Anotha Free Agency Update W/ Grades

84 Star MLB Eric Kendricks: Ravens: 2 Yrs, 11.2M Salary, 8.6M Bonus: C+ good player to fill the middle that doesn’t have anyone great but kind of expensive and 2 years for a 32 year old

83 Superstar HB Clyde Edwards-Helaire: Chiefs: 4 Yrs, 9.6M Salary, 8M Bonus: A new ownership brings back the superstar RB on a cheap contract good move I don’t care that he’s slow

78 Normal CB Tre Flowers: Broncos: 1 Yr, 2.7M Salary, 2M Bonus: B solid contract for a great CB3 or even 2 if he needs to be

78 Normal RE Bilal Nichols: Bears: 3 Yrs, 14.4M Salary, 13.8M Bonus: C- it was a position of need but the former bear didn’t want to return so definitely an overpay for a mediocre 3-4 DE who’s pretty much at his ceiling

77 Normal CB David Long Jr: Saints: 2 Yrs, 5.2M Salary. 3.6M Bonus: B+ nice little depth or slot corner who hopefully won’t get burnt on his limited snaps

71 Normal HB Ainias Smith: Vikings: 5 Yrs, 10M Salary, 5M Bonus: B+ cheap contract for a solid young running back who can develop behind cook while also serve as a quality RB2

70 Normal RE Trajan Jeffcoat: Bears: 1 Yr, 2.2M Salary, 1.8M Bonus: C+ a young guy who’s great against the run but has nonexistent pass rush, still good depth. 1 Year is confusing unless he’s hoping to make him more interested to resign cheaper long term

70 Normal MLB Kwon Alexander: Texans: 1 Yr, 1.4M Salary, 900k Bonus: A great contract for a solid MLB2 or depth that can be a user

70 Star LE Isaiah Thomas: Patriots: 6 Yrs, 13.8M Salary, 12M Bonus: A- great player who’s relatively young and star dev but he isn’t anything special athletically and the contract is just okay

70 Normal RT Cooper Hodges: Lions: 4 Yrs, 8M Salary, 4.4M Bonus: B- great contract for a backup but he just doesn’t seem like he’d be good if he has to play

63 Normal HB Harold Joiner: Giants: 1 Yr, 800k Salary, 0 Bonus: B surprised this was 4 bars since he was only half interested in the Giants but a 6’4 HB who may be slow and low overall but 80 BTK and 88 TRK makes him a great goalline or inches plug in on the minimum contract

61 Normal TE Shane Zylstra: Vikings: 1 Yr, 1M Salary, 100k Bonus: C+ good contract I guess but he really shouldn’t be seeing a field in the regular season even as a result of a top 3 TE in the depth chart getting injured