The 2026 Free Agency Thread

[Dlts20]

Wow. AP is working his magic. I thought he was going to cost a ton. One year only but I'll take it on a prove it deal. We are out of the edge market in the draft.

Say what you want about weapons for Jayden and I am sure that we will add some but having even an average defense is something we haven't seen in awhile and will be a game changer for our offense.

One more corner and safety would be nice

 

[Bulldog]

Wonder why it’s just 1 year?

Prove it. He wants a lot of money down the road and team said get the 10-12 sacks playing regular snaps first.

 

[Riggo44]

A 1 yr deal? AP learned nothing!

 

[burgold]

Wonder why it’s just 1 year?

He probably wanted a mega contract and wasn't seeing it coming together so he taking a one year gamble on himself hoping for better next year.

 

[aledb11]

Prove it. He wants a lot of money down the road and team said get the 10-12 sacks playing regular snaps first.

Also, players sometimes only want 1 year deals in order to try cashing in again.

 

[actorguy1]

 

[Bulldog]

I think this means WR and RB in Rounds 1 and 3 for us in April.

 

[DWinzit]

Yes it will.

Now go sign a WR.

We are hearing either Chig or Jennings is signed next!! 🤞

 

[aledb11]

Trey to BAL. Conspiracies can begin now.

 

[skinsinparadise]

 

[Boone]

I get that. The only issue I have is if we think he is good enough to pay $12 million a year to, seems like we would want to have him beyond a single season? The downside of ‘prove it’ is he might, but we are not guaranteed to be the beneficiaries of his success.

 

[Bulldog]

I think we called this last night. Seems Trey was more reasonable when Baltimore called.

 

[burgold]

I hope someone pulls the rug under the Ravens when it comes to Hendrickson. That just feels icky.

 

[Commander Wraith]

I presume Aiyuk will be cut and it seems likely he’ll get an incentive laden offer from us, but I do wonder if other teams might make more aggressive offers. He comes with a bunch of baggage for sure, but with the market so thin and the contracts so far… I could see him going for quite a bit more than we’ve been assuming.

With us supposedly interested in Woolen, who are the next corner options we should look at? From a random Reddit page - Rasul Douglas, Roger McReary, Tre’Davious White, Chidobe Awuzie, Cam Taylor-Britt.

Random list of TEs - Okonkwo, Goedert, Njoku, Waller, Jonnu Smith, Taysom Hill.

 

[skinsinparadise]

Wonder why it’s just 1 year?

I am guessing he wanted that, prove it to rehit the market and get a bigger deal.

 

[Bulldog]

I get that. The only issue I have is if we think he is good enough to pay $12 million a year to, seems like we would want to have him beyond a single season? The downside of ‘prove it’ is he might, but we are not guaranteed to be the beneficiaries of his success.

Eagles did the same thing with Woolen.

Gives both flexibility.

 

[skinsinparadise]

Yeah that is wild,

 

[Bulldog]

If you add the new coaching factor with the talent upgrades so far the defense should be light years better.

 

[aledb11]

Id love a safety and another corner, but probably time to start focusing on offense.

 

[bowhunter]

Wonder why it’s just 1 year?

He has 32.25" arm length. Only 33+" get multi years. AP has a system