2013 NFL free agents: A good year to need a safety

The defensive end has an expiring contract and has already been contacted by multiple teams since the “legal tampering” period of NFL free agency opened last night at 12 a.m. eastern time, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

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Kelly signed a lucrative, seven-year contract extension worth just over $50 million back in 2008. After nine season with the Raiders, Kelly says he hasn’t heard from anyone in the organization since the end of the season. Kelly is 32 years old and could still have a year or two left in the tank.

Kelly was a consistent component of the Raiders’ defensive line, starting all 16 games in each of the last five seasons. He only recorded one sack this last year, though, after piling up 14.5 sacks in the two previous seasons combined.

Still, Woodson is a career ballhawking playmaker both in the secondary and around the line of scrimmage. His reputation and presence -- the 55 career interceptions and 12 touchdowns -- are valuable commodities themselves; a threat offenses can’t ignore. He of course has lost a step or two, he can get beat by either speedy backs out of the backfield or physical receivers and tight ends. But he is in the Guile and Smarts stage of his NFL life, the time where his leadership and understanding of the game, not to mention the instinctual skills and abilities remaining, are going to be worth something to someone.

Woodson’s career stats:

Louis Delmas didn’t waste any time making an impact at the NFL level but, after two promising seasons to start his career, has been limited by injuries over the last two seasons. Delmas is scheduled to hit unrestricted free agency March 12, and while young and talented, injury concerns could hurt his free agent prospects.

“Our doctors are still evaluating his situation,” Mayhew said, according to ESPN. “We’re still making those decisions as we speak.”