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Baltimore Ravens News

The Ravens signed OT Ronnie Stanley to a three-year, $60 million deal.

Why It Matters: Stanley started all 17 games last year after only playing in 31 over the previous four years. He's about to turn 31, which isn't ancient by offensive tackle standards, so the Ravens may have gotten a good deal here to keep their long-time left tackle in-house. The offensive line went through some changes last year, but Stanley's return will help a line that otherwise is composed of players on their rookie contracts.

The Ravens signed WR DeAndre Hopkins to a one-year, $6 million deal.

Why It Matters: Hopkins will help the Ravens offense, but he doesn't have much to offer fantasy teams anymore. He'll be the #3 wide receiver behind Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman and the fourth or fifth option in the pass offense at best. Hopkins will only have fantasy relevance if the Ravens' passing game is depleted by injuries. He'll get another shot at a ring after playing for mediocre teams before getting traded to the Chiefs last year.

Buffalo Bills News

The Bills signed QB Josh Allen to a six-year, $330 million contract.

Why It Matters: This will certainly look like a bargain as Allen gets into the later years of the extension that keeps him under contract through 2030. That will give the Bills extra flexibility as they resume their perennial run to finally get atop the AFC mountain and advance to a Super Bowl during the Allen era. The Bills also signed EDGE Gregory Rousseau to a four-year, $80 million extension and signed LB Terrel Bernard to a four-year, $50 million deal. Both were in the final year of their rookie deal, and both deals, like Allen's, should be cost savers as the cap continues to go up significantly every season.

The Bills signed WR Joshua Palmer to a three-year, $36 million deal.

Why It Matters: Palmer will replace Amari Cooper and Mack Hollins, who are both free agents and not returning to the Bills. There's some best-ball appeal there, so Palmer should move out of the undrafted ranks in Underdog drafts. Palmer is a good enough outside wide receiver option to be competition for targets with Keon Coleman, so Coleman's current ADP in the 110s will either hold steady or drop slightly with this news

Cincinnati Bengals News

The Bengals signed TE Mike Gesicki to a three-year, $25.5 million deal.

Why It Matters: This was a small surprise, as the Bengals were expected to have their cap room tied up while trying to sign all three of Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, and Trey Hendrickson to long-term deals. Now Hendrickson is on the trade block so that freed up money to sign Gesicki, who was the latest tight end to have a career revival with Joe Burrow. Gesicki's ADP is sure to go up from the pre-free agency level of right around pick 200.

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