Nearly two weeks into NFL free agency, most teams have already addressed their priority needs and the big-ticket targets are all off the board.
What’s left amounts to players pondering retirement, taking their time coming off of major injury or simply unwilling to accept the offers available.
But some of those players will also nonetheless be difference-makers in 2026.
With that in mind, here is a fresh look at the 10 most intriguing NFL free agents still on the market — emphasis on intriguing.
Could we have tossed in a couple more offensive linemen or a defensive tackle here? Sure, but the remaining options at those positions largely won’t move the needle for the average fan.
These 10 might …
Top Remaining NFL Free Agents
1. WR Tyreek Hill
There’s no telling if Hill will still be befitting of his “Cheetah” nickname when and wherever he returns from the gruesome knee injury that ended his 2025 season in Week 4 and ultimately his Miami Dolphins tenure.
Hill is now 32 years old and working his way back from a dislocated left knee and torn ligaments, including his ACL. The Dolphins released him earlier this offseason, and he is reportedly in no hurry to sign with a new team while focusing on his recovery.
But some team is going to be curious enough to want to find out — there’s no doubt about that.
Hill was still at the peak of his powers in 2023 when he led the NFL with 1,799 receiving yards and 13 receiving touchdowns on 119 receptions, but he dropped off a bit the next season (81-959-6) and was off to a slow start by his standards in 2025 (21-265-1) in those four games.
No team is going to break the bank for Hill this time, but he should have several suitors. A return to the Kansas City Chiefs remains the most compelling outcome.
2. QB Aaron Rodgers
This isn’t so much a question of where but if/when at this point as Rodgers takes his now-routine prolonged offseason to ponder his future.
The two options seem clear — return to the Pittsburgh Steelers and reunite with his former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy or retire.
The Steelers upgraded their WR corps this offseason in trading for and extending Michael Pittman Jr., who now forms a fun 1-2 tandem with DK Metcalf.
Rodgers was solid enough last season, passing for 3,322 yards, 24 TDs and 7 INTs despite playing through a fractured left wrist on his non-throwing hand. He’s surely still a better option for the Steelers than untested second-year QB Will Howard (and veteran backup Mason Rudolph).
3. WR Stefon Diggs
The Patriots mostly got what they could have hoped for out of Diggs as he totaled 85 catches for 1,013 yards and 4 TDs in the regular season in his return from a torn ACL. But Diggs was mostly a non-factor in the postseason (14 catches for 110 yards and 1 TD in four games, including just 3 for 37 in the Super Bowl).
New England released him after one year to save cap space, signed Romeo Doubs as a free agent and is reportedly pursuing A.J. Brown in a post-June 1 trade from the Philadelphia Eagles.
Diggs, meanwhile, remains a free agent heading into a season in which he’ll turn 33 years old.
He’s not a true star No. 1 WR anymore, but the fact remains he’s top 1,000 yards in each of his last seven full seasons with the lone exception being that 2024 season in Houston when he tore his ACL. There are plenty of teams that could find value and need in what he brings at this stage of his career.
4. WR Jauan Jennings
The problem for Jennings, likely, is that he now views himself as a WR1 even though he only ever found his way into that role thanks to Bradon Aiyuk’s injury in San Francisco that limited him to seven games in 2024 and led to his prolonged/curious absence through all of 2025.
And even given the 49ers’ lack of targets as injuries continued to befall the roster last season, Jennings managed a modest 53 catches for 643 yards and 9 TDs in 15 games. That was down from his 2024 production of 77-975-6. The first three years of his NFL career he was a complementary No. 3-caliber WR.
Jennings would be a fine No. 2/3 WR for a lot of teams if he accepts that’s what he is and the contract offers commensurate to it.
5. OT Taylor Decker
We did fit one offensive lineman on the list!
Decker has started 140 games in his 10-year NFL career, all with the Detroit Lions. The former first-round draft pick made his first Pro Bowl in 2024.
The Lions wanted to restructure Decker’s deal, he instead asked for his release and reiterated publicly his intent to play somewhere new in 2026.
There are plenty of teams in need of a 10-year starting offensive tackle.
6. LB Bobby Wagner
Wagner is turning 36 years old this summer and is no longer in his prime, but it’s not like he’s fallen off all that much. He’s been a first-team or second-team All-Pro 11 straight seasons and had a team-leading 162 tackles with 4.5 sacks and 2 interceptions last year for the Washington Commanders.
Albeit, he was in the middle of a Commanders defense that bottomed out last season, prompting the team to prioritize a youth movement this offseason.
But Wagner can still play and his veteran savvy and football IQ would be an asset to team lacking in the LB department.
7. TE David Njoku
Given some of the wild contracts doled out to tight ends with minimal career production (Charlie Kolar and Daniel Bellinger, we see you), it’s surprising that Njoku remains unsigned.
Yes, he’s coming off his worst season since 2020, catching 33 passes for 293 yards and 4 TDs in 12 games, but did you happen to notice who all was throwing passes for the Cleveland Browns last year?
Njoku, who turns 30 this summer, had 64 catches for 505 yards and 5 TDs in just 11 games in 2024 and 81-882-6 in 2023. At this point, he’s sure to be a better value than several tight ends already signed.
T8. EDGEs Joey Bosa/Cameron Jordan
Neither of these players is close to their prime at this point, but both can still bring a lot to the table as a situational pass rusher — and there are very few teams who don’t need more help in that way.
Bosa, who turns 31 this summer, had 5 sacks and 5 forced fumbles in 15 games for the Buffalo Bills last year. He hasn’t had more than 6.5 sacks in a season since 2021 and has racked up his share of injuries in that time, but in a rotation role off the edge he can surely give a team some useful snaps and pressures still.
Jordan has spent his entire 15-year NFL career with the New Orleans Saints, but he’s a free agent now heading into his age-37 season. His production had been tailing off in recent years, until a resurgence in 2025 when he notched 10.5 sacks — his highest total since 2021.
Even at his age, he hardly ever misses a game — none the last three seasons — and showed last year he can still be a factor.
There is still a chance Jordan re-signs with New Orleans, but he recently told former teammate Terron Armstead on his podcast “The Set with T.Stead”, “As much as I love the city of New Orleans, as much as I want to be in the city of New Orleans … If things don’t add up to what I consider as value happen, I understand the business nature of it all.”
T9. WRs Deebo Samuel/Keenan Allen
Likewise, Samuel and Allen are far from their primes, but both showed last season they can still produce in a complementary role.
Samuel had 72 catches for 727 yards and 5 TDs (plus a rushing TD) in his lone season in Washington, posting his most receptions since 2021 despite QB Jayden Daniels missing much of the season for the Commanders.
Allen, meanwhile, led the Chargers with 81 catches for 777 yards and 4 TDs but posted the lowest yards-per-catch average of his career at 9.6. He’s not a game-breaker anymore as he’s about to turn 34, but there’s a place for a sure-handed, savvy possession receiver in the league still.
10. QB Kirk Cousins
Cousins is the top free agent quarterback remaining (unless 41-year-old Joe Flacco is more your cup of tea), but he’s run out of teams still looking for a starting quarterback at this point.
So Cousins will have to settle for a backup role. Both he and Flacco have been linked to the Las Vegas Raiders as a potential mentor for presumed No. 1 overall draft pick Fernando Mendoza.
The fact remains, the Atlanta Falcons probably would have made the playoffs last year had Cousins started the whole season instead of taking over after Michael Penix Jr.’s knee injury. Cousins led the team to a 5-2 record in seven starts and finished the season with 1,721 passing yards, 10 TDs and 5 INTs.
Turning 38 this summer, he’ll still rank among the most capable backups QBs in the league wherever he lands.
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