The NFL free agency period is here, even if today is just the soft opening with the “legal tampering” period. Full-fledged free agency officially begins Thursday afternoon, with teams and players able to come to an agreement on the structure of a contract between now and then, but not able to officially announce a deal or sign a contract until that 4pm ET mark on Thursday. The soft opening does not stop crazy rumors to begin spreading, and it does not mean the gambling industry is not already taking in money on where a player may or may not land when the dust settles from the next few weeks.