March 9, 2023   2 MIN READ

Garoppolo, Schultz Top Weapons

Caplan's Free-Agent Rankings: Offense

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The NFL’s new league year begins Wednesday, March 15. The league’s legal tampering period begins noon Monday.

Here’s my list of the top pending free agents, by position and ranked, on offense:

Jimmy Garoppolo

GETTY IMAGES: 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo finally gets his chance to find a starting job on the free-agent market.

QUARTERBACKS

1. Jimmy Garoppolo
2. Mike White
3. Baker Mayfield
4. Andy Dalton
5. Carson Wentz

Next-best: Teddy Bridgewater, Jacoby Brissett; Tyler Huntley; Joe Flacco; Sam Darnold, Case Keenum, Taylor Heinicke, Gardner Minshew, Cooper Rush, Marcus Mariota.

RUNNING BACKS

1. David Montgomery
2. Miles Sanders
3. D’Onta Foreman
4. Damien Harris
5. Devin Singletary

Next-best: Rashaad Penny; Kareem Hunt; Jeff Wilson; Jamaal Williams; Alexander Mattison; Raheem MosterT; Jerick McKinnon; Samaje Perine; Dontrell Hilliard; D’Ernest Johnson.

FULLBACKS

1. Jakob Johnson
2 Derek Watt
3. Keith Smith
4. Khari Blasingame
5. Mike Burton

WIDE RECEIVERS

1. Jakobi Meyers
2 Juju Smith-Schuster
3. Allen Lazard
4. Adam Thielen
5. D.J. Chark

Next-best: Nelson Agholor (prev. 5), Mecole Hardman, Julio Jones, Mack Hollins, Robert Woods, Sterling Shepard, Darius Slayton, Marvin Jones, Olamide Zaccheaus, Jarvis Landry, Bisi Johnson, Richie James.

TIGHT ENDS

1. Dalton Schultz
2. Hayden Hurst
3. Foster Moreau
4. Robert Tonyan
5. Mike Gesicki

Next-best: Irv Smith, Austin Hooper, Donald Parham, Geoff Swaim, Josh Oliver

CENTERS

1. Jason Kelce
2. Connor McGovern
2. Ben Jones
3. Garrett Bradbury
4. Rodney Hudson

Next-best: Bradley Bozeman, Jake Brendel

GUARDS

1. Isaac Seumalo
2. Dalton Risner
3. Nate Davis
4. Ben Powers
5. Rodger Saffold

Next-best: Justin Pugh, David Edwards, Dan Brunskill, Connor McGovern, Will Hernandez

TACKLES

1. Orlando Brown
2. Mike McGlinchey
3. Kaleb McGary
4. Isaiah Wynn
5. Jawaan Taylor

Next-best: Donovan Smith, Taylor Lewan, Terence Steele, George Fant, Andre Dillard, Andrew Wylie

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Adam Caplan is 20+ year NFL reporter covering the league on various media platforms from an insider perspective. Caplan, a former ESPN NFL insider, is known in reporting circles for his reports and analysis on transactions, player personnel, injuries, and coaching moves. Prior to joining ESPN in 2013, he worked for various media outlets such as FoxSports.com, Scout.com and was long-time contributor to Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia's coverage of the Eagles. Caplan, who lives in the Philadelphia market, has broken numerous stories on the Eagles since he starting covering the team during the 2000 season from a transactional, coaching, and injury standpoint. And over that time, he has hosted radio shows locally including the highly-rated "Friday Night Football" on 975 The Fanatic with Joe DeCamara from 2013-2015. Currently, Caplan is a host on SiriusXMNFL Radio and SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio in addition to being a regular paid contributor to radio stations in several NFL markets. As one of the co-hosts of the Inside the Birds podcast, Caplan brings decades of knowledge of the innerworkings of the Eagles from a front office and coaching perspective.

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