To show you just how quickly things move in NFL free agency, consider how things used to be when players first won the right to go on the open market 25 years ago: Reggie White was the most celebrated free agent in 1993, and the former Eagles star spent 37 days hop-scotching across the country — including a stop at the Jets — before agreeing to a four-year, $17 million deal with the Packers.
This year’s most highly sought-after free agent? Former Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins, who essentially agreed to a three-year, $84 million deal BEFORE free agency officially started at 4 p.