The Seahawks put a bow on the 2025 NFL season by winning Super Bowl LX, and everyone is back to 0-0. Teams will have the opportunity use Franchise and Transition tags on players beginning on February 17. Those tags will take some players out of the free-agent pool. George Pickens will reportedly receive the Franchise tag. I also believe the Colts will tag or sign Alec Pierce to an extension, so he’s not featured below. Kyle Pitts is another candidate to receive the Franchise tag, and he’s not included in this piece on ideal free agent landing spots for fantasy football purposes.
Teams will be permitted to contact and enter into contract negotiations with agents for players who will become unrestricted free agents on March 9. Teams can’t officially sign those players until 4:00 p.m. ET on March 11, but expected signings and contract terms will be leaked before official signings take place. The player movement is fun, and guessing where players will end up with a dash of wishcasting to ideal locations is enjoyable, too. I’ve paired the following free agents with realistic ideal landing spots. Finally, a few other players weren’t included below, namely Kenneth Walker III and Breece Hall, because I expect the Seahawks and Jets to retain them.
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NFL Free Agent Predictions (Fantasy Football)
Deebo Samuel (WR – FA): Landing Spot – San Francisco 49ers
Deebo Samuel played the first six seasons of his career with the 49ers. He requested a trade after the 2024 season, and the team honored that request, sending him to the Commanders. It wasn’t an ugly divorce, but the same cannot be said for what appears to be an impending breakup with Brandon Aiyuk.
Aiyuk didn’t play for the 49ers in 2025, and San Francisco was able to void his 2026 guaranteed money. Jauan Jennings is also a free agent, and George Kittle tore his Achilles on January 11 in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs. Kittle is optimistic he can return “well before November,” but that remains to be seen.
Ricky Pearsall is the most electrifying incumbent player in San Francisco’s receiving corps. Sadly, he’s played only 21-of-36 possible games in his two-year career. Even if Jennings re-signs with the 49ers, which would probably be his optimal landing spot, cutting Aiyuk would leave them thin at wideout. Samuel would need no time to reacclimate to Kyle Shanahan’s offense, and he’d already have rapport with Brock Purdy. Samuel would even be a stylistic fit as a yards-after-the-catch (YAC) option with Pearsall stretching the field.
Mike Evans (WR – FA): Landing Spot – Buffalo Bills
Mike Evans has spent his entire 12-year career with the Buccaneers after they made him the seventh pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. He’s won a Super Bowl, so Evans has nothing to prove, and he might prefer to finish his career playing for only one franchise.
However, if Evans isn’t ready to retire yet, and he’s unwilling to offer the Buccaneers a discount, receiver shouldn’t be a pressing need for Tampa Bay. Chris Godwin signed a lucrative deal last offseason and isn’t going anywhere. The team also spent the 19th pick in last year’s NFL Draft on Emeka Egbuka after a rock-solid rookie season from Jalen McMillan, the 92nd pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Admittedly, I’m a Bills fan and might be slightly wishcasting this landing spot. Still, Evans is precisely what the Bills need. A field-stretching perimeter receiver would be a boon for Buffalo’s offense, and Evans could provide them a short-term answer without dissuading them from adding another wide receiver early in the 2026 NFL Draft. Evans could also provide the Bills with the opportunity to use a mid-round pick on a developmental wideout who needs a bit more seasoning. If Evans left the Bucs for the Bills, he’d go from a crowded wide receiver room with quality target competition to one where he could be a target hog.
Dallas Goedert (TE – FA): Landing Spot – Washington Commanders
Dallas Goedert was rumored to be on the trade block last offseason, but he remained on the Eagles for his walk season on a reworked deal. After playing eight years for the Eagles, it could be time for Goedert to find a new employer after the Eagles entertained offers to move on from him last year.
The bugaboo with Goedert is his propensity to miss games. He played 16 games in his rookie season in 2018, which was his only year of playing every regular-season contest. Goedert’s 15 regular-season games last year were the most he’d played in since 2021. Philadelphia has opted to rest critical starters in Week 18, and Goedert was among that group in 2025. Still, he often misses a few games a year.
Nevertheless, Goedert remains a quality tight end. Among 59 tight ends who ran at least 125 routes last season, including the playoffs, Goedert was fourth in route participation rate (82.3%), 17th in average depth of target (7.6-yard aDOT), 11th in air yards share (16.8%), tied for 25th in targets per route run (0.20 TPRR), eighth in first-read rate (20.7%), tied for 13th in targets per game (5.4), tied for 11th in receptions (64), 17th in receiving yards per game (39), tied for 32nd in yards per route run (1.40 Y/RR), and first in receiving touchdowns (12).
Goedert and the Commanders would be an intriguing pairing. He could skip some steps on the Zach Ertz career path and serve as his former teammate’s replacement next season. Ertz tore his ACL on December 7, 2025, and he’s a free agent.
Ertz was a crucial part of Washington’s passing attack in 2024 and 2025, and the Commanders don’t have an apparent in-house replacement. The organization used the 53rd pick in the 2024 NFL Draft to make Ben Sinnott a second-round selection, but he has 16 career receptions. Sinnott played in 16 games in 2025, and he ran only 99 routes, fewer than John Bates‘ 123 routes. Adding Goedert, Robinson or both would serve as a double-whammy for the Commanders, providing Daniels and the passing attack with upgraded weaponry while poaching talent from NFC East rivals.
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