In NFL verbiage, the legal tampering period means agree to deals with as many free agents as you want to and can under the salary cap. There’s no more waiting until Wednesday. NFL free agency is here, y’all. In the spirit of the free-agency floodgates now open in the middle of draft season, let’s evaluate how these decisions will impact the 2024 NFL Draft.
Here are the Day 1 signings that will impact a team’s strategy– and other clubs drafting near them — on draft night.
How it impacts the draft: Vikings all in on quarterback in first round?
As free agency approached, reports started to surface hinting at Atlanta as the next stop in Cousins’ incredibly lucrative NFL career. There were also newsbits about Minnesota working to potentially retain Cousins once again. Now we know he’ll be taking his talents south to the Falcons.
However, given Cousins’ age and his Achilles tear in 2023, along with the strength at the top of this quarterback class, it felt like this offseason would mark the end of Kirk’s era in Minnesota, didn’t it? Armed with the No. 11 overall pick, even if the…
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Author : Chris Trapasso
Publish date : 2024-03-12 00:43:58
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