2024 NFL free agency mock draft: Kirk Cousins to Patriots, Mike Evans to Bears and 30 other big-name moves

Imagine if the free agent market was conducted like a draft

Every NFL offseason, mock drafts captivate fans eager for the next crop of high-profile rookies to find their new homes. But so often the exercise overlooks the fact that free agency comes first -- and often ends up reshaping certain draft priorities.

So what if we applied the mock draft format to free agency? Below, we've done just that, imagining where some of the best available veterans might end up if teams were allowed to "sign" them in a designated order.

Rather than list teams in reverse order of last season's records, we've created the draft order based on projected 2024 salary cap space, so the teams with the most money to spend get the better pick of this year's top free agents.