{"id":829047,"date":"2026-03-23T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/829047\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:43:10","slug":"5-best-nfl-free-agents-still-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/829047\/","title":{"rendered":"5 best NFL free agents still available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 23, 2026, 5:02 a.m. MT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Two weeks into NFL free agency, the <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Denver Broncos<\/a> have re-signed <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2026\/03\/19\/denver-broncos-free-agency-signings-tracker\/89227269007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">17 in-house free agents<\/a>, added one <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2026\/03\/19\/nfl-news-broncos-sign-tycen-anderson\/89226959007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">outside free agent<\/a> and made <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2026\/03\/17\/nfl-news-broncos-jaylen-waddle-trade\/89193711007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">one blockbuster trade<\/a> to acquire wide receiver Jaylen Waddle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So, what&#8217;s next?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Broncos still have around <a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap\/denver-broncos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">$19 million<\/a> in remaining salary cap space, enough to make several bargain signings \u2014 and even another splash, if they so desire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There are still two veteran tight ends available (David Njoku and Jonnu Smith) who could interest Sean Payton, plus a trio of defensive linemen who could help take some of the old John Franklin-Myers workload. And, of course, there&#8217;s Von Miller, who has made it abundantly clear that <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2026\/01\/30\/nfl-rumors-von-miller-wants-re-sign-with-broncos\/88420148007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">he would like to return to Denver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Best free agents for Broncos1. TE David Njoku (29)2. TE Jonnu Smith (30)\u00a03. DL Cameron Jordan (36)4. DL Calais Campbell (39)\u00a05. DL DJ Reader (31)\u00a0Bonus: OLB Von Miller (36)Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Last year, Denver <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/06\/10\/nfl-news-broncos-sign-j-k-dobbins\/84039167007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">waited until June<\/a> to sign running back J.K. Dobbins, and similar bargain deals could be on the way later this summer. We will track any potential moves on <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2026\/03\/19\/denver-broncos-free-agency-signings-tracker\/89227269007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Broncos Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Social: Follow\u00a0<a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BroncosWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thebroncoswire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2019\/08\/03\/denver-broncos-famous-fans-celebrities-include-paul-george-amy-adams\/79446413007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 23, 2026, 5:02 a.m. MT Two weeks into NFL free agency, the Denver Broncos have re-signed 17&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,98069,96771,97415,96709,95893,97240,104215,95896,95888,95906,96071,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-829047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcalais-campbell","19":"tag-tagcameron-jordan","20":"tag-tagd-j-reader","21":"tag-tagdavid-njoku","22":"tag-tagfacebook","23":"tag-tagj-k-dobbins","24":"tag-tagjaylen-waddle","25":"tag-tagnational-sports","26":"tag-tagnfl","27":"tag-tagoverall-positive","28":"tag-tagsmg-timely","29":"tag-tagsports-news","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116278552703757710","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}