On March 11, at 12pm, the legal tampering period for NFL free agency started. And immediately, the league went wild. By the end of the day on Monday, so many moves have been made it was almost impossible to keep up. Since there was a lot of information coming at once, here are the most interesting moves made in NFL team in free agency. Please note that not all the teams made headlines.
Arizonia Cardinals:
QB Desmon Ridder (via trade with Falcons)
Atlanta Falcons (NFL investigating for tampering):
QB Kirk Cousins: Four-years $180 million deal ($100 million guaranteed. 35 years old coming off a torn Achilles)
WR Darnell Mooney: Three-years $39 million deal
Baltimore Ravens:
RB Derrick Henry: Two-years $16 million deal
Buffalo Bills:
QB Mitch Trubisky: Two-years $5.25 million (as a backup for Josh Allen)
WR Curtis Samuels: Three-years $24 million
Chicago Bears:
RB D’Andre Swift: Three-years $24 million
WR Keenan Allen (via trade with Chargers)
Traded starting QB Justin Fields to the Steelers
Cincinnati Bengals:
Franchise tagged Tee Higgins: 1 year $21.8 million (Higgins asked for trade after)
RB Zack Moss: Two-years $8 million
S Vonn Bell: 1 year $6 million
Released (then traded) RB Joe Mixon
Cleveland Browns:
WR Jerry Judey (Via trade with Broncos, extended to three-years $58 million)
QB Jameis Winston: 1 year, $4 million
QB: Tyler Huntley
Denver Broncos:
Released QB Russell Wilson
Green Bay Packers:
RB Josh Jacobs: Four-years, $48 million
Released RB Aaron Jones
Houston Texans
RB Joe Mixon (Trade from Bengals)
Indianapolis Colts:
QB Joe Flacco: 1 year $8.7 million
WR: Michael Pittman Jr.: three-years $70 million
Jacksonville Jaguars
QB Mac Jones (via trade from Patriots)
Kansas City Chiefs:
DL: Chris Jones: Five-years $160 million)
P Matt Araiza (league minimum)
WR: Marquise “Hollywood” Brown: 1-year $7 million
Las Vegas Raiders:
QB: Gardner Minshew: Two-years $25 million
TE: Harrison Bryant: 1 year $2.9 million
Released QB Jimmy G
Los Angeles Rams:
QB Jimmy G: 1 year (has to sit out the first two games of the season for performance enhancing drug violation, but he is the backup so the Rams should be okay for those two games)
Retired: Aaron Donald
Minnesota Vikings
QB Sam Darnold: 1 year $10 million
RB Aaron Jones: 1 year $7 million
New England Patriots
Traded QB Mac Jones
QB Jacoby Brissett: 1 year $8 million
New Orleans Saints
DE Chase Young: 1 year $13 million (has current neck injury so contract is only $5.01 million guaranteed)
New York Giants:
RB Devin Singletary: 1 year
QB Drew Lock: 1 year $5 million
New York Jets
QB Tyrod Taylor: Two-years $18 million
Philadelphia Eagles (NFL Investigating for tampering)
RB Saquon Barkley: Three-years $37.75 million ($26 million guaranteed, coming from Division Rival New York Giants)
QB Kenny Pickett (via trade with the Steelers)
Retired: Jason Kelce (pre-free agency but important to note)
Pittsburgh Steelers
QB Russel Wilson: 1 year
QB Justin Fields (via trade with Bears)
Cleaned out QB room before making the deals above
San Francisco 49ers
QB Joshua Dobb: 1 year $2.75 million
Seattle Seahawks
QB Sam Howell (via trade with Commanders)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
QB Baker Mayfield: Three-years $115 million ($50 million guaranteed)
WR Mike Evans: Two-years $52 million
Tennessee Titans
RB Tony Pollard: Three-years $36 million
QB Mason Rudolph: 1-year $2.87 million
WR Calvin Ridley: Four-Years $92 million ($50 million guaranteed)
Washington Commanders
QB Marcus Mariota: 1-year $6 million
RB Austin Ekeler: Two-years $11.43 million
With all these moves the NFL is going to look vastly different next season. Right now, however, the teams are focused on the draft, which will take place April 25-27 in Detroit.
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