NFL free agency 2024: Top players, team predictions, more - ESPN

NFL free agency officially begins March 13 at 4 p.m. ET, and teams can start negotiating with players — and agreeing to terms on new deals — on March 11.

To get you ready for all the action, our NFL experts are here to break down everything you'd ever want to know about the free agent frenzy. That includes a preview of what to expect, a recap of the franchise tag window, a look at the best players available, a roundup of the signal-callers who could sign in new places, a breakdown of ideal player-team fits and a peek at the deepest positions.

We also pick out free agents who could earn big contracts, be great value signings or have injury concerns, and then preview teams that are either ready to spend or likely to stay quiet amid salary cap concerns. Finally, we wrap it all up with an evaluation of how deals could impact April's NFL draft and next season's fantasy football landscape.

In all, a dozen of our experts weigh in on one of the wildest weeks of the offseason. It's all here in a handy one-stop cheat sheet. (Salary cap figures are via OverTheCap as of March 7.)

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Preview | Top names | Franchise tags
Quarterbacks to watch | Bank-breakers
Spender teams | Cap-concern teams
Best fits | Deepest position | Sleepers
Injury concerns | Draft outlook | Fantasy spin

Ladies and gentlemen, open your checkbooks. With the NFL salary cap increasing by an unprecedented $30.6 million, teams have more spending power than ever as this year's free agency period officially opens Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET — following a two-day legal tampering period that begins Monday at noon ET.

Though several big-name offensive players such as Kirk Cousins, Baker Mayfield and Saquon Barkley are set to hit free agency, this year's group is headlined by