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Which free agent running back could be huge next season with new team? (1 Viewer)

Is this the thread where we list every running back who is going to be a free agent this year?
Well, the intention was for people in keeper leagues to get ideas who might be sitting on gold for next year. And hear things like "I think Algier could be a beast getting every down work in Kansas City". Or things along that line. But you can list everyone who's a free agent if you'd like. (y)
 
Is this the thread where we list every running back who is going to be a free agent this year?
Well, the intention was for people in keeper leagues to get ideas who might be sitting on gold for next year. And hear things like "I think Algier could be a beast getting every down work in Kansas City". Or things along that line. But you can list everyone who's a free agent if you'd like. (y)
Nah, I like the intent of threads like this but, they kinda all end up listing most FA RBs and for 80% on the people will say "I think RB X could be a beast getting every down work in Kansas City".

I'm most interested to see where Rico ends up but, I have no opinion of where that might be.
 
And, FTR, Kansas City is a Fantasy RB post-apocalyptic nightmare.

They haven't had a set-it-and-forget-it RB 1 season since Hunt's rookie season. Spare me the "But Jerick McKinnon...". He fell bass ackwards into a high TD efficiency end-of-season run and few fantasy owners capitalized on it until it was too late.

Pacheco, 2023, is the closest they've come. 1,179-9
 
Is this the thread where we list every running back who is going to be a free agent this year?
Well, the intention was for people in keeper leagues to get ideas who might be sitting on gold for next year. And hear things like "I think Algier could be a beast getting every down work in Kansas City". Or things along that line. But you can list everyone who's a free agent if you'd like. (y)
Nah, I like the intent of threads like this but, they kinda all end up listing most FA RBs and for 80% on the people will say "I think RB X could be a beast getting every down work in Kansas City".

I'm most interested to see where Rico ends up but, I have no opinion of where that might be.
I was thinking the same thing. Especially a month or so ago. He seems to have burnt out a bit. If Woody Marks doesn't get a lot more productive with all of his opportunities, I could see a team like Houston making a run at him.
 
Najee Harris is still young enough to get a starting gig somewhere.
Who thought Javonte Williams was going to be a top 10 RB this year ?
 
The guys who are going to have value from that list already have the value. Keeper owners know it and dynasty owners sure do. So we cant just expect to pick them up cheap.

Looking at the position they leave behind seems smart too. The Charbonet post is correct, but I doubt he can be acquired now.

Breece seems likely to leave Jets, so Allen and Davis are worth looking at.
 
It will be interesting to see what Tampa do with Sean Tucker. He fell in the draft due to the heart condition, but he’s about to have 3 years of NFL experience without any setbacks. He’s an RFA, so some other club might take a look at the all round abilities and make an offer that is a little too rich for the Bucs. They will also be possibly losing White though so maybe they match.

They’ve got a good room relative to what they have had invested in it …

Irving - 4th round rookie contract
White - 3rd round rookie contract
Tucker - UDFA rookie contract

So possibly they pay a bit to tie one of the two up for a few years more
 
The guys who are going to have value from that list already have the value. Keeper owners know it and dynasty owners sure do. So we cant just expect to pick them up cheap.

Looking at the position they leave behind seems smart too. The Charbonet post is correct, but I doubt he can be acquired now.

Breece seems likely to leave Jets, so Allen and Davis are worth looking at.
Algier is only 41% owned in Yahoo Leagues. Could be a good guy to pick up in keeper leagues in case he ends up signing as the lead guy somewhere. He's always looked impressive when he gets opportunities.
 
Like Chaka said, hard to do these kind of threads without listing every FA RB. But also the RB's FA's and potential FA RB's that leaving will help. It's a huge group when you start looking at that way. The list is long and it's interesting this year because it's occurring in a year for a pretty thin group of incoming rookie RB's which is going to help their markets.

The two FA RB' of particular interest to me are the aforementioned Breece and Walker. Obviously for what it will do their value and the RB's that could be left on the those teams. I think the Jets duo is a little better then given credit for IMO, and those two have been cut in leagues of mine.

The Tampa's that were mentioned. White's a FA, they'll have to tender Tucker at around $3.5M I think. One or both will hit the market.

ETN the elder with handpicked Tuten waiting in the wings.

We also could see a few RB's set free from the strong 2024 FA RB class that mainly signed contracts with 2 year commitments. Barkley and Henry already extended their agreements, Jacobs playing at such a high level and so key to the team that he would seem not only safe but I think they'll treat him like Barkley and Henry got treated and add some guarantees/years to his deal. But two from that class that come to mind.

Swifts guarantees ran out. Ben Johnson really likes him, is he worth $7.5m to them or would another option to pair with Kyle make sense?

Pollard had the really good game yesterday to make this more interesting but his guarantees ran out. Is he worth $7.25M to that team?

Will the Cardinals release James Conner and save about $8M? I would think so consdiering his age, injury and possible coaching change. Is Benson the next man up?

Will the Saints cut Kamara?
 
Considering the rumored trade interest in Breece around the deadline, think there's a good possibility the Jets tag Breece unfortunately and if they can't trade him for what they want just play him on the tag. :kicksrock:

Who knows what the Seahawks are thinking. Figured they would let Walker walk, but Charbs is not lighting it up like he did last year.

Allgeier is likely going to sign for decent money and could be very nice play depending on where he lands, could see the Titans (Pollard aging) or Pitt going after him (Gainwell a FA, Arthur Smith connection, Kaleb looking like a bust early.)

My total guess but I think Dowdle, Javonte, Swift, ETN all get extensions with their current teams.
 
We also could see a few RB's set free from the strong 2024 FA RB class that mainly signed contracts with 2 year commitments. Barkley and Henry already extended their agreements, Jacobs playing at such a high level and so key to the team that he would seem not only safe but I think they'll treat him like Barkley and Henry got treated and add some guarantees/years to his deal. But two from that class that come to mind.
Packers-Jacobs is a great situation to keep an eye on. His 4yr/$48mil deal was originally viewed as a 1 year deal with a 2nd year option that we're at now. The cap hit number really escalates in 2026 and 2027, and the Packers are near the bottom for available cap space in 2026, so something seems like it needs to give here. Because of how important Jacobs has been to the offense an extension/re-work seems likely, hopeful?
 
David Montgomery a possible cap casualty? His cap hit next year is 8+ mil, then 10+ mil in 2027. Lions don't have a lot of cap space for 2026.
 
Tyler Algier
I like spelling Allgeier "Algier", because the way they pronounce it drives me crazy, so this seems like a protest: "If you're going to pronounce it like the capital of Algeria (instead of an obviously German name), then we're going to spell it like the capital of Algeria!"

I might actually start spelling it this way.
 
David Montgomery a possible cap casualty? His cap hit next year is 8+ mil, then 10+ mil in 2027. Lions don't have a lot of cap space for 2026.
I looked at that earlier and it’s possible but his salary is around $5.5m and cutting him only saves $3.5 or $6m depending if it’s a post June 1 designation or not.

Possible he’s cut, but the savings are so small and in light of what he’s meant I tend to think it’s most likely he gets one more year.
 
David Montgomery a possible cap casualty? His cap hit next year is 8+ mil, then 10+ mil in 2027. Lions don't have a lot of cap space for 2026.
I looked at that earlier and it’s possible but his salary is around $5.5m and cutting him only saves $3.5 or $6m depending if it’s a post June 1 designation or not.

Possible he’s cut, but the savings are so small and in light of what he’s meant I tend to think it’s most likely he gets one more year.
Thanks. I was using Spotrac, and they list higher cap hit numbers if kept under contract as-is, but cutting and the dead cap, would be much less.
 
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Najee Harris is still young enough to get a starting gig somewhere.
Who thought Javonte Williams was going to be a top 10 RB this year ?

Isn't Williams, like, 4 years younger than Naj?

Harris is precisely 148 in RB years, has already had a billion low-efficiency carries to date, and he's going to be coming off a blown Achilles. Even if he were to get a starting spot someplace, I'd be very tepid on his long-term value. Or maybe even short-term, unless he were given insane amounts of volume again (cuz that's the only thing that made him useful to begin with) which I wouldn't be bullish on coming back from his injury.

Williams looking like he was this year was unexpected, certainly, but it was also a couple/three years removed from his injury if I'm recalling right. By the time Naj is a couple/three years removed from his, he's going to be a member of AARP.
 
hard to do these kind of threads without listing every FA RB.
??? just click the link and make the position RB...no need to list them all.

I think Gainwell will get a big contract as well as Tucker unless TB resigns him which I think they might but they'll move on from White. I too think Dallas will resign Williams. I think ENT will stay in Jax. I've thought Ford was pretty good...either I'm wrong (very likely) and he isn't or CLE just doesn't value him and/or wanted to play with their new shiny toys. If he's good then I hope he goes somewhere were he gets more of an opportunity.
 
??? just click the link and make the position RB...no need to list them all.
I'm disappointed it's not obvious that if I'm typing a 300+ word response with multi-paragraphs I'm trying to have at least a brief discussion on the FA RB landscape and not make or read a list.

The reason I say this turns into a list is it's frankly hard to ignore any FA RB on most lists because in the right situation so many of them can have value so you don't really want to ignore any of them having a shot.
 
Najee Harris is still young enough to get a starting gig somewhere.
Who thought Javonte Williams was going to be a top 10 RB this year ?

Isn't Williams, like, 4 years younger than Naj?

Harris is precisely 148 in RB years, has already had a billion low-efficiency carries to date, and he's going to be coming off a blown Achilles. Even if he were to get a starting spot someplace, I'd be very tepid on his long-term value. Or maybe even short-term, unless he were given insane amounts of volume again (cuz that's the only thing that made him useful to begin with) which I wouldn't be bullish on coming back from his injury.

Williams looking like he was this year was unexpected, certainly, but it was also a couple/three years removed from his injury if I'm recalling right. By the time Naj is a couple/three years removed from his, he's going to be a member of AARP.
Yeah, Najee seems destined for the same situation as it looked like this year, veteran part of an almost RBBC, the only question is the caliber of the rookie.
 
Denver could be interesting since Dobbins got hurt again. They bring him back or sign a new guy? Harvey is getting a chance to nail down the 1a role right now for sure, but IMHO I think Payton's going to want a complementary back to share carries.
 
Denver could be interesting since Dobbins got hurt again. They bring him back or sign a new guy? Harvey is getting a chance to nail down the 1a role right now for sure, but IMHO I think Payton's going to want a complementary back to share carries.
Harvey’s the RB1 next year .. All Dobbins proved is he can’t stay healthy. I think Harvey will flourish next year after another off season in this system. He reminds me of Ray Rice with a lethal jump cut.
 
And, FTR, Kansas City is a Fantasy RB post-apocalyptic nightmare.

They haven't had a set-it-and-forget-it RB 1 season since Hunt's rookie season. Spare me the "But Jerick McKinnon...". He fell bass ackwards into a high TD efficiency end-of-season run and few fantasy owners capitalized on it until it was too late.

Pacheco, 2023, is the closest they've come. 1,179-9
You do wonder though, is it time to reboot this offense... Mahomes has zero play action to his game. Would help loosen things up again.
 

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