NFL Free Agency Tracker

Kirk Cousins to the Minnesota Vikings. The former Redskin signed a fully-guaranteed 3 year/$84 million contract with the Vikings. While this cements Minnesota as the prohibitive favorite in the NFC, it also will have huge ripple effects throughout the league. No quarterback had ever received a multiyear fully guaranteed contract. Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers are both due for extensions in the near future and I would be shocked if they didn’t crave a similar structure with even more money attached.

Drew Brees to the New Orleans Saints. This was the least surprising signing of free agency. Brees wanted to be back in the Big Easy and Sean Payton wanted him there. The Saints will look to rebound from what was a bitter end to their 2017 campaign.

Case Keenum to the Denver Broncos. Keenum was the first quarterback domino to fall. John Elway inked the 30-year old to a 2 year/$36 million contract. While he performed admirably in Minnesota last season, I am not sure I like him in Denver given the array of options in both free agency and through the draft that the Broncos could have pursued.

Sam Bradford to the Buffalo Bills. This is undoubtedly a bridge at the quarterback position in Buffalo. It would make more sense to build around a glass sculpture than it would to build around Bradford at this point. His entire career has been ravaged by a series of injuries. I think all signs point to the Bills trading up in the draft to select their quarterback of the future and the signing of Bradford just serves as an insurance policy in case that rookie isn’t ready from the jump.

Allen Robinson to the Chicago Bears. Assuming that Robinson’s ACL injury is in the rearview mirror, I really like this signing for the Bears. The former Jaguar put up crazy numbers and that was with Blake Bortles as his quarterback. Mitchell Trubisky isn’t much better than Bortles at this moment in time, but with Robinson in the fold, the Bears second year signal-caller will have a reliable downfield threat that he can rely on.

Andrew Norwell to the Jacksonville Jaguars. With this signing Tom Coughlin is not tinkering with the Jaguars identity. They have been and will continue to be a physical football team. Adding an All-Pro guard into the picture can only mean one thing: Leonard Fournette must be licking his chops.

Sammy Watkins to the Kansas City Chiefs. Watkins is an enigma. He certainly passes the eye-test, but his numbers just haven’t been there. In the past two seasons, the Clemson product has 67 catches for just over 1,000 yards. There are plenty of receivers who recorded superior numbers in this past season alone. Watkins and Tyreek Hill will certainly be a speedy duo at Patrick Mahomes’ disposal, but I am not sure the wide out is worth the $16 million per season that Kansas City is paying him.

Jimmy Graham to the Green Bay Packers. This is borderline unfair. It is not so much that Graham is still the unstoppable beast that he was once was. It has more to do with the quarterback that he is now paired with. Aaron Rodgers has the deadliest back shoulder throw in the game and now that A-Rod has a 6’6” uber-athlete at his disposal, the Packers will be close to indefensible in the red zone.

Dion Lewis to the Tennessee Titans. This is one of the more underrated signing of the free agency period. DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry were a bit redundant so now the addition of Lewis gives the Titans a viable receiving threat out of the backfield. Marcus Mariota’s life just got a whole lot easier.

Nate Solder to the New York Giants. The Giants have struggled to get adequate tackle play since drafting Ereck Flowers three seasons ago. Now with Solder in play, not only do the Giants solidify a surefire need, but they also afford themselves a great deal of flexibility with the second pick in the draft.