The first wave of free agency has ended and we have some thoughts. Most of the signings will not matter to us in two or three years, but that doesn’t mean consequential actions were not taken over the last week or so.
That’s mostly what we’re here to look at. When considering the big picture at play, who and what actually won Wave One of free agency? Who lost?
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WINNERS
The good old fashioned grift
Whether it was the idea that there would be a mad chase for Tom Brady, that Brady would become a flytrap for high-profile free agents or that this was purely a football move, this was a good spring for smoke and mirrors.