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Friday's free-agency winners, losers: Star WR finds new home
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Winners, losers from Friday's NFL free agency: Cooper Kupp finds new home

The first week of NFL free agency and the offseason concluded on Friday with one major wide receiver signing as Cooper Kupp joined the Seattle Seahawks.

Let's take a look at the rest of the winners and losers from Friday's NFL free agency.

Winner: Wide receiver Cooper Kupp

Signing with the Seattle Seahawks is a huge win for Kupp for several reasons. 

The biggest being that he is getting a reported three-year, $45 million contract at his age (31) and after battling major injury issues the past couple of seasons. 

The second is that he gets to return to Washington state where he is originally from (Yakima) and played his college football (Eastern Washington).

He also gets an opportunity to play as part of a retooled Seahawks offense while also playing against his former team two times a year to try and get some revenge. 

Loser: Dallas Cowboys

Another year, another underwhelming offseason for the Cowboys, and they are taking losses all over the place this spring. 

They signed running back Miles Sanders early Friday morning, but that is not an upgrade over Rico Dowdle who ended up replacing Sanders in Carolina.

They were rumored to be interested in Kupp to serve as a complement to superstar CeeDee Lamb, only to watch him sign with the Seahawks instead. 

Then they got humiliated by former player DeMarcus Lawrence after he joined the Seahawks and took a shot at the Cowboys' Super Bowl chances

If you are a Cowboys fan, where is the optimism coming from this offseason?

Winner: Kansas City Chiefs depth

The Chiefs made a couple of smaller depth signings on Friday, bringing back running back Kareem Hunt on a one-year deal and signing Bailey Zappe for some additional quarterback depth. They are not league-altering moves by any stretch, but solid depth at a couple of key positions. With Patrick Mahomes, Gardner Minshew and Zappe the Chiefs have one of the league's best quarterback rooms with a future Hall of Famer and two very capable backups. 

Loser: Buffalo Bills free-agent class

It is not that the Bills free agent signings are bad. They added some outstanding depth to their defensive line.

The problem is they are going to have to wait until Week 7 to see two of them as they learned on Friday that Michael Hoecht and Larry Ogunjobi are facing six-game suspensions for PED violations. 

Winner: Free agents in general

In terms of top-end talent, this was not a great group of free agents. Thanks to the combination of a rising salary cap, as well as some desperation from teams looking to find help, free agents still managed to cash in with some massive dollar numbers. 

Adam Gretz

Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark. Catch him on Twitter @AGretz

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