The 2024 season has officially finished, with the established confetti and the Philadelphia Eagles flying as Super Bowl champions. While Philly will enjoy the glory of the second Super Bowl title of the franchise, the rest of the NFL is already in the weeds preparing for the 2025 campaign when they will try to get them out of the top of the mountain.
Of course, there is a lot of time between now and the beginning of the next season in September, and surely there will be some seismic movements that shake the league this low season. Next, we are going to take our first glance of the low season, identifying who is currently standing out as favorites to win the Super Bowl LX and highlight some clubs and stories to monitor in the coming months.
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2025 key dates of the low season of the NFL: when free agency, combination, draft, exchanges, other important events are produced
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Five teams to see this low season
Washington commanders
The commanders were the surprise team of 2024, advancing to the NFC championship thanks to the Marshal of Campo Jayden Daniels breaking into the scene and gathering one of the best rookie seasons of all time. Now that Washington has its QB franchise insured and locked in a rookie agreement on the foreseeable future, commanders are a fascinating team to see this low season and see how they are built even more in Daniels.
In general, commanders have seven selections in the NFL 2025 draft, including number 29 in general. In addition to those assets to further reinforce its list, the club has the third largest space throughout the league this low season. That means that they should be the main players in free agency, and Daniels could be a massive draw to attract players in the market open to DMV.
Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals are in a precarious position with their list. Even after a disappointing 2024 season in which the playoffs were completely lost, they are in a championship window thanks to the presence of Joe Burrow. However, the depth table faces some monumental questions that must answer this low season. In particular, Tee Higgins is ready to get to free agency, and is a real coin flipping if the organization can retain it.
That is largely due to the Bengals also need to deliver to their partner J’Mar Chase what is expected to be a market extension this season as well. In addition to that, the passes corridor, Trey Hendrickson, who requested an exchange the last low season, must also an extension after leading the NFL with 17.5 captures last season. And we have not even started talking about filling the holes that were already on the list. Something will have to give here.
New England patriots
It is likely that the Patriots are not the first team that you think when you look towards the low season of the NFL, but they could be an important player in the free agency and in the NFL draft. New England has the most capital space of the League, currently sitting with approximately $ 120 million to spend. As a reference, the next closest team is the Las Vegas Laids Raiders, with $ 92.5 million. They also have the general selection number 4 at their disposal, creating another way to bring talent for the new chief coach Mike Vrabel.
Because the Patriots already have their quartback from the future in Drake Maye, they can focus directly on other positions with the hope of starting their reconstruction.
San Francisco 49ers
The recent news that surrounds the 49ers is that they have allowed the open receiver of the Samuel to look for a trade. Of course, that will be a story that is worth following with San Francisco, but the greatest situation that is worth monitoring is the contractual state of the Brock Purdy field marshal. It is now eligible for an extension and could be the last to restore the QB market. Spotrac projects Purdy’s market value to obtain a contract that is worth approximately $ 59.7 million in average annual value (four years, $ 238.9 million). That would be put just under Dak Prescott ($ 60 million AAV) for the better paid QB in the NFL.
While all parties have publicly declared that they want to stay together in the long term, it will be interesting to see how softly or potholes, these negotiations become.
Cleveland Browns
The low season has just begun, and it seems that there has already been an endless number of stories related to Browns. Of course, possibly the greatest of all is the current commercial application of the Myles Garrett passes (what we will talk about more below). The sale price reported for Garrett is two first round selections, and if Cleveland could get the route in exchange, it could help increase the franchise to relevance.
When putting Garrett aside, the Browns continue to have a key dilemma in quartback. Deshaun Watson suffered another Achilles tear, which now puts its status by 2025 in danger and creates a greater need to leave and find a signal call. Do you try to assure a veteran field marshal as the old friend of the Vikings of Kevin Stefanski, Buddy Kirk Cousins? Or do General Selection use No. 2 in the Draft to bring a young man to develop?
Five low season stories
How will the QB carousel be developed?
As is the case in each low season, the field marshal is prepared to be a central story, and it is expected that there will be a great movement in the coming months. The most notable is Sam Darnold, who is scheduled to be a free agent after having a highly productive season with the Minnesota Vikings. Darnold’s actions received a little success due to some bad performances in the section and the playoffs, but it should still be a requested piece. It is also possible that the Vikings place the franchise label.
Meanwhile, names such as Matthew Stafford, Russell Wilson, Justin Fields and Derek Carr are other veterans who could also enter the game of musical chairs this low season.
Where will Myles Garrett end?
Garrett is one of the main domino we have in front of us this low season. In addition to the Browns, potentially obtaining a route in exchange for the star passes corridor to help its reconstruction, where it ends could change the balance of power in the NFL. For example, if it lands with Detroit’s lions and forms a duo of passes with Aidan Hutchinson, that would notice the eagles of defense champions. The same could be said if it ends with the commanders and a large number of other teams.
Who will the Titans take with the general selection number 1?
The Tennessee Titans have the general selection number 1 in the NFL 2025 draft, already a difference from the previous years where there was a clear player to take, what they will do about the draft seems to be in the air. Given Will Levis’s struggles, they need a field marshal to build, but the main office also pointed out that it would not go to a “Generational talent” What gave them life, possibly taking the bidirectional player Travis Hunter. There is also a Recent report that the Titans could change the selection in total. The way they operate with this choice will be convincing until they are on the clock.
What wide receptors are negotiated?
The commercial market for the wide receiver position could be target this season. Already, Cooper Kupp announced that the Rams intends to trade it, and Debo Samuel has also been given permission to find an exchange as well. In addition to those two, DK Metcalf is entering the last year of his contract and could be a commercial candidate out of Seattle, along with veteran Davante Adams, especially with the jets who move from Aaron Rodgers. Of course, there is also trade that nobody sees that it can be advanced too.
Will Travis Kelce retire?
If the Kansas City chiefs would have done the job and win the Super Bowl Lix to complete the three mobs, I think we would have already received our response with Kelce choosing to hang it. However, his state in the future It is still one of the key questions for bosses. If you decide to retire, that leaves KC a massive hole to fill, and the Chiefs will need to find Patrick Mahomes a new reference option in the air game.
