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One year later: The real winners, losers of 2016 NFL free agency

It's fashionable and fun to declare immediate victors after the first few days of NFL free agency. The formula usually goes like this: Teams "win" when they sign well-known players, especially if they set new benchmarks in contract terms, and they "lose" when they fail to address their needs with a well-known player who costs a ton of money.

A year later, of course, we have a much better idea of who made smart decisions.