What better way to ring the bell for the start of NFL Free Agency than to get three real ball knowers around a virtual roundtable and talk some football? Kendall Valenzuela, Matthew Freedman and Jake Trowbridge answered a series of free agency-related questions just before everything started to heat up, and here are the results.

Fantasy Football Roundtable: NFL Free Agency About To Heat Up

Let’s go for it from the start. What is your dream landing spot for Malik Willis?
 

FREEDMAN: I would love for Malik Willis to land with the Cardinals.

Offensive HC Mike LaFleur has potential, and the Cardinals have a strong pass-catching trio with TE Trey McBride and WRs Marvin Harrison and Michael Wilson.

But really I'm fine with wherever he lands … as long as it's not with the Jets.

KENDALL: Not to be boring right from the start, but I agree with Freedman on the Arizona Cardinals being the best landing spot for Malik Willis. I also think any team that is willing to spend the money on Willis will want him starting right away.

This could be a true weapon on the field and in fantasy football. In 11 games with Green Bay, Willis had 42 carries for 261 yards and 3 touchdowns. According to ESPN, his 6.2 yards per rush is fourth behind Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield and Spencer Rattler over the past two seasons among passers with 100-plus dropbacks.

I could also see him land on not as fun teams like the Cleveland Browns. GM Andrew Berry said Cleveland will look into the quarterback market and plus it would be very Browns-eqsque to do that anyways. Let's cross our fingers it's Arizona.

JAKE: I can’t even repeat the name of that last organization Kendall mentioned, because that would make it three times and their grotesque decision-making would then be summoned like the NFL’s Beetlejuice. But said organization, if you’re reading this … DON’T.

I wouldn’t mind Arizona, though as a grateful Green Bay fan I’d feel bad subjecting him to a Nathaniel Hackett offense. So let’s send him to Miami and see what he can do with Bobby Slowik, whose 2023 Texans offense ranked 12th in total yards and 13th in points. Is it weird to call out just that one specific year? Probably! I just want Willis get a shot with a younger, non-Hacketted system.

Wherever he goes, just … send the Packers a really good pick, OK?

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Which RB are the Chiefs going to land to give Patrick Mahomes his first real threat out of the backfield?
 

FREEDMAN: Trick question: I don't think the Chiefs will sign such a player … but I do think that Rico Dowdle—one of just 11 players with 1,300 scrimmage yards in each of the past two seasons—makes a lot of sense for a team that will probably need to be thrifty at RB.

Dowdle's probably not as good as his production suggests, but he has efficient career marks of 4.5 yards per carry and 5.7 yards per target, and over the past two years he has been a three-down back with 471 carries and 99 targets.

On a team like the Chiefs, Dowdle could once again hit 1,300 yards—maybe even 1,500—if he gets the bulk of the backfield work to himself.

KENDALL: If they're going to swing big I think that they go for Kenneth Walker (as much as it pains me to say that). K9 made himself a lot of money during the final regular-season games and, of course, the playoff push and that means he's about to get paid.

To Freedman's point, if they don't take a huge swing I could see Tyler Allgeier landing in Kansas City, and I honestly wouldn't hate it. He dominates as an in-between-the-tackles runner and fantasy managers all remember that he can excel in goal-line situations

JAKE: Every year we project a big name RB to land in Kansas City and every year the Chiefs laugh right in our faces. This offseason will probably be no different. (But hell yeah, Kenneth Walker, please.)

But so help me if they sign the dehydrated husk of Joe Mixon …

Can the Seahawks really afford to let Kenneth Walker, you know, walk?

KENDALL: To be very clear I love running backs, but honestly in John Schneider we trust. The general manager has made so many savvy moves that had fans (like me) shaking their heads that inevitably worked out. Just look at the Sam Darnold signing!

I believe it's scarier in this situation because Zach Charbonnet got injured so late in the season and probably won't be ready until midseason. No matter what, the Seahawks seem like a team that's going to share that backfield so I'm not expecting them to make a huge splash. Allgeier, Dowdle or Kenneth Gainwell types feel like what's in the future.

FREEDMAN:  Yes. Because RBs don't matter.

Charbonnet will eventually return from injury, and the team can acquire on the cheap a livable RB in free agency or the draft.

The Seahawks didn't use Walker as a full-on workhorse this season until they needed to (post-Charbonnet injury). That's the sign that they can afford to let him walk.

Will Tyler Allgeier find a landing spot where he can get 250+ touches? And where?
 

FREEDMAN: Allgeier probably won't find a home that affords him 250+ touches, primarily because there aren't all that many backfields that are totally open.

But what if he got on the Commanders? That would be intriguing.

Veteran Austin Ekeler is a free agent coming off a serious injury, and Chris Rodriguez and Jacory Croskey-Merritt probably aren't good enough to prevent the team from signing and then maximally leveraging a guy who put up 1,174 yards as a rookie and then 2,218 yards in the three years after that as one of the league's best No. 2 RBs.

KENDALL: You've heard me talk enough about Allgeier in this article already. I'll say this, I don't think he can find a home that gives him 250+ touches but I do think he has immense upside.

No matter if it's a team like the Commanders where his path is easier or a team like the 49ers, where he would only offer handcuff upside, I'm willing to bet on him at this point. 

Back to the QBs, where would you like to see Kyler Murray land, and could it lead to him returning to top-10 fantasy QB status?

FREEDMAN: Kyler Murray is probably good enough to be a starting QB somewhere. Why not with the Vikings?

The team almost certainly will want to bring in a veteran to challenge "incumbent starter" J.J. McCarthy, and Murray might have the best play caller of his career in HC Kevin O'Connell.

Plus, he'd get to throw to WRs Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison.

With the Vikings, would Murray once again be a top-10 QB? Maybe, but probably not. Over the past five years, he's averaged just 33.3 rushing yards per game. He's a dual-threat QB but not an elite one.

KENDALL: This is why Freedman shouldn't be allowed to join these articles first, he's taking all my answers! I think a lot of people like to scoff at the idea of Kyler Murray being good again, but we've seen too many quarterback career resurgences these last few years that I'm not ruling it out

The Vikings are the best spot due to them needing to win now and Murray fits this offense. If Murray goes there he will beat out J.J. McCarthy and be the QB1 for Week 1, and I wouldn't rule out him performing pretty well in fantasy either.

Will cooterdoodle have to buy her third Rashid Shaheed jersey?
 

KENDALL: Amanda I'm so sorry for your wallet, but you're going to be buying a Rashid Shaheed Browns jersey very, very soon.

FREEDMAN: Yes. Shaheed makes so much sense with the Raiders.

They need a No. 1 WR (or at least a strong No. 2 WR), and he knows new HC Klint Kubiak's system from their time together with the Saints and Seahawks.

Plus, it won't be a big deal with the Raiders if Shaheed isn't a traditional No. 1 WR since the offense is likely to flow through RB Ashton Jeanty and TE Brock Bowers anyway.

We can’t unsee the graphic with Mike Evans in a Bills helmet we had on our site (shoutout designer extraordinaire George Zainoun). But with DJ Moore going to the Bills, where do you see Mike Evans signing?

FREEDMAN: Mike Evans will sign with the Buccaneers. Inertia is a helluva drug.

KENDALL: I think that Mike Evans should test the market, but staying with Tampa Bay makes too much sense here. ESPN projects Evans' contract to be in the range of a one year, $15 million fully guaranteed deal and it makes sense for both sides. Injuries only allowed Evans to get 368 yards last season, but we can all remember that he notched 1,000 yards in each of his previous 11 seasons. Could he do it again?

Can you find a destination where Alec Pierce will finally get 100+ targets? (career-high 84 last year)

FREEDMAN: It's gonna be so tilting for fantasy investors when Pierce gets 99 targets next year for the Patriots.

So. Tilting.

KENDALL: The Titans? Look it's not as fun, but they need to get weapons for Cam Ward and I don't hate Brian Daboll over there as their new offensive coordinator either. Their wide receiver room currently consists of an aging Calvin Ridley, Elic Ayomanor and Chimere Dike.

The last two weren't bad last season, but Pierce would be an upgrade.

Wan’Dale Robinson, Jauan Jennings and Romeo Doubs … which one are you placing with the Raiders?

FREEDMAN: None of them is going to the Raiders, because that's where I'm placing Shaheed.

But if I had to project one to the Raiders, it would be Doubs. 

Like James Jones, Jordy Nelson and Davante Adams before him, Doubs just feels like the kind of Packers WR who would trade in the green and gold for the black and silver.

Plus, of the three he feels like the one most similar to Jakobi Meyers, whom the team traded away in the middle of the season.

KENDALL: The Raiders are absolutely punting on this season (as made very evident by the Maxx Crosby trade). I do like the idea of Romeo Doubs here, though. He's turning 26 in April and can still very much make an impact for a less-crowded wide receiver room. After all, he did catch 55 passes for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns in 2025.

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