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Golladay, Henry, Jones headed for true free agency

Free agency is about to kick off, and there will be some quality young talent hitting the market. For teams looking for running backs and pass catchers, there are options available.

Most notably, Kenny Golladay, Aaron Jones and Hunter Henry aren’t going to be protected by franchise tags. Their teams have decided against tagging them, so they’ll be available to the highest bidder, with no limitations.

JuJu Smith-Schuster, Curtis Samuel, Corey Davis and Will Fuller are also available with no restrictions, as are Jonnu Smith, Chris Carson and Kenyan Drake. Those 10 players (at least in my opinion) are the most intriguing skill-position players available.

It should make for an interesting month. The salary cap is going down, but surely there were will teams interested in picking up proven veterans, allowing them to address other positions in the draft. Of the top 10 free agents on my personal board, none are older than 27.

I have not listed Chris Godwin and Allen Robinson. They’ve been protected with franchise tags.

On the list below, you’re seeing what I believe are the best 25 RB-WR-TE available in free agency, along with his current age. For the stats, you’re seeing the season-long production by the player in his best season of the last three years (either 2018, 2019 or 2020 – whichever one was best).

BEST RECENT SEASONS BY TOP 25 SKILL FREE AGENTS
RkPosPlayerAgeYearRunRecTotTDPPRRk
1WRKenny Golladay27201901,1901,19011250.09
2RBAaron Jones2620191,0844741,55819318.82
3TEHunter Henry26202006136134145.312
4WRJuJu Smith-Schuster242018131,4261,4397298.98
5WRCorey Davis26202009849845193.429
6WRCurtis Samuel2420202008511,0515212.124
7WRWill Fuller26202008798798188.932
8TEJonnu Smith25202044484528140.216
9RBChris Carson2620191,2302661,4969240.612
10RBKenyan Drake2720198173451,1628216.217
11TERob Gronkowski31202006236237149.39
12WRNelson Agholor27202008968968185.634
13WRRashard Higgins26202005995994120.963
14WRT.Y. Hilton31201801,2701,2706239.014
15TEKyle Rudolph31201806346344151.47
16WRMarvin Jones30202009789789227.818
17WRAntonio Brown32201801,2971,29715323.75
18RBLeonard Fournette2620191,1525221,6743261.47
19TEJared Cook33201808968966193.65
20WRJosh Reynolds26202056186232126.362
21WRBreshad Perriman272019166456616138.151
22TEDan Arnold2520200438438498.822
23TEGerald Everett2620202417419294.924
24WRSammy Watkins272019126736853140.550
25WRGolden Tate322018347958294182.931

—Ian Allan

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