Tag: NFL Free Agency Tracker

Best available free agents for Raiders needs after Day 1 of free agency

We ranked the best available free agent fits for Raiders needs as we head for day two

With the advent of the free agent negotiating period, the waves of free agency occur days before free agency actually opens. The first day of which was Monday.

The big names came flying off the board on day one, which can be tough for many fans to watch as the players they dreamt would be suiting up for their team are lost to the wind.

There were three additions by the Raiders on Day 1

QB Jimmy Garoppolo
S Marcus Epps
CB Brandon Facyson

These signings are helpful, but there are still a lot of needs on this team, many of which could do well to be filled via free agency.

Even with all the signings on day one, the cupboard isn’t bare as we head into day two.

Here are the best available who would fill needs for the Raiders.

1. CB James Bradberry
2. G Isaac Seumalo
3. T Kaleb McGary
4. G Dalton Risner
5. DT Sheldon Rankins
6. LB Kyzir White
7. CB Byron Murphy
8. G Will Hernandez
9. WR DJ Chark
10. DT Matt Ioannidis
11. T Cameron Fleming
12. DT Morgan Fox
13. DT A’Shawn Robinson
14. DT Poona Ford
15. T Trey Pipkins
16. CB Shaquill Griffin

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The Touchdown Wire Free Agency Podcast with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield

Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield break down free agency so far, and go over Mark’s post-free agency mock draft.

NFL free agency is underway in the 2021 league year, transactions are going fast and furious, and yet, there are still a ton of talented players left on the open market. It’s time for Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield to break it all down! Among the topics discussed:

Mark’s new post-free agency mock draft, which we dropped in the middle of free agency;

The 49ers’ Jimmy Garoppolo problem;

The best and worst free agency signings so far; and…

The best free agents still left on the open market.

There’s a lot to cover, so let’s get rolling!

Listen to the podcast on BlogTalkRadio:

And watch it on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkNmS5mwU2A

 

The worst NFL free-agent signings in 2021 (so far)

Teams all try to succeed in free agency, but the failure rate is high. Here are the most obvious potential disappointments for 2021.

When it comes to hitting the right notes in free agency, we’ll quote the great baseball manager Casey Stengel, when he heard that a rival manager was trying to win the pennant with just three pitchers: “Well, well, well, I heard it couldn’t be done, but it don’t always work.”

As usual, and on most subjects, Stengel was as correct as he was convoluted in his verbiage. Free agency frequently can’t be done — at least, it frequently can’t be done well — and it don’t always work. Scott Mitchell, Jeff Garcia, Neil O’Donnell, Larry Brown, and Albert Haynesworth are among the most specious free-agent signings in NFL history, and the woebegone transactions have a few common denominators.

Teams often fail by assuming that one-year wonders will continue their peak performances without regression, or that their performances in one big game represent a larger breakout. Teams will also ignore scheme fit, and think that they can fix a player on the decline.

There are all kinds of reasons free-agent signings don’t always work, and here are the free-agency signings we see as the most potentially failure-prone in the 2021 league year.

Grading the 2021 NFL free agency signings, Part 2

The NFL free agency grades continue, as Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield post marks for every transaction.

Once Mark Schofield and Doug Farrar graded the first wave of free-agency signings and re-signings in the legal tampering phase of the process, it became time to roll that over into a second list. So, here’s Part 1 of the grading epic…

Grading the 2021 NFL free agency signings

…and Part 2, in the interest of the best reader experience possible, starts here. Stay tuned to Touchdown Wire through the start of the 2021 league year, which begins at 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 17.