This year’s free agency feels a bit different than most seasons. Perhaps it’s the constricted cap space or the caliber of players hitting free agency, but the first day of the legal tampering period wasn’t all that exciting.
Still, a few teams added quality players at major positions of need as teams were officially allowed to agree to terms with free agents. One team in the AFC East found two solid values at positions that desperately needed an infusion of youth and talent.
There weren’t all that many deals that were truly cringeworthy, but a few good deals were struck as we begin the new league year.
Here are five deals that stood out among the rest at the start of free agency.