The 2024 NFL season will be here in roughly a week, as NFL teams have cut down their rosters to 53 players and are assembling practice squads for the year ahead. While a lot of good players have made NFL rosters, some have been cut and must now find new homes for the 2024 season. There really are still some good veterans still available as free agents right now, and we’ve decided to go through and pair them with teams we feel could use them. Let’s go through these 15 options and match them with their best fits, including a new quarterback for the New York Giants, a home for Kadarius Toney and a new receiver for the Atlanta Falcons.
Giants are in trouble if quarterback Daniel Jones plays in the regular season like he did during the preseason. Brian Daboll enters his third season with the Giants with definite pressure to get wins, and that will be tough sledding with Jones under center if this is their reality. Tannehill might not be as good as he was in his second wind with the Tennessee Titans at this point, but the team should at least see if he’d be an upgrade. The NFC East won’t be easy this fall, but that’s no excuse to trot out bad quarterback play if Jones struggles. Adding Tannehill to the quarterback room feels like a smart way to have insurance at worst and a new starter at best.
The Falcons only have five wide receivers on their 53-man roster, including rookie Casey Washington who might be inactive for the season as he develops for the future. Brown was a surprise cut by the Houston Texans who has blossomed in the past two seasons into a really solid starting wideout. He hauled in 567 yards and two touchdowns last season with the Texans and would instantly be one of the better wide receivers in Atlanta at the point of signing.
The Raiders should keep Toney in the division and give him a chance to prove Kansas City wrong. He remains an effective returner on special teams and could factor in to the Las Vegas offense as a unique gadget player. Toney might not be a monster in the passing game, but there is a role for him somewhere in the NFL. The Raiders feel like an ideal landing spot, as the team needs some added depth at the wide receiver position and another option in the return game.
