Amid the seemingly endless flurry of news over the course of the past couple of days about this player signing with this team and these two teams orchestrating trades for such and such, it’s important to remember that, outside of teams re-signing their own players, restructuring deals, or signing street free agents, none of these things have actually happened yet, and are subject to change.
In a normal year, we usually see at least one or two deals that were initially reported reverse course by the time the new league year actually opens. Last season, for example, Minnesota Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr had agreed in principle to a deal with the New York Jets; a day later, he chose to remain with the Vikings.