It's been an interesting year of NFL free agency; a lot of teams had money, but the talent pool was not necessarily deep enough to justify spending it. As a result, several teams opted to pay their own players more now and give themselves flexibility into the future.

NFL free agency kicked off with the legal negotiation window on Monday, and players can now officially sign with new teams as of Wednesday, which was the start of the new league year. There has already been plenty of action.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, for example, face the league's biggest cap deficit at over $21 million. They're only $9.4 million over the cap with only the top 51 contracts considered,