NFL free agency kicks off

There has certainly been a lot of moves going on in the National Football League so far in the offseason of 2019.
This past week the NFL kicked off its free agency deals with big trades that turned heads around.
Starting off with the first big move was former wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers Antonio Brown. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Brown’s new contract is a three-year contract and worth $50.125 million with a maximum value of $54.125 million.
Also Brown will receive $30.125 million guaranteed, which is $30.125 million more than he was due to receive from the Steelers.
In return for the trade, the Steelers will receive a third and fifth round pick in the upcoming 2019 NFL Draft.
This trade was speculated for quite sometime because of a series of events that Brown displayed.
This included the Facebook live video posted by Brown in the locker room after a playoff win in 2016 against the Kansas City Chiefs, on the sideline rants and twitter posts about quarterback Ben Rothelisberger.
This trade certainly came as a shock, because the Steelers appeared to have invested in Brown with a long-term, five-year contract that would keep him through the 2021 season.
“We were trying to build this team a certain way, but when he [Brown] became available at a different level, it was kind of like, listen, we can change how we practice,” stated Gerneral Manager of Oakland Raiders Mike Mayock in an interview with Rapoport.
The second biggest trade of the NFL is former wide receiver of the New York Giants Odell Beckham Jr. Beckham has been traded to the Cleveland Browns for a 17th overall pick in the 2019 draft, a third round pick and former Browns’ safety Jabrill Peppers.
Beckham had signed a five-year $90 million extension with the Giants last year.
Beckham still has over $72.7 million left on his original contract but only $16.7 million of that is guaranteed salary.
Certainly this came as a shock to the league as the Giants’ organization last season had expressed they had no interest in trading Odell.
Though Odell certainly has had his share of causing on and off the field problems.
This would include his scuffle with safety Josh Norman in 2015, his hitting of the field goal net, partying before a playoff game and his questioning of his desire to win games with an onside kick.