2025 Free Agency - Who do you want, how much would you spend?

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(01-03-2025, 05:34 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: A list of top free agents: https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-2025-nfl-free-agent-rankings

What they have listed for Chase Young and Milton Williams, two guys who I think would be upgrades on DL, feels about right although maybe a bit too expensive.
They say Chase Young, at the time of writing, was Top 30 among EDGE in QB pressures and pressure rate, so he's a high end DE2. He'll average 6-10 sacks a year.

Young - $16 mill (6.4% of cap)
Williams - $17 mill (6.6% of cap)

What I would be more comfortable going with for them - $12-14 mill each.

I think BJ Hill will be able to be kept closer to $10 mill though, but he's older than Williams and may be more of a short term stopgap rather than a 3-year long-term coverage.

Sam Hubbard is set to make $11.6 mill, which I feel is definitely not worth the production we're likely to see from him as he turns 30 this summer.
I'd rather spend the extra few mill on someone younger and stronger in the pass rush in Chase Young.

With that said, I can see why some would want to maybe dip into the draft for DL instead, as DL is expensive to address in FA always.
The cheaper FA positions are TE, SAF, and IOL comparatively.

James Daniels also feels about right with that estimate of around 4% of the cap, which would put him at $10-11 mill.
And I'd pay that.