Top 2022 NFL free agents available

NFL free agency will be here before you know it, so now is the time to familiarize yourself with the best players who are hitting the opening market here in a few weeks’ time.

Football fans are eagerly anticipating the start of the new league year, commencing with the start of NFL free agency here in a few weeks.

While it is more important to hit on picks in the draft, winning in free agency can be very beneficial. Though it is not advantageous to build an entire team through free agency, the right addition or two can help take a team from bad to good, and from good to being in the mix for the Super Bowl. One team that navigated free agency to perfection an offseason ago was the Cincinnati Bengals.

Here are some of the best available free agents by position group.

NFL free agency 2022: Best quarterbacks

• Marcus Mariota (Las Vegas Raiders)
• Jameis Winston (New Orleans Saints)
• Teddy Bridgewater (Denver Broncos)
• Andy Dalton (Chicago Bears)
• Jacoby Brissett (Miami Dolphins)

It is a lot of failed starters and stop-gaps headlining the quarterback class, but Marcus Mariota could leave the Las Vegas Raiders and find great success on his third NFL team.

NFL free agency 2022: Best running backs

• Leonard Fournette (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• Cordarrelle Patterson (Atlanta Falcons)
• Melvin Gordon (Denver Broncos)
• James Conner (Arizona Cardinals)
• Sony Michel (Los Angeles Rams)

There is certainly home-run potential in the running back room, but none are bigger than former Tampa Bay Buccaneers star Leonard Fournette.

NFL free agency 2022: Best wide receivers

• Davante Adams (Green Bay Packers)
• Chris Godwin (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• Odell Beckham Jr. (Los Angeles Rams)
• Allen Robinson (Chicago Bears)
• JuJu Smith-Schuster (Pittsburgh Steelers)

This is an elite wide receiver group, as it features the best player hitting free agency regardless of position this year in Davante Adams of the Green Bay Packers.

NFL free agency 2022: Best tight ends

• Rob Gronkowski (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• Zach Ertz (Arizona Cardinals)
• Mike Gesicki (Miami Dolphins)
• C.J. Uzomah (Cincinnati Bengals)
• Dalton Schultz (Dallas Cowboys)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder with this tight end class, but Zach Ertz was a top-three player in that position group not that long ago with the Philadelphia Eagles.

NFL free agency 2022: Best offensive linemen

• Terron Armstead (New Orleans Saints)
• Brandon Scherff (Washington Commanders)
• Orlando Brown (Kansas City Chiefs)
• Ryan Jensen (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• Laken Tomlinson (San Francisco 49ers)

There are studs at all position groups along the offensive line, but tackles Terron Armstead of the New Orleans Saints and Orlando Brown of the Kansas City Chiefs really stand out.

NFL free agency 2022: Best edge rushers

• Chandler Jones (Arizona Cardinals)
• Von Miller (Los Angeles Rams)
• Randy Gregory (Dallas Cowboys)
• Jason Pierre-Paul (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• Calais Campbell (Baltimore Ravens)

A trio of future Pro Football Hall of Famers headline this free-agent class of edge rushers with Chandler Jones, Von Miller and Calais Campbell.

NFL free agency 2022: Best linebackers

• De’Vondre Campbell (Green Bay Packers)
• Foye Oluokun (Atlanta Falcons)
• Dont’a Hightower (New England Patriots)
• Leighton Vander Esch (Dallas Cowboys)
• Anthony Barr (Minnesota Vikings)

The linebackers get overshadowed by edge players, but De’Vondre Campbell and Foye Oluokun could make your favorite football team even better.

NFL free agency 2022: Best cornerbacks

• J.C. Jackson (New England Patriots)
• Carlton Davis (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• Stephon Gilmore (Carolina Panthers)
• Patrick Peterson (Minnesota Vikings)
• Charvarius Ward (Kansas City Chiefs)

It is a bit of old and new at cornerback with J.C. Jackson and Carlton Davis being up-and-coming stars, while Stephon Gilmore and Patrick Peterson being proven commodities in their 30s.

NFL free agency 2022: Best safeties

• Tyrann Mathieu (Kansas City Chiefs)
• Marcus Williams (New Orleans Saints)
• Jessie Bates (Cincinnati Bengals)
• Marcus Maye (New York Jets)
• Quandre Diggs (Seattle Seahawks)

This is an excellent safety class with Tyrann Mathieu at the top of it and guys like Marcus Williams and Jessie Bates certainly keeping pace.

May free agency yield everything your team could have possibly ever hoped for this offseason.