The 2025 NFL Offseason truly gets underway with the start of free agency. Let's make three insanely bold predictions for the offseason period. So much can happen in the next few months when we get underway with free agency and the 2025 NFL Draft.
Teams are getting more and more aggressive in their quest to build a Super Bowl contending team. We have also seen teams get more creative with how they navigate the salary cap situation as well. It's a fun time to be a fan of the NFL.
The offseason will truly begin, as we said, with free agency. The coming FA period opens in mid-March when deals can be agreed upon. We'll see some insanely rich contracts for free agents, and contract extensions for players already on teams will also be coming.
Let's make three bold predictions for the NFL offseason.
2025 NFL Offseason: Making 3 outrageously bold offseason predictions
Myles Garrett gets traded to the Washington Commanders
The Cleveland Browns will trade Myles Garrett to the Washington Commanders in this bold predictions article. Garrett requested a trade from the Browns recently, and if the team had any sense, they would make a deal happen. Well, the Commanders have the need, the capital, and the cap space to make a move like this happen.
To me, there may not be a better fit. They now have Jayden Daniels, an elite QB, on his rookie deal for several years, and the Commanders were playing with house money in 2024. They need more talent, and more elite talent. Myles Garrett fits this perfectly.
Cincinnati Bengals manage to pay Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, and Trey Hendrickson
Somehow, someway, the Cincinnati Bengals will find a way to pay all of Tee Higgins, Ja'Marr Chase, and Trey Hendrickson. All three players are very good or elite at what they do. Chase won the NFL triple crown at wide receiver this year, and Hendrickson was the sack leader. I have no idea if the Bengals truly get out of their own way and quit being cheap, but this is a bold predictions article after all.
Cincy will find the money to pay all three players and keep them on the Bengals for the long-term.
Josh Allen becomes the highest-paid QB in NFL history on a new extension
The Buffalo Bills need some cap space, and one obvious move this team can make in the 2025 NFL Offseason is extending Josh Allen, making him the highest-paid QB in the history of the NFL. Right now, he is still on the first contract he signed a few years ago. The deal is worth $43 million per year, which is an extremely outdated QB figure.
Josh Allen just did win the NFL MVP award, so the argument to be at the very top of the QB market is easy for Allen and his agency. Whatever the number ends up being, Josh Allen will become that guy at the position for however long it lasts.
Dak Prescott is the only QB in NFL history to reach the $60 million per year figure, but as we all know, the contracts in the NFL do only get higher and higher. The salary cap increases nearly every single season, so the contracts also increase in this regard.
At this very moment, it is not clear how expensive Josh Allen will be, but the contract touching somewhere around $62 million per season is probably where he ends up. The Buffalo Bills will also need the cap space. According to Over The Cap, an Allen extension would save Buffalo nearly $12 million in the 2025 NFL Offseason. It's a no-brainer move for the franchise, who again lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs this past season.
Josh Allen controversially won the NFL MVP this year. He was not nearly as prolific as Lamar Jackson, but I guess the voters thought he was more valuable. Allen and the Bills have become mainstays in the postseason, which puts the Bills franchise on the right track. You have to assume that at some point, Buffalo gets over the hump, right?
Well, one thing is for certain; Josh Allen could be in line for a huge extension.