2016 NFL Free Agency: Big Paydays Coming for Brock Osweiler, Ryan Fitzpatrick

March 4, 2016   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

An already shallow pool of available quarterbacks lost Kirk Cousins and Sam Bradford this week, making it more and more likely Brock Osweiler and Ryan Fitzpatrick will follow suit and cash in on huge paydays. 
The supply and demand of the rarest commodity in the NFL all but requires it, especially with the salary cap increasing in huge chunks every offseason. In the coming days or weeks, the top two free-agent quarterbacks will put the pen to paper on lucrative deals.
Keep in mind, the NFL is now a league where Cousins and Bradford will make almost $40 million combined next season.
Cousins came off the market first, as he turned his breakout season in Washington into the incredible one-year sum of the quarterback franchise tag. According to ESPN.com, the tag is worth $19.953 million for quarterbacks in 2016. Not surprisingly, Cousins signed the tender less than 24 hours after being tagged.  
Bradford wasn't awarded the tag, but he still one-upped Cous...

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