2022 NFL Free Agency Rankings
Updated: March 2nd
We are less than two weeks away from the start of NFL free agency. Teams can officially sign free agents starting on Wednesday, March 16th at 4 PM ET, when the next league year begins, but they negotiate with agents during the legal tampering window that begins on Monday, March 14th.
Using free-agent rankings from a variety of sources, we have ranked the available free-agent pool using their consensus ranking score.
Here are some notes on how to interpret the table below:
- Seven sources were used and the "total" column is the sum of those rankings.
- The lower the score, the better. For example, Davante Adams was the consensus top-ranked free agent and his score was 7.
- For free agents that were unranked for a source, we considered those free agents to all be tied for the next ranking.
- Example: ESPN ranked 50 free agents and every free agent not included in their rankings received a score of 51.
Players designed with the franchise tag and restricted free agents (RFAs) will be excluded from these consensus rankings.
Consensus Top 100 NFL Free Agents
| Rank | Player | Pos. | Team | Total | PFF | ESPN | ATH | SN | NFL | PFN | TDW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davante Adams | WR | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Chris Godwin | WR | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Terron Armstead | OT | New Orleans Saints | 32 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | J.C. Jackson | CB | New England Patriots | 40 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Von Miller | EDGE | Los Angeles Rams | 46 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| 6 | Orlando Brown Jr. | OT | Kansas City Chiefs | 52 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 8 |
| 7 | Jessie Bates III | S | Cincinnati Bengals | 55 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Mike Williams | WR | Los Angeles Chargers | 56 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 |
| 9 | Chandler Jones | EDGE | Arizona Cardinals | 59 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | Marcus Williams | S | New Orleans Saints | 65 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
MORE: Our full consensus 2022 NFL Free Agent Rankings
2022 NFL Strength of Schedule (SOS)
With the 2021 NFL regular season complete, we know all 17 2022 opponents for each NFL team.
Based on the final 2021 regular-season records for each opponent, we have aggregated the win-loss-tie record of their 17 opponents for 2022 and then ranked the teams from the most difficult 2022 NFL schedule to the easiest 2022 NFL schedule.
The Los Angeles Rams have the most difficult strength of schedule in 2022 while the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders are tied for the easiest 2022 NFL strength of schedule.
2022 NFL Strength of Schedule (SOS): Weeks 1 to 18
| Rank | Team | Opp. Record | Opp. Win Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams | 164-125-0 | 0.567 |
| 2 | Arizona Cardinals | 157-132-0 | 0.543 |
| 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 154-133-2 | 0.536 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 154-134-1 | 0.535 |
| 5 | San Francisco 49ers | 154-135-0 | 0.533 |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs | 154-135-0 | 0.533 |
| 7 | Las Vegas Raiders | 152-136-1 | 0.528 |
| 7 | New Orleans Saints | 152-136-1 | 0.528 |
| 9 | Atlanta Falcons | 151-137-1 | 0.524 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Chargers | 150-139-0 | 0.519 |
MORE: Continue reading our full 2022 NFL Strength of Schedule
Post-Super Bowl 56 2022 NFL Power Rankings
Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Throughout the 2022 NFL season, we will update our consensus NFL Power Rankings from a variety of national sites.
Below you will find a table of our NFL Power Rankings following Super Bowl LVI, sorted by their average ranking. The table also lists their respective rankings at various sites (links at bottom of table).
Record below is the team's final regular-season record.
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[Note: Positive number in Change column = week-over-week improvement in ranking. Negative number = week-over-week decline.]
| Rank | Team | Record | Avg. | ESPN | NFL | The Athletic | CBS | USA Today |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams | 12-5 | 1.4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 12-5 | 2.6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | 11-6 | 3.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Green Bay Packers | 13-4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 6 | San Francisco 49ers | 10-7 | 6.4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Tennessee Titans | 12-5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Dallas Cowboys | 12-5 | 8.4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | ||
| 9 | New England Patriots | 10-7 | 9.4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 10 | Arizona Cardinals | 11-6 | 10.8 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | ||
| Full Post-Super Bowl 56 Consensus NFL Power Rankings | ||||||||||
Dallas Cowboys Mock Draft Roundup 4.0
Throughout the year and leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft, we will update our Dallas Cowboys Mock Draft Roundup showing picks for the Dallas Cowboys from several prominent sites and draft analysts.
The following are picks in recent mock drafts for the Cowboys:
SI - Kevin Hanson (2/17)
24. Kenyon Green, IOL, Texas A&M
Yahoo! Sports - Eric Edholm (2/17)
24. Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan
Draft Wire - Luke Easterling (2/17)
24. Roger McCreary, CB, Auburn
MORE: Continue reading our latest Dallas Cowboys Mock Draft Roundup
We currently have mock draft roundups for all teams that have a first-round pick in 2022. Links to each team's mock draft roundup is below.
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