The Other Side of NFL Free Agency

March 8, 2016   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

When NFL free agency begins every year, we see a dance of names, numbers and dollar signs.
There’s an annual ritual to the proceedings. The marquee free agents are gobbled up first, and collectively they do the classic Donald Duck money dive. Some are dramatically overpaid, and the initial hype around their signings will turn into despair. But that’s a potentially franchise-crushing problem for later.
Then the second- and third-tier signings follow. That’s when teams find the glistening gems and bargain free agents who could later make significant contributions while occupying only a tiny slice of the salary-cap pie. The lower tiers are also where you’ll find journeymen clinging to their careers, hoping to be gifted another chance.
We watch that cosmic football ballet every March. Teams pluck each player from a shelf as they stroll by with their shopping carts, and the market dictates how much a purchase is worth as an NFL commodity.

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