Whenever a marquee free agent picks a destination, NFL fans immediately start thinking about the impact.
How does that player fit? If he left one franchise for another, how does the previous team respond? Should I draft him for my fantasy football team? You know, all that good stuff.
One higher-level topic we eventually land on, however, is how much a difference-maker that player might be in playoff races. That postseason chase starts in the division, and a signing—or, usually more accurately, signings (or trades)—can swing perception in a hurry.
Look, sometimes the impressions are wrong.