NFL free agency Day 1 recap: The biggest 2025 signings, grades and more
The NFL free agency madness from Day 1 of the 2025 legal tampering period is over.
It's that day in which players are allowed to negotiate, but what ended up happening as always was we get a deluge of news of contracts that are agreed upon. And all that comes after a wild weekend of moves already made!
And you've come to the right place with the play-by-play of the biggest news.
Our free agent tracker from Christian D'Andrea has all the moves to know -- the latest players who have signed, where they're headed (or if they're staying), and then who's left from a wild first day.
So here's a look back with the biggest updates as all the tweets rolled in (well, actually -- Twitter broke again which made this thing doubly fun). There's sure to be a lot more coming soon enough in free agency.
Grady Jarrett gets cut, finds a new home
He was released by the Falcons and is now a Bear!
Hey, the Cardinals do something with Josh Sweat
Arizona makes a move to sign the pass rusher, giving him $41 million guaranteed.
More free agent grades
We've got grades for:
JUSTIN FIELDS, YOU ARE A JET!
Two years, $30 million guaranteed. Personally, I love this move for the Jets, who may still go for a QB in the 2025 draft. Fun fact: did you know he played with Garrett Wilson at Ohio State?
Let's hand out some grades for DJ Reed to Detroit
Check out what our Christian D'Andrea had to say about Reed to the Lions
The Patriots keep adding to their defense with Milton Williams
Big day for the Pats, who look a lot better today than they did yesterday on the defensive side of the ball.
SAM DARNOLD TO THE SEAHAWKS!
Darnold replaces the traded Geno Smith and gets a three-year deal with $55 million guaranteed. The first QB domino has fallen.
Carlton Davis is a Patriot
Sources: Carlton Davis has agreed to a 3-year $60M contract with the New England Patriots. The deal averages $20M a year and contains $34.5M fully guaranteed. Deal negotiated by David Mulugheta and Trevon Smith of Athletes First.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 10, 2025
The latest on Justin Fields, who's the "first domino" to fall at QB
Adam Schefter says on ESPN that Justin Fields is "keeping the Steelers at bay" and reiterates that he could come back to Pittsburgh -- but it's a big opportunity for the Jets to make their pitch to the former first-round QB.
Schefter says Fields is the "first domino" that has to fall.
Two DTs got paid
BJ Hill is staying in Cincinnati and Javon Kinlaw got $30 million guaranteed from the Commanders.
The Bears get a good center
Chicago continues to upgrade its O-line, which is great news for the franchise. They reportedly signed Drew Dalman to a three-year deal with $28 million guaranteed.
Chris Godwin is back in Tampa, and the Bucs signed Haason Reddick
The wideout reportedly agree to a contract with $44 million guaranteed as free agency kicked off. The Bucs also signed pass rusher Haason Reddick to a one-year deal.
Check out our breakdown and grade of the Godwin signing.
Here's our NFL free agent tracker to keep looking at!
We'll be keeping track of all the free agent signings in one helpful place!
Who are the biggest NFL free agents?
Again: check out our top 101 free agents of 2025!
When is the official start of NFL free agency?
It's supposed to be on Wednesday, March 12 at 4 p.m. ET But legal tampering kicks off at 12 p.m. ET on Monday, March 10.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: NFL free agency Day 1 recap: Signings, grades and biggest contracts
