NFL combine buzz: Latest intel on free agency, draft, trades - ESPN

Our national NFL reporters have spent the past week in Indianapolis at the annual NFL combine, talking to execs, coaches, agents, scouts, players and other team sources. The public's eyes might be on the top 2024 NFL draft prospects working out and running their 40-yard dashes, but behind the scenes, it's a great place to gather intel about what all 32 teams are doing this offseason. The franchise tag deadline is on Tuesday, and free agency kicks off in a week. We'll see a handful of trades, a ton of signings and even a few extensions. And with so many people from around the NFL all in one place, the combine offers a chance to learn what might happen.

Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano empty their notebooks here with the latest news and rumors. What are sources saying about the best free agents, and where might those players land? Which stars are set for extensions, especially at receiver? Will Justin Fields soon be traded? And what's the early word on what teams might do at the draft? Here's everything we heard in Indy.

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Fowler and Graziano empty their notebooks

Graziano: The sense I'm getting is Minnesota still wants quarterback Kirk Cousins to return, but Cousins has a very specific idea in mind for what he wants in a new contract, and the Vikings so far have not made an offer that matches it. The ball might be in the team's court at this point. Cousins and his family like Minnesota and would be happy to stay and finish his career there, but it doesn't sound like he's willing to offer the team a hometown discount.

If the Vikings don't sign him to an extension before the final four years of his contract void on