Winners, losers from Thursday's NFL free agency: Steelers get a QB 

Add in the trade of left tackle Laremy Tunsil and there are certainly some big questions remaining on the Texans offensive line. 

Winner: Jack Conklin, OT, Cleveland Browns 

The Browns re-worked the contract of the veteran tackle, giving him the opportunity to earn $12M this season after incentives, while also allowing him to hit free agency in 2026 instead of 2027. 

The win there for Conklin is that he gets his money this season, an opportunity to prove himself to be healthy over a full season, while also hitting free agency a year earlier when he can potentially get one more big payday in his career. 

Loser: Everybody waiting on Aaron Rodgers 

There are no winners here if you are in a position waiting for a 41-year-old quarterback, that might not be any good anymore, to make up his mind on where he is going to play this season.

The Steelers, New York Giants and perhaps the Minnesota Vikings are all in a holding pattern waiting on how to move forward with their offseasons.

Russell Wilson, presumably a backup option for the team that does not get Rodgers, is in a holding pattern waiting to see who might still want his services. 

The winner of this sweepstakes gets to pay big money to a quarterback that might be a bigger distraction than he is worth on the field. Everybody else gets to decide between Wilson, Jameis Winston and Joe Flacco. 

Winner: Gardner Minshew, quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs

After spending the past two seasons in Indianapolis and Jacksonville, Minshew now gets an opportunity to be the backup for Patrick Mahomes after reportedly agreeing to terms on a one-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. 

Minshew was pretty much always going to be a backup this season no matter where he went in free agency, but at least now he gets a chance to do so on a Super Bowl contender while still getting guaranteed money from the Raiders. Good deal all around for him.