The gold rush to land free agents can make or break a franchise’s Super Bowl dreams. A Mike Vrabel or a Stephon Gilmore or an Andrew Whitworth can be a godsend. A Kirk Cousins or a Case Keenum or a Neil O’Donnell can cost you. An Albert Haynesworth or a Nnamdi Asomugha can kill you. Buyer beware.
The Colts ($106 million) and Jets ($93.1 million) will own the largest wallets when the frenzy begins with the legal tampering Monday and signings are made official beginning Wednesday. Desperate teams will overpay. Smart teams will overachieve.
Money madness.
Thirty-two teams at the starting line, for a race as dizzying as the Indy 500.