{"id":771944,"date":"2026-07-01T11:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771944\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:21:30","slug":"7-bargain-bin-nfl-free-agents-who-can-still-help-nfl-teams-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771944\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Bargain-Bin NFL Free Agents Who Can Still Help NFL Teams In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">In 2024, Mekhi Becton experienced a career rebirth with the Philadelphia Eagles, who made a Super Bowl run that season. He played an intricate role in their top-notch offensive line that opened lanes for the No. 2 rushing offense of that year. Running back Saquon Barkley ran behind Becton and Co. for a league-leading 2,005 yards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">On a one-year, prove-it deal with the Eagles, Becton increased his free-agent market value and inked a <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/player\/mekhi-becton\/8751\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">two-year, $10 million contract<\/a> with the Los Angeles Chargers last offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Although Becton started in 14 of 15 outings with the Chargers, he battled knee and hand injuries that may have affected his performances. The 6&#8217;7&#8243;, 363-pound guard also <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/chargers\/onsi\/chargers-mekhi-becton-remains-concussion-protocol-final-week-5-injury-report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a concussion<\/a> last year. Los Angeles released him before free agency in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Becton has an extensive injury history that dates back to his four-year stint with the New York Jets. Yet when healthy, the massive interior lineman can be an asset to a team that needs insurance for an underperforming starter or intends to feature a downhill ground attack in the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Potential Suitors: Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2024, Mekhi Becton experienced a career rebirth with the Philadelphia Eagles, who made a Super Bowl run&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-771944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}