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A: whether it’s a $100,000 deal or a $20 million deal your referred out, you keep 90% of the referral fee. 90/10 commission split on referrals.

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

Q: what is tidal realty group?

A: we are a licensed florida real estate brokerage (license number: CQ1055789). We offer licensed florida real estate agents a place to ‘hang’ or ‘park’ their license without the cost of joining an association or board of realtors®. All of our agents are licensed and active but most do not practice real estate on the regular. Some of our agents are retired, some have moved out of state, some have other full-time jobs, and some just want to keep their license active without the hassle of joining a full-service brokerage and paying so much in dues and other fees.

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Best brokers for free stock trading 2021

The stockbrokers.Com best online brokers 2021 review (11th annual) took three months to complete and produced over 40,000 words of research. Here's how we tested.

When it comes to free stock trading in 2021, investors need to look beyond the price of stock and ETF trades. Why? Because all brokers offer free trades. However, not all brokers have excellent education, a great trading platform, or robust market research. Also, most brokers accept payment for order flow (PFOF), a hidden fee that generates over $1B each year in profits for the industry.

For our 2021 annual review, we scored 11 different online brokers that offer free trading. To assess each platform, we tested well over 100 features, broke down miscellaneous account fees, and researched each firm's order execution practices.

Best brokers for free stock trading 2021

Fidelity - best free trading platform

TD ameritrade - free trading, best education

Interactive brokers - free trading, best pro tools

E*TRADE - free trading, best trader app

Charles schwab - free trading, best research

Best free trading platform - open account
trade commission-free: no commissions to trade online U.S. Stocks, etfs, and options. 1

Fidelity is the best free trading platform for 2021 because it offers $0 trades while also NOT accepting payment for order flow (PFOF). This guarantees customers get the absolute best price on every stock and ETF trade. Pricing aside, fidelity offers industry-leading research, excellent trading tools, and a feature-rich trading app built for everyday investors. Read full review

Free trading, best education - open account
exclusive offer: get up to $375 and trade commission-free with TD ameritrade.

TD ameritrade delivers $0 trades, fantastic trading platforms, excellent market research, industry-leading education for beginners, and reliable customer service. This outstanding all-around experience makes TD ameritrade our top overall broker in 2021. Read full review

Free trading, best pro tools - open account
exclusive offer: new clients that open an account today receive a special margin rate.

Traditionally known for its leading offering of platforms, tools, and pricing for professionals, interactive brokers has made significant strides in recent years and today also appeals to casual investors, thanks to $0 trades and its client portal web platform. Read full review

Free trading, best trader app - open account
current offer: open an E*TRADE account & get $50 or more w/ code: WINTER21

Founded in 1982 as one of the first online brokerages in the united states, E*TRADE highlights include $0 trades, two excellent mobile apps, and the power E*TRADE platform, which is great for beginners, active trading, and options trading. Read full review

Free trading, best research - open account
current offer: $0 online stock, ETF, and options commissions at schwab.

With more than $6 trillion in client assets, charles schwab understands how to consistently deliver value to its customers. Highlights include $0 trades, excellent stock research, a diverse selection of trading tools, and an industry-leading offering of financial planning services. Read full review

Other trading platforms for free stock trading

Beyond our top five free trading platforms for 2021, here are high-level takeaways for merrill edge, tradestation, webull, and robinhood. To dive deeper, read our full reviews.

Merrill edge - open account
current offer: invest in a new account and get up to $600.

Merrill edge offers $0 trades with industry-leading research tools (especially ESG research) and excellent customer service. Better yet, for current bank of america customers, merrill edge's preferred rewards program provides the best rewards of any best bank broker we tested in 2021. Read full review

Tradestation

As a trading technology leader, tradestation supports casual traders through its web-based platform and active traders through its award-winning desktop platform, all with $0 stock and ETF trades. Like its other active-trader focused competitors, tradestation lacks in its offering of fundamental company research for casual investors. Education is also a mixed bag, making it just an "ok" choice for beginners. Read full review

Webull
while webull's mobile app offers more features than robinhood, it struggles to compete with the extensive amount of trading tools provided by the best stock trading apps. Also, like robinhood, webull's top source of revenue is payment for order flow (PFOF), making hidden trading costs a substantial drawback to using the app. Read full review

Robinhood
robinhood's stock app is very easy to use; however, now that all online brokers offer $0 stock and ETF trades, robinhood's lack of trading tools and research leaves it a step behind the competition. In addition, robinhood's top source of revenue is payment for order flow (PFOF), making hidden trading costs a substantial drawback to using the app. Read full review

Trading fees comparison

Using our online brokerage comparison tool, here's a comparison of the trading and account fees for the best free trading platforms.

Feature	fidelity open account	TD ameritrade open account	interactive brokers open account	*ETRADE** open account	charles schwab open account
minimum deposit	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
stock trade fee (per trade)	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
ETF trade fee	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
options base fee	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
options per contract fee	$0.65	$0.65	$0.65	$0.65	$0.65
mutual fund trade fee	$49.95	$49.99	$14.95	$19.99	$49.95
broker assisted trades fee	$32.95	$44.99	$30.00	$25.00	$25.00

feature	fidelity open account	TD ameritrade open account	interactive brokers open account	*ETRADE** open account	charles schwab open account
IRA annual fee	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
IRA closure fee	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$60.00	$50.00
returned ACH fee	$0.00	$25.00	N/A	$0.00	$25.00
returned wire fee	$0.00	$25.00	N/A	$0.00	$25.00
stock certificate processing fee	$0.00	$0.00	N/A	$0.00	$100.00
stock certificate delivery fee	$100.00	$500.00	N/A	$75.00	N/A
paper statement fee	$0.00	$0.00	N/A	$2.00	$0.00
paper confirmation fee	$0.00	$0.00	N/A	$0.00	$0.00
domestic wire fee	$0.00	$25.00	$10.00	$25.00	$25.00
international wire fee	$0.00	$25.00	$10.00	$25.00	$25.00

What is commission free trading?

Commission-free trading means there is no charge for placing a stock or ETF trade. In october 2019, a pricing war led to the full-service brokerages cutting their stock and ETF commissions to $0 to compete with free trading platforms such as robinhood.

How do brokers make money on commission free trades?

For startup brokers such as robinhood and webull, payment for order flow (PFOF) is the primary way they make money. Meanwhile, for larger full-service brokers such as fidelity and schwab, their largest revenue source comes from sweeping the idle cash sitting in customer accounts into subsidiary banks each night.

More details: when online brokers sweep uninvested cash overnight into their subsidiary banks, they earn a tiny bit of interest. Brokers claim they share this with their customers, but the reality is, most keep the majority of interest for themselves. While it may not seem like much, earned interest adds up when conducted across millions of accounts and billions in idle cash.

What is the best free trading platform?

The best free trading platforms offer $0 stock and ETF trades, easy to use trading apps, quality market research and education, and a diverse selection of trading tools. Our top picks for free stock trading in 2021 are fidelity, TD ameritrade, interactive brokers, E*TRADE, charles schwab.

Summary

To recap, here are the best brokers for free stock trading.

Methodology

For the stockbrokers.Com 11th annual best trading platforms review published in january 2021, a total of 2,816 data points were collected over three months and used to score brokers. This makes stockbrokers.Com home to the largest independent database on the web covering the online broker industry.

Participation is required to be included. Each broker completed an in-depth data profile and provided executive time (live in person or over the web) for an annual update meeting. Our rigorous data validation process yields an error rate of less than .001% each year, providing site visitors quality data they can trust. Learn more about how we test.

About the author: blain reinkensmeyer as head of research at stockbrokers.Com, blain reinkensmeyer has 20 years of trading experience with over 1,000 trades placed during that time. Referenced as a leading expert on the US online brokerage industry, blain has been quoted in the wall street journal, the new york times, and the chicago tribune, among others.

All pricing data was obtained from a published web site as of 01/19/2021 and is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. For stock trade rates, advertised pricing is for a standard order size of 500 shares of stock priced at $30 per share. For options orders, an options regulatory fee per contract may apply.

1 $0.00 commission applies to online U.S. Equity trades, exchange-traded funds (etfs), and options (+ $0.65 per contract fee) in a fidelity retail account only for fidelity brokerage services LLC retail clients. Sell orders are subject to an activity assessment fee (from $0.01 to $0.03 per $1,000 of principal). There is an options regulatory fee (from $0.03 to $0.05 per contract), which applies to both option buy and sell transactions. The fee is subject to change. Other exclusions and conditions may apply. See fidelity.Com/commissions for details. Employee equity compensation transactions and accounts managed by advisors or intermediaries through fidelity clearing & custody solutions® are subject to different commission schedules.

Options trading entails significant risk and is not appropriate for all investors. Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Before trading options, please read characteristics and risks of standardized options. Supporting documentation for any claims, if applicable, will be furnished upon request.

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Free options trading

Allyson brooks

Contributor, benzinga

“there’s no such thing as a free lunch” is one of the oldest sayings around, and for the most part, it’s completely true. You get what you pay for, especially in the world of finance.

While you might be skeptical of any type of free offer, technology has made finance more efficient and transaction costs have gone down dramatically. In fact, it’s not hard to find a brokerage that will let you trade at least some part of the stock market completely commission-free. Commission-free usually means a trip to the designated ETF list, but some brokers offer everything for free, including options.

Commission-free usually means a trip to the designated ETF list, but some brokers offer everything for free, including options.

Best free options trading brokers:

Best overall for options and technology: tradestation

Best for beginners: TD ameritrade

Best for marginal accounts: interactive brokers

Best for mobile traders: E*TRADE

Best derivatives only broker: tastyworks

Best for social traders: gatsby

Honorable mention: eoption

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Best free options trading brokers

Choosing the best broker requires a little bit of research and not every trader has the same needs. Benzinga has created a list of favorite trading platforms for free paper trading and free or low-cost options trading.

Commissions

Account minimum

Best for

1. Best overall: tradestation

Tradestation is a popular platform for technical analysts and other stock pickers, but its paper trading simulation gives inexperienced traders a way to learn new skills without risking real cash.

Paper money can be traded on desktop and mobile, but only current tradestation brokerage account holders can access the simulation for free.

Tradestation has a tilt toward active traders, so new traders can find plenty of research material and charting tools to test new strategies. Tradestation is a trusted name and its simulator is one of the best.

If you’re new to trading, you’ll love tradestation’s simulated trading tool. Its simulated trading tool allows you to practice entering buy and sell orders, using tradestation’s suite of charting and analysis tools and using your trading strategy without risking any of your own money.

Commissions

Account minimum

Best for

2. Best for beginners: thinkorswim by TD ameritrade

Thinkorswim is the gold standard for advanced trading features and using their paper money accounts is a great way to teach yourself technical analysis.

TD ameritrade account holders will get $100,000 in fake money to trade stocks, bonds, futures, commodities and options. You’ll find over 100 technical tools on thinkorswim and unlike many brokers, commission costs are factored in with your paper trading portfolio. This makes for a more realistic trading experience.

Paper trading is only worthwhile if the simulation is near perfect. Thinkorswim passes all the tests.

TD ameritrade recently completed an acquisition of scottrade, which will provide options traders with another level of flexibility as well. Right now, TD ameritrade charges $0 fin options based fess and $0.65 for options per contract.

Pricing

Account minimum

Best for

Access to foreign markets

Detailed mobile app that makes trading simple

Wide range of available account types and tradable assets

Comprehensive, quick desktop platform

Mobile app mirrors full capabilities of desktop version

Access to massive range of tradable assets

Low margin rates

Easy-to-use and enhanced screening options are better than ever

3. Best for marginal accounts: interactive brokers

The interactive brokers trader workstation provides a comprehensive list of options trading features and has been compared to the look and feel of a commercial airline cockpit. The workstation includes integrated tools such as IB risk navigator, options analytics and model navigator. It has a configurable format, quick-click order entry capabilities, and is extremely customizable.

The optiontrader combo tab allows traders to monitor price variations, view all available chains or filter for specific contracts and configure columns to view calculated model prices, implied volatilities open interest and greeks.

Interactive brokers also helps active traders minimize commissions and fees as well. Interactive brokers charges nothing in options based fees but charges $0.65 per contract fee for options.

Commissions

Account minimum

Best for

Sophisticated trading platforms

Wide range of tradable assets

Exceptional customer service

4. Best for mobile traders: E*TRADE

E*TRADE’s power E*TRADE platform and mobile app are the gold standards of option trading platforms. Power E*TRADE currently offers traders premium-quality tools without the premium price tag.

According to a customer service rep, the long-term plan is to have the power E*TRADE platform replace E*TRADE pro as the premium service, but for now, it is free for all E*TRADE users.

Power E*TRADE is the perfect combination of speed, quality, tools, and navigation capabilities. The platform offers virtual trading for testing strategies. The option chain screen provides access to customizable real-time streaming option chains with up to 30 columns. The tradelab snapshot analysis breaks down risk/reward in an easy-to-understand way, indicating pros and cons as well as key events to watch for and a profit and loss chart. The strategyseek tool allows users to scan market data and identify potential trading strategies.

For all E*TRADE’s advances option trading features, the broker charges $0 in options based fees and $0.65 for options per contract.

Commissions

Account minimum

Best for

Powerful platform inspired by thinkorswim

Multiple order types and strategies

Cheap options commissions

5. Best derivatives only broker: tastyworks

Tastyworks allows opening of an individual, entity/trust or joint account, and the account type held with the brokerage can be margin, cash or retirement. In margin trading, you are allowed to trade with borrowed capital, facilitating the use of all trading strategies available with the broker, while a cash account requires that you fully fund transactions, and also restricts usage of some trading strategies such as spread and uncovered options.

The web-based trading platform allows access from any computer and gives all functionalities as the downloadable version. Some of the features in the browser version is the follow page, where you can follow the firm’s curated experts’ trade, trade curve, which allows visualization of trades easily and the trade history option, which helps you analyze your trades.

Though opening an account is fairly easy, a prospective client is required to register with tastyworks ahead of time with an email address, username, and password, as well as:

Address and phone numbers,

Citizenship status,

Personal information such as social security number and employment information,

Bank details and

Copies of identity and address proofs.

Once an account is registered, it normally takes one to three days to be approved.

Commissions

Account minimum

Best for

Retail investors

Traders new to options

Social traders

Millennial traders

Gatsby and robinhood a bit in common. Like robinhood, gatsby had a soft launch and the only way to access the platform is to get on the waiting list. Also like robinhood, all trading on gatsby is commission-free. Gatsby’s founders seek to “democratize the world of options” by simplifying the language and making it easier for newbies to understand.

You’ll be asked a series of simple questions on gatsby’s platform. If you think a certain stock will fall, you’ll be directed to the put options (and call options if you think the stock price will rise). You’ll then choose a strike price and expiration date and initiate your trade, all done in 4 quick phone swipes. Gatsby and robinhood are the only truly commission-free brokers for options trading.

Commissions

Account minimum

Best for

Options traders looking for low-cost options contracts

Beginner and advanced traders looking for options education

Advanced traders who don’t need a lot of platform guidance

7. Honorable mention: eoption

Eoption isn’t a commission-free brokerage, but the transactions costs here are among the lowest in the industry. For options trades, you’ll only pay $3 per trade plus $0.15 per contract.

Many legacy brokers charge upward of $0.60 to $0.75 cents per contract, so this is a great deal. You’ll also get plenty of bang for your buck, thanks to eoption’s bells and whistles. You can set up an automated strategy using its auto trading feature and even get direct market access through the sterling pro trader.

Eoption has a $500 minimum to open an account and offers traditional, roth, SEP and coverdell iras.

Can you really trade options for free?

The short answer is: absolutely! Brokers continually undercut each other on commissions and that’s great news for retail traders.

Online brokers rarely have commissions higher than $5 to $7 these days and disruptors like robinhood and gatsby options have gone even lower than that. Both offer $0 commissions on all options trades.

Another way to trade options for free is through paper trading. With a paper trading account, you’ll be given monopoly money in a simulated brokerage account and can actively trade the market with your fake cash. Paper trading is a great way to hone your skills, practice new strategies and figure out how to trade.

But which should you choose, free trading or paper trading? When it comes to options brokers, all it depends on your bankroll and experience level as a trader.

Getting started

Before choosing an options broker, you need to determine your own investing goals. Do you simply want to make the most possible money? Do you have a specific savings target in mind? Or do just want to increase your knowledge of the options market and explore how different strategies work?

If you’re inexperienced with options or want to try out a few new strategies, paper trading might be your best bet. However, if you’re a veteran trader and you want to cut your transaction costs, take a look at some of our favorite free or low-cost options brokers.

Paper trading

Practice makes perfect and that’s why paper trading is so popular, especially among new traders. With paper trading, you aren’t putting any real capital at risk, but you can simulate live action in the markets or even go back in time and trade through previous periods. Many brokers have a free paper trading account available to anyone with a real brokerage account.

However, know that paper trading has drawbacks. Fake money means no skin in the game. All the emotion is taken out of trading, which is something that will never happen in the real market. Expertise in paper trading does not automatically translate to success in the real world.

Using a free or low-cost broker

If paper trading doesn’t appeal to you, finding a free or low-cost broker should be your alternative goal. Free trading is still a relatively new concept, but brokers like robinhood and gatsby options have totally removed commissions.

Even traditional legacy brokers are getting into the race to zero (for example, fidelity now has zero-expense etfs). Finding a free or low-cost broker to trade options is no longer like looking for a needle in a haystack.

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Looking ahead to the bills' upcoming 2021 free agents

The bills have, at least, six games remaining in the 2020 NFL season after their bye week. Most expect the year will extend longer than that. Exactly how long remains to be seen.

But after that slate, however far it extends, some guys could be playing their final games of their career with the bills. It is what it is… there’s the business side to things, right? Contracts come to an end and people move on each year.

So let’s take a look at which bills players fall into this category. Here’s the full list of upcoming 2021 free agents for the bills via spotrac:

DE trent murphy

Bills defensive end trent murphy. (AP photo/ross D. Franklin)

Age: 29
2020 cap hit: $9.775M
contract: 3 years, $22.5M

TE tyler kroft

Bills tight end tyler kroft. Credit: vincent carchietta-USA TODAY sports

Age: 27
2020 cap hit: $6.9M
contract: 3 years, $18.75M (final year voided)

CB josh norman

Bills cornerback josh norman. Credit: stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY sports

Age: 32
2020 cap hit: $5.8M
contract: 1 year, $6M

OL ty nsekhe

Bills offensive tackle ty nsekhe. (AP photo/eric christian smith)

Age: 34
2020 cap hit: $5.2M
contract: 2 years, $10M

OL jon feliciano

Bills offensive guard jon feliciano. (AP photo/rick scuteri)

Age: 28
2020 cap hit: $4.4M
contract: 2 years, $7.25M

OL brian winters

Bills brian winters. (AP photo/rick scuteri)

Age: 29
2020 cap hit: $3M
contract: 1 year, $3M (signed with jets)

OL daryl williams

Bills offensive lineman daryl williams. (AP photo/adrian kraus)

Age: 28
2020 cap hit: $2.5M
contract: 1 year, $2.25M

QB matt barkley

Bills quarterback matt barkley. Credit: douglas defelice-USA TODAY sports

Age: 29
2020 cap hit: $2.025M
contract: 2 years, $4M

WR andre roberts

Bills’ andre roberts. (AP photo/adrian kraus)

Age: 32
2020 cap hit: $1.4M
contract: 2 years, $4.6M

RB taiwan jones

Bills running back taiwan jones. Credit: timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY sports

Age: 32
2020 cap hit: $1.656M
contract: 1 year, $1.75M

RB TJ yeldon

Bills running back T.J. Yeldon. Credit: christopher hanewinckel-USA TODAY sports

Age: 26
2020 cap hit: $1.9M
contract: 2 years, $3.2M

S dean marlowe

Dean marlowe (31). (AP photo/adrian kraus)

Age: 28
2020 cap hit: $1.015M
contract: 1 year, $1.550M

WR isaiah mckenzie

Bills wide receiver isaiah mckenzie credit: stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY sports

Age: 25
2020 cap hit: $962K
contract: 1 year, $962K

LB matt milano

Bills linebacker matt milano (gannett photo)

Age: 25
2020 cap hit: $2.198M
contract: 4 years, $2.662M (rookie deal)

CB levi wallace (RFA)

Bills cornerback levi wallace. (AP photo/doug murray)

Age: 25
2020 cap hit: $697K
contract: 1 year, $750K

DT justin zimmer (RFA)

Bills justin zimmer (gannett photo)

Age: 27
2020 cap hit: $485K
contract: 1 year, $750K

LB andre smith (RFA)

Bills linebacker andre smith. (AP photo/doug murray)

Age: 23
2020 cap hit: $441.2K
contract: 1 year, $750K

P corey bojorquez (RFA)

Bills kicker punter corey bojorquez . (AP photo/rick scuteri)

Age: 23
2020 cap hit: $750K
contract: 3 year, $1.71M (signed with patriots)

OL ike boettger (RFA)

Bills guard ike boettger. (AP photo/adrian kraus)

Age: 25
2020 cap hit: $750K
contract: 3 years, $1.71M

CB cam lewis (ERFA)

Cam lewis #47 of the buffalo bills. (photo by bryan M. Bennett/getty images)

Age: 23
2020 cap hit: $466.5K
contract: 1 year, $610K

Takeaways from bills' brandon beane at start of training camp

Buffalo bills head coach sean mcdermott and general manager brandon beane kicked off the team’s very different 2020 training camp on sunday, as both had press conferences via video with members of the media.

Due to COVID-19, the team’s training camp is going to be much different all around this year. Both touched on that aspect of camp as well as a slew of other bills-related topics.

With that, here are eight takeaways from beane's presser:

Another opt outto start his first report from training camp, beane announced that the bills have another player opting out of the 2020 season. This time.

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Revised $175M 2021 salary cap paints bleak picture for buffalo bills

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is causing stress on the economy, and even considering the king of sports that the NFL is, the league is going to feel some impacts of it, too.

Namely, the 2021 salary cap.

With limited or no fans in stadiums this season, the league is in for a significant hit to its 2020 revenue, which will have an impact on the 2021 salary cap. On friday, it was reported that the NFL proposed to the NFLPA that the salary cap next year be set at $175 million, which could even once again later change. The league and.

Remaining july free agents left for bills to consider

Welcome to july, can't you just taste the football right around the corner?

Of course, that means little right now. There's a plan in place to start training camp, as scheduled, at the end of the month. But who really knows what will happen? Assuming that goes according to plan, NFL rosters are still pretty set in stone now.

But let's have some fun. If bills general manager brandon beane were to be in the market to add another free agent or two before training camp comes around, could there be some options out there?

Denver broncos: 5 free agents who won’t be with the team in 2021

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Denver broncos: 5 free agents who won’t be with the team in 2021.

The denver broncos have a number of big-name free agents in 2021 and a handful of other players with important club options.

I will preface this by saying I also thought there was roughly a 0 percent chance that shelby would return to the broncos for 2020, but here we are.

Harris has become a fan favorite in denver and is one of the best defensive linemen on the team. The broncos could bring him back for 2021 and beyond, but there are a few reasons they might not.

First of all, the broncos already have jurrell casey, mike purcell, dre’mont jones, and mctelvin agim under contract. They obviously hope that agim can develop as a third-round pick, and both purcell and casey — while on IR this season — are veteran players who are quality starters when healthy.

If the broncos were to pay harris on a multi-year deal, which he is worth, they would have a lot of guaranteed cash tied up in multiple defensive linemen who are 30 or older, which is not an ideal spot to be in.

It’s also possible that keeping harris would prevent the broncos from keeping other younger core players on the roster.

Unless they can get him at an outstanding discount like they did in 2020, I think harris is going to finally get a 3-4 year deal from another team with the guaranteed cash and long-term security he deserves.

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Demarcus walker, DL

The denver broncos used their second-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft on walker in hopes that he could bring his pass rush abilities to a defensive line that had lost some key pieces from the super bowl 50 team.

Walker has certainly flashed in his four seasons with the broncos, but he hasn’t become a full-time player. Part of that is due to the fact that in his rookie season, vance joseph made him play outside linebacker (a huge mistake) and then benched him for not making enough plays on “teams” (special teams).

An entire season of walker’s NFL career was basically wasted before he saw the field more in 2018. When vic fangio was hired in 2019, walker set career marks with four sacks and five tackles for loss.

In 2020, he’s playing the most he ever has in his NFL career (injuries are partly why), logging 25 percent of the defensive snaps so far this season.

Although walker has been solid depth for denver’s defensive line, he is more likely to find a home on another team as a rotational player in 2021.

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A list of all the 49ers 2021 free agents

The 49ers have a slew of tough free agency decisions to make in the offseason.

With the salary cap potentially dipping as far as $40 million and a number of aging stars hitting the market, san francisco is at another turning point for their long-term championship window.

Here are all the players who’re slated to become free agents.

* restricted free agent
** exclusive rights free agent

49ers, matthew stafford could help each other get over the hump

Matthew stafford and the detroit lions have agreed to part ways this offseason, which is something that could (should?) matter greatly to the 49ers as they search for potential upgrades over jimmy garoppolo. A union between stafford and san francisco could wind up being beneficial to both parties.

Consider where stafford's career sits. He's 32-years old, a 12-year veteran, has a sub-.500 record as a starter and is 0-3 in the postseason. All of this comes despite the fact he's already no. 16 all-time in passing yards. Stafford is a better player than his record and lack.

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Bettcher, 42, quickly made a name for himself in the coaching ranks after orchestrating a pair of top defenses for the cardinals in his first.

Detroit lions agree to part with QB matthew stafford

The san francisco 49ers offseason has barely begun, but it's already shaping up to be one of the most exciting in the franchise's recent history.

With questions swirling around the future of quarterback jimmy garoppolo, an obvious target is set to hit the market. Quarterback matthew stafford and the detroit lions have agreed to part ways this offseason according to multiple reports. NFL media's tom pelissero had it first.

Stafford would be an undeniable upgrade over garoppolo. This season, the 33-year old completed 64.2% of his passes for 4,084 yards, 26 touchdowns, and just 10 interceptions. While he.

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Looking ahead at the ravens' 10 most important 2021 free agents

The baltimore ravens are watching football from the comfort of their couches in week 7, enjoying a much-needed bye week. But while they can take the chance to grab some rest, the business of football never stops. The front office will undoubtedly use this time to evaluate where the entire roster is at and start gathering ideas about how they want to handle their pending free agents.

The ravens have a bunch of high-profile players set to hit free agency this upcoming offseason. Though baltimore has quite a bit of cap space (expected to have the sixth-most cap space in 2021, according to over the cap), they can’t possibly keep everyone under contract.

This bye week seems like a good time as any to focus on some of these players, taking a look at their 2020 production plus some thoughts as to whether they are likely to return to the purple in 2021.

Judon is playing out the season under the franchise tag and was hoping for a big year to propel him towards a big payday in 2021. Things haven’t turned out that way, to be honest.

Judon has been productive, leading all ravens outside linebackers in snap share. Judon has been in on 64.5% of the ravens defensive snaps and has six quarterback knockdowns and 11 quarterback hits. These are good for fifth and seventh in the NFL.

But while coaches and analysts will acknowledge this disruption, the stats that attract the big money in free-agency have eluded him. Judon has three tackles for a loss — tied for 53rd — and just two sacks. 45 players have more sacks than judon in 2020, including cornerback marlon humphrey.

Given his lack of truly game-altering numbers and the fact that judon will be 29 years old during the 2021 season, it’s highly unlikely he’ll be able to command a top deal among edge rushers. He’ll be lucky to get a deal along the lines of his franchise tag tender ($16.8 million), and only a very needy team would consider bumping into the joey bosa ($27 million average per year) and myles garrett ($25 million APY) category. Even more importantly, with the addition of yannick ngakoue via trade, baltimore might have just signaled they don’t plan on keeping judon around next year either. If that holds true, it’ll further limit his potential market.

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Stanley has not been fully healthy in 2020, missing an entire game while sitting out parts of two more. When he is on the field, however, he is among the league’s best young offensive tackles.

The problem with being such a player is that they don’t come cheap, and stanley is playing out the fifth-year of his rookie deal in 2020. His $12.866 million salary this season, if we project that as an annual figure moving forward, would be “good” for 13th among left tackles in the NFL. That’s not going to fly, especially when laremy tunsil is earning $22 million annually from the texans.

Offensive line play is difficult for outsiders to quantify, but according to pro football reference’s approximate value metric, tunsil’s value since 2016 is 30. Stanley, also drafted in 2016, is 42. According to pro football focus, stanley has an 81.9 overall grade this season, good enough for the seventh-best among all tackles. Added to his historic 2019 campaign, and stanley has a pretty solid case to be called the best tackle in the league and get paid like it.

The ravens have recently extended marlon humphrey, you would hope that stanley is the next one in line for a big payday.

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Skura saw his 2019 season end after just 11 games after he suffered a gruesome injury. He’s fought back from that injury to return to his place as an every-down starter for the ravens at the pivot. Skura has played 97.3% of the ravens offensive snaps in 2020.

The problem for the ravens is whether they see skura as a player who is good enough or someone who can still up his game to become one of the elites of the game. If it’s the former, then they should look to replace him this offseason. If it’s the latter, then he needs paying like one of the top players.

Ryan kelly is the current leader in center contracts, earning $12.4 million a year with the colts. That seems like an awful lot to invest, especially with ronnie stanley still in need of an extension. I hate to use the term “team-friendly”, but unless skura is content to stay with the ravens for pennies on the dollar he may be entering the final stages of his baltimore career.

It’s safe to say that the ravens have been very pleased with having griffin as the backup to lamar jackson. Jackson’s own durability has meant he hasn’t missed a start due to injury during his career, and when he was rested for a game last year, griffin was able to guide the ravens to victory over a competitive steelers team.

The question here is whether griffin wants to remain as a backup in baltimore or if he wants and is able to challenge for a starting job elsewhere. He’s previously discussed wanting to get a chance to start again in the NFL but that might be a gamble at this point in his career. However, this could be relevant should ravens offensive coordinator greg roman become a head coach in 2021, especially on a team without an established quarterback on the roster.

If griffin does want to remain, the question of his cost becomes an issue. At present, griffin is earning $2 million a year. Backups around the NFL have seen something of a salary bump of late, with marcus mariota earning $8.8 million with the raiders, case keenum making $6 million a year in cleveland, and even andy dalton scoring a $3 million a year deal with dallas.

At 30 years old and with just six starts since 2016, griffin is running out of time to establish any sort of NFL career. This could be a pivotal offseason for him.

The ravens like having gus edwards around, you cannot argue with the data. Even accounting for an injury to mark ingram against the eagles in week 6, edwards has played on 34.05% of the ravens snaps this year. That’s a mere tick away from rookie J.K dobbins, who has been in on 36.5%.

Edwards has 48 carries for 218 yards and a touchdown so far in 2020. This is only two carries behind ingram and jackson. While the ravens like dobbins enough that they spent a second-round pick on him this past offseason, they are comforted by the presence of edwards.

This comfort, plus the fact that edwards will only be a restricted free agent in 2021, should ensure that the gus bus will be pulling into baltimore for at least another season after this one.

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Ngakoue hasn’t even played a down for baltimore yet, but that isn’t stopping us from talking about the offseason. However, it’s worth noting that ngakoue’s lack of playing time with the ravens makes this far harder to determine.

Though ngakoue is a pending free agent right now, it seems far more likely baltimore will sign him to an extension before he ever gets a chance to test the market. The ravens haven’t often pulled off a big trade like this only to let that player escape a few months later and I doubt that starts now. But if ngakoue has another double-digit sack season, baltimore will have to pony up quite a lot of cash to make a deal happen.

Pass rushers are worth their weight in gold in this era of the NFL and ngakoue has been one of the most disruptive pass rushers around. Through six games, ngakoue already has five sacks, 11 pressures, and two forced fumbles; meaning he’s not very far off his career bests. While that’s exactly why the ravens traded for him, it’s also why he’s going to cost around $20 million a year.

There are some other options here though. Baltimore could let ngakoue leave in free agency, likely getting a third-round compensatory pick in the 2022 NFL draft in return. Or they could franchise tag him and trade him elsewhere, though that proved to be far more difficult and less lucrative for the jacksonville jaguars this offseason than the ravens might like.

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Snead has had his moments here in baltimore but 2020 has been a rough year for the eldest ravens wide receiver. Through six games this season, snead has caught just 11 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown. Despite playing 66% of the offense’s snaps, snead clearly isn’t getting it done, which is just one of the reasons why baltimore could be looking at potential trade options.

The ravens signed snead to a one-year deal last season, seemingly setting up his departure following 2020 with the ascension of younger players. However, baltimore isn’t having much luck with the rest of its wide receiver corps either, which might put this plan in some doubt. If the ravens don’t trade for someone this season and don’t like who is available in free agency, they could opt to bring snead back for another year simply because of the familiarity.

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The ravens brought smith back on a one-year deal this offseason, giving them an experienced cornerback who could float around the secondary in a variety of roles. While smith is fairly far removed from being a pro bowl-caliber player any longer, he’s shown an ability to hold his own next to marcus peters and marlon humphrey.

Smith might be one of the more intriguing free agents baltimore has. While the team would undoubtedly like to get younger and cheaper at the position, moving on from smith in the process, he’s continued to be a valuable asset to the team this season. With tavon young, anthony averett, and iman marshall all on injured reserve, the ravens have once again gotten smacked with the lack of health at the position and might want to keep around the elder statesman of the secondary as an insurance policy.

Smith’s continued status with the team is likely going to be determined by how much attention he receives in free agency and what baltimore does in the 2021 NFL draft. If they make a clear effort to stack young talent at cornerback, it’ll signal they’re moving on from smith. But all it takes is one injury or a prospect going before the ravens are on the clock for smith to be welcomed back with open arms.

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Baltimore brought wolfe in this season after a failed deal with los angeles rams defensive tackle michael brockers. The hope was wolfe’s one-year, prove-it deal would incentivize him to a career season. Unfortunately, wolfe has battled some injuries this season and had limited playing time when healthy, leading to no sacks and only two quarterback hits over four games.

With the ravens trading for ngakoue and getting positive play from rookies broderick washington and justin madubuike, it appears like wolfe’s time with baltimore is going to be limited. Barring some injuries elsewhere or wolfe balling out the final half of the season, baltimore could probably get similar or better play for a fraction of the cost by going with their young players and would be wise to do so next year.

Bowser is hoping to follow in the footsteps of guys like za’darius smith, who turned an impressive fourth-year stat sheet into a massive contract elsewhere. While it seems unlikely bowser will get that level of contract this upcoming offseason, he could very well price himself out of baltimore’s range if he continues to play well.

Bowser got off to a great start, notching a sack in each of the first two games before dropping off over the last four. Still, bowser has improved his play dramatically from previous years and is looking at career bests in tackles, sacks, and quarterback hits if he can keep up this pace for the rest of the season.

The deal former new england patriots linebacker kyle van noy signed with the miami dolphins this offseason seems like a fitting price tag for bowser if he keeps at this pace. Van noy signed a four-year, $51 million deal that befits his well-rounded skillset without breaking the bank. Unfortunately for baltimore, that’s likely a little too rich for their wallet, especially if they plan on re-signing either judon or ngakoue.

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Ranking the steelers' 2021 free agents by who should be re-signed

Pittsburgh steelers 2021 pending free agents

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Who are the steelers best options at ILB in free agency?

The steelers 53-man roster and practice squad are assembled. With all the moves made between saturday and sunday, pittsburgh is still in need of depth at inside linebacker.

The team currently has $9.9 million in cap space available, according to overthecap.

Here are the top five best free linebackers on the market (while vontaez burfict is a UFA, I excluded him for obvious reasons).

Former giants safety nat berhe headed to pittsburgh for meeting with steelers

The pittsburgh steelers appear intent on replacing recently released special teams standout robert golden via free agency this offseason after news emerged of an impending meeting with another candidate for his vacated role.

Former new york giants safety nat berhe broke the story himself when he announced on instagram he was headed to pittsburgh for a business meeting with the steelers. He is expected to be at team facilities on tuesday.

Originally drafted in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft by the giants, berhe has been more of a contributor on special.

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