Ranking top 100 NFL free agents for 2026, plus A.J. Brown...

What’s Happening

Breaking it down: The Pick Six newsletter has you covered on everything happening around the league Ranking top 100 NFL free agents for 2026, plus A.

Brown trade proposals and Bears might move to Indiana The Pick Six has you covered on everything happening around the league By John Breech Feb 19, 2026 at 12:56 pm ET • 11 min read Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six ! What a wild week it’s been in the NFL . (we’re not making this up)

The franchise tag window opened Tuesday, and things got off to a crazy start with exactly zero players getting tagged.

The Details

OK, so that’s actually not crazy at all. To be honest, it’s kind of boring.

One person who doesn’t do boring is Pete Prisco. To spice up the week, Prisco dropped his annual list of the top 100 free agents.

Why This Matters

We’ll take a look at it in today’s , plus we’ve got plenty more to cover, so let’s get to the rundown. As always, here’s your reminder to tell all your friends to for the . Prisco ranks the top 100 free agents, and an offensive lineman takes the top spot CBS Sports Design Pete Prisco usually takes a six-month vacation after the Super Bowl , but he put that off this year to rank the top 100 free agents.

This could change the dynamics of the sport going forward.

Key Takeaways

• NFL free agency kicks off in less than three weeks, and before that happens, we want to make sure you know who the top available players will be.
• There aren’t many big names in this year’s class, but the goal of free agency isn’t to sign a big name — it’s to find a player who fits your system.
• With that in mind, let’s check out the top 10 free agents on Prisco’s list: 1.

The Bottom Line

Eagles EDGE Jaelan Phillips 7. Broncos EDGE John Franklin-Myers 9.

What’s your take on this whole situation?