Now that I’ve had more time to reflect on these signings I’ll give my non-reactionary take on the best and worst deals before 3/22/20. I’ll go through the best/worst deals below. A quick aside I think all of the franchise tags were smart without objection from me. The worst was probably Leonard Williams because they couldn’t get a long term deal done, probably dislike this if they can’t move Williams or don’t sign him to a long term deal. The best might be Derrick Henry and Chris Jones simply because they are on playoff teams and their respective teams are tight for money for long terms deals. (also no RBs should be payed like kings)
The below is going to be in order ranked (number 1 is the best/worst and the last number is the least good/bad)
Best Signings
1. Jack Conklin (OT) Signed by the Browns for 3 years, $42,000,000, $30,000,000 guaranteed.
2. Chris Harris (CB) Signed by the Chargers for 2 years, $20,000,000.
3. Bryan Bulaga (OT) Signed by the Chargers for 3 years, $30,000,000.
4. Tom Brady (QB) Signed by the Buccs for 2 years $50,000,000.
5. Drew Brees (QB) Resigned by the Saints for 2 year, $50,000,000.
6. Byron Jones (CB) Signed by the Dolphins for 5 years, $82,500,000, $57,000,000 guaranteed.
7. Andrew Witworth (OT) Resigned with Rams 3 year, $30,000,077, $12,500,000 guaranteed.
8. Teddy Bridgewater (QB) Signed by Panthers for for 3 years, $63,000,000.
9. Amari Cooper (WR) Signed by the Cowboys for 5 years $100,000,000.
10. Cory Littleton (LB) Signed by the Raiders for 3 years, $35,250,000, $22,000,000 guaranteed.
11. Connor McGovern (G) Signed by the Jets for 3 years, $27,000,000, $18,000,000, guaranteed.
12. Sean Lee (LB) Resigned by Dallas for 1 year, $4,500,000, $2,000,000 guaranteed.
13. Todd Gurley (RB) Signed by the Falcons for 1 year, $6,000,000.
14. Graham Glasgow (OG) Signed by the Broncos for 4 years, $44,000,000, $26,000,000 guaranteed.
15. Emmanuel Ogbah (DE) Signed by the Dolphins for 2 years, $15,000,000 $7,500,000 guaranteed.
16. Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (S) Signed by the Cowboys for 1 year, $4,000,000, $2,500,000 guaranteed.
17. Emmanuel Sanders (WR) Signed by the Saints for 2 years, $16,000,000.
18. Carl Nassib (DE) Signed by the Raiders for 3 years, $25,000,000, $17,000,000 guaranteed.
19. Jamie Collins (LB) Signed by the Lions for 3 years, $30,000,000, $18,000,000 guaranteed
20. Joe Schobert (LB) Signed by the Jaguars for 5 year, $53,750,000, $21,500,000 guaranteed.
21. Phillip Rivers (QB) Signed by the Colts for 1 year, $25,000,000, $25,000,000 guaranteed.
22. Melvin Gordon (RB) Signed by the Broncos for 2 years, $16,000,000, $13,500,000 guaranteed.
23. Desmond Trufant (CB) Signed by the Lions for 2 years, $21,000,000, $14,000,000 guaranteed.
24. Dante Fowler (DE) Signed by the Falcons for 3 years, $48,000,000.
25. Gerald McCoy (DT) Signed by the Dallas for 3 years, $18,300,000, $9,000,000 guaranteed.
26. Jordan Howard (RB) Signed by the Dolphins for 2 years, $10,000,000, $5,000,000.
27. Leonard Floyd (LB) Signed by the Rams for 1 year, $10,000,000, 10,000,000 guaranteed.
28. Bruce Irvin (LB) Signed by the Seahawks for 4 years, 34,000,000.
29. Mario Addison (DE) Signed by the Bills for 3 years, $30,450,000, $15,250,000 guaranteed.
30. Eric Ebron (TE) Signed by the Steelers for 2 year, $12,000,000.
31. Jerick McKinnon (RB) Resigned by the 49ers restructured deal.
32. Jimmie Ward (S) Resigned by the 49ers for 3 years, $28,500,000, $16,500,000 guaranteed.
33. Kendall Fuller (CB) Signed by the Redskins for 4 years, $40,000,000, $10,000,000 guaranteed.
34. De'Vondre Campbell (LB) Signed by the Cardinals 1 year, $6,000,000, $6,000,000 guaranteed.
35. Michael Pierce (DT) Signed by the Vikings for 3 years, $27,000,000 $18,000,000 guaranteed.
36. Stefen Wisniewski (OL) Signed by the Steelers for 2 years, $2,850,000, $375,000 guaranteed.
37. Dan Bailey (K) Resigned by the Vikings for 3 year, $10,000,000, $6,000,000 guaranteed.
Worst Signings
1. Jimmy Graham (TE) Signed by the Bears for 2 years, $16,000,000, $9,000,000 guaranteed.
2. Randall Cobb (WR) Signed by the Texans for 3 years, $27,000,000, $18,750,000 guaranteed.
3. Robert Quinn (DE) Signed by the Bears 5 year, $70,000,000, $30,000,000 guaranteed.
4. Tre Waynes (CB) Signed by the Vikings for 3 years, $42,000,000.
5. Jason Witten (TE) Signed by the Raiders for 1 year, $4,750,000.
6. Austin Hooper (TE) Signed by the Browns for 4 years, $42,000,000, $23,000,000 guaranteed.
7. Vic Beasly (DE) Signed by the Titans for 1 year, $12,000,000, $9,500,000.
8. Arik Armstead (DE) Resigned by the 49ers 5 year, $85,000,000, $40,000,000 guaranteed.
9. Kyle Van Noy (DE) Signed by the Dolphins for 4 years, $51,000,000, $30,000,000 guaranteed.
Trades
Quick trade recaps as well.
1. Hayden Hurst (TE) and a 2020 fourth-round pick traded to Atlanta for a 2020 second- and fifth-round selection. Still think both teams good a shake out of this deal, I like Hurst a lot and he could have a better year than Hooper had last year.
2. Calais Campbell (DE) traded to Ravens from the Jaguars for a 2020 5th round selection. The Ravens won this deal but I still understand how difficulty it is for the Jags to move an older DE/DL player with a huge cap hit.
3. DeAndre Hopkins (WR) and a 2020 fourth-round pick traded to Cardinals for David Johnson (RB), 2020 second-round pick and a 2021 fourth-round pick. Still as bad as it was last week, Bill O’Brian should have been fired on Wednesday.
4. DeForest Buckner (DT) Traded to the Colts for the 13th overall selection in the 2020 draft. This one I semi changed my mind about. I think the Colts gave up too much here to sing Buckner to such a ling term deal. I would have liked the Colts to go after someone like Clowney and pay for someone without giving up a pick. I still think Buckner is one of the most talented DL in the league so it’s hard to look down on the Colts for that but their allocation of capital here is annoying for me.
5. Stefon Diggs (WR) and a 2020 7th pick traded to the Bills for 2020 a 1st-round pick, a 5th-round pick, a 6th-round pick and a 2021 4th-round pick. Feels like this is one of the most even deals out there. The Vikings need to shed cap and they got a good amount of picks in return although really the only valuable ones are 1 and 4th rounds.
6. Nick Foles QB) Traded by Jaguars to the Bears for a 4th round pick. The Jags stole a 4th rounder and don’t have to pay for Foles such a win for the Bears. I applaud the Bears for trying to win now and get a better QB but I’m unsure if Foles is a better long term solution than Trubisky.
7. Darius Slay (CB) Traded to the Eagles for a third and fifth round pick. Eagles won this big time. I understand the Lions reasoning to get rid of Slay is OK and not totally bankrupt of reason but Slay had a down year in an awkward position with the Lions. The Eagles just bought low and even with the extension they could get out of it year 3 without too much dead cap.
8. Chris Wormley (DI) Traded from the Ravens with seventh-round pick in the 2021 Draft to the Steelers for fifth round pick in 2021. Steelers won this slightly. Getting an asset like Wormley for someone in 2021 who could be useless seems better than that pick.