NFL Free Agents Tracker, Grades
The Patriots quickly signed Danny Amendola after Wes Welker left for Denver Wednesday. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
It's that time. March 12 officially signaled the start of NFL free agency, the open market that kicks off the start of a new league year, and the quest of all 32 teams to chase the next Lombardi Trophy. Now begins the long march to Super Bowl XLVII.
I'm monitoring the free-agent movement and grading each prominent signing, so keep checking back throughout the flurry of deals for the latest news and my take on it. You can see the most recent major signings right after the jump, and then the fuller breakdown by team below that.
Arizona Cardinals
Re-signed S Rashad Johnson for 3 years
Signed RB Rashard Mendenhall for 1 year
Signed OLB Lorenzo Alexander for 3 years
Signed QB Drew Stanton for 3 years, $8.2 million
Signed S Yeremiah Bell for 1 year, $905,000
Signed ILB Jasper Brinkley
Signed CB Antoine Cason for 1 year
Signed DE Matt Shaughnessy for 1 year
Atlanta Falcons
Re-signed OT Sam Baker for 6 years, $41.5 million
Re-signed TE Tony Gonzalez
Baltimore Ravens
Re-signed S James Ihedigbo for 1 year
Re-signed RB Damien Berry
Re-signed LS Morgan Cox
Re-signed G Ramon Harewood
Re-signed DB Chris Johnson
Signed DL Chris Canty for 3 years, $8 million
Signed DE Marcus Spears for 2 years
Buffalo Bills
Signed LB Manny Lawson for 4 years
Carolina Panthers
Signed CB Drayton Florence for 1 year
Re-signed QB Derek Anderson
Chicago Bears
Signed TE Martellus Bennett for 4 years $20 million
Signed OT Jermon Bushrod for 5 years, $36 million
Re-signed S Nick Collins for 1 year
Re-signed CB Zack Bowman for 1 year
Cincinnati Bengals
Re-signed DE Wallace Gilberry for 3 years, $6.75 million
Re-signed DE Robert Geathers for 3 years, $9.5 million
Re-signed LB Rey Maualuga for 2 years
Cleveland Browns
Signed OLB Paul Kruger for 5 years, $41 million
Signed DT Desmond Bryant for 5 years, $34 million
Signed OLB Quentin Groves for 2 years, $2.8 million
Signed TE Gary Barnidge
Re-signed RB Chris Ogbonnaya for 2 years
Dallas Cowboys
Re-signed LB Ernie Sims for 1 year
Denver Broncos
Signed G Louis Vasquez for 4 years, $23.5 million
Signed LB Stewart Bradley for 1 year
Signed Wes Welker for 2 years, $12 million
Signed DT Terrance Knighton
Signed CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie for 1 year, $5 million
Signed DT Kevin Vickerson
Detroit Lions
Re-signed S Amari Spievy for 1 year
Re-signed WR Kassim Osgood for 1 year
Re-signed LS Don Muhlback
Re-signed CB Chris Houston for 5 years, $25 million
Signed RB Reggie Bush for 4 years, $16 million
Re-signed OLB DeAndre Levy
Signed OL Dylan Gandy
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Re-signed T Andrew Gardner
Indianapolis Colts
Signed OT Gosder Cherilus for 5 years, $34 million
Signed CB Greg Toler for 3 years, $15 million
Signed LB Erik Walden for 4 years, $16 million
Signed G Donald Thomas for 4 years, $14 million
Signed LB Lawrence Sidbury
Re-signed CB Darius Butler
Signed S LaRon Landry for 4 years, $24 million
Signed DL Ricky Jean-Francois for 4 years, $22 million
Re-signed CB Cassius Vaughn
Re-signed P Pat McAfee
Jacksonville Jaguars
Signed LB Geno Hayes
Re-signed DB Antwuan Molden
Signed CB Alan Ball
Signed RB Justin Forsett
Signed DT Roy Miller
Kansas City Chiefs
Signed CB Dunta Robinson for 3 years, $15 million
Signed TE Anthony Fasano for 4 years, $16 million
Signed QB Chase Daniel for 3 years, $10 million
Signed DE Mike DeVito for 3 years, $12.6 million
Signed WR Donnie Avery for 3 years, $11 million
Signed CB Sean Smith for 3 years, $18 million
Signed OL Geoff Schwartz
Re-signed T Branden Albert
Miami Dolphins
Signed WR Mike Wallace for 5 years, $60 million
Re-signed S Chris Clemons for 1 year
Signed LB Dannell Ellerbe for 5 years, $35 million
Signed OLB Phillip Wheeler for 5 years, $26 million
Signed TE Dustin Keller for 1 year
Minnesota Vikings
Re-signed WR Jerome Simpson for 1 year
Re-signed S Jamarca Sanford for 2 years, $5 million
Re-signed C Joe Berger
Re-signed LB Erin Henderson for 2 years
Re-signed FB Jerome Felton for 3 years, $7.5 million
Signed WR Greg Jennings for 5 years, $47.5 million
New England Patriots
Signed WR Danny Amendola for 5 years, $31 million
Signed RB Leon Washington
Signed WR Donald Jones
Signed CB Aqib Talib for 1 year
Re-signed LB Niko Koutouvides for 1 year
Re-signed CB Kyle Arrington for 4 years
Signed S Adrian Wilson
Signed T Will Svitek for 1 year, $1 million
New Orleans Saints
Signed LS Justin Drescher for 4 years
Signed CB Keenan Lewis for 5 years, $26 million
Signed TE Benjamin Watson for 3 years
Re-signed WR Courtney Roby
Re-signed LB Ramon Humber
New York Giants
Signed S Ryan Mundy
Signed DT Cullen Jenkins for 3 years, $8 million
Signed CB Aaron Ross
Re-signed RB Ryan Torain
Signed K Josh Brown
Re-signed LB Keith Rivers
Signed WR Louis Murphy
Signed TE Brandon Myers
New York Jets
Signed QB David Garrard
Re-signed RB Lex Hilliard for 1 year
Signed RB Mike Goodson for 3 years, $6.9 million
Signed OT Willie Colon for 1 year, $1.2 million
Signed NT Antonio Garay for 1 year
Re-signed LS Tanner Purdum
Signed OLB Antwan Barnes for 3 years
Oakland Raiders
Signed LB Kaluka Maiava for 3 years, $6 million
Signed DT Pat Sims
Signed DE Jason Hunter
Signed CB Philip Adams
Re-signed DB Coy Francies
Signed LB Nick Roach
Signed DE Vance Walker
Signed OLB Kevin Burnett
Philadelphia Eagles
Signed FB/TE James Casey for 3 years, $14.5 million
Signed NT Isaac Sopoaga for 3 years, $12 million
Signed CB Bradley Fletcher for 2 years, $5.25 million
Signed S Patrick Chung for 3 years, $10 million
Signed CB Cary Williams for 3 years, $17 million
Signed S Kenny Phillips for 1 year
Pittsburgh Steelers
Re-signed WR Plaxico Burress
Re-signed Larry Foote for 3 years, $5.5 million
Signed QB Bruce Gradkowski for 3 years
Re-signed LS Greg Warren
Signed TE Matt Spaeth
San Diego Chargers
Signed OT King Dunlap for 2 years, $6 million
Signed TE John Phillips for 3 years
Signed G Chad Rinehart
Signed CB Derek Cox for 4 years, $20 million
Re-signed WR Richard Goodman
Re-signed K Nick Novak
Signed RB Danny Woodhead for 2 years, $11 million
Re-signed RB Ronnie Brown for 1 year
San Francisco 49ers
Signed DL Glenn Dorsey for 2 years, $6 million
Signed LB Dan Skuta
Signed S Craig Dahl
Seattle Seahawks
Signed DE Michael Bennett to one-year, $5 million
Signed DE Cliff Avril for 2 years, $15 million
St. Louis Rams
Re-signed DE William Hayes for 3 years, $10.5 million
Signed TE Jared Cook for 5 years, $35 million
Re-signed DL Jeremelle Cudjo
Signed OT Jake Long for 4 years, $34 million
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Signed S Dashon Goldson for 5 years, $41.5 million
Signed OLB Jonathan Casillas
Signed WR Kevin Ogletree
Signed TE Tom Crabtree
Tennessee Titans
Signed G Andy Levitre for 5 years, $39 million
Signed TE Delanie Walker for 4 years, $17.5 million
Re-signed FB Quinn Johnson
Signed RB Shonn Greene for 3 years, $10 million
Signed DL Sammie Lee Hill for 3 years, $11.4 million
Re-signed Darius Reynaud for 1 year
Signed LB Moise Fokou
Washington Redskins
Re-signed P Sav Rocca for 2 years
Re-signed DL Kedrick Gholston for 3 years, $3.3 million
Signed OT Jeremy Trueblood
Re-signed LB Bryan Kahl
