New (league) year? New (team) lewk!
Wednesday marked the official start of free agency as the NFL kicked off 2022 in earnest. March has been rife with player movement and ensuing plot twists, as my colleague Matt Harmon noted in his most recent article.
But not every contract breaks the bank. And not every trade involves a star athlete. The shuffling around of players — particularly ones who aren’t household names — can still create a fantasy stir.
Here are five whispered-about moves that could have fantasy managers shouting from the rooftops by the fall.
The Steelers didn’t waste any time securing the team’s new starting QB, signing Mitch Trubisky to a two-year deal immediately after the legal tampering window opened on Monday. Trubisky began his career in Chicago when the Bears moved up to select the North Carolina product second overall (ahead of Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson) in the 2017 draft. After 50 starts in orange and blue, Trubisky landed in Buffalo, backing…