25 million. Warren receives a $5.95 million signing bonus, and his wage for 2025 shall be bumped to $7 million, with $5.05 million and $5.15 million payouts within the following two campaigns, per ESPN. Of the $17.25 million, $12 million is assured. Warren is the highest again on the Steelers’ depth chart for 2025, however he has by no means began a sport. He has seen appreciable use, although, as he has appeared in 16, 17 and 15 contests in three seasons with Pittsburgh. He has amassed 1,674 dashing yards and 6 touchdowns in 346 makes an attempt, in addition to one other 894 receiving yards.

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