Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell had an eventful second NFL in 2024. He lost a training-camp battle with free-agent addition Gardner Minshew (his coach Antonio Pierce now says he regretted that decision).

The NFL playoffs are in full swing for a small group of teams. Yet for a large number of franchises, it's time to move into offseason mode. Realistically, some of them have already done so -- especially those who have made changes at the head coach or general manager positions.

And yet, a new coach is probably looking at a total rebuild in an AFC West division boasting coach-quarterback combos such as Andy Reid- Patrick Mahomes with the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs, Jim Harbaugh- Justin Herbert with the Los Angeles Chargers and Sean Payton- Bo Nix with the Denver Broncos.

Obigbo will be reuniting with ASU senior left tackle Josh Atkins, a former classmate ... decision impacting former junior college players. Gardner redshirted at Oregon while playing 18 snaps ...

Lawrence suffered a foot injury in Week 4 of the 2024 campaign and did not play the rest of the year, finishing with 14 tackles (seven solo), including 3.0 sacks, and a forced fumble. Overshown ...