NFL free agency is a roll of the dice, with success far from guaranteed when throwing big money at a player.
Often times, it backfires (looking at you, Albert Haynesworth and Washington). But there come the occasional marriages of player and team that wind up being just right.
Sometimes, these signings are under the radar, like when New England added character players such as Mike Vrabel, Larry Izzo, David Patten and Roman Phifer, among other, en route to a surprising Super Bowl victory and the launch of a dynasty.
So when teams are free to sign players from other squads beginning at 3 p.