NFL News Official 2025 NFL Free Agency Thread

[Steve102]

Who??

Good question. Probably time to look at guys under contract thru the end of the season, who probably won't get signed by the existing team. Just guessing, but Myers, Atwell, maybe a long shot Garret Wilson. Not likely to get a name brand guy, so you, your twin and LTD will have to relax. They'll likely bring in a team first, professional type guy like Collins.

They are a first year staff trying to establish culture, so they bring in Landry, Spillane, Davis... guys they are familiar with who will lead by example. Collins is a STer/WR.... he's a football player first. He's not some diva "get me my touches" type. They don't want that guy right now, which is why they went so hard on Godwin. I would expect them to draft a guy early, but the odds of them getting Ai-yuck or some Ridley/Diggs guy is microscopic IMO.

 

[PatsFan2]

So our Brass don't think any of those guys below can help us?? I would like at least one of them over the alternatives.

Mekhi Becton Jedrick Wills Cam Robinson Jedrick Wills Jedrick Wills

Jedrick Wills

 

[hornetfb85]

Stop throwing rocks!

 

[Ring 6]

So our Brass don't think any of those guys below can help us?? I would like at least one of them over the alternatives.

Mekhi Becton Jedrick Wills Cam Robinson Jedrick Wills Jedrick Wills

Jedrick Wills

They aren’t done. At least they better not be.
We need a LT, C or G, WR1, WR2 and about a dozen depth guys.

 

[festy1986]

Just another year we didn't address the offensive side of the ball and another year of the same people telling us to wait and see or what do you expect them to do in a weak class!

Another year where we gotta hear these people talk about the next free agent class and we can all do it again.

They made some strides on defense but it remains to be seen how much they actually did but you could argue that in this moment, on this day, that their offense is somehow even worse than it was 2 months ago.

 

[festy1986]

So we just sit on say 80 million in cap space to go into the draft?

Been there done that.

 

[hornetfb85]

Pretty unpopular take here, but I’m actually ok with primarily focusing on the defense through free agency. I’m not saying we shouldn’t add anyone. A vet WR to take Bourne place would be nice. Another OL would be good. But I also like the idea of building the offense through the draft and let Maye grow with those players. Just my opinion which is worth as much as my diet plan…not much.

 

[Ross12]

Just another year we didn't address the offensive side of the ball and another year of the same people telling us to wait and see or what do you expect them to do in a weak class!

Another year where we gotta hear these people talk about the next free agent class and we can all do it again.

They made some strides on defense but it remains to be seen how much they actually did but you could argue that in this moment, on this day, that their offense is somehow even worse than it was 2 months ago.

How is the offense worse? Who did they lose?

 

[festy1986]

How is the offense worse? Who did they lose?

The better question isn't who they lost. It's who they gained?

 

[Ring 6]

Pretty unpopular take here, but I’m actually ok with primarily focusing on the defense through free agency. I’m not saying we shouldn’t add anyone. A vet WR to take Bourne place would be nice. Another OL would be good. But I also like the idea of building the offense through the draft and let Maye grow with those players. Just my opinion which is worth as much as my diet plan…not much.

The concern there is you currently have 4 started who stink, and 6 others who are average or worse. I don’t think you can have success surrounding Maye with that and rookies.

So far we have last years roster on offense plus Morgan Moses. Moses won’t make that much of a difference.

 

[Hugepatsfan]

The better question isn't who they lost. It's who they gained?

I think "how is the offense worse" is actually a great question because you said, and I quote: "their offense is somehow even worse than it was 2 months ago." and I'm not sure how you reached that conclusion. They hired an OC that I think everyone considers better than the last guy and they made an on-paper upgrade at RT. Everything else is the same. Not sure how you think they're worse.

 

[JohnJH]

Some random team that doesn’t need Kupp is going to come out of nowhere and give him $20M+ a year

Just so long as it isn't us.

 

[JohnJH]

I saw a tweet this morning saying that DK Metcalf wanted to go to the Steelers because "they made me feel confident they'd get the right QB"

 

[festy1986]

I think "how is the offense worse" is actually a great question because you said, and I quote: "their offense is somehow even worse than it was 2 months ago." and I'm not sure how you reached that conclusion. They hired an OC that I think everyone considers better than the last guy and they made an on-paper upgrade at RT. Everything else is the same. Not sure how you think they're worse.

They've only lost players from their offense.

But it's great to see in real time the excuses come together.

So, it's not that we had a bad offense or bad offensive talent. It's we didn't have the coaching to excell at our potential.

You can't make this **** up.

You know it's bad when the Austin hoopers and Henry's of the world do the bare minimum and fans praise them for being valuable assets to the team.

I would cut every single WR from last year's team and never look back. Josh and Vrabel ain't turning them into assets. It doesn't matter if they squeeze a couple more ounces of them than last year. They suck. Full stop.


*Edit

I forgot about this new scrub the Patriots signed from the bills. My bad.

Heard he had his best year ever under Josh!

 

[JohnJH]

Gotta think Aiyuk or someone is coming over this week.

One of two things are going to happen. The Bengals are going to sign Tee Higgins to a new contract before the draft, or they are going to trade him before the draft. If they do trade him, they'd obviously like to do so to a team drafting at the back end of the 1st Round that'll offer them a late 1st Round pick (but that team will have to have the cap money to cover the contract that he'll want). Their back up plan will be a preferably high 2nd Round pick.

 

[Real fan 02]

I will have to watch it tonight, but my guess is that it really hurt Kraft that Mayo failed. I think they genuinely liked him, and look at his failure as their failure.

I personally refused to listen to the doubters when mayo was hired. I didn't take in account just how much good coaching mattered and what it takes to become one. Mayo not having to go the course of say Vrabel vastly impacted his ability to be a good head coach. I was wrong. I'll never underestimate the value of coaching again.

 

[mgteich]

Pretty unpopular take here, but I’m actually ok with primarily focusing on the defense through free agency. I’m not saying we shouldn’t add anyone. A vet WR to take Bourne place would be nice. Another OL would be good. But I also like the idea of building the offense through the draft and let Maye grow with those players. Just my opinion which is worth as much as my diet plan…not much.

You really are OK with focusing on Defense for the first 2 days of free agency? Shame on you!
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Seriously, we've spent more than anyone, and there is a lot more to come.

We are indeed focusing on Offense. We just haven't been able to sign any shiny objects yet. With regard to WR, it is one player at a time. I suspect that we have moved on Cooper. We are waiting for Robinson to make up his mind and then we may have to move on to someone else with regard to the OL.

I expect us to sign a couple of OL's before the draft, probably in the next week or so. I would think that a RB or two must be coming, but that could wait, even until Training Camp.
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OFFENSE - just a start by the team spending more than anyone else
RT - signed Moses
TE - re-signed Hooper
QB - signed Dobbs
WR - signed Hollins

 

[Hugepatsfan]

They've only lost players from their offense.

But it's great to see in real time the excuses come together.

So, it's not that we had a bad offense or bad offensive talent. It's we didn't have the coaching to excell at our potential.

You can't make this **** up.

You know it's bad when the Austin hoopers and Henry's of the world do the bare minimum and fans praise them for being valuable assets to the team.

I would cut every single WR from last year's team and never look back. Josh and Vrabel ain't turning them into assets. It doesn't matter if they squeeze a couple more ounces of them than last year. They suck. Full stop.

Who have they lost from the offense? The only offensive players on the roster at season's end who aren't with us anymore are:

Jacoby Brisset - backup QB
JaMychal Hasty - 3rd RB
Chuks Okorafor - was on inactive list

They added Moses at RT, Dobbs at QB, Hollins at WR.

I'm not here to tell you they're good on offense. You just keep saying things that don't make much sense so I'm trying to understand your logic. I don't understand how you can say they've only lost players form the offense when they haven't lost anyone who played meaningful snaps and they've added pieces. Still bad offense? Yeah, I agree. I just don't understand how you think they're worse, especially considering they made what I feel is pretty universally regarded as an upgrade in coaching too, along with (marginal) improvements in personnel so far with Moses and Hollins over Okorafor and Hasty (Dobbs is worse than Brissett but inconsequential because it's not someone who plays unless injury).

 

[JohnJH]

So our Brass don't think any of those guys below can help us?? I would like at least one of them over the alternatives.

Mekhi Becton Jedrick Wills Cam Robinson Jedrick Wills Jedrick Wills

Jedrick Wills

They might very well get Robinson. They may be just waiting to get him on a 1 to 3 year contact (that'll still be no more than a two year one because of how it's structured), and because the longer he remains unsigned, the more reasonable the money (and even then, he'd be a stopgap LT until we draft a better one). Becton is a different story. He was a bust at OT before last season and had one solid year as an OG. If teams view him as an OG, they're not going to pay him starting OT money (we were stupid enough to pay Onwenu essentially RT money).

 

[mgteich]

The better question isn't who they lost. It's who they gained?

absolutely right, we haven't signed any all-pros yet

We have gained a starting RT and some relatively minor additions.