Buyers and bargain shoppers: Salary-cap situations for every NFL team

At this point last week some Carolina Panthers fans were making fat jokes about wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin and wondering whether the team would exercise his fifth-year option. The Panthers did pick up Benjamin’s option for 2018 – but not before making him wait until the last day to do so and having him endure some public shaming. Whatever his motivation, Benjamin seems to have gotten the message. Both days during the Panthers’ two-day rookie minicamp, Benjamin’s vehicle was parked outside Bank of America Stadium. Inside the stadium, Benjamin was presumably trying to shed a few of his extra pounds when few of his teammates were around. Panthers coach Ron Rivera said Benjamin was at the stadium

Throughout the offseason, Hue Jackson has said that Tyrod Taylor will be Cleveland’s starting QB next season, but it’s rare to see a team sit a No.1 pick.