Barnwell: Sorting out the winners, losers and dominoes from NFL free agency’s wild opening day

Bill BarnwellMar 10, 2026, 06:30 AM ET

CloseBill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more.

He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with episodes released weekly. Barnwell joined ESPN in 2011 as a staff writer at Grantland.

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Day 1 of NFL free agency can be a dangerous place to operate. It’s a great day for players, given that organizations have spent months talking themselves into free agents and building plans

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