2024 NFL offseason: NFC teams' best, worst deals, picks, more - ESPN

With NFL free agency and the 2024 draft in the books, it's time to take a big-picture look backward at the offseason. This year, I've decided to encapsulate what I've learned about each team by handing every team a superlative for what it did this offseason. In some cases, teams furthered a trend they've exhibited for years. Others went in the opposite direction. Some made moves that form a clear plan. Others seemed to inexplicably change their plan between free agency in March and the draft in April.

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We'll start with superlatives for the NFC's 16 franchises. Next week, I'll move over to the AFC side. Let's begin with a team that doesn't appear to be singing from the same hymn sheet as its most conspicuous voice:

Jump to an NFC team:
ARI | ATL | CAR | CHI
DAL | DET | GB | LAR
MIN | NO | NYG | PHI
SF | SEA | TB | WSH

The superlative: Team most likely to utterly and completely ignore whatever its owner is saying

Owner Jerry Jones' repeated proclamations that the Cowboys are «all-in» this offseason seem utterly and completely at odds with how his team has conducted the offseason. When you think of a team that is all-in, you probably envision one using every spare inch of its salary cap space, trading up in the draft and making the sorts of moves that make headlines and sell jerseys.

That isn't exactly happening in Dallas. The Cowboys have lost seven players who lined up for at least 400 snaps last season, including longtime left tackle Tyron Smith and running back Tony Pollard. They've brought in exactly two veterans throughout free agency: linebacker Eric Kendricks and former lead back Ezekiel Elliott. They traded down with the Lions in Round 1 of the draft, gaining an extra third-round