NFL free agency playbook: 10 rules to follow, including bargain QBs, paying RBs and avoiding ...

Roughly four billion dollars will be spent in free agency this offseason, which amounts to the GDP of a small country. It's an absurd amount when you consider how much of a crapshoot NFL free agency is. Take the Seahawks and Vikings for example. Both ranked top five in free agent spending last offseason but went in opposite directions this season because of their decision on Sam Darnold. It was hard to blame Minnesota at the time for moving off Darnold after his last two games of 2024. Or look at the NFC South. The Saints and Falcons spent exorbitant amounts on Derek Carr (four-yeal deal worth $160 million) and Kirk Cousins (four-yeal deal worth $180 million) in free agency in the last three...