play1:33What is the biggest issue with the Eagles’ offense?Harry Douglas explains the biggest issues with the Eagles’ offense after Philadelphia lost its second straight game.
play1:03Who Dan Orlovsky would like to see as next Titans coachDan Orlovsky lists five coaches who could develop Cam Ward and the Titans following the firing of Brian Callahan.
play1:36Schefter: NFL trades will happen this weekAdam Schefter details to Pat McAfee the buyers and sellers in the NFL trade market.
play1:35Does the road to the Super Bowl go through the Chiefs?Adam Schefter, Damien Woody and Tedy Bruschi discuss the Chiefs’ chances of returning to another Super Bowl.
play1:35Is Rico Dowdle’s fantasy production sustainable?Tristan H. Cockcroft breaks down whether Rico Dowdle can maintain his current fantasy output.
Jeremy FowlerCloseJeremy Fowlersenior NFL national reporterJeremy Fowler is a senior national NFL writer for ESPN, covering the entire league including breaking news. Jeremy also contributes to SportsCenter both as a studio analyst and a sideline reporter covering for NFL games. He is an Orlando, Florida native who joined ESPN in 2014 after covering college football for CBSSports.com.Follow on XDan GrazianoCloseDan Grazianosenior NFL national reporterDan Graziano is a senior NFL national reporter for ESPN, covering the entire league and breaking news. Dan also contributes to Get Up, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, Sunday NFL Countdown and Fantasy Football Now. He is a New Jersey native who joined ESPN in 2011, and he is also the author of two published novels.Follow on XOct 15, 2025, 06:20 AM ET
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What is the biggest issue with the Eagles’ offense?Harry Douglas explains the biggest issues with the Eagles’ offense after Philadelphia lost its second straight game.
Harry Douglas explains the biggest issues with the Eagles’ offense after Philadelphia lost its second straight game.
Who Dan Orlovsky would like to see as next Titans coachDan Orlovsky lists five coaches who could develop Cam Ward and the Titans following the firing of Brian Callahan.
Dan Orlovsky lists five coaches who could develop Cam Ward and the Titans following the firing of Brian Callahan.
Schefter: NFL trades will happen this weekAdam Schefter details to Pat McAfee the buyers and sellers in the NFL trade market.
Does the road to the Super Bowl go through the Chiefs?Adam Schefter, Damien Woody and Tedy Bruschi discuss the Chiefs’ chances of returning to another Super Bowl.
Adam Schefter, Damien Woody and Tedy Bruschi discuss the Chiefs’ chances of returning to another Super Bowl.
Is Rico Dowdle’s fantasy production sustainable?Tristan H. Cockcroft breaks down whether Rico Dowdle can maintain his current fantasy output.
What’s the leaguewide buzz around the Titans firing Brian Callahan?
The 49ers are banged up. Could they get active in the trade market?
Name one running back who could be traded before the deadline.
Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season is here, and insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano have been making calls to sources around the league for the latest news and buzz on key situations.
Jeremy and Dan also checked in on the aftermath of the Titans firing coach Brian Callahan. Why was it done now, and what should we expect from Tennessee’s upcoming coaching search? Then they broke down the 49ers’ seemingly never-ending string of injuries and whether that might prompt them to be active at the trade deadline. And speaking of trades, our insiders asked around the league to get a sense of which running backs could be available between now and the Nov. 4 deadline.
It’s all here, as our national reporters answer big questions and empty their notebooks heading into Week 7.
Jump to: Eagles’ offensive woes Callahan firing aftermath 49ers’ potential trades RBs who could be moved More notes on Week 7
Graziano: I lean yes on both questions, with the caveat that they’re 4-2 and in a position to be able to fix their problems in time. But there are problems, and they do need to be fixed. It’s easy to default to “Oh, there’s locker room tension,” but I really have never had the sense that Eagles players have any personal issues with one another. They all want to be better, and if there’s tension, it’s because of the two straight losses and the urgency they all feel to get it turned around.
As for solutions, some in the locker room would like to see more play-action. The Eagles use it 19.6% of the time, which is 29th in the NFL. Perhaps we see more pre-snap movement/motion to open up more throwing windows, which might encourage Hurts to let it loose a little more. Hit the throws that are there, and hit them on time. Where do the Eagles turn for a spark, Dan?
What is the biggest issue with the Eagles’ offense?
Fowler: This move leaves a lot to process, and the timing is curious. Titans brass seemed ready to support Callahan in camp. Six games later, he’s gone, becoming the fourth Tennessee head coach or GM to be fired in the past 34 months.
The 2025 product under Callahan was worse than imagined — and with one of the NFL’s worst rosters, that’s saying something. The goal was simple: get better. The Titans didn’t. Was 23 games enough for Callahan to establish a winning culture? Of course not. But my sense after asking around is the Titans weighed Cam Ward’s development in all of this, and whether Callahan could spark any improvement. The roster has a long way to go. It looks as if Mike Vrabel got out at the right time.
Graziano: Vrabel heading to Nashville this week to coach the Patriots against his former team is a funny little wrinkle in all of this — especially given that Vrabel has won the same number of games with the Patriots this season as the Titans have won since they fired him after the 2023 season.
Who Dan Orlovsky would like to see as next Titans coach
But Tennessee needs to find a way to make the job more attractive from a roster standpoint. Ward and Simmons are not enough. The team currently has seven picks in the 2026 draft and would like to add more.
Graziano: They could certainly use all the picks they can get. And it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world, either, if they ended up with the No. 1 pick in next year’s draft, since they wouldn’t need to use it on a quarterback and could almost certainly auction it off for a king’s ransom to some team that would.
Fowler: Yes, the 49ers have been scanning the trade market for pass-rush options. I’m told the Niners consider Trey Hendrickson an ideal fit for their defense if the Bengals would part with him for reasonable compensation. But I’m also told Cincinnati has no plans to trade Hendrickson at this time. Despite a 2-4 record, Cincinnati plans to remain all-in on this season, and the offense showed signs of life with Joe Flacco on Sunday in Green Bay.
Graziano: I’ve been told the same thing on Hendrickson — that the Bengals don’t intend to trade him. Let’s see what happens these next couple of weeks. If they lose to the Steelers, Jets and Bears and wake up on trade deadine day with a 2-7 record, maybe they consider it. But if they beat Pittsburgh on Thursday, the Bengals will have reason to believe they can hang in a messy AFC North Division race, especially if they still harbor any hope of a Joe Burrow return.
Adam Schefter details to Pat McAfee the buyers and sellers in the NFL trade market.
Graziano: It also doesn’t have to be defense for the 49ers. They’ve been extremely banged up in their wide receiver corps this season. They still don’t know for sure when Brandon Aiyuk (knee) is coming back. They already signed Kendrick Bourne, who has been a star the past two weeks with Ricky Pearsall (knee) out and Jauan Jennings (ribs) playing hurt, but I wouldn’t be shocked if the help the 49ers bring in from the outside comes on the offensive side of the ball.
San Francisco is still in a win-now window, with veterans such as Trent Williams and George Kittle in or nearing the back ends of their careers. And being 4-2 gives the Niners reason to think that, if they get healthy, they can still make a run this season. Just so many holes to fill, you wonder which direction they’ll go.
Fowler: Team execs have also pegged the Patriots among teams that could look to add a back in the coming weeks. And good call on Hall. He has said publicly he doesn’t want to be traded, but he’s also on an 0-6 team, so it feels as if all bets are off.
I’ll go with the Browns’ Jerome Ford. It’s a rookie show in Cleveland. Quinshon Judkins and Dylan Sampson will man the backfield moving forward. The Browns have remained active in the market with three trades executed in recent weeks. And Ford has enough cachet in the league — with 1,378 rushing yards and seven touchdowns over 2023-24 — to attract interest.
Fowler: Wright is a player I’ve had on my radar for that very reason. A lot of teams were high on him in the 2024 draft, including Dallas, which has a soft need after the Miles Sanders injury. And here’s a change-of-pace option: Baltimore’s Keaton Mitchell. He has game-changing speed but is the odd man out in the Ravens backfield. It’s worth noting that Chargers GM Joe Hortiz was with Baltimore when the team signed Mitchell as an undrafted free agent in 2023.
So the Chiefs signed Moore, who had been a swing tackle in San Francisco, for two years and $30 million. The move was criticized in some places as insufficient, since Moore had never been a starter and likely wasn’t the answer at left tackle. But the Chiefs believed they’d take a left tackle in the draft. They hoped it would be Josh Simmons, and it was — but not knowing that in March, they thought Moore would be a competent placeholder if the rookie wasn’t ready right away.
Does the road to the Super Bowl go through the Chiefs?
These next few weeks are critical ones for the organization, which has another Lamar Jackson extension situation looming and could have big decisions to make if this season continues to get away from them.