NFL free agency frenzy is in full swing. The league has been swept by a whirlwind of activity over the last 36 hours, with teams wasting little time securing key signings and blockbuster deals.
From the New York Giants to the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Atlanta Falcons to the Carolina Panthers, franchises across the board are flexing their financial muscle in pursuit of talent to bolster their rosters for 2024.
Here are the 10 biggest spenders so far, according to our friends at OverTheCap. We're looking at the total money given to free agents since Super Bowl 58.
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1. New York Giants: $187,500,000 ($114,000,000 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Re-signed: LS Casey Kreiter (TBD)
- Re-signed: WR Gunner Olszewski (one year, TBD)
- Signed: G Jon Runyan (three years, $30M)
- Signed: RB Devin Singletary (three years, $16.5M)
- Signed: T Jermaine Eluemunor (two years, $14M)
- Acquired via trade: EDGE Brian Burns (signed to five years, $150M)
- Signed: QB Drew Lock (one year, $5M)
- Signed: S Jalen Mills (one year, TBD)
- Signed: WR Isaiah McKenzie (TBD)
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2. Kansas City Chiefs: $184,215,000 ($109,886,500 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Franchise-tagged: CB L'Jarius Sneed
- Re-signed: LB Drue Tranquill (three years, $19M)
- Re-signed: DI Chris Jones (five years, $158.75M)
- Signed: TE Irv Smith Jr. (one year, $1.3M)
- Re-signed: S Deon Bush (one year, TBD)
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3. Atlanta Falcons: $180,000,000 ($100,000,000 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Re-signed: LB Nate Landman (TBD)
- Signed: QB Kirk Cousins (four years, $180M)
- Signed: TE Charlie Woerner (three years, $12M)
- Signed: WR Darnell Mooney (three years, $39M)
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4. Carolina Panthers: $175,500,000 ($99,590,000 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Re-signed: LS J.J. Jansen (one year, TBD)
- Signed: G Robert Hunt (five years, $100M)
- Signed: G Damien Lewis (four years, $53M)
- Signed: DI A'Shawn Robinson (three years, $22.5M)
- Signed: LB Josey Jewell (three years, $22.75M)
- Acquired via trade: WR Diontae Johnson
- Re-signed: WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette (one year, TBD)
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5. Las Vegas Raiders: $160,850,000 ($114,260,000 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Re-signed: RB Ameer Abdullah (one year, $1.85M)
- Re-signed: C Andre James (three years, $24M)
- Signed: DI Christian Wilkins (four years, $110M)
- Signed: QB Gardner Minshew (two years, $25M)
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6. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $141,000,000 ($85,000,000 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Re-signed: WR Mike Evans (two years, $41M)
- Franchise-tagged: S Antoine Winfield Jr.
- Re-signed: QB Baker Mayfield (three years, $100M)
- Re-signed: K Chase McLaughlin (three years, $12.3M)
- Re-signed: DI Greg Gaines (one year, $3.5M)
- Re-signed: RB Chase Edmonds (one year, TBD)
- Re-signed: LB Lavonte David (one year, TBD)
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7. Jacksonville Jaguars: $107,750,000 ($65,250,000 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Franchise-tagged: EDGE Josh Allen
- Re-signed: G Ezra Cleveland (three years, $28.5M)
- Re-signed: S Daniel Thomas (two years, $4M)
- Re-signed: DI Jeremiah Ledbetter (TBD)
- Acquired via trade: QB Mac Jones
- Signed: C Mitch Morse (two years, $10.5M)
- Signed: WR Gabe Davis (three years, $39M)
- Signed: S Darnell Savage (three years, TBD)
- Signed: WR Devin Duvernay (two years, $8.5M)
- Signed: CB Ronald Darby (two years, $8.5M)
- Re-signed: RB D'Ernest Johnson (one year, TBD)
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8. Houston Texans: $103,500,000 ($65,785,000 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Re-signed: TE Dalton Schultz (three years, $36M)
- Re-signed: K Ka'imi Fairbairn (three years, $15.9M)
- Re-signed: CB Kris Boyd (one year, TBD)
- Re-signed: S Eric Murray (one year, $1.75M)
- Re-signed: CB Desmond King II (one year, $2.2M)
- Re-signed: DI Khalil Davis (one year, TBD)
- Signed: DI Foley Fatukasi (one year, TBD)
- Signed: S Lonnie Johnson Jr. (TBD)
- Signed: CB Jeff Okudah (one year, $4.75M)
- Signed: EDGE Denico Autry (two years, $20M)
- Signed: CB Mike Ford (two years, $4.5M)
- Re-signed: WR Noah Brown (one year, TBD)
- Signed: LB Azeez Al-Shaair (three years, $34M)
- Signed: P Tommy Townsend (two years, $6M)
- Signed: LB Del'Shawn Phillips (one year, TBD)
- Acquired via trade: RB Joe Mixon
- Signed: EDGE Danielle Hunter (two years, $49M)
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9. Los Angeles Rams: $103,000,000 ($70,000,000 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Re-signed: WR Demarcus Robinson (one year, $4M)
- Re-signed: G Kevin Dotson (three years, $48M)
- Signed: G Jonah Jackson (three years, $51M)
- Signed: TE Colby Parkinson (three years, $22.5M)
- Signed: CB Darious Williams (three years, $22.5M)
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10. Chicago Bears: $102,502,500 ($70,452,500 in guarantees)
Key moves
- Acquired via trade: G Ryan Bates
- Re-signed: CB Jaylon Johnson (four years, $76M)
- Signed: S Tarvarius Moore (TBD)
- Re-signed: LS Patrick Scales (one year, $1.21M)
- Signed: S Kevin Byard (two years, $15M)
- Signed: RB D'Andre Swift (three years, $24M)
- Signed: TE Gerald Everett (two years, $12M)
- Signed: S Jonathan Owens (two years, TBD)
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