Top 40 Free Agents of 2026

It looks like Vera Tucker is the best young option in the market but his injury history make it not worth it imo

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Vera-Tucker has played seven or fewer games in three of his five NFL seasons. He’s torn the triceps in both arms and suffered a torn Achilles that limited him to just five games in 2023.

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Did some digging and think this one would be a top target if we spend on it, Wyatt Teller

Cleveland write up

Alontae Taylor at 13

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I’m probably overrating Taylor a bit, especially considering how volatile cornerback play can be from year to year and scheme to scheme, but it’s hard to find long-armed corners with positional versatility and great recovery speed like Taylor. Per PFF, Taylor has played more than 1,500 snaps outside and more than 1,500 in the slot in his four-year career. He’s an aggressive, high-effort player, which can lead to blown assignments and missed tackles at times. But he still has high upside and seemingly has a positive attitude. If he signs a contract somewhere in the $10 million to $13 million range, similar to other slot types who’ve agreed to new deals in recent years (like Marcus Jones, Taron Johnson, Jourdan Lewis, and Kenny Moore), Taylor could be one of the high-value gems of this free agent class.

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If he's willing to sign a multi-year deal in that $10-13M range, I don't think he hits the legal tampering period.

As tempting as it is to dream about FAs the Saints need to build through the draft for one more year.

If they could ger a FA guard I would be opposed to it but reality is anyone who could help this team on the interior O line will not hit free agency.

Kyle Pitts is the only other FA I wouldn't be mad about going after.

Other than that use all 8 draft picks on youth infusion on this roster.

2027 should be the year to think about making a big splash in the FA market.

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Haven't been paying attention this year, is Malik Willis playing that well to be the 25th best FA? Or are we going off of name recognition again?

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He’s accounted for himself pretty well in spot start situations. I’d much rather have him than Kyler’s bloated arse contract.

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Dissapointingly only one OG on the list

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Ed Ingram
Will Hernandez
Brady Christensen could be value coming off Achilles

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This makes it hard for me to take your other opinions seriously

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Did you just lump Baltimore & NYJ together when discussing underperforming team that seem to be going nowhere?

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Yes that's exactly what I did. 8 years with Lamar and only 1 CCG appearance? A loss by the way. Oh and then they go ahead and add Henry/ Zay Flowers and are almost worse?

Yes the team who has underperformed and actually got worse when they got more talent is going nowhere.

Going nowhere as a 1-16 team is directly comparable to going nowhere as a 9-8 team. Its actually worse than the Jets, how much more could Baltimore even do?

Juwan Johnson played well enough to not need a top tight end.

We should come to terms with either Francis Mauigoa or Fuaga being one of your starting guards in ‘26