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The Bills also picked Kaden Prather out of Maryland in the seventh round Saturday, their only selection at wide receiver in the draft.

Moore visited the Bills on Monday, the same day general manager Brandon Beane shared his frustration on WGR550, a local radio station, concerning the response to the team not taking a wide receiver higher in the draft.

“[Moore’s] a guy we’ve spoken to a few times leading up to the draft, and we just kind of put a pin in it, just like we did several other positions,” Beane said during the appearance. “… If we took a guy in the first or second round, he’s probably not too interested. But we didn’t, and so, you know, we picked up those conversations over the weekend.”

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Moore received the unrestricted free agent tender from Cleveland on Tuesday, meaning he will count against the compensatory pick formula for the 2026 NFL draft. If he didn’t sign with another team before July 22, the Browns would have held his exclusive negotiating rights. The tender is worth $3.428 million.

Moore joined the Browns in March 2023 after they traded a second-round pick to the New York Jets, who sent the receiver and a third-round pick to Cleveland.

During his two years with the Browns, Moore caught 120 passes for 1,178 yards and three touchdowns.

A second-round pick (No. 34) of the Jets in the 2021 NFL draft, Moore played college football at Ole Miss. In four seasons, Moore has caught 200 passes for 2,162 yards and nine touchdowns.

ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg and Daniel Oyefusi contributed to this report.

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“It is our intention for him to remain a Raven long term,” Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said in a statement.

The fifth-year options in the NFL are the same for all offensive linemen even though the compensation between the positions on the line are usually different. The highest-paid center is Kansas City’s Creed Humphrey at $18 million, which is significantly less than the highest-paid left tackle (Tampa Bay’s Tristan Wirfs at $28.1 million).

On the first day of the Ravens’ offseason conditioning program, Linderbaum said he had not yet had any conversations with Baltimore about a contract extension.

“Honestly, I’m really not even focused on that right now,” Linderbaum said on April 21. “I’m giving my all to the team right now, and that’s my focus, and that’s how it should be.”

The Ravens also announced they are exercising the fifth-year option for Pro Bowl safety Kyle Hamilton. He will make $18.6 million in 2026.

DeCosta said in the statement that the Ravens picked up Hamilton’s option “with the goal of working toward a multi-year contract extension.”

Baltimore selected Hamilton and Linderbaum in the first round in 2022. The Ravens drafted Hamilton at No. 14 and then chose Linderbaum with the No. 25 pick, which was acquired in a trade with the Arizona Cardinals for wide receiver Hollywood Brown.

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After Sanders was taken with the No. 144 pick by the Browns on Saturday in the 2025 NFL draft, he didn’t waste time in making his mark.

He arrived in Cleveland on Tuesday, where he began to undergo preparation for rookie camp with hill drills, but the 6-foot-2 quarterback took a step away from the field to give back to the community.

On Wednesday, Sanders surprised students at John Marshall High School with words of affirmation, expressing his newfound loyalty to Cleveland.

“I just wanted to come out and see y’all. We [are] working out every day. We got a purpose. We got something we’re trying to accomplish and achieve, but I’m trying to bring Cleveland of course a Super Bowl,” Sanders told students.

The students also had opportunities to ask the Browns draftee questions. One student asked Sanders: “What inspires you to keep going?”

Sanders’ answer?

“Knowing I got a lot of people watching me, knowing that I’m a positive influence to the youth.”

The rookie quarterback also signed autographs for faculty, staff and students.

Sanders, who was predicted to be selected in the first round of the draft in Peter Schrager’s mock draft, joins a Browns quarterback room that includes Deshaun Watson, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and fellow draft classmate, Dillon Gabriel.

Sanders threw for 4,134 yards with 37 touchdowns for Colorado in the 2024 season.

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But while Lloyd has put up solid stats in his first three seasons — 355 tackles (he led the team with 113 in 2024), four interceptions, 19 pass breakups and four fumble recoveries — he has struggled in pass coverage and has had issues being out of position.

Lloyd is the third of the Jaguars’ six first-round picks from 2020-22 to not have his fifth-year option picked up, joining 2020 first-round picks cornerback C.J. Henderson (ninth overall, traded to the Carolina Panthers in September 2021) and linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson (20th overall).

The Jaguars earlier this month announced they were picking up the fifth-year option on defensive end Travon Walker, whom they drafted first overall in 2022.