NFL Free-Agent Moves That Could Heavily Impact the 2016 Draft

March 20, 2016   ·   Kristopher Knox   ·   Jump to comments

The 2016 NFL draft is now a little more than a month away. Though the collective football world has been gearing up for this massive event for many months, Day 1 of the draft will officially kick off on April 28.
We don't know exactly how the draft is going to unfold, but we are beginning to get a clearer picture of what the early rounds could look like. Thanks to this year's edition of free agency, that picture appears quite a bit different than it did a couple of weeks ago.
This is, of course, because team needs around the league are different than they were a couple of weeks ago.
Not every move made in free agency is going to affect the early stages of the draft. However, some unquestionably will. The signing of quarterback Brock Osweiler by the Houston Texans, for example, makes it less likely that one franchise will chase a signal-caller early in the draft while making it more likely that another will.
We're going to examine the Osweiler deal and other free-age...

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