Ranking the 10 Best Wide Receiver Groups in the NFL After one week of free agency, these 10 teams have the best wide receiver groups in the NFL. Sports Illustrated · Mar 18
Albert Breer’s Notes: Why the Jaylen Waddle Trade Makes Sense for the Broncos A handful of teams made meaningful additions in the first wave of free agency, potentially kick-starting turnaround seasons. Sports Illustrated · Mar 18
Malik Willis Could Be Stuck With the Worst Roster in the NFL Miami appears to be eyeing a future that likely exists beyond its prized free-agent QB’s tenure after trading Jaylen Waddle for draft picks. Sports Illustrated · Mar 17
George Kittle Details the Moment Things Changed Between Brandon Aiyuk, 49ers Kittle revealed what he knew about the team’s fractured relationship with Aiyuk dating back to last season. Sports Illustrated · Mar 17
The Top Five 2026 NFL Free-Agency Signings Mike Evans could be the missing piece in the 49ers’ Super Bowl push. Plus, one team spent big for a foundational element to spark its rebuild. Sports Illustrated · Mar 17
Video Shows Brock Purdy Has Been Big Fan of New 49ers WR Christian Kirk for a Long Time Purdy has long admired Kirk, and now they’ll get to be 49ers teammates. Sports Illustrated · Mar 16
The Good, Bad and Ugly: Rams, 49ers Nail 2026 NFL Free Agency Meanwhile, the Super Bowl champs endured a mass exodus. Plus, the edge rushers got rich, the Vikings improved at QB, and the Lions lost more talent. Sports Illustrated · Mar 16
Ranking the 10 Best Remaining Free Agents After the First Week of New NFL League Year The opening week of free agency has come and gone, and there’s still plenty of talented players that haven’t been signed. Sports Illustrated · Mar 16
Albert Breer’s Free Agency Notes: Evaluating the Kyler Murray Deal in Minnesota Murray's arrival with the Vikings should light a fire under J.J. McCarthy. Plus, how the Raiders and Maxx Crosby are moving forward, and the best bargain free agent signings so far. Sports Illustrated · Mar 13
Mike Evans Explains Why He Signed With the 49ers After 12 seasons with the Buccaneers, Mike Evans has joined the 49ers. Sports Illustrated · Mar 12
2026 NFL Free Agency: Grading Every Major Move For Fantasy Football Leagues Michael Fabiano looked at the 20 moves thus far that will have the biggest fantasy impact in 2026. Sports Illustrated · Mar 12
NFL free agency: Panthers, 49ers, Patriots, Jets and Rams are early winners NFL free agency spending has reshaped the early pecking order, with a few teams gaining real momentum and others taking hits The Independent UK · Mar 12
Albert Breer’s Free Agency Notes: All Signs Point to One Kyler Murray Landing Spot With his release now official, the former Cardinals quarterback and one team seem to be an excellent match for the 2026 season. Sports Illustrated · Mar 12
Osa Odighizuwa Trade Grades: Cowboys Can’t Seem to Decide Trajectory Dallas made its fourth trade involving a prominent defensive lineman in the past year on Wednesday, sending the 27-year-old to the 49ers for a third-round pick. Sports Illustrated · Mar 11
Sports Illustrated · Mar 10 Kenneth Walker III, Alec Pierce Among Fantasy Football Free Agency Winners and Losers The first day of the first week of the 2026 new league year was wild to say the least.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 9 Why Mike Evans Could Be the Most Consequential Signing of Free Agency The 49ers’ personnel has set the standard for dictating defensive matchups. They just added the league’s best receiver against man coverage.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 9 Why Mike Evans Decided to Leave Buccaneers for 49ers The veteran wideout is heading to another NFC powerhouse.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 5 2026 NFL Free Agency: Five Best Under-the-Radar Players Hitting the Open Market Which players are getting overlooked heading into free agency?
Sports Illustrated · Mar 5 NFL Free Agency 2026: How NFC Teams Stack Up by Salary Cap Space The Commanders, Seahawks and 49ers are in terrific shape, while the Packers, Lions, Saints and Vikings are over the threshold, limiting their ability to sign big names.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 4 Five Best Landing Spots For Deebo Samuel Sr. in 2026 Include 49ers, Ravens Much of his 2026 value will depend on whether he stays in Washington or decides to move on as a free agent.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 4 Five Best Landing Spots For Brandon Aiyuk in 2026 Include Steelers, Commanders Brandon Aiyuk was once considered an up-and-coming fantasy football star. In 2023, he posted what is a career-best 249.2 fantasy points and finished 14th among
Sports Illustrated · Mar 4 Five Best Landing Spots For A.J. Brown in 2026 Include Bills, Patriots The Philadelphia receiver has been in the NFL news cycle for weeks now, not because he’s a free agent, but because he’s seen as a potential trade candidate.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 4 Five Best Landing Spots For Mike Evans in 2026 Include Bills, 49ers The Buccaneers receiver has long been one of the best in the game, with 1,000-plus receiving yards in 11 of his 12 NFL seasons.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 3 Bargain-Basement Backups: Six Low-Value Quarterbacks That Could Help NFL Teams Teams in need of quarterback help should be looking at these less expensive options that will potentially be available this offseason.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 27 NFL Free Agency 2026: What the Combine Revealed Regarding Who Stays and Who Goes Which star free agents are teams looking to retain or move on from?