Falcons

• The Falcons signed WR Drake London to a long-term extension with a new-money average of $35.26 million per year and a total five-year base value of $157.88 million, including a $33.656 million signing bonus and fully guaranteed compensation through the first two years of the deal.
• London’s contract includes fully guaranteed 2027 compensation, while his 2028 option bonus, workout bonus, and base salary become fully guaranteed on the third day of the 2027 league year, and his 2029 option bonus becomes fully guaranteed on the third day of the 2028 league year.
• The deal also contains option bonuses through 2030, annual workout bonuses, per-game roster bonuses in 2029 and 2030, up to $9 million in salary escalators tied to production and accolades, and can increase from $141.06 million in new money to as much as $150.06 million. (Pro Football Talk)

Panthers

Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan is coming off a successful debut season, winning the 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year. Although McMillan was glad to win the award, he’s more concerned with their team’s results.

“It was cool,” McMillan said, via Joseph Person of The Athletic. “But there’s more ahead of us. It probably would’ve been a little bit better if we won that playoff game, little things like that. But it is what it is.”

Panthers CB Jaycee Horn reiterated that their focus is winning in the playoffs after reaching last year’s Wild Card Round.

“That’s just the type guy he is. He’s never satisfied,” Horn said. “That’s just our goal as a team. We made it to the playoffs last year, now it’s time to go win in the playoffs and take the next step. That’s what you want to do every year. He hit it on the head with that.”

Panthers CB Bryce Young called McMillan a “safety blanket” for him and thinks the receiver helps open up their other players.

“For me, you have a guy like that that’s your safety blanket that you know, ‘All right, one-on-one, this is where I want to go,’” Young said. “(Now) it gives you that opportunity of like, ‘Hey, we get man (coverage) across the board, let’s work out some progressions. We get certain looks, let’s see everyone run all these routes.’”

Panthers

Panthers HC Dave Canales has made it a point of emphasis to have all of their coaching staff make an effort to improve this offseason. Carolina OC Mike Bercovici said he, offensive assistant Keyshawn Colmon, and offensive quality control coach Dean Petzing each took turns speaking during offensive meetings.

“(We) did kind of almost like a pass the mic,” Bercovici said, via Kassidy Hill of the team’s site. “With guys that don’t have a ton of experience, sometimes you can do a dress rehearsal at 7 in the morning and just say, ‘Hey, let’s give this a go’ and hear what your transitions sound like.”

Bercovici’s focus during the meeting was on presenting aspects of communication for their players....