PFF List of Top Available Free Agents
 

If you hate PFF, move along.

Personally, the more I dig into their grading numbers and match them against my stats system and eye test, the more I agree with their grading system.

Their Top 15 Free Agents (article here with write-ups and stats):

01 = QB Drew Brees, NO
02 = QB Jimmy Garoppolo, SF
03 = QB Kirk Cousins, WAS
04 = RB Le'veon Bell, PIT
05 = DE Demarcus Lawrence, DAL
06 = CB Malcolm Butler, NE
07 = OG Andrew Norwell, CAR
08 = WR Allen Robinson, JAX
09 = DT Sheldon Richardson, SEA
10 = WR Jarvis Landry, MIA
11 = DE Ezekiel Ansah, DET
12 = OG Justin Pugh, NYG
13 = OT Nate Solder, NE
14 = TE Jimmy Graham, SEA
15 = QB Sam Bradford, MIN

Due diligence and all that but if the Colts could exit the first phase of free agency having signed:

One of: Andrew Norwell, Justin Pugh or Nate Solder

-- AND --

One of: Demarcus Lawrence, Malcolm Butler or Ezekiel Ansah

I think that would set the tone of the off-season pretty darn well.

I don't expect Lawrence to hit free agency but Butler might (they signed a mega-CB contract last season) and Ansah probably will.

As for O-Linemen? Who knows; all 3 teams have enough cap space to re-sign their guys if they want to.

Walk Worthy,

I think Brees is exceptional, but to put him above two very young QBs is odd. You would think he would be just a two-year rental.

By the way, I don't see many on that list who will actually be on the market. Maybe Solder or Butler, as they will both be looking to get paid and NE just doesn't have much money left. However, the rest will get tagged or signed by their current team, most likely. What I would like to see is the list of second-tier players, like 20-30, to see who we would realistically be looking at.

Agree.....I did read somewhere that Miami has issues with cap space and will have trouble signing Landry but I imagine they will tag him.

I think that Norwell will be available, as apparently Carolina paid two of their OL pretty handsomely last year.

You are correct about Miami.

Teams with less than $30M in cap space from overthecap.com:

Broncos $29,168,245
Chargers $24,152,385
Giants $23,331,735
Packers $23,076,166
Panthers $22,501,216
Cowboys $18,470,415
Jaguars $17,441,446
Falcons $16,642,062
Patriots $16,454,238
Raiders $14,869,663
Seahawks $14,369,950
Ravens $10,995,225
Cardinals $10,847,439
Dolphins $8,742,046
Steelers $2,978,775
Eagles ($7,423,089)
Chiefs ($8,587,312)

depends how they look at it - long term vs short term.

If short term it makes sense, add brees to jax or min......

That would be a scary team!

I don't want Landry. He always seems to be bitching about something, and he's really nothing more than a possession receiver.

I want two of the OL. Lawrence or Ansah would be great adds for a 4-3 as well.