NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Monday, March 18

• LT David Bakhtiari is diligently rehabbing and focused on playing in 2024, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source. Bakhtiari was released by the Packers last week.

SIGNINGS

• WR Chris Moore

SIGNINGS

• DL Kentavius Street

NUMBER CHANGES

• QB Kirk Cousins will wear No. 18. He previously wore No. 8 with the Vikings.

SIGNINGS

• CB Taron Johnson is signing a three-year, $31 million extension, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source.

SIGNINGS

• OT Yosh Nijman is signing a two-year, $8 million deal with $5 million guaranteed and a max value of $15 million, NFL Network Insiders Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport reported.

SIGNINGS

• DL Byron Cowart 

SIGNINGS

• DT Sheldon Rankins signed a two-year deal, the team announced.

VISITS

• OLB Aaron Lynch, who last played in 2020, had a workout with the Browns today, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source.

SIGNINGS

• RB Rico Dowdle has agreed to terms on a one-year deal, the team announced.

RETIREMENTS

• LB Leighton Vander Esch is announcing his retirement from the NFL after six seasons, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.

SIGNINGS

• LB Cody Barton

SIGNINGS

• WR Donovan Peoples-Jones
• G Kevin Zeitler is signing a one-year deal with the club, per NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.

INJURIES

• DL Arik Armstead said Monday that he underwent meniscus surgery that went well and that he plans on being back “very soon.”

SIGNINGS

• OLB Trevis Gipson
• K Joey Slye signed a one-year deal, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source.

SIGNINGS

• RB Alexander Mattison is signing with the Raiders after visiting with the team on Monday, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported. The team later announced the signing.
• DT Adam Butler re-signed
• DT John Jenkins

SIGNINGS

• OL Bradley Bozeman is signing a one-year deal with the Chargers, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported. The team later announced the signing.
• LB Troy Dye

SIGNINGS

• OT Isaiah Wynn is re-signing on a one-year deal, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per Wynn’s agent.
• OL Jack Driscoll
• DT Da’Shawn Hand
• DT Benito Jones

SIGNINGS

• DL Jonah Williams is signing with the Vikings after being hosted on a free-agent visit on Monday, the team announced.

ROSTER NEWS

• G Mike Onwenu, who signed a three-year, $57 million deal with the Patriots, is expected to be the starting right tackle, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source.

SIGNINGS

• QB Nathan Peterman
• DE Chase Young is expected to sign with the Saints on a one-year deal worth $13 million, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported. The team later announced the signing

SIGNINGS

• OL Tyron Smith officially signed with the team. News of the former Cowboy’s signing was initially reported Friday.

SIGNINGS

• WR Van Jefferson to one-year contract
• S Miles Killebrew, a Pro Bowl special teamer, signed a two-year contract with the Steelers, the team announced.

SIGNINGS

• OL Sua Opeta
• CB Bryce Hall 

SIGNINGS

• QB Josh Dobbs signing one-year deal, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo reported.
• OL Jon Feliciano re-signed to one-year deal
• OL Brandon Parker to one-year deal
• DL Leonard Floyd to two-year contract
• LB De’Vondre Campbell to one-year deal
• CB Chase Lucas
• CB Isaac Yiadom to one-year deal

OTHER NEWS

• The 49ers will forfeit their original fifth-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft and will have their 2024 fourth-round selection moved four spots down behind compensatory picks due to an administrative payroll accounting error, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported Monday.

SIGNINGS

• G Tremayne Anchrum

SIGNINGS

• G Andrus Peat is visiting the Titans on a free-agent visit, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source.

SIGNINGS

• WR Jamison Crowder was re-signed, the team announced
• CB Michael Davis
• CB Noah Igbinoghene