2024 NFL free agency team-by-team grades: Falcons, Ravens among top marks; Cowboys, Broncos fail early

The 2024 NFL offseason is operating at full power. 

Many high-profile players already moved on to new football homes on Day 1 including quarterback Kirk Cousins, who moved on from the Minnesota Vikings to the Atlanta Falcons. Edge rusher Brian Burns was traded from the Carolina Panthers to the New York Giants and signed a new deal. Running back Saquon Barkley, who left the Giants to sign with an NFC East rival, the Philadelphia Eagles. Plus, running back Josh Jacobs, who departed the Las Vegas for the Green Bay Packers.  

Day 2 included edge rusher Danielle Hunter leaving the Vikings for the Houston Texans, running back Joe Mixon being traded to the Texans from the Bengals and Derrick Henry linking up with 2023 NFL MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. 

From blockbuster trades to stunning signings, we’ve got what you need to know about each team’s notable 2024 offseason additions. Plus, grades for their trades and signings from A to Z:    

Key additions: DL Justin Jones, LB Mack Wilson, CB Sean Murphy-Bunting 

Key re-signings: G Trystan Colon, OL Keith Ishmael

The Arizona Cardinals entered the first day of the NFL’s legal tampering period flush with money to spend, $56.6 million in cap room, the fifth-most in the NFL, but they didn’t make any major moves.  Re-upping starting left guard Trystan Colon, whose 69.2 Pro Football Focus pass-blocking grade ranked as the 18th-best in the NFL among guards with at least 100 offensive snaps, is an unspectacular but solid move. The addition of defensive tackle Justin Jones, 28-years-old on Aug. 28, who paced the 2023 Chicago Bears in quarterback hits (17) and tackles for loss (10) is an affordable pact to upgrade along the line of scrimmage. Arizona continued to reinforce its defense, head coach Jonathan Gannon’s side of the ball, with deals for linebacker Mack Wilson and cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting. Murphy-Bunting…


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Author : Garrett Podell

Publish date : 2024-03-13 21:40:04

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