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When did NFL free agency begin?
NFL free agency started last Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET, which is also the start of the NFL’s new league year. Players and teams are now allowed to sign contracts.
Who are the top remaining free agents?
QB Ryan Tannehill
WR Mike Williams
WR Tyler Boyd
TE Logan Thomas
OT Trent Brown
G Kevin Zeitler
DL Calais Campbell
DE Jadeveon Clowney
CB Xavien Howard
S Justin Simmons
Check out Yahoo Sports NFL writer Frank Schwab’s top 25 NFL free agents here.
Check out Schwab’s top five free agents at each position here.
What is the NFL salary cap this season?
The salary cap is $255.4 million, a $30 million increase from 2023. Here’s Yahoo Sports’ Jori Epstein with an overarching look at the jump.
What is each team’s cap/needs situation?
Check out our team-by-team NFL offseason primers, which hits on every franchise’s cap situation and where they need to spend the money.
Live323 updates
- Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
BREAKING: Chase Young signing with Saints, per report
- Mon, March 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM EDT
Report: Chargers signing former Panthers C Bradley Bozeman
- Mon, March 18, 2024 at 2:22 PM EDT
Chiefs make Hollywood Brown signing official
- Mon, March 18, 2024 at 2:05 PM EDT
Cowboys LB Leighton Vander Esch medically retiring, per report
#Cowboys starting LB Leighton Vander Esch is medically retiring from football after a six-year career. With 557 tackles in 71 games, Vander Esch was a Pro Bowler before a neck injury ended his career.
Owner Jerry Jones said, “We’re proud that he wore the star on his helmet.” pic.twitter.com/q5t6lHn8cf
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 18, 2024
- Mon, March 18, 2024 at 1:55 PM EDT
Report: Bills making Taron Johnson NFL’s highest-paid nickel back
Bills are signing All-Pro DB Taron Johnson to a three-year extension that makes him the NFL’s highest-paid nickel back, per source. He’s tied to Buffalo through the 2027 season. pic.twitter.com/2EYes3LgGv
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 18, 2024
- Mon, March 18, 2024 at 10:54 AM EDT
NFL free agency: Good, bad and ugly
Here’s a sampling of our look at free agency thus far:
Good: Bears, Lions, Packers
Bad: Falcons, Titans
Ugly: Cowboys, Vikings
How has your team done? Find out here
It was a good week for the NFC North. Well, most of it. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
- Mon, March 18, 2024 at 10:52 AM EDT
Top remaining free agents as Week 2 kicks off
Here are the best names still on the market as NFL free agency enters its second week:
QB Ryan Tannehill
WR Mike Williams
WR Tyler Boyd
TE Logan Thomas
OT Trent Brown
G Kevin Zeitler
DL Calais Campbell
DE Chase Young
DE Jadeveon Clowney
CB Xavien Howard
S Justin Simmons - Sun, March 17, 2024 at 9:28 PM EDT
Another big name in free agency making the rounds
Former #Bills All-Pro and Pro Bowl CB Tre’Davious White has visits scheduled with the #Rams and #Raiders this week, with a few more teams showing interest as well, sources say. White, cut by Buffalo earlier this month, is working his way back from a torn Achilles. pic.twitter.com/25GeAfRlxv
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 18, 2024
- Sun, March 17, 2024 at 7:51 PM EDT
Who will land Mike Williams?
Several teams are interested in Williams, one of the biggest unclaimed free agents out there.
Former Chargers’ WR Mike Williams is scheduled to visit this week with the Jets, Panthers and Steelers, per source. Jets up first with Williams arriving Monday night.
Also, with the Chargers having traded WR Keenan Allen, they also are interested in bringing back Williams.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 17, 2024
- Sun, March 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM EDT
Reunion: The #Chargers are expected to sign their former 2nd round pick and veteran LB Denzel Perryman to a 1-year deal, source said. Was in San Diego and LA from 2015-2020, now is back.
Quick photoshop 👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/hXMWIv4nlN
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 17, 2024
- Sun, March 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM EDT
Other teams were interested in Fields
Important note on the Justin Fields trade: At least four additional teams inquired about trading for Fields, but Fields’ representation asked for him not to be traded there. He wanted the #Steelersand the #Bears did right by him. https://t.co/jE65yV0jzm
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 17, 2024
- Sun, March 17, 2024 at 4:12 PM EDT
An active offseason continues for Patriots
- Sat, March 16, 2024 at 7:03 PM EDT
Russell Wilson will start for Steelers, per report
That gets that question out of the way.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have acquired Justin Fields from Chicago, source confirms. He’s joining the Steelers to be a backup and learn from Russell Wilson.
Wilson will start in Pittsburgh, Fields will back him up.
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) March 16, 2024
- Sat, March 16, 2024 at 6:52 PM EDT
Interesting Steelers QB room
Russell Wilson and Justin Fields are about to be the only two QBs on the Steelers’ roster. Will they compete for the starting job?
- Sat, March 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM EDT
The Bears didn’t get much back in the deal …
- Sat, March 16, 2024 at 6:40 PM EDT
Justin Fields reportedly being traded to the Steelers
- Sat, March 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM EDT
Former 49ers LB Oren Burks is signing a 1-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles worth up to $2.5M, per source.
Burks is a special teams standout who started 5 games in 2023 for SF.— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) March 16, 2024
- Sat, March 16, 2024 at 5:06 PM EDT
Seahawks signing LB Jerome Baker
Seattle needed linebacker help after losing both Bobby Wagner and Jordyn Brooks to free agency.
Seahawks are signing former Dolphins linebacker Jerome Baker to a one-year, $7 million contract. The deal was confirmed by Baker’s agents Drew and Jason Rosenhaus. pic.twitter.com/q0GiAgYfE9
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 16, 2024
- Sat, March 16, 2024 at 12:07 PM EDT
Keenan Allen was on the phone with his agent Joby Branion Thursday when the Bears called in the process of working out a trade with the Los Angeles Chargers. Allen said there were two teams the Chargers would allow him to explore in a trade – the Jets and the Texans – but…
— Courtney Cronin (@CourtneyRCronin) March 16, 2024
- Sat, March 16, 2024 at 12:03 PM EDT
The #Panthers recently restructured LB Shaq Thompson’s contract, reducing his base pay this season to $3.1 million ($1.7M guaranteed) and clearing about $3M in cap space.
So amidst a roster overhaul in Carolina, Thompson — the team’s first-round pick in 2015 — will be back.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 16, 2024
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