NFL free agency seldom leaves teams completely at ease after the first wave of signings.
The league's open market allows organizations to address their most pressing deficiencies in an expeditious – albeit costly – manner, with proven veterans able to come in and resolve areas of need right away. Still, even with an ever-expanding salary cap, franchises typically don't emerge from mid-March without at least one or two remaining areas of concern. And splurges from the competition can occasionally create additional depth chart deficiencies that either will need to be patched up in the coming months or simply worked around during the season.
With the action throughout free agency considerably quieter with the first week of moves complete, here's a look at seven teams that still have at least one major hole and how each one might address it before the season:
When the defending Super Bowl champions opted not to use the franchise tag this offseason, they were essentially bidding farewell to the Super Bowl 60 MVP. Sure enough, Kenneth Walker signed a three-year, $43.05 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, leaving a gaping hole in Seattle's backfield. And while Seahawks general manager John Schneider says he has been "very encouraged" by backup Zach Charbonnet's recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in January, it stands to reason that the team needs at least another solid option as a contingency plan or part of another time share.
