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Matt Verderame

Buyer Beware: Looking Back at the Worst NFL Free Agent Contracts of 2024

Huff signed a three-year, $51.1 million deal with the Eagles last year. | Eric Hartline-Imagn Images

Every year in NFL free agency, people think the same thing: Big money equals great moves. That’s how most people grade the winners of free agency as the top names come off the board.

That’s until these contracts go from theory to practice. When that happens, it’s oftentimes the biggest pacts that become the biggest problems, with general managers wondering what possessed them to hand out massive gobs of money.

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