What next?

A primer on dates and next steps

Running backs: Re-signing Addai is imperative, and Dominic Rhodes makes sense because he isn’t likely to cost much. But what’s to be made of the sudden disappearance of Donald Brown down the stretch?

After rushing for a career-best 129 yards against Jacksonville in Week 15, the team’s 2009 first-round draft pick had nine carries for 37 yards in the final two regular-season games and didn’t step on the field in the playoff loss to the Jets.