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Alabama Football: NFL Free Agency ‘second-wave’ for former Tiders

By Ronald Evans

NEW ORLEANS, LA - AUGUST 17: A view of an official Wilson Sporting Goods "The Duke" football with a New Orleans Saints team logo is seen at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on August 17, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - AUGUST 17: A view of an official Wilson Sporting Goods "The Duke" football with a New Orleans Saints team logo is seen at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on August 17, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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Four former Alabama football players get new NFL deals in the ‘second wave’ of free agency. Several others are still waiting and hoping.

The 2019 NFL free agency season began with a bang for five former Alabama football players. The quintet (listed below) racked up $238M in new contract deals.

after the first few days of free agency frenzy, the next phase is sometimes referred to as the ‘second wave’ and it is really phase two of a three phase NFL realignment process. Phase one is brief and covers the new big dollars deals going to the most coveted players. Phase two is the period between the start of free agency and the NFL Draft. Teams juggle adding new roster pieces through more free agent deals with waiting to see what can be added in the Draft.

Trades become a major component of the roster shuffling pre and post-Draft. After the post-Draft settling, a large group of free agents remains unsigned. In phase three, it may be weeks or even months before many of them find new deals. Some of them will not be signed, effectively ending their NFL careers.

The former Alabama football player biggest winners so far

  • C. J. Mosley – Moving from the Baltimore Ravens to the New York Jets for a five-year deal and $85M. $51M of the 485M is guaranteed to Mosley.
  • Landon Collins – Moving from the New York Giants to the Washington redskins for a six-year deal and $84M. Landon’s guaranteed portion is $45M.
  • Kareem Jackson – Moving from the Houston Texans to the Denver Broncos for a three-year deal and $33M. Kareem has $23M guaranteed.
  • James Carpenter – Moving from the New York Jets to the Atlanta Falcons for a four-year deal, reported being, $21M. The guaranteed portion was not disclosed.
  • Mark Ingram – Moving from the New Orleans Saints to the Baltimore Ravens for a three-year deal reported as $15M. The guaranteed portion was not disclosed.

New ‘second wave’ NFL contracts

  • Ha Ha Clinton-Dix – Joined Eddie Jackson and the Chicago Bears with a new one-year deal for $3.5M.
  • Mark Barron – Barron moved to the Pittsburgh Steelers in a two-year deal for $12M.
  • D. J. Fluker – Fluker got a new deal with the Seahawks for two years and $6M.
  • A.J. McCarron – A.J. was released by the Raiders who decided $5M could be spent better elsewhere. It did not take McCarron long to get a new deal with the Houston Texans for one season and $3M.

Still Waiting

  •  T. J. Yeldon – T. J. is a versatile back and arguably one of the best running backs left in free agency. The most recent rumors are about interest from the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles.

The five guys below are in more difficult positions. Their wait for a new deal might be a long one or worse, they may not find new teams.

  • Carson Tinker
  • Andre Smith
  • Chance Warmack
  • Arie Kouandjio
  • Damion Square

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With the most recent new deals for former Alabama football players, the new contracts total $267.5M. All of the money is not guaranteed.

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