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NFL Free Agency 2019: 3 targets for each team

By William Schneiderhan

PITTSBURGH, PA - DECEMBER 10: Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back Le'Veon Bell (26) looks on during the game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 10, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pa. (Photo by Mark Alberti/ Icon Sportswire)
PITTSBURGH, PA - DECEMBER 10: Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back Le'Veon Bell (26) looks on during the game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 10, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pa. (Photo by Mark Alberti/ Icon Sportswire) /
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NFL free agency will be here before you know it. Here are the top three targets for all 32 teams.

The NFL offseason is here. It’s officially that time of the year where rumors dominate the headlines, and draft talk fills the bleak mid-winter days.

With some teams loaded with cap space, and others looking to re-tool or rebuild, who are the top 3 targets each team should look to sign in free agency this offseason?

The New England Patriots capped off the 2018 season as the league’s champions. Now, Bill Belichick will have some major positional needs to fill this offseason.

New England Patriots

Trey Flowers, EDGE

Belichick must make re-signing Flowers the team’s top priority this offseason.

Regardless, retaining Flowers is not only a must, but also a challenge. The Patriots currently sit with just over $14 million in available cap space, and Flowers has a market value above $15 million a year.

However, Belichick usually finds a way to keep the guys he wants, and they would be in a very tight situation on the defensive line without Flowers.

Jermaine Kearse, WR

New England’s wide receiver depth was pushed to the limits in 2018, and most of those players that made up the receiving corps are now going to be free agents. Cordarrelle Patterson, Chris Hogan, Phillip Dorsett are unrestricted free agents. Josh Gordon is a restricted free agent, but his NFL future is unknown.

Therefore, the Patriots need to rebuild their wide receiver corps, and a veteran like Kearse would be an ideal free agent to target. The 29-year old would serve as a great second wide out, a role he’s played his whole career, for Tom Brady.

Although Kearse was hampered with an injury last season, he had a career-year in 2017 with the New York Jets with 65 catches, 810 yards and five touchdowns.

Tyler Eifert, TE

With a lot of speculation surrounding Rob Gronkowski and his possible retirement, the Patriots should bring in another tight end. Even if Gronkowski returns, Eifert can be a second option in an offense that often features two tight end formations.

Yes, Eifert has been injury prone for the greater part of three seasons,  but he is a low-risk, inexpensive signing that may be able to become an integral part to the team’s offense. He has been a go-to, vertical-threat tight end when healthy.

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