Free agency is supposed to be the great equalizer in the NFL. It gives players the right to enter the market and seek out other NFL teams.  They put in the production and outperform contracts year after year. And then, finally, get paid what they’re actually worth. Only… it doesn’t always work that way . Because in a league where the franchise tag exists specifically to trap elite players… where rolling guarantees are the norm and fully guaranteed money is a fight to even get on the table… getting to free agency healthy, happy, and at market value is genuinely hard. And sometimes a team doesn’t just make it hard. They make it personal, and sometimes it gets ugly. Here are 10 times a team completely screwed a player over in free agency. Which NFL players were badly screwed by a team in free agency? Steve Smith Sr., WR, Carolina Panthers (2014) Oct 6, 2019; Charlotte, NC, USA; Former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. speaks during the Hall of Honor ceremony...