The 633 unrestricted free agents who are scheduled to reach the market on March 11 at noon ET—when teams can start negotiating with them—will all be examined in this daily series. Even yet, a lot of agreements will be worked up prior to then, with the combine serving as the unofficial start of the tampering window. Some won’t make it there because they were either extended by their current team or franchise tagged before the deadline of March 5 at 4 PM ET.
It’s crucial to consider every aspect of a roster before someone tosses their toys out of the pram and complains, “Why are we covering “X” position when we don’t need a player there?” What you can obtain in free agency greatly influences what you do with trades, extensions, and the draft.
A club like the Cleveland Browns, who are fighting to win now rather than developing a starter as the season progresses, uses free agency and trades to fill any starting places on the roster. Keep an eye on who they could replace next year when Andrew Berry is selecting players later in the summer since they plan to develop future starters from their backup and depth positions.
We will go over every name of unrestricted free agents at every position and explain why we think some players are targets and which ones are intriguingly in the gray area. Since they frequently return, players who are restricted free agents and exclusive free agents are not featured since it is doubtful that they will reach free agency and this is not something that should be the focus.
After that, we’ll publish two pieces per day to make the full set:
Quarterbacks, Running Backs, Wide Receivers, Tight Ends, Tackles, Guards, Centers, Edges, Defensive Tackles, Linebackers, Cornerbacks, and Safeties are the possibilities for depth or special teams.
Additionally, there is a VIP set of articles in which every positional player on the OBR team—quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, tackles, guards, centers, edges, defensive tackles, linebackers, cornerbacks, and safeties—adds what they would do this offseason.
