The New England Patriots agreed to terms with free-agent wide receiver Romeo Doubs, according to multiple reports Tuesday.
Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer reported Doubs agreed to a four-year deal worth $68 million. Based on other reports, the deal is worth up to $80 million.
Detroit reached an agreement to add running back Isiah Pacheco as a replacement for David Montgomery after the Lions traded Jahmyr Gibbs’ backup before free agency started.
Pacheco spent his first four seasons in the running back rotation with the Kansas City Chiefs, who agreed to a $45 million, three-year deal with Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III in the opening hours of free agency.
Pacheco rushed for 2,537 yards and 14 touchdowns over four seasons with the Chiefs, helping them win two Super Bowls.
The transactions can’t be become official until Wednesday, the first day of the NFL’s new league year.
Doubs, 25, caught 55 passes for a career-high 724 yards with six touchdowns in 2025. He also added eight catches for 124 yards and a touchdown in the Green Bay Packers’ postseason loss to the Bears.
In four seasons with the Packers, he made 202 receptions on 320 targets for 2,424 yards with 21 touchdowns in 59 games with 50 starts. Of his 21 touchdowns, 17 have come inside the red zone, and 12 have come inside the opponent’s 1-to-10 yard line.
Doubs’ next-best season came in 2023, when he caught 59 passes for 674 yards with eight touchdowns.
The 6-foot-2, 204-pound receiver entered the NFL with the Packers in 2022 as a fourth-round pick out of Nevada.
The defending AFC champion Patriots also added guard Alijah Vera-Tucker on a $42 million, three-year deal.
The Packers are doing some shuffling at cornerback by adding Benjamin St-Juste while informing Nate Hobbs of a plan to release him a year after signing him to the $48 million, four-year contract, according to reports. St-Juste is getting a $10.5 million, two-year deal.
St-Juste was on the field for about 35% of the Chargers’ defensive plays last season and also was a key special teams contributor during his lone year in Los Angeles. The 28-year-old has two interceptions over five seasons, the first four in Washington for the 2021 third-round draft pick.
Hobbs injured his knee in training camp last year and was benched midseason after leaving the Las Vegas Raiders to join the Packers. The 26-year-old made five starts in 11 appearances and had a career-low two pass breakups.
The Packers will designate Hobbs a post-June 1 cut, which will save about $8 million on the salary cap. Hobbs missed the wild-card loss to Chicago and said after the season he tore a medial collateral ligament Dec. 27 against Baltimore.
The Chiefs agreed to a $24.5 million, three-year deal with former Baltimore safety Alohi Gilman and an $11 million, two-year contract with receiver Tyquan Thornton, who emerged as perhaps their best deep threat during a 6-11 season that ended a 10-year playoff streak.
Gilman fills a big need in Kansas City’s depleted defensive backfield. Safety Bryan Cook is headed to Cincinnati, the Chiefs traded cornerback Trent McDuffie to the Rams and fellow cornerbacks Jaylen Watson and Joshua Williams are signing elsewhere.
Cleveland and linebacker Quincy Williams have agreed on a two-year contract worth up to $17 million. The deal reunites Williams with new Browns defensive coordinator Mike Rutenberg, who was the New York Jets linebackers coach from 2021-24.
The Buffalo Bills and tight end Dawson Knox agreed to a three-year contract extension that will save money under the salary cap. The seventh-year player was entering the final year of his deal and scheduled to count $17 million against Buffalo’s cap.
The Dallas Cowboys added a safety for the second day in a row, agreeing to a deal with P.J. Locke while also picking up defensive tackle Otito Ogbonnia.
Locke spent his first six seasons with Denver, which included time with new Dallas defensive coordinator Christian Parker. The Cowboys added Jalen Thompson, who was with Arizona, on the first day of free agency.
The New York Giants have an agreement with cornerback Greg Newsome after losing starter Cor’Dale Flott to Tennessee on the first day of negotiations for free agents. New York also has a deal with safety Ar’Darius Washington, the third player to follow new coach John Harbaugh from Baltimore after tight end Isaiah Likely and All-Pro punter Jordan Stout.
Minnesota is keeping two-time All-Pro long snapper Andrew DePaola. The 38-year-old is set for a seventh season with the Vikings. DePaola is the only long snapper to make three straight Pro Bowls (2022-24).