2022 will likely go down as one of, if not THE, craziest Free Agency period of all time. To help explain why, the NFL Agreed to raise the salary cap to $208M, a $25.7M increase. That’s a lot of money just floating around and teams went ballistic. We initially covered this during our recent show, S03E27. I’ve updated the numbers and expanded upon each team's moves from beyond what was discussed on the show. I’ve also included prominent players on the Defense and Offense Line.
Trades:
March: 19
April: 4
Signings:
Feb: 46
March: 368
April: 154
Cuts:
Feb: 3
March: 55
April: 6
Total: 655 or 38% of the league changed teams this year.
Arizona Cardinals: Traded for WR Marquise Brown. Re-signed RB James Conner, TE Zach Ertz and WR A.J. Green.
Atlanta Falcons: Traded away QB Matt Ryan. Added QB Marcus Mariota and RB Damien Williams. Re-signed RB/WR Cordarelle Patterson and cut RB Mike Davis.
Baltimore Ravens: Traded away WR Marquise Brown and cut WR Miles Boykin.
Buffalo Bills: Added LB Von Miller, TE OJ Howard, WR Jamison Crowder, and RB Duke Johnson. Traded for QB Case Keenum. Cut WR Cole Beasley and QB Mitch Trubisky. Re-signed WR Stephon Diggs.
Carolina Panthers: Added WR Rashaad Higgins and Re-signed WR DJ Moore and TE Ian Thomas.
Chicago Bears: Added WR Byron Pringle and WR Equanimeous St. Brown. Traded away LB Khalil Mack. Cut RB Tarik Cohen and QB Nick Foles.
Cincinnati Bengals: Added OL Alex Cappa, OL La’el Collins, OL Ted Karras, and TE Hayden Hurst.
Cleveland Browns: Traded for QB DeSaun Watson* and WR Amari Cooper. Cut WR Jarvis Landry, TE Austin Hooper.
*Cleveland doesn’t list the Desaun Watson transactions which occurred on 3/18/22.
Dallas Cowboys: Traded away WR Amari Cooper. Re-signed WR Michal Gallup and TE Dalton Shultz. Added WR James Washington. Cut TE Blake Jarwin.
Denver Broncos: Trade for QB Russell Wilson. Traded away QB Drew Lock and TE Noah Fant. Re-signed RB Melvin Gordon.
Detroit Lions: Added WR D.J. Chark.
Green Bay: Re-signed QB Aaron Rodgers and TE Robert Tonyan. Traded away WR Davante Adams. Added WR Sammy Watkins and cut LB Za'darius Smith.
Houston Texans: Added RB Marlon Mack, WR DaeSean Hamiliton. Re-signed WR Brandin Cooks.
Indianapolis Colts: Traded for QB Matt Ryan and Traded for DE Yannick Ngakoue while trading away CB Rock Ya-Sin. Re-signed TE Mo Alie-Cox and added CB Stephon Gilmore.
Jacksonville Jaguars: Added WR Christian Kirk, WR Zay Jones, WR Laquan Treadwell and TE Evan Engram.
Kansas City Chiefs: Traded away WR Tyreek Hill. Added WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR Marquez Valdez-Scantling and RB Ronald Jones.
Las Vegas Raiders: Traded for WR Devante Adams and traded away DE Yannick Ngakoue for CB Rock Ya-Sin. Added LB Chandler Jones and RB Brandon Bolden. Re-signed QB Derek Carr.
Los Angeles Chargers: Traded for LB Khalil Mack. Added TE Gerald Everett, CB J.C. Jackson and LB Kyle Van Noy.
Los Angeles Rams: Added WR Allen Robinson and LB Bobby Wagner. Re-signed QB Matt Stafford. Traded away WR Robert Woods.
Miami Dolphins: Traded for WR Tyreek Hill. Added OL Terron Armstead, RB Chase Edmonds, RB Raheem Mostert, WR Cedrick Wilson, and QB Teddy Bridgewater. Traded away WR Devante Parker. Re-sign CB Xavian Howard.
Minnesota Vikings: Added LB Za’Darius Smith and Re-signed QB Kirk Cousins.
New England Patriots: Traded for WR DeVante Parker. Re-signed RB James White and CB Malcom Butler. Traded away OL Shaq Mason.
New Orleans Saints*: Added SS Tyrian Mathiu and QB Andy Dalton. Re-signed QB Jameis Winston and FS Malcom Jenkins retired.
*New Orleans had to restructure the contracts of every star in order to get them under the salary cap. Includes but not limited to RB Alvin Kamara, WR Michael Thomas, DE Cam Jordan and CB Marshon Lattimore.
New York Giants: Added OL Mike Glowinski, RB Matt Brieda and QB Tyrod Taylor. Cut RB Devonte Booker and TE Kyle Rudolph.
New York Jets: Added TE Tyler Conklin, TE CJ Uzomah , K Greg Zurlein, RB Tevin Coleman, and QB Joe Flacco.
Philadelphia Eagles: Traded for WR A.J. Brown. Re-signed OL Jason Kelce and DT Fletcher Cox.
Pittsburgh Steelers: Added QB Mitch Trubisky, LB Myles Jack, and WR Miles Boykin.
San Francisco 49ers: Re-signed RB Jeff Wilson. Added WR Ray-Ray McCloud.
Seattle Seahawks: Traded away QB Russell Wilson for QB Drew Lock, TE Noah Fant and DT Shelby Harris. Cut LB Bobby Wagner. Re-signed TE Will Dissly, RB Rahaad Penny. Added QB Geno Smith.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Tom Brady unretires. Re-sign RB Leonard Fournette, WR Chris Godwin, RB Giovani Bernard. Added WR Russell Gage. Traded for OL Shaq Mason.
Tennessee Titans: Traded away WR A.J Brown. Traded for WR Robert Woods. Added TE Austin Hooper. Cut WR Julio Jones and RB Darryton Evans.
Washington Commanders: Traded for QB Carson Wentz. Re-signed RB JD McKissic.