While there are always some surprising free-agent signings, there are also plenty that just make too much sense not to happen.

We highlighted five of the latter that we think would serve the players and the teams well.

OT Ronnie Stanley: Kansas City Chiefs
It has been well documented how poorly Kansas City’s left tackles fared during the 2024 season, as they allowed a pressure on 11.3% of pass plays, the NFL's worst rate. They also combined to earn a 50.0 PFF pass-blocking grade, the league's lowest. It forced the Chiefs to play guard Joe Thuney at left tackle in the second half of the season; however, since they traded Thuney to the Chicago Bears, that is not an option anymore, and they need to fix the left tackle position.

Meanwhile, Stanley had his best season since 2020, as he earned a 70.7 PFF overall grade. However, Stanley's 80.9 PFF pass-blocking grade ranked 16th among offensive tackles, as he surrendered a pressure on just 6.7% of his team's pass plays.

C Drew Dalman: Chicago Bears
New head coach Ben Johnson did not waste any time improving Chicago’s offensive line in an effort to help quarterback Caleb Williams’s development in his second season in the league. The Bears have already added guards Jonah Jackson and Joe Thuney via trades, and there is a good chance they will not stop at those moves. Center Coleman Shelton signed just a one-year deal with the Bears last season, so Chicago does not really have a starting center on its roster at this point.

Dalman has become one of the best centers in the NFL over his time with the Falcons, as he ranked in the top five in PFF overall grade in each of the last two seasons. Even though his main strength is more in the run game, Dalman could immediately make Chicago’s interior trio one of the better interior offensive lines in the entire NFL.

WR Amari Cooper: Los Angeles Chargers
Even though last year’s second-round pick Ladd McConkey has been everything the Chargers could have hoped for and even more, Los Angeles still desperately needs wide receivers, which was very evident in the Chargers’ lone playoff game. Of Los Angeles’s 242 receiving yards, 197 were recorded by the rookie, which was in line with what we have seen from the Chargers offense during the regular season.

Even though there is no elite wide receiver option on the free agent market following the Cincinnati Bengals franchise tagging Tee Higgins, Cooper could be a reliable target and No. 2 wide receiver in the Chargers offense. While the veteran wide receiver could not really carve out a role for himself in Buffalo after he joined the Bills midseason, having a full offseason in the Chargers offense could enable him to still contribute in 2025.