Predicting where the NFL's top 6 free-agent running backs will sign, including Derrick Henry and Saquon Barkley

The NFL’s legal tampering period will begin Monday at noon ET, meaning teams can begin negotiating deals with upcoming free agents. And among those free agents are a group of top-flight running backs sure to garner league-wide attention.

Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs headline that class of running backs expected to be available for teams to sign, and Tony Pollard, Austin Ekeler and D’Andre Swift are other players at the position to make FTW’s list of the top 102 free agents in 2024. The only question left to answer is where each player will land once the music stops playing.

Betting odds have the Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers among the most favored teams to land one of the top backs. Here’s how I see it playing out, based on fit, need and cap space.