Before Derek Carr moved to New Orleans, Geno Smith stayed in Seattle, Daniel Jones got a big new deal, and Lamar Jackson led a list of franchise-tagged players that also included Commanders defensive lineman Daron Payne, Cowboys running back Tony Pollard, Giants running back Saquon Barkley, Raiders running back Josh Jacobs, and Jaguars tight end Evan Engram, the upcoming 2023 class of free agents was packed with marquee names.
Now that those names are off the board, this class is less exceptional in a headline sense — but it doesn’t mean that there aren’t still all kinds of players that could positively alter the course of any team. This class is now wider than it is tall, but it’s very wide. Which is to say, there is impressive talent soon to be available when the new league year begins at 4:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday March 15. And a lot of that talent will be more available to the teams that have really done their homework.
With that in mind, we have done our homework here at Touchdown Wire. This list of the top 151 players who will be free agents when the new league year starts is based on comprehensive tape study, and scouring all kinds of metrics to make sure everything matches up as much as possible in the inexact science of player evaluation. The guys up top are (or should be) still marquee names, though most of them are not offensive skill players.
Where it gets interesting is as you go down the list, Here, you’ll see players who may have tried their best in the wrong systems, players who may have failed to live up to their potential at this time, players who are just getting the hang of things, players who are hanging on to the last vestiges of their estimable careers, and players who might just need the right circumstance and opportunity.
Here, without further ado, is the second half of our list of the top 151 free agents for the 2023 league year, concluding with Nos. 76-151.
76. CB Byron Murphy Jr.
77. LB Azeez Al-Shaair
78. RB D'Onta Foreman
79. EDGE Ogbonnia Okoronkwo
80. OG Dalton Risner
81. LB Leighton Vander Esch
82. DI Morgan Fox
83. S Adrian Amos
84. OG Ben Powers
85. DL Matt Ioannidis
86. DL Greg Gaines
87. EDGE Dante Fowler Jr.
88. WR Mecole Hardman
89. OT Taylor Lewan
90. DI Poona Ford
91. QB Baker Mayfield
92. TE Hayden Hurst
93. EDGE Bud Dupree
94. DB Rodney McLeod
95. LB Elandon Roberts
96. EDGE Carlos Dunlap
97. WR Olamide Zaccheaus
98. DI Jarran Reed
99. LB Kaden Elliss
100. RB Raheem Mostert
101. QB Taylor Heinicke
102. OT Jermaine Eluemunor
103. EDGE Jadeveon Clowney
104. QB Gardner Minshew
105. S Donovan Wilson
106. DL Ndamukong Suh
107. C Ethan Pocic
108. QB Sam Darnold
109. OG Nate Davis
110. EDGE Rasheem Green
111. EDGE Robert Quinn
112. OT Riley Reiff
113. QB Teddy Bridgewater
114. CB Tre Flowers
115. TE Foster Moreau
116. OT Isaiah Wynn
117. OT Cameron Fleming
118. RB David Montgomery
119. CB Emmanuel Moseley
120. OT Kaleb McGary
121. DI A'Shawn Robinson
122. RB Rashaad Penny
123. DB Marcus Epps
124. LB Devin Bush
125. OT Justin Pugh
126. WR Parris Campbell
127. TE Robert Tonyan
128. QB Marcus Mariota
129. EDGE Al-Quadin Muhammad
130. OT Andrew Wylie
131. OG Trai Turner
132. CB Anthony Brown
133. RB Alexander Mattison
134. OT Kelvin Beachum
135. CB Bradley Roby
136. TE Austin Hooper
137. WR Deonte Harty
138. LB Cole Holcomb
139. C Garrett Bradbury
140. LB Alex Singleton
141. OT Andre Dillard
142. EDGE Clelin Ferrell
143. C Bradley Bozeman
144. DL Taven Bryan
145. CB Eli Apple
146. C Connor McGovern
147. EDGE Andrew Van Ginkel
148. QB Drew Lock
149. CB Shaquill Griffin
150. CB Bobby McCain
151. OT Matt Pryor
