The first week of the NFL's new league year produced the major transactions most expected — quarterback acquisitions, premium receivers tagged or traded, defensive impact players changing addresses — and left a secondary wave of business for the next two to three weeks.

Week two of free agency typically features more deliberate transactions: teams that missed week-one targets recalibrating, players whose contract asks were too high finding that the market has moved past them, and veterans released in cap-clearing moves finding landing spots.

The positions most likely to see movement in week two: safety, where several teams identified coverage deficiencies in their postseason exits and have not yet addressed them; interior defensive line, where veterans cut ahead of free agency remain available; and pass rusher, where the Cowboys' acquisition of Rashan Gary and the broader defensive line activity in week one left several teams still in need of productive edge play.

The teams most likely to be active: Kansas City, which has historically operated as a week-two organization, prioritizing re-signing its own players first before adding from the available pool; the New York Jets, which made no major week-one acquisitions and must either be planning something larger or is holding for the draft; and the Las Vegas Raiders, who remain without a clear starter at quarterback and will need to determine in the next three weeks whether the solution is on the open market or in the first round of the draft.

The NFL Draft on April 23 creates the practical end of free agency as a genuine market for established veterans. Teams that have not addressed their needs by late April will be working the undrafted free agent pool and final roster cuts in August. The window for adding players who have proven they can contribute at the NFL level is the next three weeks.

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Sources: "2026 NFL free agency week two preview," NFL Network | "NFL free agent tracker: remaining available players," ESPN | "NFL Free Agency 2026: best available veterans," CBS Sports