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On May 2, a contractual change happened in the NFL that will affect how (and how many) free agents still left on the boards are signed. On that date, free agent signings no longer add to the league’s formula for compensatory picks, meaning that NL teams can sign free agents without future picks going to the NFL teams those players previously played for.
That, along with the incoming minicamps, will have teams looking with a new eye at the league’s remaining free agents with a focus on which ones remaining will best fit their rosters, and best fill the remaining craters in those rosters. At this point in this process, none of these players are necessarily franchise-defining pieces, but you know how it goes. In the NFL, at some point, the bottom third of your roster will be just as important at the top third, and here are the guys who can fill that bottom third quite estimably.
With all that in mind, here are the best remaining free agents in the NFL — at least, for now.
Carson Wentz, Quarterback
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Teddy Bridgewater, Quarterback
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Ezekiel Elliott, Running Back
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Kareem Hunt, Running Back
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J.D. McKissic, Running Back
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Leonard Fournette, Running Back
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T.Y. Hilton, Receiver
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Kenny Golladay, Receiver
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Sammy Watkins, Receiver
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Jarvis Landry, Receiver
![](https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2021/01/USATSI_15418980.jpg)
Cameron Brate, Tight End
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Kyle Rudolph, Tight End
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Adam Shaheen, Tight End
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Isaiah Wynn, Offensive Tackle
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Eric Fisher, Offensive Tackle
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George Fant, Offensive Tackle
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Cameron Fleming, Offensive Tackle
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Jason Peters, Offensive Tackle
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Ty Nsekhe, Offensive Tackle
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Justin Pugh, Offensive Guard
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Gabe Jackson, Offensive Guard
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Rodger Saffold, Offensive Guard
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Trai Turner, Offensive Guard
![](https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2023/03/USATSI_19447372.jpg)
Dalton Risner, Offensive Guard
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Oday Aboushi, Offensive Guard
![](https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2023/05/USATSI_16892821.jpg)
Ben Jones, Center
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Pat Elflein, Center
![](https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2022/09/USATSI_19039201.jpg)
Leonard Floyd, EDGE
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Frank Clark, EDGE
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Yannick Ngakoue, EDGE
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Justin Houston, EDGE
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Dawuane Smoot, EDGE
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Robert Quinn, EDGE
![](https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2023/03/USATSI_19331190.jpg)
Markus Golden, EDGE
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Melvin Ingram III, EDGE
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Linval Joseph, IDL
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Ndamukong Suh, IDL
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Shelby Harris, IDL
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Myles Jack, Linebacker
![](https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2022/03/USATSI_17479510.jpg)
Kyle Van Noy, Linebacker
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Kwon Alexander, Linebacker
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Marcus Peters, Cornerback
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Eli Apple, Cornerback
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Casey Hayward Jr., Cornerback
![](https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2023/05/USATSI_19074173.jpg)
Anthony Brown, Cornerback
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Adrian Amos, Safety
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Lamarcus Joyner, Safety
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Kareem Jackson, Safety
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Nasir Adderley, Safety
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DeAndre Houston-Carson, Safety
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