Updated FA List. Still plenty of quality out there!

[32EBoozer]

 

Unrestricted free agency begins in mere hours, and some discussions have already taken place. As a result, this list will take many twists and turns over the coming days and, well…..hours. We’ll keep you posted as news comes in.

Age, injury history, off the field issues and the position played will be factored into ranking the top players available at any time. The number next to the player is his position rank.

1. Von Miller-OLB 01 (exclusive franchise tag)

2. Muhammed Wilkerson DE 01 (franchise tag)

3. Malik Jackson DE 02 (Jacksonville: $90 million over 6 years. $42 million guaranteed, $15 million avg.)

4. Josh Norman CB 01 (franchise tag)

5. Doug Martin RB 01 (Tampa Bay: $35.75 million over 5 years.  $15 million guaranteed)

6. Eric Berry S 01 (franchise tag)

7. Kirk Cousins QB 01 (franchise tag)

8. Matt Forte RB 02 (NY Jets)

9. Sean Smith CB 02

10. Cordy Glenn OT 01 (franchise tag)

11. Andre Smith OT 02

11A Alex Mack OC 01 (Atlanta: $47.5 million over 5 years)

12. Brock Osweiler QB 02 (Houston: $72 million over 4 years)

13. Danny Trevathan ILB 01 (Chicago)

14. Eric Weddle S 02

15. Alshon Jeffery WR 01 (franchise tag)

16. Derrick Johnson ILB 02

17. Damon Harrison NT 01 (NY Giants: $46.25 million over 5 years. $24 million guaranteed)

18A. Mario Williams DE 03 (Miami: $16 million over 2 years)

18. Marvin Jones WR 02 (Detroit: $40 million over 5 years)

19. Prince Amukamara CB 03

20. Janoris Jenkins CB 04 (NY Giants: $62.5 million over 5 years)

21. Russell Okung OT 03

22.James Laurinitis ILB 03

23. Justin Tucker K 01 (franchise tag)

24. Sam Bradford QB 03 (Philadelphia: $36 million over 2 years)

25. Olivier Vernon DE 04

26. Chris Long DE 05

26. Tamba Hali OLB 02 (Kansas City)

27. Bruce Irvin OLB 03 (Oakland)

28. Jason Pierre-Paul DE 06 (NY Giants: $10.5 million for 1 year)

29. James Starks RB 03

30. Reggie Nelson S 03

31. Tashaun Gipson S 04

32. Anquan Boldin WR 03

33. Coby Fleener TE 01

34. Ryan Fitzpatrick QB 04

35. Trumaine Johnson CB 05 (Los Angeles – signed franchise tender)

36. Haloti Ngata DT 01 (Detroit)

37. Chris Ivory RB 04 (Jacksonville)

38. Kelvin Beachum OT 04

39. Lamar Miller RB 05 (Houston: $26 million over four years. $14 million guaranteed)

40.Jaye Howard DT 02

41. Malcolm Floyd WR 04

42. Antonio Gates TE 02 (San Diego: $12 million over two years)

43. Bilal Powell RB 06

44. Richie Incognito OG 01 (Buffalo)

45. Dwayne Allen TE 03 (Indianapolis)

46. Rashard Johnson S 05

47. Jerrell Freeman ILB 04

48. Travis Benjamin WR 05 (San Diego: $24 million over 4 years. $13 million guaranteed)

49. Kelechi Osemele OG 02 (Oakland: $58.5 million over 5 years)

50. Jared Crick DE 07

51. Nigel Bradham ILB 05

52. Mohamed Sanu WR 06

53. Mason Crosby K 02GB (Green Bay)

54. Jeff Allen OG 03 (Houston: $28 million over 4 years)

55. Jerraud Powers CB 06

56. Jeremy Lane CB 07

57. Kendall Reyes DE 08

58. Steve McClendon NT 02

59. Donald Penn OT 05

60. Brandon Mebane DT 03

61. DeShawn Shead CB 08

62. Mark Barron LB/S 06 (Los Angeles: $45 million over 5 years)

63. Alfred Morris RB 07

63A Mike Wallace WR 07

64.Jermaine Kearse WR 08

65. JR Sweezey OG 04

66. George Iloka S 07 (Cincinnati: $30 million over five years)

67. Nick Fairley DT 04

68. Derrick Shelby DE 09

69. Alex Boone OG 05 (Minnesota)

70. Casey Hayward CB 09

71. Brent Grimes CB 10

72. Dashon Goldson S08

73. Owen Daniels TE 04

74. Louis Vasquez OG 06

 

[pointman]

Unrestricted free agency begins in mere hours, and some discussions have already taken place. As a result, this list will take many twists and turns over the coming days and, well…..hours. We’ll keep you posted as news comes in.

Age, injury history, off the field issues and the position played will be factored into ranking the top players available at any time. The number next to the player is his position rank.

1. Von Miller-OLB 01 (exclusive franchise tag)

2. Muhammed Wilkerson DE 01 (franchise tag)

3. Malik Jackson DE 02 (Jacksonville: $90 million over 6 years. $42 million guaranteed, $15 million avg.)

4. Josh Norman CB 01 (franchise tag)

5. Doug Martin RB 01 (Tampa Bay: $35.75 million over 5 years.  $15 million guaranteed)

6. Eric Berry S 01 (franchise tag)

7. Kirk Cousins QB 01 (franchise tag)

8. Matt Forte RB 02 (NY Jets)

9. Sean Smith CB 02

10. Cordy Glenn OT 01 (franchise tag)

11. Andre Smith OT 02

11A Alex Mack OC 01 (Atlanta: $47.5 million over 5 years)

12. Brock Osweiler QB 02 (Houston: $72 million over 4 years)

13. Danny Trevathan ILB 01 (Chicago)

14. Eric Weddle S 02

15. Alshon Jeffery WR 01 (franchise tag)

16. Derrick Johnson ILB 02

17. Damon Harrison NT 01 (NY Giants: $46.25 million over 5 years. $24 million guaranteed)

18A. Mario Williams DE 03 (Miami: $16 million over 2 years)

18. Marvin Jones WR 02 (Detroit: $40 million over 5 years)

19. Prince Amukamara CB 03

20. Janoris Jenkins CB 04 (NY Giants: $62.5 million over 5 years)

21. Russell Okung OT 03

22.James Laurinitis ILB 03

23. Justin Tucker K 01 (franchise tag)

24. Sam Bradford QB 03 (Philadelphia: $36 million over 2 years)

25. Olivier Vernon DE 04

26. Chris Long DE 05

26. Tamba Hali OLB 02 (Kansas City)

27. Bruce Irvin OLB 03 (Oakland)

28. Jason Pierre-Paul DE 06 (NY Giants: $10.5 million for 1 year)

29. James Starks RB 03

30. Reggie Nelson S 03

31. Tashaun Gipson S 04

32. Anquan Boldin WR 03

33. Coby Fleener TE 01

34. Ryan Fitzpatrick QB 04

35. Trumaine Johnson CB 05 (Los Angeles – signed franchise tender)

36. Haloti Ngata DT 01 (Detroit)

37. Chris Ivory RB 04 (Jacksonville)

38. Kelvin Beachum OT 04

39. Lamar Miller RB 05 (Houston: $26 million over four years. $14 million guaranteed)

40.Jaye Howard DT 02

41. Malcolm Floyd WR 04

42. Antonio Gates TE 02 (San Diego: $12 million over two years)

43. Bilal Powell RB 06

44. Richie Incognito OG 01 (Buffalo)

45. Dwayne Allen TE 03 (Indianapolis)

46. Rashard Johnson S 05

47. Jerrell Freeman ILB 04

48. Travis Benjamin WR 05 (San Diego: $24 million over 4 years. $13 million guaranteed)

49. Kelechi Osemele OG 02 (Oakland: $58.5 million over 5 years)

50. Jared Crick DE 07

51. Nigel Bradham ILB 05

52. Mohamed Sanu WR 06

53. Mason Crosby K 02GB (Green Bay)

54. Jeff Allen OG 03 (Houston: $28 million over 4 years)

55. Jerraud Powers CB 06

56. Jeremy Lane CB 07

57. Kendall Reyes DE 08

58. Steve McClendon NT 02

59. Donald Penn OT 05

60. Brandon Mebane DT 03

61. DeShawn Shead CB 08

62. Mark Barron LB/S 06 (Los Angeles: $45 million over 5 years)

63. Alfred Morris RB 07

63A Mike Wallace WR 07

64.Jermaine Kearse WR 08

65. JR Sweezey OG 04

66. George Iloka S 07 (Cincinnati: $30 million over five years)

67. Nick Fairley DT 04

68. Derrick Shelby DE 09

69. Alex Boone OG 05 (Minnesota)

70. Casey Hayward CB 09

71. Brent Grimes CB 10

72. Dashon Goldson S08

73. Owen Daniels TE 04

74. Louis Vasquez OG 06

 

 

less painful on the eyes.

[Beerfish]

Happy to let other teams beat each others brains out and over pay, once these teams are out of the way still reasonable bargain players are around.

[Larz]

the only player on that list that changes your teams fortunes was miller, and he isn't available, lol

very boring FA this year

[ljr]

Gotta work Olivier Vernon to Giants in there now ... Not sure how removing the Transition tag impacts where He is on the list .... But talking heads are saying higher than 25

[32EBoozer]

6 minutes ago, pointman said:

less painful on the eyes.

How'd you do that?? Thanks.

Woul;d like to know for future reference

[pointman]

Just now, 32EBoozer said:

How'd you do that?? Thanks.

Woul;d like to know for future reference

Right click > Copy > Right click > Paste as Plain Text

[Tony The Wiz]

Like Brandon Mebrane to replace Snacks but we probably don't have the money for this.

[redlichtie]

11 minutes ago, Tony The Wiz said:

Like Brandon Mebrane to replace Snacks but we probably don't have the money for this.

Is Cam Thomas still a FA....solid and cheap vet that is a pure NT and would allow Simon to develop with a vet presence alongside him

[32EBoozer]

58 minutes ago, Tony The Wiz said:

Like Brandon Mebrane to replace Snacks but we probably don't have the money for this.

Chargers signed him me thinks.

Definitely gone tho

[joewilly12]

Fleener is a huge upgrade at TE 

[32EBoozer]

1 minute ago, joewilly12 said:

Fleener is a huge upgrade at TE 

Ben Watson was Brees go to guy.

Fleener is soft with terrible hands.

Bad contract

[joewilly12]

Just now, 32EBoozer said:

Ben Watson was Brees go to guy.

Fleener is soft with terrible hands.

Bad contract

Watson is also an upgrade

[Freemanm]

Great, so Fitz might not be back, Ivory's gone, Snacks looks like he's going to the Giants. I've been a Jets fan for 30+ years and this is just what I needed: another rebuilding year. Here's a story that sums up me being a New York sports fan:

A few years ago, my church went on a field trip to a game at MetLife stadium. The Jets of course lost to the Dolphins in a blowout. 

The experience culminated in the sight of a drunken Jets fan in the 4Q simultaneously vomiting and pissing his pants. The Monsignor at my church stood up and loudly proclaimed MetLife Stadium as the literal Hell on Earth, and started frantically doing signs of the crosses, until someone shouted, "Oh yeah Father? Wait until you see the Mets play at Citifield!"

[Larz]

6 minutes ago, Freemanm said:

Great, so Fitz might not be back, Ivory's gone, Snacks looks like he's going to the Giants. I've been a Jets fan for 30+ years and this is just what I needed: another rebuilding year. Here's a story that sums up me being a New York sports fan:

A few years ago, my church went on a field trip to a game at MetLife stadium. The Jets of course lost to the Dolphins in a blowout. 

The experience culminated in the sight of a drunken Jets fan in the 4Q simultaneously vomiting and pissing his pants. The Monsignor at my church stood up and loudly proclaimed MetLife Stadium as the literal Hell on Earth, and started frantically doing signs of the crosses, until someone shouted, "Oh yeah Father? Wait until you see the Mets play at Citifield!"

so losing snacks and Ivory but signing forte means the jets are in hell ?

wut ?

[Jet Nut]

9 minutes ago, Freemanm said:

Great, so Fitz might not be back, Ivory's gone, Snacks looks like he's going to the Giants. I've been a Jets fan for 30+ years and this is just what I needed: another rebuilding year. Here's a story that sums up me being a New York sports fan:

A few years ago, my church went on a field trip to a game at MetLife stadium. The Jets of course lost to the Dolphins in a blowout. 

The experience culminated in the sight of a drunken Jets fan in the 4Q simultaneously vomiting and pissing his pants. The Monsignor at my church stood up and loudly proclaimed MetLife Stadium as the literal Hell on Earth, and started frantically doing signs of the crosses, until someone shouted, "Oh yeah Father? Wait until you see the Mets play at Citifield!"

And then the Mets went to the World Series.

The Jets aren't rebuilding

 

[JETSfaninNE]

24 minutes ago, Freemanm said:

Great, so Fitz might not be back, Ivory's gone, Snacks looks like he's going to the Giants. I've been a Jets fan for 30+ years and this is just what I needed: another rebuilding year. Here's a story that sums up me being a New York sports fan:

A few years ago, my church went on a field trip to a game at MetLife stadium. The Jets of course lost to the Dolphins in a blowout. 

The experience culminated in the sight of a drunken Jets fan in the 4Q simultaneously vomiting and pissing his pants. The Monsignor at my church stood up and loudly proclaimed MetLife Stadium as the literal Hell on Earth, and started frantically doing signs of the crosses, until someone shouted, "Oh yeah Father? Wait until you see the Mets play at Citifield!"

Just go to sleep until August.  You seem to have no understanding of FA.  This happens every year and all 32 teams lose "special" talent.  The fact that we had talent worth a damn should help us next year when we pick up some compensatory picks.  Every year is a rebuilding year for every team.  Do you not agree?  Do teams keep all their players every year?  Man some of you fans are just drama queens.

[pointman]

27 minutes ago, Freemanm said:

Great, so Fitz might not be back, Ivory's gone, Snacks looks like he's going to the Giants. I've been a Jets fan for 30+ years and this is just what I needed: another rebuilding year. Here's a story that sums up me being a New York sports fan:

A few years ago, my church went on a field trip to a game at MetLife stadium. The Jets of course lost to the Dolphins in a blowout. 

The experience culminated in the sight of a drunken Jets fan in the 4Q simultaneously vomiting and pissing his pants. The Monsignor at my church stood up and loudly proclaimed MetLife Stadium as the literal Hell on Earth, and started frantically doing signs of the crosses, until someone shouted, "Oh yeah Father? Wait until you see the Mets play at Citifield!"

Snacks was a 2 down fatty. We won't miss him too bad. We got other big fatties, and some serious talent at D Line. He got way overpaid so if it comes down to keeping him or Mo, Mo is the better player. Ivory vanished at the end of the season, and wasn't much of a story until the last two seasons. His play at the end of the season made Bilal Powell look All Pro. BILAL POWELL. We just brought in Matt Forte, an older but once elite running back. He is a guy who can catch too. He brings a lot more to a Chan Gailey offense than Chris 2 Gap Ivory. Fitz was nothing. He was brought in to be a backup. He plays hard, but he is also the result of a system he knows, a offense line that isn't given enough credit, and the best wide receiving tandem in the league. Relax until its time not to relax. And right now, 4 hours and 36 mintues into free agency, is not the time to stop relaxing. 

[Long Island Leprechaun]

8 minutes ago, pointman said:

Snacks was a 2 down fatty. We won't miss him too bad. We got other big fatties, and some serious talent at D Line. He got way overpaid so if it comes down to keeping him or Mo, Mo is the better player. Ivory vanished at the end of the season, and wasn't much of a story until the last two seasons. His play at the end of the season made Bilal Powell look All Pro. BILAL POWELL. We just brought in Matt Forte, an older but once elite running back. He is a guy who can catch too. He brings a lot more to a Chan Gailey offense than Chris 2 Gap Ivory. Fitz was nothing. He was brought in to be a backup. He plays hard, but he is also the result of a system he knows, a offense line that isn't given enough credit, and the best wide receiving tandem in the league. Relax until its time not to relax. And right now, 4 hours and 36 mintues into free agency, is not the time to stop relaxing. 

Forte is our new Ladanian Tomlinson. Aging, talented RB who can catch out of the backfield.

[pointman]

Just now, Long Island Leprechaun said:

Forte is our new Ladanian Tomlinson. Aging, talented RB who can catch out of the backfield.

I said that in another thread, and its true. I am really excited about having him on board. Unless he suddenly decides to suck completely, he is going to bring a whole new look to this offense. 

[joewilly12]

Fleener signed 

[JETSfaninNE]

3 minutes ago, pointman said:

I said that in another thread, and its true. I am really excited about having him on board. Unless he suddenly decides to suck completely, he is going to bring a whole new look to this offense. 

Strange but true: Matt Forte & Chris Ivory each had 1,287 total yards last year.   Forte played 13 games last year on a less talented team then ours.  Since 2008 he also leads the league in most scrimmage yards (thats yards beyond the LOS) 

This is a very good signing, pick up someone like Khiry Robinson to be your bruiser and draft a young talented RB.

[pointman]

1 minute ago, JETSfaninNE said:

Strange but true: Matt Forte & Chris Ivory each had 1,287 total yards last year.   Forte played 13 games last year on a less talented team then ours.  Since 2008 he also leads the league in most scrimmage yards (thats yards beyond the LOS) 

This is a very good signing, pick up someone like Khiry Robinson to be your bruiser and draft a young talented RB.

I would post Forte's stats, but the formatting gets all messed up. Basically, over the course of Forte's career he has been really durable and a great running back a very good receiver out of the backfield. Complete upgrade over Ivory. 

[pointman]

2 minutes ago, JETSfaninNE said:

This is a very good signing, pick up someone like Khiry Robinson to be your bruiser and draft a young talented RB.

[pointman]

2 minutes ago, JETSfaninNE said:

For some reason editing or responding if a post was quoted is all messed up for me...ahhh!!!!!!!!

[Il Mostro]

Due to the salary cap, there is so much polarization of compensation and classes in the NFL these days.  You've got your proven impact, and perceived impact FA's, who are hitting their prime getting the fat contracts. Then the young guys who are succeeding on the field but do not have the fat deals yet -- underpaid but working their asses off in hopes of getting a big payday when they hit FA.  There are FA guys who are still relatively young, and have been around for a few years, but haven't gotten their shot yet. Then there are the vets who have proven talent and can still play, but because of age and/or contract issues have fallen out of favor.  The latter two groups, equivalent to the NFL trash heap, is chock full of opportunities for smart teams if they are selective in their scavenging.  I am not worried about how the Jets are playing this out.  It is the smart move with limited cap room.

[bealeb319]

Wow the coloring on that first list was awful. Hopefully no one scrolling through that is epileptic.

Would love to see us sign an older vet receiver to a cheap deal just for depth incase we lose marshal or decker to injury. I know Fitz is a priority but I wouldn't mind them signing a cheap QB maybe bring in Flynn and have a QB competition make Fitz a crap offer to come compete for the job.