Between now and March 5, the first day of the new NFL year and the first day of free agency, plenty can and will change. Teams will attempt to sign some players to long-term deals. Teams will release other players not deemed worthy of their 2010 scheduled base salaries. And teams will slap franchise tags on other players that will restrict their free-agent prospects, disappointing players such as wide receivers Miles Austin, Vincent Jackson and Brandon Marshall. So the class of free agents can look strikingly different from one day to the next. But here's a look at what arguably could be the top five free agents available on March 5.
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Adam Schefter joined ESPN in August 2009 as a football reporter and analyst. In his role with the network, he is a regular contributor to ESPN.com and ESPN Insider. He appears regularly on numerous ESPN programs. Prior to joining ESPN, Schefter was a reporter and analyst for the NFL Network, which he joined in 2004 after 15 years as an award-winning reporter for The Denver Post. He was named the Colorado Sports Writer of the Year in 2002 and 2003.
The former president of the Pro Football Writers of America, Schefter is also the author of four books. His latest, "The Class of Football," was released this summer by Harper Collins. The married father of two is a graduate of both the University of Michigan and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He resides in New York.
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