First Winners of NFL Free Agency's 2019 Blitz | NFL analysis

The NFL's annual "legal change period" will be fully operational this week as teams are allowed to contact players and begin negotiations with them on contracts to be signed at the opening of the new year. league, Wednesday, March 13 at 4 pm And Monday's first day of action was full of well-known players who should be on the move and big paychecks soon cashed as it was a fast and furious day that swept the NFL world.

As the dust settled on the first day and before Tuesday's action really began, we screened players who need to be on the move in the league's New Year and determined who should be the winner from the first day of the league. day.

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The winners of day 1 of the legal modification period:

Detroit Lions

The day began with Danny Amendola signing Danny Amendola for a one-year contract as he filled a gap in the big receiver and was to occupy the space reserved for Matthew Stafford and Co. this was a mediocre situation at quarterback in Miami last season, Amendola remains He did what he could since the crack, scoring the league's 14th best catch rate out of 54 targets on a internal alignment. He is a confirmed receiver and a veteran of the young Kenny Golladay, who should do it. be the # 1 receiver of the team entering the season. Detroit has also reached an agreement with the tight wing Jesse James, reinforcing Stafford's super-central targets with a reliable threat of receipt, in addition to the tight ends already on the list.

The day the Lions really won is the day they started their defense and agreed to come to terms with Justin Coleman and Trey Flowers. Coleman is on the verge of becoming the richest cornerback in the league after 384 covers in slot coverage last season for the Seahawks. Despite his large number of instant holdings, he allowed only 10.7 receptions per shot, a number that ranked eighth among the best in the league.

Flowers travels to Detroit and joins his former defensive coordinator at Matt Patricia one year after leading the Patriots under total quarterback pressure and finishing second in the league with 78 points, including the playoffs. Flowers adds an added bonus to the Lions' defensive front and although it is sold at a very high price, but considering that Flowers was the league's third most successful defenseman, the deal is not profitable.

Cleveland Browns

The Browns started things about a week earlier when they traded for Olivier Vernon, but they further improved their defensive line by agreeing to sign a contract with Sheldon Richardson. On his way to Cleveland from Minnesota, Richardson did not score less than 71.2 and recorded at least 623 catches in each of his professional seasons in three teams. He adds a solid home defender and a stalwart defender who has recorded 265 career quarterbacks and 182 career defensive stops.

Cleveland has not done much at the moment, but with Baker Mayfield reviving their franchise, in a division like AFC North that has lost all its power, Antonio Brown and The Vein Bell leaving the Steelers and the Ravens losing several defenders, the Browns are set to be the favorites of the division for the first time in a long time.

Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia made a splash on the first day by signing a three-year contract with Malik Jackson, which gave them a dreaded defensive front. Jackson recorded 51 total pressures with the Jaguars last season, placing him in the ninth position of the defensive players from inside. Although that number is 43 less than his new teammate at Fletcher Cox, he adds a viable grommet in the middle of the Philadelphia line very well, free up space for Cox to continue to pass the smuggler to a higher level.

On the offensive side of the ball, Philadelphia strengthened its left tackle position for at least a year by signing a one-year contract again with Jason Peters. Peters has been elite over the course of his career, earning the fourth highest score among left tackle since entering the league. The Eagles have also brought back fan favorite DeSean Jackson after a two-year failed experience in Tampa. Jackson is a fast threat no matter how old he has been since his last game in Philadelphia. Despite playing 12 games with the Buccaneers last season, Jackson still finished 10th at the reception, holding just nine receptions for an impressive 374 yards in targeted passes of at least 20 yards.

Buffalo Bills

Every quarterback needs weapons, regardless of their sporting level or distance, and that's exactly what the Bills have settled in their first hours of freedom. After accepting the terms with Frank Gore, they quickly turned to two of the best budgeting options, earning John Brown and Cole Beasley as targets for Josh Allen. A year ago, Gore was the highest ranked half in the East of CAF. Even at age 35, in 2018, it was hard to knock down.

Brown has had a tough time in Baltimore due to his quarterback status in the 2018 season, but he can still fly while Beasley adds a reliable slot option. Beasley was seventh overall, receiving a season-long rush in Dallas and showed no signs of slowing down. The Bills also tightened in the center by signing Mitch Morse, the current record holder for the longest sequence of shots blocking passes without allowing a bag. They also added Ty Nsekhe, who played well in the playoffs and performed very well on pass protection, allowing only 49 strikes in the last four years with 753 pass blocking.

The bills quickly responded to the big needs and allowed Allen to succeed in the best possible way. And it's a victory.

Green Bay Packers

Calm on Day 1, the Packers took the wheel on Day 2 of the legal forgery period, spending money to improve their defense in a series of moves. They seized Adrian Amos, their rival, Chicago Bears, in safety, but they also brought striker Za'Darius Smith and linebacker Preston Smith, to meet a need along the line, along with their team of linebackers and in the secondary. In attack, they are about to sign a four-year contract with Billy Turner after playing his second full season since 2015, at a higher level.

Amos may not play the games that make the fame of safes, it also does not fall into the category of safes that are famous for missing the games that are requested and it is rarely beaten. His overall score over the past three seasons falls into the elite category, ranking third among all security measures with at least 1,000 moves since 2016, with 90.6. In a career that lasted 2,315 shots, he was beaten once for a reception of more than 40 meters. Za'Darius Smith enters the Green Bay fold after recording 61 total career pressures, including 10 sacks and 17 career successes with the Ravens a year ago. He was mentioned among our best free agents available and found his way to the Packers via a big deal.

Preston Smith adds a solid element in Green Bay's last seven places, as he has excelled in coverage during his career, allowing a passer-by score of only 55.1 over four seasons.

Individual Winners

Trent Brown, OT

Brown is expected to join the Oakland Raiders in what should be the richest contract of an offensive lineman in history. A year after Nate Solder's departure on a record contract, Brown actually had a lower overall score than Solder in 2017, ranking 45th in tackles and 59th in the pass-blocking class. Despite this, Brown won the title of independent player in an out-of-print platelet market when he signed a $ 66 million 4-year deal with Oakland.

Terrell Suggs, Edge

Suggs returns home to join the Arizona Cardinals, leaving Baltimore after 16 seasons. His career predates our PFF ranking, and since we started to rank every player in every game in 2006, Suggs has recorded 661 total pressures and 471 saves. The most telling story of his impact on the teams at this stage is his decisive attack, having missed only 51 tackles out of 636 attempts in total. At 36, Suggs can still contribute and if he wanted to play his career at home, the Cardinals were successful and it was a victory for him.

Kwon Alexander, LB

The contract announced by Alexander with the San Francisco 49ers should pay him as one of the best linebackers in the league. Yet in his career, Alexander missed a career total of 78 tackles. That's 439 attempts in total and he has not finished his season with an overall score above 68.4, but still earns money that rivals those who finished with elite notes in recent seasons. After undergoing ACL surgery and with his four-year career to date, getting so much money is a big win for Alexander.