The NFL season starts back up on March 11, when free agency opens at 4 p.m ET — with the “legal tampering period” (still the funniest phrase in sports) beginning 48 hours earlier. It will be the first chance to see which teams can turn fiscal responsibility to patching their most immediate holes, which then allows well-run organizations to focus on taking the best player available, or project their roster down the road when the draft rolls around in April.
There’s no question that some of the luster is gone from free agency in recent years. Fewer elite, big-name players are hitting the open market than ever before. This is
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