The 2020 NFL free agency had a chance to be quite the blockbuster as the league’s new year began—ultra-boosted by the currently canceled sports-scape—and teams have not disappointed.
There have been a handful of big-time moves, with some of the most notable names in NFL history switching organizations for the first time ever.
While we’re unsure of what the rest of the NFL offseason will look like, or if the preseason and the regular season will kick off in time, when it does…these guys will be suiting up for a new team—your team.
(Note: We’ll update the list as new transactions unfold.)
Mackensie Alexander, CB, Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals continue the rebuild on defense, adding ex-Vikings slot corner, Mackensie Alexander. Alexander post a career-best 9.2 yards allowed per reception last season.
Eli Apple, CB, Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders bring in Apple as added depth to the secondary—something the team needs. Apple isn’t a top-tier grab, but can certainly help out in situations while also mentoring/lighting a fire under some of the younger secondary.
Vic Beasley, EDGE, Tennessee Titans
Beasley had a career-high 16 sacks with the Falcons in 2016. The Titans are hoping that he can find that same ferocity in Nashville in 2020 (and beyond).
James Bradberry, CB, New York Giants
Bradberry joins a Giants secondary that didn’t have an interception in 2019. Big Blue is hoping the three-year, $45 million investment on the ex-Panther will improve the coverage prowess in 2020.
Tom Brady, QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
It’s a headline that will be remembered forever—Tom Brady: Tampa Buccaneers QB. The 43-year-old Brady has moved on from New England and landed in Florid, where he’ll look to prove the naysayers wrong under coach Bruce Arians.
Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Carolina Panthers
Bridgewater was an impressive fill-in for Drew Brees in 2019, and his rebound from a serious injury with the Vikings has been incredible Hopefully his new start in Carolina under coach Matt Rhule has the same positive progression.
Michael Brockers, DT, Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens have added to the defensive side of the ball by snagging Brockers. A run-stopping force, he also has the athletic ability to push the pocket back and get to the QB.
Bryan Bulaga, OT, Los Angeles Chargers
Bulaga spent 10 years in Green Bay protecting Aaron Rogers. Now, the right tackle takes his still capable pass-protecting skills to Los Angeles—where he awaits to see who he’ll actually be protecting for the Chargers in 2020.
Randall Cobb, WR, Houston Texans
Cobb heads down the road fro Dallas to Houston, where he’ll look to provide receiver help—now that DeAndre Hopkins is a Cardinal—to the Texans and, more specifically, Deshaun Watson.
Jamie Collins, LB, Detroit Lions
Collins reunites with Matt Patricia in Detroit, where the two will hopefully find second (third? fourth?) winds within a defensive scheme.
Maliek Collins, DL, Las Vegas Raiders
Collins heads to Vegas in 2020, where he’ll reunite with hist former defensive coordinator in Dallas, Rod Marinelli.
Jack Conklin, OT, Cleveland Browns
Cleveland needed to upgrade the offensive line, and Conklin is an excellent addition. The former Titans trencher inked a three-year, $42 million deal with the Browns.
Chase Daniel, QB, Detroit Lions
Chase Daniel nearly has as many contracts as he does career touchdown passes. The three-year, $13.05 million with Detroit isn’t a bank-breaker, though, and he should be a safety net if Stafford suffers any more injuries and young David Blough can’t cut the mustard.
Eric Ebron, TE, Pittsburgh Steelers
Ebron joins the Pittsburgh Steelers after an injury-hampered 2019 season with the Colts. Along with Vance McDonald, he’ll provide options at the tight end position in the Steel City.
George Fant, OT, New York Jets
As TD Wire noted, it’s unclear how the Jets plan on using Fant—backup depth, starter, package. But one thing is certain—this picture of Fant and Russell Wilson will forever remain a classic.
Leonard Floyd, EDGE, Los Angeles Rams
Floyd didn’t produce in Chicago like a first-rounder, and was let go to make room for the Bears’ new addition, Robert Quinn. Floyd will look to prove the doubters wrong in Los Angeles.
Ereck Flowers, OG, Miami Dolphins
A questionable move by the Dolphins, Flowers heads south to the tune of three-years, $30 million to be part of the ‘Fins offensive line.
Kendall Fuller, CB, Washington Redskins
Hoping to find a bit of a career resurgence in familiar territory, Fuller heads back to Washington to be part of the new-look ‘Skins led by head coach Ron Rivera and defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio.
Graham Glasgow, OG, Denver Broncos
Glasgow heads to Denver to join Dalton Risner as the Broncos’ guards. The ex-Lion hasn’t allowed a sack since 2018—reliable protection that Denver and young QB, Drew Lock, will enjoy.
Melvin Gordon, RB, Denver Broncos
Melvin Gordon leaves Los Angeles for the Denver Broncos, where he’ll be part of a running back group that also features Phillip Lindsay. Gordon stays within the AFC West and will make $13.5 million guaranteed.
Jimmy Graham, TE, Chicago Bears
Graham heads from the Packers to the Bears, where head coach Matt Nagy will hope to get whatever remains out fo the once-dominant tight end.
Todd Gurley, RB, Atlanta Falcons
Cut on a Thursday, signed on a Friday. The life of an NFL running back—as we’ve seen—is never an easy journey. Gurley heads to Atlanta on a year-year deal while bringing a the injury concerns with him.
Javon Hargrave, DI, Philadelphia Eagles
Hargrave is headed out of the Steel City and traveling east to Philly on a three-year, $39 million deal. A solid interior presence, he’ll help fill the gaps for the Eagles’ defense.
Chris Harris, CB, Los Angeles Chargers
One of the top—if not the top—corners in free agency this year, Harris makes a major headline in AFC West: Leaving the Broncos for division rival Chargers.
Austin Hooper, TE, Cleveland Browns
Hooper joins the Browns after solidifying himself as a top-level tight end with the Atlanta Falcons. He should be an exciting fit in Stefanski’s offense, joining Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry and providing matchup nightmares for opposing defenses.
Jordan Howard, RB, Miami Dolphins
Howard had injury issues during last season, which kept him from really helping the Eagles’ offense. Now, he’s off to Miami to play for a Dolphins team that needs to improve on the 2019 ground game—QB Ryan Fitzpatrick led the team in rushing with 243 yards.
Bruce Irvin, EDGE, Seattle Seahawks
He’s back, Seattle, 12th Men! Although Irvin’s not at the level he once competed at, the move gives the Seahawks edge-rushing options should the team not re-sign Jadeveon Clowney or find help via the draft.
Quinton Jefferson, DI, Buffalo Bills
The Bills scooped up the former Seahawks lineman on a two-year, $13.5 million deal. Though he suffered a foot fracture in 2019, Jefferson’s talent should be a welcomed asset in Buffalo.
Malcolm Jenkins, DB, New Orleans Saints
Jenkins returns to the Saints—the team that drafted him 14th overall in 2009—on a four-year, $32 million deal. He’s 32 (in NFL years that’s pushing 60), but his coverage ability, especially in the slot, will give the Saints options.
Byron Jones, CB, Miami Dolphins
Dolphins’ head coach Brian Flores adds a lockdown corner to his defensive rebuild in 2020, picking up ex-Cowboy Byron Jones.
Karl Joseph, S, Cleveland Browns
A foot injury ended Joseph’s 2019 season with the Raiders in November. Now, he’ll have a fresh start in Cleveland after the safety inked a one-year deal to be part of defensive coordinator Joe Woods’ game plan.
Ted Karras, C, Miami Dolphins
Whether it’s at center—where he filled in for the injured David Andrews while at New England in 2019—or guard, Karras will add depth to the Dolphins’ front.
Case Keenum, QB, Cleveland Browns
Keenum reunites with Browns’ new head coach Kevin Stefanski—from their days in Minnesota—in a role that will most likely be as backup/mentor. (Then again, it’s the Browns.)
Christian Kirksey, LB, Green Bay Packers
Kirksey (left) heads to Green Bay, a team that needed to replenish a depleted linebacking corps. Injury issues plagued the ex-Brown in 2018 and 2019, but the Packers hope he’ll be the one flexing for a fake photo after tackles in 2020.
Nick Kwiatkoski, LB, Las Vegas Raiders
Kwiatkoski had a breakout season with the Bears in 2019 and will look to continue the trend with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020. A multidimensional ‘backer, Kwiatkoski provides an upgrade to the Back and Silver’s unimpressive second level.
Shaq Lawson, EDGE, Miami Dolphins
A solid signing for the Miami Dolphins, Lawson adds a top-tier edge rush to Miami’s 2020 defense.
Cory Littleton, LB, Las Vegas Raiders
Little is an inside linebacker who can do it all—for all three downs. He’ll provide a much-needed presence in the Raiders’ second level.
Marcus Mariota, QB, Las Vegas Raiders
An interesting move by the Las Vegas Raiders and head coach Jon Gruden—the QB Whisperer—Mariota’s getting a fresh start on a team that isn’t particularly sold on the starter (déjà vu).
Blake Martinez, LB, New York Giants
Martinez is off to the Big Apple (er, New Jersey) to help upgrade the Giants’ linebacker group.
Gerald McCoy, DT, Dallas Cowboys
McCoy moves on from Carolina, where he put up decent numbers, to the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry and Co. will need help on the defensive line now that both Robert Quinn and Maliek Collins have signed elsewhere.
Emmanuel Ogbah, DL, Miami Dolphins
A torn pectoral muscle ended Ogbah’s 2019 season in Week 10, but the Dolphins are hoping that he can rebound and perform closer to the 2018 standout version with Cleveland.
Adrian Phillips, S, New England Patriots
A broken arm sidelined Phillips for nine games in 2019. He’s headed east to New England in 2020 where he’ll help fill the need at the Pats’ second level on defense.
Jordan Phillips, DL, Arizona Cardinals
An illegal tampering period signing! A late bloomer, Phillips flourished with the Bills last season and will now look to add interior help to the Cardinals’ defensive front.
Michael Pierce, DT, Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings added a top-tier run-stopper in Michael Pierce, who was with the Baltimore Ravens last year.
Robert Quinn, DE, Chicago Bears
Khalil Mack has a new friend—a bookend who can help torment the NFC North and every other team. Quinn’s five-year, $70 million deal is pretty substantial (i.e. risky) for someone who is about to turn 30, but his resume speaks for itself. (See: Carson Wentz photo.)
D.J. Reader, DT, Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals inked Reader to a four-year, $53 million deal. A run-stopping, pass-rushing juggernaut on the interior, it was considered by TD Wire as one of the best free agent acquisitions of the offseason.
Philip Rivers, QB, Indianapolis Colts
Philip Rivers, like Tom Brady, leaves the only organization he ever suited up for and will attempt to prove to the football world that he’s not just a great meme. Rivers’ one-year deal with the Colts makes this feel like a final hurrah, too.
Emmanuel Sanders, WR, New Orleans Saints
Sanders joins Michael Thomas in New Orleans, where he’ll be part of an anticipated (and feared) air attack led by Drew Brees.
Joe Schobert, LB, Jacksonville Jaguars
Schobert heads off (no pun intended) to Jacksonville via Cleveland, where he’ll look to add coverage and reassure ability to an underperforming linebacker group.
Danny Shelton, DT, Detroit Lions
Shelton heads to Detroit in 2020, where the Lion will hope he can continue run-stopping capabilities while getting to the quarterback like he did with the Pats in 2019 (18 pressures, three sacks).
Halapoulivaati Vaitai, OT, Detroit Lions
Vaitai helps Detroit solve (sort of solve) the need for a right tackle. The ex-Eagle has been rated higher in the running game than in pass protection, so the move sin’t a complete checkmark for the Lions.
Kyle Van Noy, LB, Miami Dolphins
Van Noy is another Patriot to head out of town during the 2020 offseason. The linebacker landed in Miami, where head coach Brian Flores continues to build an attacking defense (on paper).
Rick Wagner, OT, Green Bay Packers
Wagner stays within the NFC North, heading to Green Bay via Detroit. He gives the Packers a replacement option at right tackle, where there was a need after Bryan Bulaga’s departure.
Trae Waynes, CB, Cincinnati Bengals
Trae Waynes signed a three-year, $42 million deal with the Bengals—which, based on his inconsistency in coverage while playing in Minnesota, is a risky move by Cincy.
Stephen Weatherly, EDGE, Carolina Panthers
Weatherly is off to Carolina on a two-year deal worth $12.5 million. Primarily used in packages in Minnesota, if the Panthers can groom the talented EDGE, then this will be a great addition.
Stefen Wisniewski, OG, Pittsburgh Steelers
He’s coming home, Steel City! Wisniewski played a pivotal role down the stretch for the Chiefs in 2019. He has the ability to play both guard and center, and if his pass-protection prowess continues—no more than one sack in the past four seasons—then the Steelers snagged a good interior piece on a two-year deal.
Jason Witten, TE, Las Vegas Raiders
Witten is headed to a Raiders organization that has a rich history of Monday Night Football analysts. What that means for the 2020 season remains to be seen.
