NFL offseason is officially kicking into high gear. After a flurry of pre-free agency trade agreements over the weekend, then a rush of activity to start the free agent negotiating period on Monday and Tuesday,

The first stage of the player acquisition period of the NFL offseason is here. The league's free agency period started at noon Monday. That's when the official "negotiation window" opened up for teams to reach out to players' agents and start talking about and reaching agreement on deals.