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NFL free agency, offseason updates: Chargers release Joey Bosa, Eagles re-sign Zack Baun

Jets have released Davante Adams and DK Metcalf requests a trade

The NFL's franchise tag deadline has come and gone, which puts the focus on free agency, which officially opens at 4 p.m. ET on March 12. Deals can be made before that though as the so-called legal tampering period begins at noon ET on March 10. But plenty of action is already underway as teams are cutting veterans, re-signing stars and shopping for potential trades.

Here's everything you need to know as teams across the league continue to make moves this offseason.

Kansas City Chiefs OL Trey Smith

Cincinnati Bengals WR Tee Higgins

This marks the fewest players tagged in a year since 1994, per ESPN.

The Dallas Cowboys worked out a four-year, $80 million deal with defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa, who reportedly would have been place on the tag if a deal couldn't be reached.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold, meanwhile, seemed like a straightforward candidate for the tag, so that he and the Vikings could buy more time in trying to work out a longer-term deal. But the $40.2 million number for QBs on the tag (see below) was reportedly too high for the Vikings, and would have limited their ability to build out the rest of the roster.

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  • QB Tommy DeVito set to return to Giants

    DeVito, 26, has played 12 games in two seasons with the New York Giants. He has 1,358 passing yards, eight touchdowns and three interceptions in his NFL career.

  • Star Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson has permission to look for a trade

    Hendrickson led the NFL with 17.5 sacks in 2024 and he's entering the final year of his contract.

    He's a potentially huge trade chip for Cincinnati.

  • 49ers releasing DT Javon Hargrave

    Hargrave, 32, has played nine NFL seasons with the Steelers, Eagles and 49ers. He has 380 career tackles and 45.5 sacks.

    He played only three games during the 2024 season after suffering a partially torn right triceps, which required season-ending surgery.

  • Rams, Tutu Atwell agree to 1-year, $10 million deal

    Atwell played in all 17 games last season, recording 42 catches for 562 yards..

  • Veteran C Mitch Morse announces retirement

    Morse, 32, was a second-round pick in 2015 by the Kansas City Chiefs. He moved to the Buffalo Bills in 2023 and played his final season with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played 143 career NFL games and was a Pro Bowler in 2022.

  • Browns restructure Deshaun Watson's contract, open up nearly $36 million in salary cap space

    The Cleveland Browns were nearly $22 million over the salary cap before this move.

    Watson has two years left on his five-year, $230 million contract signed in 2022. He is owed $46 million in 2025 and 2026.

  • Seahawks reportedly have high asking price for DK Metcalf

    The Seahawks appear to be setting a high bar for what they want in return for DK Metcalf.

    The 27-year-old receiver requested a trade from the team on Wednesday and according to The Athletic, the Seahawks want a first and third-round pick in return.

    Will a team actually meet that asking price? You can at least understand why the Seahawks are asking for a first-round pick. In 2022, the Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins for the No. 29 pick in the draft along with a second-round pick, a fourth-round pick and two 2023 picks. The Dolphins then made Hill the highest-paid receiver in the NFL at the time with a contract extension.

    A week before Hill was traded, the Raiders traded a first-round pick and a second-round pick to the Packers for Davante Adams.

    Like Hill, Metcalf will get a contract extension from a team that trades for him. He's in the last year of his current deal with a cap number over $30 million. That number would very likely go down for the 2025 season with an extension.

  • Chargers release Joey Bosa

    Joey Bosa's time with the Los Angeles Chargers is officially over. The team opted to release the star pass rusher on Wednesday night. He had been with them since the team selected him with the No. 3 overall pick in 2016, when they were still located in San Diego.

    Bosa had 22 total tackles and five sacks last season. The move will free up more than $25 million in cap space.

    For more on the Chargers' split with Joey Bosa, click here.

  • Dolphins restructure Bradley Chubb's deal to clear cap space

  • Pro Bowl Browns G Joel Bitonio returning for 12th NFL season

    Joel Bitonio is returning to play for the Browns. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)
    Joel Bitonio is returning to play for the Browns. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)

    The Cleveland Browns got some welcome good news on Wednesday.

    Joel Bitonio is coming back. The five-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowl guard is returning to Cleveland for his 12th NFL season. The Browns announced Bitonio's decision.

    Bitonio was unclear at the conclusion of last season if he would return in 2025.

    "I really want to decompress and feel it out and give myself a chance to rest the mind and the body and see where we're at," Bitonio said on Jan. 5, per the Browns. "The burden of playing in this league is tough. As an offensive lineman, you have to be fully committed. You're playing 55 to 85 snaps every game. I think I got close to almost 1,200 snaps this year on offense. And that's a big commitment."

    Bitonio, 33, has played his entire career in Cleveland and has made the Pro Bowl after each of the past seven seasons. He'll play next season on the last year of a three-year, $48 million contract.

  • Chiefs reportedly eyeing Ronnie Stanley in free agency

    Could the trade of Joe Thuney lead to the Chiefs adding a marquee left tackle?

    According to the Athletic, Kansas City is preparing to make a run at signing Baltimore Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley when free agency opens. The Chiefs cleared $16 million in cap space earlier Wednesday when they agreed to trade Thuney to the Chicago Bears for a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

    An All-Pro guard, Thuney played left tackle for the Chiefs in the final weeks of the regular season and throughout the playoffs as the Chiefs struggled to find suitable play on the outside. The team signed former Arizona Cardinals LT D.J. Humphries late in the season, but Humphries strained a hamstring during his first game with the team and didn't start during the postseason.

    Stanley, who turns 31 on March 18 and is one of the top free agents set to hit the open market, played in all 19 of the Ravens' regular season and playoff games this year and made his second Pro Bowl. It was the first time Stanley had played a full regular season in his entire career after playing seven regular-season games combined in 2020 and 2021 after he was a first-team All-Pro selection in 2019.

  • Eagles re-sign LB Zack Baun to $51 million extension

    Baun had a breakout season in his first year with the Philadelphia Eagles. The 28-year-old Wisconsin product recorded 150 total tackles, 11 for loss and 3.5 sacks during the 2024 season.

    Read more here.

  • Cowboys restructure QB Dak Prescott's contract, free up even more salary cap space

    Read more here.

  • Jaguars set to release WR Christian Kirk

    Christian Kirk spent the past three seasons in Jacksonville. He played eight games in 2024, making 27 catches for 379 yards and one touchdown.

    He was set to make $15.5 million in 2025 with no guaranteed money left on his deal. The Jaguars will end up saving $10.37 million with Kirk's release and will eat $13.65 million in dead money, per Over The Cap.

    JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 27: Christian Kirk #13 of the Jacksonville Jaguars celebrates a first down catch against the Green Bay Packers during the game at EverBank Field on October 27, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
    JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 27: Christian Kirk #13 of the Jacksonville Jaguars celebrates a first down catch against the Green Bay Packers during the game at EverBank Field on October 27, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
  • Maxx Crosby gets a big extension from the Raiders

    The Las Vegas Raiders announced on Wednesday that they have signed Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby to a multi-year extension.

    Per ESPN, the extension is for three years and $106.5 million with $91.5 in guaranteed money, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history in terms of annual salary ($35.5 million). Minnesota Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson was previously the highest-paid non-quarterback with a four-year, $140 million contract that pays him $35 million per year.

    Read more here.

    KANSAS CITY, MO - NOVEMBER 29: Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) warms up prior to the game against the Kansas City Chiefs on November 29th, 2024 at GEHA Field Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
    KANSAS CITY, MO - NOVEMBER 29: Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) warms up prior to the game against the Kansas City Chiefs on November 29th, 2024 at GEHA Field Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
  • Seahawks release WR Tyler Lockett after 10 seasons

    Lockett was due $17 million in salary this season, which included a $5.3 million roster bonus that was to be paid out on March 16. His salary cap hit was set to be $30 million for 2025 and the Seahawks were reportedly nearly $6 million over the cap ceiling ahead of the free agent market opening next week.

    Read more here.

    GLENDALE, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 8: Tyler Lockett #16 of the Seattle Seahawks during warm ups before a game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on December 8, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Mike Christy/Getty Images)
    GLENDALE, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 8: Tyler Lockett #16 of the Seattle Seahawks during warm ups before a game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on December 8, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Mike Christy/Getty Images)
  • K Mason Crosby announces retirement

    Longtime kicker Mason Crosby has announced his retirement, the Green Bay Packers announced.

    Crosby spent 16 of his 17 NFL seasons in Green Bay after being a 2007 sixth-round pick out of Colorado. He played the most total games and most consecutive games in franchise history (258) and was part of their Super Bowl XLV winning team. He is also the Packers' leader in career points (1,918), field goals (395), 50-yard field goals (43) and extra points (733).

    Only two players in NFL history have played 250-plus regular-season games and scored 1,900-plus points with a single team: Crosby and Detroit Lions kicker Jason Hanson.

    Crosby last played in 2023 when he appeared in three games with the New York Giants.

    GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 01: Mason Crosby #2 of the Green Bay Packers leaves the field after the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on January 01, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
    GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 01: Mason Crosby #2 of the Green Bay Packers leaves the field after the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on January 01, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
  • Just two players were tagged this year, the smallest number in the last 31 years

    CINCINNATI, OHIO - DECEMBER 28: Tee Higgins #5 of the Cincinnati Bengals reacts after a 30-24 overtime victory against the Denver Broncos at Paycor Stadium on December 28, 2024 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
    CINCINNATI, OHIO - DECEMBER 28: Tee Higgins #5 of the Cincinnati Bengals reacts after a 30-24 overtime victory against the Denver Broncos at Paycor Stadium on December 28, 2024 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

    This offseason, only Kansas City Chiefs OL Trey Smith and Cincinnati Bengals WR Tee Higgins were tagged by their teams.

    This marks the fewest players tagged in a year since 1994, per ESPN.

    What does that mean for their futures?

    “We want Tee around here not just next year but in the future,” Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said at the NFL combine. “Tee’s been a big part of all the wins we’ve had and keeping defenses accountable."

    Whether or not the Bengals will keep him together with MVP-caliber quarterback Joe Burrow and triple crown-winning receiver Ja'Marr Chase, however, is very much in question, mostly thanks to the team itself. Cincinnati failed to reach a contract extension agreement with Chase last summer, and the price has only gone up. Higgins has now received the franchise tag two years in a row, and while reports suggest the Bengals plan to negotiate a longer-term deal with him this time, they also are notorious for tightening purse strings relative to other franchises.

    Smith's future, meanwhile, still seems to be in Kansas City, with multiple reports indicating the Chiefs want him long-term, especially given their offensive line issues. He received the non-exclusive tag, which means he's free to negotiate with other teams, but the Chiefs also have the right to match any offer sheet he receives. So it might just have been a way of gauging his market in negotiations.

  • Bengals longtime DE Sam Hubbard announces retirement

    Hubbard, 29, was a third-round pick by the Bengals in 2018 out of Ohio State. He played 104 games in Cincinnati in seven seasons and recorded 38.5 sacks, 398 total tackles and 55 tackles for loss.

    Hubbard suffered a season-ending PCL injury in December during a game where he caught his first career offensive touchdown.

  • Raiders planning to release QB Gardner Minshew

  • Chiefs trading All-Pro G Joe Thuney to Bears

    The Chicago Bears are bulking up their offensive line. One day after acquiring guard Jonah Jackson from the Los Angeles Rams, they are adding guard Joe Thuney from the Kansas City Chiefs for a 2026 fourth-round draft pick.

    The 32-year-old Thuney is a four-time Super Bowl winner and two-time First-team All-Pro.

    Read more here.

  • Jets make Davante Adams release official

  • Report: Saints releasing veteran RB Jamaal Williams

    Williams rushed for just 470 yards and two touchdowns in five starts for New Orleans these past two seasons.

  • This is the fewest number of players to be tagged in over 30 years

    Great franchise tag stat, if you're into that sort of thing, from ESPN:

  • NFL's franchise tag deadline has come and gone

    The NFL's franchise tag deadline has come and gone. Here are the players who received the tag:

    Kansas City Chiefs OL Trey Smith

    Cincinnati Bengals WR Tee Higgins

    And here's two more that were realistic candidates for it:

    The Dallas Cowboys worked out a four-year, $80 million deal with defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa, who reportedly would have been place on the tag if a deal couldn't be reached.

    Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold, meanwhile, seemed like a straightforward candidate for the tag, so that he and the Vikings could buy more time in trying to work out a longer-term deal. But the $40.2 million number for QBs on the tag (see below) was reportedly too high for the Vikings, and would have limited their ability to build out the rest of the roster.

  • Seahawks release 4 players to free up cap space

    The Seattle Seahawks announced Tuesday that they have released four players, freeing up roughly $26.5 million in salary cap space. Gone are defensive lineman Dre'Mont Jones, safety Rayshawn Jenkins, defensive end Roy Robertson-Harris and tackle George Fant.

    Jones started seven games last season and played in all 17 regular-season games while tallying four sacks. Jenkins played in 13 games including nine starts. Robertson-Harris was a little-used reserve, who recorded 13 total tackles. Fant was limited to two games in part due to a knee injury.

  • Eagles reportedly sign RB Saquon Barkley to 2-year, $41.2M extension

    The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to a two-year, $41.2 million extension with Saquon Barkley, making him the highest-paid running back in NFL history, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

    Barkley turned in an historic season in his first year with the Philadelphia Eagles when he ran for 2,005 yards and 13 touchdowns. During the Eagles' Super Bowl run, Barkley recorded 499 yards on the ground and 5 touchdowns.

    Read more here.

  • Cowboys reportedly restructure CeeDee Lamb's deal to free up cap space

    The Dallas Cowboys have reportedly restructured CeeDee Lamb's contract to free up salary cap space. Details of the restructure weren't initially clear, but the move will open up $20 million in cap space, ESPN's Todd Archer reports.

    Per Spotrac, the Cowboys were roughly $3 million over the 2025 cap prior to the restructure and signing defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa to a four-year, $80 million deal. The move to restructure Lamb's deal was expected as the Cowboys approach free agency. Dallas could also restructure quarterback Dak Prescott's contract among other maneuvers to free up more space.

  • Jets release WR Davante Adams

    Adams spent just 11 games with the New York Jets after he was dealt there ahead of the deadline from the Las Vegas Raiders, which reunited him with longtime quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Jets have opted to move on from Rodgers after just two seasons — though one of them lasted just four plays, when he injured his Achilles in his debut with the club in 2023.

    Adams finished with 854 yards and seven touchdowns with the Jets, who went just 5-12 on the year and won only three games after Adams’ arrival. Despite the team’s struggles, Adams still finished with what was his fifth-straight 1,000-yard season.

    Read more here.

  • Bears reportedly trading for Rams OL Jonah Jackson

    The Chicago Bears are trading to acquire former Pro Bowl offensive lineman Jonah Jackson from the Los Angeles Rams, ESPN reports.

    Chicago is sending a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Rams in return, per the report.

    Jackson, 28, is a five-year NFL veteran. He played his first four seasons with the Lions before joining the Rams in 2024. He made a Pro Bowl in Detroit in 2021 and was a four-year starter for the Lions.

    Jackson was limited to four starts with the Rams on the interior line last season due in part to a shoulder injury. He suffered the injury in Week 2 and made just two more starts after returning to the lineup in Week 10.

    If healthy, Jackson addresses a need in Chicago as the Bears look to build around second-year quarterback Caleb Williams.

  • Cowboys extend DT Osa Odighizuwa with 4-year, $80M extension

    The 26-year-old Odighizuwa just finished his fourth NFL season with the Cowboys. In 2024, he played all 17 games and recorded 47 total tackles and 4.5 sacks.

    The Cowboys were set to use the franchise tag ($25.1 million) on Odighizuwa if a contract extension could not be worked out.

    Read more here.

  • WR Allen Lazard given permission to seek a trade by Jets

    Lazard, 29, spent two seasons with the New York Jets and played 26 games. He made 60 receptions for 811 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns.

  • Eagles reportedly moving on from CB James Bradberry

    Bradberry, 31, joined the Philadelphia Eagles in 2022 from the New York Giants. Over three seasons in Philadelphia, he played 33 games and recorded 4 interceptions, 30 pass deflections and 98 total tackles.

    He did not play in 2024 after tearing his Achilles in training camp.

  • Steelers reportedly "more likely" to keep Justin Fields over Russell Wilson

    According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the Pittsburgh Steelers are leaning towards keeping quarterback Justin Fields over Russell Wilson for the 2025 season.

    Fields started the first six games of the 2024 season as Wilson healed from injury. Wilson took over the starting role and threw for 2,482 yards, 16 touchdowns and 5 interceptions in 11 games.

  • Vikings not expected to tag Sam Darnold

    ESPN and NFL Network reported Monday night that the Minnesota Vikings are not expected to place their franchise tag on quarterback Sam Darnold. Per both reports, the Vikings remain interested in working out a deal with Darnold, but it won't come via the franchise tag.

    Darnold's status with the Vikings remains one of the biggest questions of the NFL offseason after a career season for the former first-round pick crashed with poor performances in Minnesota's season finale loss to the Lions and a playoff loss against the Rams.

    A Vikings team that had a chance to clinch the No. 1 seed in the NFC in the final week of the season instead finished as a wild-card team, then failed to win a playoff game after a 14-3 campaign.

  • Deebo Samuel says there's "no bad blood" after trade from 49ers

    This weekend, the San Francisco 49ers granted Deebo Samuel's trade request, sending the receiver to the Washington Commanders.

    On Monday, Samuel clarified that there was was "no bad blood" between him and organization, even with the request. Samuel said that he was leaving on good terms with general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan.

    "49ers know where I stand with them and it's nothing but love. Love John and Kyle to death," Samuel wrote in a post on X. "They know I'm more than appreciative of everything they done for me as a player and a man."

    San Francisco reportedly received a fifth-round pick from the Commanders in return. It's a somewhat low return for the Pro Bowl receiver, but the trade helps the 49ers with their salary cap situation.

  • Longtime OC Scott Linehan reportedly joining Saints' staff

    The New Orleans Saints are reportedly bringing veteran coach Scott Linehan onto their staff, per Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football.

    Linehan — whose long résumé includes a head coaching stint with the then-St. Louis Rams and offensive coordinator roles with the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys — will bring an offense boost to the Saints.

  • BREAKING: Bengals are tagging WR Tee Higgins

  • Eagles releasing CB Darius Slay: Report

    The Eagles are releasing cornerback Darius Slay, reports ESPN's Adam Schefter.

    Slay, 34, played five seasons with Philadelphia after being acquired from the Lions. He has said that he plans to retire after the 2025 season.

    Last season, Slay had no interceptions for the first time since his rookie year. He started 14 games, totaling 49 tackles with three tackles for loss, 14 pass break-ups and one forced fumble.

  • Sean McVay says trading Cooper Kupp is the "hardest decision" he's had to make as a coach

    When speaking with reporters on Monday, Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay addressed one of the elephants in the room: receiver Cooper Kupp, who the team is looking to trade.

    Last month, Kupp, who has spent his entire NFL career with the Rams, announced that the team was looking to "immediately" trade him. "I don't agree with the decision and always believed it was going to begin and end in LA," Kupp wrote as part of a statement thanking Rams fans.

    McVay told reporters on Monday that deciding to trade Kupp was the "hardest decision" he's made as a head coach.

    "We just felt like that was the best direction for our football team ... in terms of putting together the whole puzzle. There's obviously a lot of layers to that," McVay said.

    As for whether McVay will bring Kupp back if the Rams can't find someone to trade him to: "I would never speak in absolutes," McVay told reporters.

  • Matthew Stafford will stay with Rams under adjusted version of current deal, per Sean McVay

    Matthew Stafford is staying with the Los Angeles Rams for the near future, with the team announcing Friday that the veteran QB sticking around on a restructured deal. Although the terms of the deal were unknown at the time, Rams head coach Sean McVay provided a few more details during a press conference on Monday.

    McVay told reporters that Stafford's restructured deal would be part of his existing extension, which he signed in 2022. Stafford's current deal runs through 2026, holding salary cap hits of $49.7 million and $53.7 million, respectively, over the next two seasons; most likely, those amounts are what the team will work to adjust.

    The Rams coach added that he expects to have a similar conversation with Stafford next season, but that it hopefully won't take as long.

    McVay told reporters that he'd "been sleeping better these last couple of days" since Stafford agreed to stay.

  • Packers, LB Isaiah McDuffie agree to 2-year, $8 million deal: Report

    Linebacker Isaiah McDuffie and the Packers have agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports.

    McDuffie, 25, played all 17 games last season for Green Bay and compiled 97 tackles, three tackles for loss, three passes defensed and one forced fumble. The Packers' 2021 sixth-round pic, he's averaged 62 tackles in his four NFL seasons.

  • Ronnie Stanley top OT in free agency; no deal with Ravens reportedly imminent

    Ronnie Stanley is the top offensive tackle available in free agency and teams looking for a left tackle don't have many other options with Alaric Jackson re-signing with the Rams.

    That could make it more difficult for the Ravens to bring Stanley back, though the team views it as a priority. No agreement reportedly appears to be close, however.

    Stanley, who turns 31 on March 18, started all 17 games for Baltimore last season. He allowed two sacks in 575 pass block snaps (1089 total), according to Pro Football Focus. He is rated as the No. 5 free agent available by Yahoo Sports' Frank Schwab.

    Placing a franchise tag on Stanley if a long-term contract isn't negotiated is an option. But the Ravens are projected to be $10.4 million under the salary cap, according to Spotrac, while a franchise tag would guarantee Stanley a one-year salary of $25.2 million.

    The NFL's highest-paid offensive tackle is Tampa Bay's Tristan Wirfs at an annual salary of $28.1 million as part of a five-year, $141 million extension he signed before last season. Detroit's Penei Sewell is next at $28 million per season. He signed a four-year, $112 million deal last spring.

  • Cowboys, LB Micah Parsons begin extension talks

    Star linebacker Micah Parsons is signed for one more season after the Cowboys picked up his fifth-year option for $21.32 million. But the team wants to sign him to a long-term contract extension before he can become a free agent.

    That process reportedly began this week at the NFL scouting combine with Dallas starting "general" contract talks with Parsons this week, the Dallas Morning News reported.

    Where could contract negotiations begin? Nick Bosa is the NFL's highest-paid pass rusher, signing a five-year, $170 million deal in 2023, giving him an average annual salary of $34 million. He had nine sacks and 55 tackles in 14 games last season. Parsons registered 12 sacks and 44 tackles, limited to 13 games by an ankle injury.

  • NFL Top 25 free agents

    As the opening of the NFL free agency "tampering" period opens on March 10, who are the top players available to be signed? Yahoo Sports' Frank Schwab assembled a list of the top 25 free agents on the open market.

    It's not a great crop for teams that need a quarterback, but that will likely make Sam Darnold a man in demand.

    "It didn't end on a high note, but Darnold was excellent for most of the 2024 season. And there's a lot of desperation at quarterback around the NFL. The case for Darnold is his draft pedigree and the results he showed when he was finally in a good situation. The case against him is it's a small sample of success and the final two games were ugly. He'll get paid, and it'll come with risk."

    Teams in need of pass rushers, interior defensive linemen and offensive lineman will find plenty of options.

    Who is the No. 1 player on the market? View the complete list of top 25 free agents here.