NFC Free Agency Recap

Hello Heat Seekers, welcome to episode 132 of Sully’s 2 Cents Fantasy Football Podcast.  I am you host; I am Rob Sullivan.  The Sully’s 2 Cents Fantasy Football Podcast is a proud member of the RotoHeat family of podcasts.

I hope everyone is doing well, its officially the 2021 NFL offseason, as the NFL new year officially kicked off on March 17th.  With a new year comes new beginnings.  Players are finding new homes via trade or free agency, others are remaining with their teams on new contracts and 32 NFL have renewed hope for a championship season, realistic or not. 

The NFL Salary Cap shrunk to $182,500,000 for the 2021 season. In 2020 the cap was $198.2MM.  as a result of the Coivid-19 pandemic and a massive reduction in league revenue in 2020, Team are forced to make do with 15.7MM less in 2021. 

So, with that reduction in available salary, let drive into the transactions in the NFC, thus far.

NFC East

NFC Free Agency Recap

Dallas CowboysCap Space: $11,675,232Draft Slot: Pick 10

QB Dak Prescott: Signed a four-year, $160 million contract that has a max value of $164 million and includes $126 million guaranteed.

Hard not to like the fact that Prescott remains in Dallas.  Last season Dallas was an offense I wanted as many pieces of as I could get, and I wasn’t alone.  2021 should be more of the same. Dak went down in Week 5 last season, he was the top scoring fantasy when that game started and was QB4 when it ended averaging 27.7 points per game.

Other key members of the offense suffered big-time without Dak.  At the end of Week 5, Ezekiel Elliot was RB3, Amari Cooper was WR8, CeeDee Lamb was WR11, and Dalton Schultz TE12. When the dust settled on the 2020 season, Zeke Was RB9, Cooper WR15, and Lamb WR22.  Schultz held his own and finished as TE11. It remains to be seen how Prescott will look post-ankle injury, but at full health it’s tough to deny that the Cowboys look potent once again in 2021.  Dak will be a top-5 QB in my Dynasty rankings that come out later this spring.

New York GiantsCap Space: $1,321,867Draft Slot: Pick 11

Kenny Golladay: Agreed to a 4-year $72 million deal. It has a max value of $76 million and includes $40 million guaranteed.QB Mike Glennon: Signing a deal with undisclosed terms.RB Devontae Booker: Agreed to a two-year, $6 million deal.WR John Ross: Agreed to terms on a one-year deal worth $2.5 million, including $1 million guaranteed.TE Kyle Rudolph: Signed a two-year, $12 million deal with a $4.5 million signing bonus and a max value of $14 million.

When I started putting my notes together, I wasn’t too be excited about the 2021 version of the New York Giants. I figured that the biggest boost to this offense was going to be the return of Saquon Barkley. Well, before I could record this beauty, they went and signed Kenny Golladay.  I like this spot for Golladay.  I see him as a piece this offense has been missing and with Saquon, Kyle Rudolph, and now Kenny G, its on Daniel Jones to take the next step. 

Don’t worry about Golladay, this is a WR that finished the back half of 2019 as the WR16 with David Blough and Jeff Driskel as his QB’s.  Daniel Jones isn’t Peyton Manning but he absolutely better than Driskel and Blough.

A healthy Saquon Barkley will make everyone in that offense better.  The addition of Rudolph is a nice under the radar fantasy singing.  Rudy won’t be a fantasy relevant TE,