NFL Stars Gather for Thrilling 'Free Agency Frenzy' in NFC North!

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 19: Head coach Ben Johnson of the Chicago Bears reacts during the game against the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field on October 19, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images) | Getty Images Earlier this week, we brought you another SB Nation Reacts survey with a couple of questions about free agency. We’ve got the results of that survey here for you today, so let’s get to those results and find out what everyone is thinking, shall we?

The first of our questions for you this week centered around the NFC North since, when we had to have our questions in, our Minnesota Vikings really hadn’t done a whole lot in the way of free agent activity. So, we asked you folks which of our NFC North rivals had the best free agency period up to that point, and you folks picked a pretty clear winner. Of those who responded to our survey, nearly 60% of you said the team that had fared best in free agency so far in 2026 was the team that won the division in 2025, the Chicago Bears.

Another 22% went with the Detroit Lions, while the Green Bay Packers brought up the rear with 19% of the vote. But it was a pretty clear victory for the Bears in our polling for this week. It does seem like the Packers and the Lions have lost a lot more than they’ve gained in free agency so far, now that the first big wave of things is over.

The Bears have shored up some spots on the roster that needed to be bolstered and should, barring anything weird, be the favorites to repeat this coming season. Sure, the other three teams will have something to say about that, but that’s where the smart money is probably going right now. Our other question this week did center around our favorite team, specifically the two notable losses that they suffered in the first week of free agency.