1. The Seahawks deal Max Unger and a 1st round pick for Jimmy Graham and a 4th. There is no way, no how that Jimmy Graham’s production is as valuable to the Seahawks as Unger and that 1st round pick would be. A great young OC is more valuable than even the best TE and the Hawks - who will start to make choices about their cap with Russell Wilson coming up for an extension soon - are now committed to Jimmy Graham for $19 million in cap space over the next two seasons ($10 million more than Unger would have cost them). This isn’t a smart move, it’s an overreaction to the final play of the Super Bowl where an undrafted SS and vet press CB were able to create havoc on a red zone play.

2. Byron Maxwell gets $53 million from the Eagles. This author can defend just about every move that the Eagles have made this offseason. This is one that no one can defend. Maxwell is a system CB who did well in 2014 in the Seattle system where he never had to face top WRs with any consistency. Now he’s moving to a system that presses less and will expect him to face the top WR more often than not. Also, watch the tape of what Desean Jackson did to him in 2014. He's a safety pretending to be a CB. 

3. Baltimore dealing Haloti Ngata to the Lions for a 4th round pick. Yes, the Ravens were having cap issues and dumping Ngata’s $8.5 million in base salary helps. Yes, Ngata was going to become a free agent after the 2015 season and both sides weren’t close to an extension. And yes, the Ravens love Jernigan and Brandon Williams at the interior line positions. However, Ngata’s value to that defense means that you make it work if you’re Ozzie Newsome. He’s worth more to you than Dennis Pitta, Lardarius Webb and any number of other players that you could dump to pay for Flacco’s massive extension. And the Lions got themselves a great DT for basically nothing.

4. Julius Thomas gets $46 million from the Jags. One player is chasing a check, the other team is trying to excite their fanbase. They’re going to find out why the Broncos didn’t think he was anything more than a product of playing with Manning.

5. The Raiders give $18 million to Curtis Lofton. Curtis Lofton can be a tackling machine. In the last four seasons, he’s never finished below 123 tackles in a season and twice went over 140. That’s all you’re really getting from him. He doesn’t rush the passer well, doesn’t force or recover fumbles and doesn’t have many INTs. He covers well and he plays the run well. That’s not worth $6 million a season when you have Mack and Sio Moore already in that LB corps.

6. The Colts letting Cory Redding walk in free agency and replacing him with Kendall Langford. The Colts have made some decent moves so far in pursuit of a three year Super Bowl run. There can be no complaints about getting Frank Gore and Andre Johnson and they deserve plaudits if they also acquire Vince Wilfork. However, essentially swapping Cory Redding (who was decently good for them in 2014) for Kendall Langford is a big step backwards. Langford has struggled most of the time he’s played in a 3-front defense and isn’t the savvy vet that Redding has become.

7. Trent Cole to the Colts. This is another mystifying move. While it makes sense that the Colts want another rusher to go with their OLBs (who have disappointed), Cole is one that hasn’t done well in a 3-4 defense. Despite his size and speed, he has to be a rusher in a three point stance to thrive and if the Colts signed him just for him to do that in a sub package, it’s a terrible waste of money.

8. Jared Odrick gets $22 million guaranteed from the Jags. Jared Odrick is a very good player at the role he has figured out for himself (a space eating 3-tech DT) but giving him that much cash is indefensible. You can go out and find two 3-tech DTs nearly as good as him for significantly less (Terrance Knighton and take your pick of another vet). This is more of the Jags blowing cash for no reason.

9. Dwayne Harris gets $17 million ($7 million guaranteed) from the Giants. So, the G-Men have Beckham Jr. and Vic Cruz already in the starter spots. And they have guys like Juron Criner and Rueben Randle behind them. So, why did they feel the need to shell out a healthy amount of cash to a returner that will rarely see the ball thrown to him?