A good portion of the $ 164.9 million that the 49ers spent at the free agency was to add two of football’s best blockers to protect defender Jimmy Garoppolo from NFC West’s aggressive pass rushers, Rams Aaron Donald and JJ Watt of Arizona Cardinals . An upright quarterback tends to have a positive effect on the team’s attack.
Jacksonville Jaguars
In negotiating expensive players like Jalen Ramey and Yannick Ngakoue over the past few seasons, the Jacksonville Jaguars entered the free agency with a bunch of available space at the limit. They offered $ 144 million in full value for the contracts. They mainly focused on defense, after finishing 1-15 with the league’s second worst defense, signing cornerback Shaquill Griffin with a $ 40 million three-year contract, safety Rayshawn Jenkins with a $ four-year contract 35 million and a defensive end Roy Robertson-Harris three years ago and $ 23.4 million.
Offensively, the rebuilding of the Jaguars begins with the draft, where the team is likely to use general choice # 1 to select Clemson’s quarterback Trevor Lawrence. The head coach of the NFL for the first time, Urban Meyer, who team owner Shahid Khan said will have control of the squad, is using the agency to plug holes before the new face of the franchise arrives. But Meyer has already expressed his discontent with some aspects of running an NFL team, calling the league’s legal adulteration period “terrible”.
Cincinnati Bengals
A strong free agency market for defensive talent led the unfortunate Bengals (4-11 in the 2020 season) to prioritize that side of the ball with $ 122.75 million in free agent contracts. The team also signed with Vikings Riley Reiff for a year, $ 7.5 million, the first step in fixing a weak offensive line charged with protecting Joe Burrow, who drew with the ninth most dismissed quarterback in the league last season.
Tennessee Titans
Derrick Henry’s legs can only carry the Titans up to a point. Despite a season in which the running back again led the league in running yards, Tennessee was eliminated from the playoffs in the wild card round. In the off-season, general manager Jon Robinson stepped up the passing race, adding former Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree to a $ 82.5 million five-year contract. Dupree had eight bags for the Steelers in the 2020 season. The Titans are paying him to help contain opposing defenders with the potential to burn them on the ground, as did Lamar Jackson of the Ravens in important moments of the playoff defeat for the Baltimore.
Jets
Coach Robert Saleh’s first-year defensive record was at liberty when the Jets signed a three-year contract with Carl Lawson for $ 45 million. It is the largest that the Jets have completed in a free agency so far, contributing to the $ 110.25 million in total contracts.
Pairing Lawson, whose speed helped him with 5.5 sacks last season with Bengals, should complement the power of striker Quinnen Williams in the third year. The Jets hold the second overall choice in the draft and are rumored for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. Your list may still see major additions.