the nfl’s free agency began and blurred the boundaries between fantasy football and reality with a breathtaking first five minutes jimmy graham is now a seahawk haloti ngata left the ravens for detroit and nick foles heads to the rams with sam bradford heading the other way seattle gave up a first round and a fourth round pick from this year’s draft   and center max unger   to give russell wilson a red zone target in the shape of 28 year old graham jimmy graham (right) has joined the seattle seahawks following four years at the new orleans saints  max unger moved in the opposite direction to complete a switch to the new orleans saints  with 4,752 receiving yards and 51 touchdowns since entering the nfl in 2010, graham’s move is an admission by new orleans that they mismanaged their cap meanwhile, seattle welcome a player to their ranks once called ‘soft’ and ‘the most overrated player in the nfl’ by defensive end michael bennett ngata's move possibly signals the introduction of a 3 4 in the wake of ndamokung suh’s imminent departure to miami the ravens reckoned that the nose tackle was too expensive going into the final year of his current deal detroit gain a 31 year old run stuffer capable of anchoring a defense and with experience of working with defensive co ordinator teryl austin baltimore acquire fourth, fifth and seventh round picks as part of the deal, espn report arguably bradford is the happier of the two following the quarterback trade he joins chip kelly’s fast paced offense where his accuracy will put up the big numbers that’s if he stays fit after missing the entire 2014 season after tearing his acl   his second such injury in as many years   injury concerns will plague bradford for the rest of his career but if he stays fit, the opportunity is there sam bradford has joined the philadelphia eagles, while nick foles moved in the opposite direction  haloti ngata, pictured in white, has left the baltimore ravens to join the detroit lions  it is tough to say the same for foles, who started 18 games for kelly and won 14 of them but after breaking his collarbone, he was jettisoned to st louis, joining the likes of lesean mccoy and jeremy maclin out of philadelphia, who also re signed quarterback mark sanchez on a $9m, two year deal on sunday elsewhere, the future of serial free agent and now super bowl winner darrelle revis is uncertain and percy harvin is visiting the buffalo bills since his release by the new york jets verstile tight end julius thomas heads to jacksonville after agreeing a deal worth around $9m a season torrey smith follows thew path successfully trodden by anquan boldin by joining the 49ers from the ravens after agreeing a five year, $40m deal frank gore joined the colts after ten bruising years in san francisco the bulldozing running back had looked to join the eagles, but will be in the backfield behind andrew luck five time all pro linebacker patrick willis announced his retirement from the game in a further blow to jim tomsula’s new look franchise and jake locker decided to call it a day at the tender age of 26 after four seasons with the tennessee titans, the quarterback says he no longer has ‘the burning desire’ to play in the nfl
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the philadelphia eagles and st louis rams agree a rare quarterback trade with nick sam bradford and nick foles heading in different directions  jimmy graham joins the seattle seahawks from new orleans to give russell wilson a new red zone target  haloti ngata heads to the detroit lions, giving defensive co ordinator teryl austin an experienced nose tackle upon which to build a new 3 4 scheme  torrey smith leaves baltimore for san francisco on a five year, $40m deal 