Just because a majority of the NFL offseason is finished doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s not unfinished business around the league.<\/p>\n
Plenty of teams and players are still wondering about various issues. There are a couple months before training camp, but OTAs are beginning and it\u2019s hard to fix major problems after a majority of the draft and free agency are done.<\/p>\n
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With that said, here are the top 10 unresolved issues teams face.<\/p>\n
Find NFL tickets on Gametime<\/a> | More NFL team schedules<\/a><\/p>\n The Dallas Cowboys<\/a> have had a good offseason. They also have one volatile situation. George Pickens has signed his one-year, $27.3 million franchise tag offer. On the surface that\u2019s good news for Dallas, but Pickens has to see contracts like Alec Pierce<\/a>\u2019s four-year, $114 million deal from the Colts<\/a> and see how much he\u2019s missing out on. Pickens has always been a tough player to manage \u2014 it\u2019s a reason the Steelers<\/a> traded him and why the Cowboys didn\u2019t give him a long-term deal \u2014 and asking him to be happy with a one-year deal when he could have gotten at least four times more than that on the open market might be a tough sell. There\u2019s still time for a long-term deal to happen, but the Cowboys say they won\u2019t entertain that option<\/a>. We\u2019ll see how it turns out.<\/p>\n Hunter, the No. 2 pick of last year\u2019s NFL Draft, is one of the most unique players to enter the league in a long time having won a Heisman Trophy playing receiver and cornerback at Colorado. The Jaguars planned to use him both ways as a rookie, and the results were mixed. For the second straight offseason, there\u2019s a question over his usage heading into the season.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n There was a report last month that Hunter would be a full-time cornerback with limited snaps at receiver<\/a> this season. The Jaguars seemingly pushed back on that, saying their two-way plan for Hunter hasn\u2019t changed. We\u2019ll see. The Jaguars are deep at receiver and have a hole at cornerback, so how they split his playing time is worth watching. It\u2019s a question that will follow Hunter through his career, given the unusual nature of his skill set.<\/p>\n Malik Willis<\/a> asked to succeed with little help<\/p>\n The Dolphins taking a shot on quarterback Malik Willis made sense. The three-year, $67.5 million deal was a lot for a quarterback with six career starts, but it\u2019s a fine gamble for a rebuilding team. The problem is that they might really struggle to evaluate Willis. The Dolphins are tearing down the rest of the roster. They\u2019ve left Willis playing with a surprisingly thin receiver group and a below-average offensive line. De\u2019Von Achane is still there<\/a> and that helps, but there\u2019s not much else. It will be very difficult for Willis to thrive with that supporting cast. The Dolphins invested in a quarterback and might not have much idea what they have with Willis by the time the season is over.<\/p>\n The draft has come and gone, and one of the best receives of this era is still unsigned. Hill is still recovering from a major leg injury that ended his 2025 season, and his age (32 years old) is likely working against him as well. It would be a surprise if nobody took a shot on Hill this offseason, but he\u2019s still the biggest name on the market other than Rodgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Can the Bengals<\/a>\u2019 offensive line protect Joe Burrow<\/a>?<\/p>\n The Bengals came into the offseason with two big problems: an offensive line that has failed in protecting Joe Burrow, and a defense that hasn\u2019t been able to support the offense. Fixing both in the offseason was a lot to ask. The Bengals chose defense, spending most of their resources on that side of the ball. That\u2019s reasonable. Though the offensive line didn\u2019t get a single significant addition. That\u2019s concerning with Burrow\u2019s injury history. If Burrow gets injured again because he isn\u2019t protected well enough, there will be plenty of questions over why Cincinnati<\/a> didn\u2019t do more to fix its offensive line.<\/p>\n Play 2026 Soccer Pick ‘Em with FOX One and make your picks for the world’s biggest soccer tournament<\/a><\/p>\n The Houston Texans<\/a> gave quarterback money to their star defensive end Will Anderson Jr.<\/a> They have not yet given quarterback money to their quarterback.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n C.J. Stroud is eligible for a contract extension but that hasn\u2019t happened yet. Given how poorly Stroud played in the playoffs, it makes sense for Houston to wait and see. The memory of Stroud\u2019s historic rookie season continues to fade. The Texans still have questions at many offensive positions, most notably on the offensive line. Whether Stroud gets a big extension might not be settled until the Texans see how he looks in his fourth season.<\/p>\n Colts\u2019 shaky backup plan at QB<\/p>\n The Colts must be pretty confident that Daniel Jones<\/a> will be ready for the season opener. Because they did little to come up with a viable backup plan. The current backup is either Riley Leonard<\/a>, not long after the Colts decided 44-year-old Philip Rivers<\/a> off his couch was a better option last season, or Anthony Richardson Sr., who the team is trying to trade with no success.<\/p>\n Jones tore his Achilles last Dec. 7, and while the timetable for recovery from that surgery has been sped up over the past few years, it\u2019s still a little concerning to fully depend on him being 100% by the start of the regular season. The Colts better hope he is, because there\u2019s not much behind him.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Falcons juggling multiple issues<\/p>\n The Falcons have questions about their quarterback, one of last year\u2019s first round pick and a player they put the franchise tag on this offseason. Other than that, everything is fine.<\/p>\n Defensive end James Pearce Jr.<\/a>, the 26th pick of the 2025 NFL Draft, reportedly could have charges (which included three felonies \u2014 aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, fleeing and eluding police, and resisting an officer with violence to his or her person) dropped if he completes an intervention program<\/a>. There are still questions about Pearce moving forward, such as NFL discipline.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n At quarterback, Michael Penix Jr. is working his way back from ACL surgery, and the Falcons signed Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> as a backup plan. Meanwhile there have been regular trade rumors swirling around tight end Kyle Pitts<\/a>, who is on a one-year franchise tag. That\u2019s a lot of unsettled business for one team in May.<\/p>\n There are two issues for Daniels, and they\u2019re both related. First, he\u2019s coming off an injury-filled season that limited him to seven games last season for the Washington Commanders<\/a>. He should be fully healthy for training camp, but it\u2019s not like the Commanders have done much to help him. They invested heavily in defense, which does have a positive effect on a young quarterback, but the offense didn\u2019t get much new talent this offseason. The Commanders still could land Brandon Aiyuk<\/a>, and if that happens he\u2019ll have to acclimate quickly. That\u2019s not easy after he hasn\u2019t played since Oct. 20, 2024, due to an ACL injury and a weird 2025 season in which he ghosted the 49ers. Even if Aiyuk comes aboard, there are still plenty of unresolved issues on the offense that the Commanders\u2019 third-year quarterback will have to navigate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just because a majority of the NFL offseason is finished doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s not unfinished business around the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[4994,228,5305,1028,227,2005,230,257,2772,7,32472,467,253,703,734,1577,6153,4097,6,1482,3725,747,1636,426,3235,128,3452,1089,111,6051],"class_list":{"0":"post-895090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-alec-pierce","9":"tag-bengals","10":"tag-brandon-aiyuk","11":"tag-c-j-stroud","12":"tag-cincinnati","13":"tag-colts","14":"tag-cowboys","15":"tag-dallas-cowboys","16":"tag-daniel-jones","17":"tag-football","18":"tag-franchise-tag","19":"tag-george-pickens","20":"tag-houston-texans","21":"tag-james-pearce-jr","22":"tag-jayden-daniels","23":"tag-joe-burrow","24":"tag-kyle-pitts","25":"tag-malik-willis","26":"tag-nfl","27":"tag-offensive-line","28":"tag-philip-rivers","29":"tag-riley-leonard","30":"tag-rodgers","31":"tag-steelers","32":"tag-the-dolphins","33":"tag-travis-hunter","34":"tag-tua-tagovailoa","35":"tag-tyreek-hill","36":"tag-washington-commanders","37":"tag-will-anderson-jr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}