NFL free agency tracker: The biggest free agent signings of 2023
Mar 13, 2023, 2:51 PM | Updated: Mar 16, 2023, 10:51 am
PHILADELPHIA, PA - JANUARY 21: Darius Slay #2 of the Philadelphia Eagles reacts against the New York Giants during the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Lincoln Financial Field on January 21, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
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The 2023 NFL free agency window has officially opened, as teams can now negotiate with free agents on new contracts. And while the new year officially begins Wednesday, teams can all but sign the dotted line on deals for the next 48 hours.
Because of that, Sactown Sports has decided to bring you the NFL free agent tracker, giving you updated information on all the moves around the NFL. The biggest moves of Day 1 have seen major shakeups in both the NFC & AFC, including with the San Francisco 49ers.
The 49ers shocked the league by signing defensive tackle Javon Hargrave Monday morning, agreeing to a 4 year, $84 million deal to come to The Bay. The Raiders have also been busy, signing quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to a long-term deal.
With so much going on, here’s the latest surrounding 2023 NFL free agency.
NFL Free Agency Moves Thursday
9:25 AM: WR Braxton Berrios signs with Miami Dolphins
Contract: 1 year, TBD
Previous Team: New York Jets
8:15 AM: Pittsburgh Steelers cut LB Myles Jack
7:55 AM: New England Patriots re-sign LB Mack Wilson
Contract: 1 year, $2.2 million
7:45 AM: LB Elandon Roberts signs with Pittsburgh Steelers
Contract: 2 years, TBD
Previous Team: Miami Dolphins
NFL Free Agency Moves Wednesday
7:45 PM: Philadelphia Eagles re-sign CB Darius Slay
Contract: TBD
7:20 PM: LT Orlando Brown Jr. signs with Cincinnati Bengals
Contract: 4 years, $64.092 million
Previous Team: Kansas City Chiefs
7:05 PM: QB P.J. Walker signs with Chicago Bears
Contract: TBD
Previous Team: Carolina Panthers
6:20 PM: RB James Robinson signs with New England Patriots
Contract: 2 years, $8 million
Previous Team: New York Jets
6 PM: Minnesota Vikings re-sign RB Alexander Mattison
Contract: 2 years, $7 million
5:15 PM: Los Angeles Chargers re-sign DE Morgan Fox
Contract: 2 years, TBD
4:20 PM: RB Miles Sanders signs with Carolina Panthers
Contract: 4 years, $25 million
Previous Team: Philadelphia Eagles
4 PM: RB Jamaal Williams signs with New Orleans Saints
Contract: 3 years, $12 million
Previous Team: Detroit Lions
3:45 PM: QB Kyle Allen signs with Buffalo Bills
Contract: TBD
Previous Team: Houston Texans
3:45 PM: S Juan Thornhill signs with Cleveland Browns
Contract: 3 year, $21 million
Previous Team: Kansas City Chiefs
3:15 PM: Philadelphia Eagles re-sign DT Fletcher Cox
Contract: 1 year, $10 million
3:10 PM: Las Vegas Raiders re-sign DT Jerry Tillery
Contract: TBD
2:40 PM: Cleveland Browns released DE Jadeveon Clowney & S John Johnson
1:35 PM: Miami Dolphins re-sign RB Myles Gaskin
Contract: 1 year, TBD
1 PM: QB Jacoby Brissett signs with Washington Commanders
Contract: 1 year, $10 million
Previous Team: Cleveland Browns
12:20 PM: Dallas Cowboys plan to release RB Ezekiel Elliot
12:10 PM: DT Sheldon Rankins signs with Houston Texans
Contract: 1 year, $10.5 million
Previous Team: New York Jets
11:55 AM: WR JuJu Smith-Schuster signs with New England Patriots
Contract: 3 years, $33 million
Previous Team: Kansas City Chiefs
11:20 AM: Tampa Bay Buccaneers re-sign LB Lavonte David
Contract: 1 year, $7 million
10:20 AM: QB Aaron Rodgers says he wants to play for the New York Jets next season
9:55 AM: DT Nathan Shepherd signs with New Orleans Saints
Contract: 3 years, $15 million
Previous Team: New York Jets
9:50 AM: Buffalo Bills re-sign S Jordan Poyer
Contract: 2 years, TBD
9:45 AM: Packers, Jets continue to negotiate QB Aaron Rodgers trade
8:50 AM: QB Baker Mayfield signs with Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Contract: 1 year, $8.5 million
Previous Team: Los Angeles Rams
8:20 AM: DT Khalen Sanders sings with New Orleans Saints
Contract: 3 years, $14.5 million
Previous Team: Kansas City Chiefs
7:50 AM: Philadelphia Eagles plan to release CB Darius Slay
7:15 AM: Dallas Cowboys likely to cut RB Ezekiel Elliot
6:55 AM: OT Riley Reiff signs with New England Patriots
Contract: 1 year, $5 million
Previous Team: Chicago Bears
6:40 AM: TE Hayden Hurst signs with Carolina Panthers
Contract: 3 years, $21.75 million
Previous Team: Cincinnati Bengals
5:40 AM: LB Cole Holcomb signs with Pittsburgh Steelers
Contract: 3 years, $18 million
Previous Team: Washington Commanders
NFL Free Agency Moves Tuesday
7:25 PM: DE Arden Key signs with Tennessee Titans
Contract: 3 years, $21 million
Previous Team: Jacksonville Jaguars
7:05 PM: RB Travis Homer signs with Chicago Bears
Contract: 2 years, $4.5 million
Previous Team: Seattle Seahawks
7:05 PM: CB Byron Murphy signs with Minnesota Vikings
Contract: 2 years, $22 million
Previous Team: Arizona Cardinals
6:40 PM: DE Charles Omenihu signs with Kansas City Chiefs
Contract: 2 years, $20 million
Previous Team: San Francisco 49ers
6:30 PM: RB David Montgomery signs with Detroit Lions
Contract: 3 years, $18 million
Previous Team: Chicago Bears
6 PM: OL Daniel Brunskill signs with Tennessee Titans
Contract: 2 years, TBD
Previous Team: San Francisco 49ers
5:25 PM: Arizona Cardinals re-sign G Will Hernandez
Contract: 2 years, $9 million
5 PM: DE Samson Ebukam signs with Indianapolis Colts
Contract: 3 years, $27 million
Previous Team: San Francisco 49ers
4:45 PM: Baltimore Ravens re-sign CB Trayvon Mullen
Contract: 1 year, TBD
4:35 PM: New England Patriots re-sign S Jabrill Peppers
Contract: 2 years, $9 million
4:25 PM: Atlanta Falcons re-sign RT Kaleb McGary
Contract: 3 years, $34.5 million
3:50 PM: Los Angeles Chargers released G Matt Feiler
3:30 PM: DT Jarran Reed signs with Seattle Seahawks
Contract: 2 years, $10.8 million
Previous Team: Green Bay Packers
3:20 PM: Dallas Cowboys re-sign LB Leighton Vander Esch
Contract: 2 years, $11 million
2:55 PM: QB Andy Dalton signs with Carolina Panthers
Contract: 2 years, $11 million
Previous Team: New Orleans Saints
2:45 PM: Indianapolis Colts release QB Matt Ryan
2:30 PM: Philadelphia Eagles re-sign CB James Bradberry
Contract: 3 years, $38 million
2:05 PM: Indianapolis Colts trade CB Stephon Gilmore to Dallas Cowboys
2:05 PM: Philadelphia Eagles re-sign RB Boston Scott
Contract: 1 year, $2 million
2:05 PM: Pittsburgh Steelers re-sign DT Larry Ogunjobi
Contract: 3 years, $28.75 million
1:20 PM: WR Allen Lazard signs with New York Jets
Contract: 4 years, $44 million
Previous Team: Green Bay Packers
12:50 PM: LB Azeez Al-Shaair signs with Tennessee Titans
Contract: 1 year, $6 million
Previous Team: San Francisco 49ers
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12:15 PM: Detroit Lions re-sign DL John Cominsky
Contract: 2 years, $8.5 million
12:10 PM: RB Rashaad Penny signs with Philadelphia Eagles
Contract: TBD
Previous Team: Seattle Seahawks
11:55 AM: CB Emmanuel Moseley signs with Detroit Lions
Contract: 1 years, $6 million
Previous Team: San Francisco 49ers
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11:25 AM: Las Vegas Raiders trade TE Darren Waller to New York Giants
11:25 AM: Miami Dolphins re-sign RB Jeff Wilson
Contract: 2 years, $8.2 million
11 AM: San Francisco 49ers re-sign C Jake Brendel
Contract: 4 years, $20 million
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10:50 AM: Minnesota Vikings re-sign C Garrrett Bradbury
Contract: 3 years, $15.75 million
10:45 AM: New Orleans Saints restructure WR Michael Thomas’ contract
Contract: 1 year, $10 million
10:15 AM: Los Angeles Chargers grant permission for RB Austin Ekeler to seek trade
9:20 AM: Jacksonville Jaguars re-sign S Andrew Wingard
Contract: 3 years, $9.6 million
8:50 AM: Seattle Seahawks release DT Quinton Jefferson
8:10 AM: Miami Dolphins re-sign RB Raheem Mostert
Contract: 2 years, $7.6 million
7:25 AM: Dallas Cowboys re-sign S Donovan Wilson
Contract: 3 years, $24 million
6:55 AM: WR Jakobi Meyers signs with Las Vegas Raiders
Contract: 3 years, $33 million
Previous Team: New England Patriots
6:45 AM: Tampa Bay Buccaneers trade G Shaq Mason to Houston Texans
5:55 AM: Minnesota Vikings re-sign QB Nick Mullins
Contract: 2 years, $4 million
5:10 AM: QB Taylor Heinicke signs with Atlanta Falcons
Contract: 2 years, $20 million
Previous Team: Washington Commanders
NFL Free Agency Moves Monday
8:40 PM: K Matt Gay signs with Indianapolis Colts
Contract: 4 years, $22.5 million
Previous Team: Los Angeles Rams
8:10 PM: DT Dalvin Tomlinson signs with Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $57 million
Previous Team: Minnesota Vikings
6:25 PM: DT Dre’mont Jones signs with Seattle Seahawks
Contract: 3 years, $51.53 million
Previous Team: Denver Broncos
6:20 PM: DE Marcus Davenport signs with the Minnesota Vikings
Contract: 1 year, $13 million
Previous Team: New Orleans Saints
6:20 PM: LB Kaden Elliss signs with Atlanta Falcons
Contract: 3 years, $21.5 million
Previous Team: New Orleans Saints
6:05 PM: S Jimmie Ward signs with Houston Texans
Contract: 2 years, $13 million
Previous Team: San Francisco 49ers
6 PM: New Orleans Saints re-sign Jameis Winston
Contract: 1 year, $8 million
5:45 PM: DE Zach Allen signs with Denver Broncos
Contract: 3 years, $45.75 million
Previous Team: Arizona Cardinals
5:40 PM: LB Eric Kendricks signs with Los Angeles Chargers
Contract: 2 years, $13.25 million
Previous Team: Minnesota Vikings
4:20 PM: Carolina Panthers re-sign C Bradley Bozeman
Contract: 3 years, $18 million
4:05 PM: Denver Broncos re-sign LB Alex Singleton
Contract: 3 years, $18 million
3:55 PM: LB Bobby Okereke signs with New York Giants
Contract: 4 years, $40 million
Previous Team: Indianapolis Colts
3:35 PM: LB David Long Jr. signs with Miami Dolphins
Contract: 2 years, $11 million
Previous Team: Tennessee Titans
3 PM: S Marcus Epps signs with Las Vegas Raiders
Contract: 2 years, $12 million
Previous Team: Philadelphia Eagles
2:45 PM: OT Andre Dillard signs with Tennessee Titans
Contract: 3 years, $29 million
Previous Team: Philadelphia Eagles
2:10 PM: QB Sam Darnold signs with San Francisco 49ers
Contract: 1 year, TBD
Previous Team: Carolina Panthers
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2 PM: Tampa Bay Buccaneers re-sign CB Jamel Dean
Contract: 4 years, $52 million
1:45 PM: CB Patrick Peterson signs with Pittsburgh Steelers
Contract: 2 years, $14 million
Previous Team: Minnesota Vikings
1:35 PM: Detroit Lions re-sign LB Alex Anzalone
Contract: 3 years, $18.75 million
1:30 PM: S Jessie Bates signs with Atlanta Falcons
Contract: 4 years, $64.02 million
Previous Team: Cincinnati Bengals
1 PM: LB Tremaine Edmunds signs with Chicago Bears
Contract: 4 years, $72 million
Previous Team: Buffalo Bills
12:55 PM: G Nate Davis signs with Chicago Bears
Contract: 3 years, $30 million
Previous Team: Tennessee Titans
11:50 AM: Cincinnati Bengals re-sign LB Germaine Pratt
Contract: 3 years, $21 million
11:10 AM: RT Jawaan Taylor signs with Kansas City Chiefs
Contract: 4 years, $80 million
Previous Team: Jacksonville Jaguars
11 AM: QB Mike White signs with Miami Dolphins
Contract: 2 years, $16 million
Previous Team: New York Jets
10:55 AM: RT Andrew Wylie signs with Washington Commanders
Contract: 3 years, $24 million
Previous Team: Kansas City Chiefs
10:55 AM: C Conor McGovern signs with Buffalo Bills
Contract: 3 years, $23 million
Previous Team: New York Jets
10:45 AM: QB Jimmy Garoppolo signs with Las Vegas Raiders
Contract: 3 years, $67.5 million
Previous Team: San Francisco 49ers
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10:35 AM: DT Shy Tuttle signs with Carolina Panthers
Contract: 3 years, $19.5 million
Previous Team: New Orleans Saints
10:30 AM: CB Cam Sutton signs with Detroit Lions
Contract: 3 years, $33 million
Previous Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
10:30 AM: OL Nick Gates signs with Washington Commanders
Contract: 3 years, $16.5 million
Previous Team: New York Giants
10:20 AM: RT Mike McGlinchey signs with Denver Broncos
Contract: 5 years, $87.5 million
Previous Team: San Francisco 49ers
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10:15 AM: DT Javon Hargrave signs with San Francisco 49ers
Contract: 4-years, $84 million
Previous Team: Philadelphia Eagles
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10:05 AM: QB Jarrett Stidham signs with Denver Broncos
Contract: 2 years, $10 million
Previous Team: Las Vegas Raiders
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10 AM: DT David Onyemata signs with Atlanta Falcons
Contract: 3 years, $35 million
Previous Team: New Orleans Saints
A former division rival, defensive tackle David Onyemata heads to Georgia.
Only 30-years-old, Onyemata finished 2022 with 43 combined tackles, five sacks and 11 QB hits. He will take his. talents to the Falcons, hoping to shore up the trenches with DL Grady Jarrett.
9:40 AM: LG Ben Powers signs with Denver Broncos
Contract: 4 years, $52 million
Previous Team: Baltimore Ravens
A starting offensive lineman for the Ravens, Powers heads to Denver on a four-year deal.
Finishing 2022 with a 62.9 PFF grade, Powers allowed zero sacks last season. Playing 1094 snaps, he also was flagged for only one penalty all season.
9:40 AM: C Jason Kelce returns to the Philadelphia Eagles
Contract: 1 year, $14.25 million
9:35 AM: Baltimore Ravens release DE Calais Campbell
9:15 AM: Chicago Bears sign LB T.J. Edwards
Contract: 3 years, $19.5 million
Previous Team: Philadelphia Eagles
Striking early Monday, the Chicago Bears are on the board with linebacker T.J. Edwards.
Edwards was a part of the Philadelphia Eagles’ run to the Super Bowl last season, helping to create one of the best defenses in 2022. The 26-year-old LB recorded 159 combined tackles, seven passes defended and two sacks in the 2022 season.
9:15 AM: Chargers’ RB Austin Ekeler requests permission to seek trade
A surprise Monday, as running back Austin Ekeler wants out of LA.
Entering age 28, the longtime Charger has amassed more than 7,100 scrimmage yards in six NFL seasons. The Chargers’ star finished with over 1600 all-purpose yards and 18 total TDs in 2022.
9:10 AM: New England Patriots re-sign CB Jonathan Jones
Contract: 2 years, $19 million
A longtime Patriot, Jones will be staying in New England for a little while longer. The veteran cornerback finished 2022 with a career-high 69 combined tackles, 11 passes defended and four INTs.
