The 2017 NFL free agency period is right around the corner.

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On March 9th Zach Brown Jersey , the floodgates of players looking for a new contract will be opened, and the bidding wars will commence. As usual for many teams, there lies a chance for any given front office to improve their roster, and land a player that will make a significant difference in the upcoming season. We've seen signings like this over the years elevate a team into the upper-tier of the league, while others have crashed and burned, not being worth the expense.That's always the danger with free agency in the NFL. Given the risky nature of pro football itself, and the fact that careers tend to last a shorter amount of time than any other sport Kyler Murray Jersey , there's a thin line between "productive signing" and "absolute disaster". The fact of the matter is that there are plenty of players on the free agent market every year who are overrated, which results in a contract that doesn't match up with their production. The allure of their perceived ceiling as a player is sometimes enough to convince a front office to shell out the cash for them, when they should have been more patient.Ranked below are the top 15 sucker moves that will be made during the 2017 NFL offseason. WASHINGTON (AP) — Two leading advocates for retired NFL players have teamed up in pushing for increased pension benefits for pre-1993 retirees.The Pro Football Retired Players Association, a nonprofit chaired by Hall of Famer Jim Brown, donated $100,000 to Fairness for Athletes in Retirement, a nonprofit advocating for pension parity in the upcoming negotiations over the league’s next collective bargaining agreement.The donation follows a pledge of NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith to prioritize retiree benefits in the next labor accord in 2021.Brown called pension disparity “the most pressing issue facing retiree and FAIR said it will use the money to continue raising awareness about the plight of some 4,000 pre-1993 retirees.“Despite paving the way for the NFL to become what it is today, players of Jim Brown’s era have been left behind with the lowest pension package among all other major U.S. sports leagues,” FAIR president Lisa Marie Riggins said. “These players have never had league health insurance and retirement income is often consumed by medical expenses. With everything they have contributed to the league and the game, they deserve the security of a pension they can survive on.”Addressing the disparity “would be a paradigm shift of historic proportions for a generation of beloved players,” Riggins said.The league and its union instituted “legacy benefits” in its last accord in 2011 that supplemented pre-93 retirees’ pensions by between $108 and $124 monthly per credited season.Their pensions continue to lag behind those of other sports, however. A 10-year NFL veteran who retired before 1993 receives between $24 [ ,000 and $43,560 a year before tax at age 55, according to FAIR.In contrast, FAIR said a Major League Baseball player who retired after 1980 following a 10-year career receives about $200,000 yearly at age 62 and a 10-year NBA veteran who retired after 1965 receives about $215,000 a year at age 62.