NFL free agency is pretty much finished! Well, actually, it doesn't even begin until 4 p.m. ET Wednesday, but the legal tampering period is almost 48 hours old, which means most contracts are essentially finalized. It's just a matter of dotted i's and crossed t's.
With most major dominoes already fallen, free agency classes have come into clarity and grades are being assigned. I wanted to hand out not grades, but superlatives -- awards for individual moves and collective team efforts. Which teams panicked? Which pursued familiarity? Which spent madly? Which built a quarterback-proof juggernaut?
These are my 2025 free agency superlatives:
Jump to a team that got an award:
Bears | Colts | Commanders | Dolphins
Eagles | Packers | Panthers | Patriots
Saints | Seahawks | Steelers | Vikings
The Biggest Portent of Doom Award: The Colts sign QB Daniel Jones
On paper, this is a fine move. The Colts have a young quarterback in 22-year-old Anthony Richardson for whom the lightbulb simply has not come on. Entering Year 3, Richardson has one last chance to keep his starting job -- but the Colts need to hedge their bets.
In Daniel Jones, who is 27, they get a still-young quarterback with plenty of starting experience. Out of New York, where expectations were towering for the presumed heir to Eli Manning, he might be able to play a little more free and loose -- and in a better offensive environment than the Giants ever afforded him. On a one-year, $14 million deal, Jones is clearly betting that he'll get some action in place of Richardson -- because of Richardson's poor play, an injury or a training camp battle -- and play well enough to cash in during the 2026 offseason.