Best Remaining Free Agents

It’s April. NFL teams are mostly focused on the 2022 NFL Draft. Free agency has drifted to mostly background noise. Despite that, there are still many interesting free agents available. Perhaps after the draft, attention will return to those players. Here are some of the best free agents available. The rankings are those of NFL Media’s Gregg Rosenthal. Initial rankings are in parenthesis. 

1(6).   Tyrann Mathieu, S

2(11). Odell Beckham Jr., WR

3(12). Stephon Gilmore, CB

4(14). Duane Brown, OT

5(18). Jadeveon Clowney, Edge

6(24). Melvin Inrgam, Edge

7(25). Rob Gronkowski, TE

8(26). Jarvis Landry, WR

9(31). Jerry Hughes, Edge

10(33). Akiem Hicks, DL

11(43). Trey Flowers, Edge

12(44). JC Tretter, C

13(48). Will Fuller, WR

14(49). Eric Fisher, OT

15(53). Julio Jones, WR

16(54). Bryce Callahan, CB

17(58). DeShon Slliott, S

18(59). Anthony Barr, LB

19(63). Justin Houston, Edge

20(68). Melvin Gordon, RB

21(78). Sheldon Richardson, DL

22(79). Ndamukong Suh, DL

23(91). Kevin King, CB

24(93). Larry Ogunjobi, DL

25(98). Dont’a Hightower, LB

26(99). Riley Reiff, OT

27(100). Joe Haden, CB

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Rosenthal’s original Top 100 Free Agents has been reduced to a Remaining 27 Free Agents. 

The above players are available in April for a variety of reasons. Age is one of the biggest. Only nine of the 27 will be on the preferred side of 30 at the start of the 2022 NFL season. 

Odell Beckham Jr.

Jadeveon Clowney

Jarvis Landry

Trey Flowers

Will Fuller

DeShon Elliott

Melvin Gordon

Kevin King

Larry Ogunjobi

Only DeShon Elliott (25) and Kevin King (27) are under 28. 

There are a lot of “names” on this list. It’s a good bet that many will be with a team by June and most will be starting for teams this fall.