NFL Insider Tom Pelissero: Where the Top Unsigned Free Agents Could Land

The draft is over. The big free agent moves are mostly settled. Tom Pelissero arrived to update the names that have not landed anywhere, and the list is longer than most fans realize.

Stefon Diggs is still on the market. Tyreek Hill is a free agent, though his 2026 availability is itself a question. Deebo Samuel is unsigned. Keenan Allen is unsigned. A handful of running backs are out there, including Najee Harris and Austin Ekeler, both working back from significant injuries. The pass-rush market still has Von Miller and Cameron Jordan looking for a fit.

The common thread, Pelissero said, is that all of these players are at the stage of their careers where the old contracts are not coming back.

"You're at that stage where you're not making the money that you used to, and you're going to have to make a decision," Pelissero said. "Do you want to play? If so, what matters to you? Do you want to take the most money? Do you want to go to the right spot? Do you want to go back to the team you've always been with? Do you want to try something new?"

Those signings, he said, can come any time over the next four months. The market is unhurried, and most of these decisions will get made when the right roster spot opens, not before.

The second half of Pelissero's update was the quarterback rooms, which the post-draft offseason has now turned into real competitions.

In Los Angeles, Pelissero anticipates Ty Simpson waits behind Matthew Stafford. The wrinkle is Stafford's contract, which still needs to get done, plus whatever Stafford himself says publicly about the Simpson pick.

In Las Vegas, Pelissero believes the Raiders will lean toward giving Fernando Mendoza time. Clint Kubiak has said he wants a veteran starting at quarterback. Kirk Cousins is that veteran. But the door is not nailed shut.

"If Kirk Cousins goes and stinks it up in the preseason, I don't think they're just going to default to Kirk has to be the quarterback," Pelissero said.

Arizona is the room most worth watching, in Pelissero's read. Jacoby Brissett is the clear QB1. Gardner Minshew is on the roster. So is Carson Beck, the first pick in the third round, who won a substantial volume of college football games.

"That to me is going to be a really interesting competition," Pelissero said.

If Aaron Rodgers does not arrive in Pittsburgh, the Steelers room becomes a three-way competition between Will Howard, Drew Allar, and Mason Rudolph. Pelissero stressed all indications still point to Rodgers showing up, but the contingency is real.

Pelissero closed with the framing he likes most at this point in the calendar.

"This is again the part of the calendar where you start to get past the theoretical phase and see what happens in reality," he said.