After one wild, wild weekend of free agency, here's what we've learned so far.

1. Broncos opt for quantity over quality
Rarely if ever does a team that made a big splash in free agency parlay that player's payday into a championship.

The Broncos are trying something different. Instead of plunking a big pile of cash into one or two guys, new coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Brian Xanders are rounding up anyone/everyone who'll come to town.

The question is whether any of the over-the-hill (e.g., safety Brian Dawkins) or under-the-radar (e.g., receiver Jabar Gaffney) players will make a difference, especially as the Broncos deal with the unexpected and unwanted fallout of having a franchise quarterback who thinks the franchise wants a new quarterback — and a No. 1 receiver who might be headed for a lengthy suspension after his fourth arrest in less than three years.

2. Maybe Snyder thinks he's 'due'
So why would Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, who has been burned over the years by big-money splurges that have resulted in no postseason success, make the biggest gamble of the free-agency era by giving $41 million in guaranteed money to a player who once tried to turn an opponent's forehead into a topping for a plate of spaghetti?

The best explanation is that, with so many swings and misses in free agency, Snyder and the Redskins suddenly are "due" for one of these veteran arrivals to hit it big.

The consolation? Next time around, the Redskins will really be due.

3. Benson not drawing much interest
Four years ago, the Bears made running back Cedric Benson the fourth overall pick in the draft. After two arrests in 25 days last year and three seasons of relative mediocrity, the Bears said, "Buh-bye."

For months, there were no takers. Eventually, a team that is all too accustomed to players who underachieve on the field and overachieve on the rap sheet gave Benson another shot.

After putting together some solid performances on a Bengals offense that had no passing game last year, Benson's phone isn't ringing much. So far, his only real opportunity will involve backing up Steve Slaton in Houston.

The lack of interest reinforces the reality that, every year, plenty of solid college tailbacks are available to be drafted, and that all a team needs to provide is blocking aimed at opening holes and coaching aimed at keeping the kid from coughing up the ball.

4. Secrecy suits Chiefs
New Chiefs GM Scott Pioli has learned from guys like close friend and former colleague Bill Belichick and father-in-law Bill Parcells that secrecy is the best policy when it relates to the business of an NFL team.

So although the Chiefs under Pioli have at times appeared a bit too obsessed with concealing information, their efforts to keep other teams from catching wind of plans to make a run at quarterback Matt Cassel probably prevented someone else from getting him.

If anyone had known the Chiefs were serious about making a play for the player whom Pioli had drafted in round seven of the 2005 draft, someone would have promptly plopped a trade package onto the Patriots' laps far more valuable than the Chiefs' best offer.

And so although the Bucs were ready to give up a first-round pick and a third-round pick as part of a three-way deal that would have brought Jay Cutler to Tampa and sent Cassel to Denver and while the Broncos separately offered the No. 12 overall pick directly to the Pats, it all came too late to derail the head-scratching arrangement that sent both Cassel and linebacker Mike Vrabel to K.C. for a second-round pick.

5. Fins keeping quiet for now
Speaking of secrecy, the notoriously tight-lipped Dolphins haven't done much of anything to round up players from other teams.

They eventually found a way to keep a trio of their own potential free agents (tackle Vernon Carey, linebacker Channing Crowder, and safety Yeremiah Bell), and they signed before free agency opened safety Gibril Wilson from the Oakland scrap heap.

But the Fins haven't done much of anything since the clock struck 12 on Friday. They were linked to center/guard Jason Brown of the Ravens, but no play was made before he signed in St. Louis. Defensive end Chris Canty made a public plea to be signed by vice president of football operation Bill Parcells, the man who drafted him in Dallas. But the Fins never got in the game before Canty became a Giant.

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Coming off a 2008 season in which the team made a stunning turnaround, it could be that the Dolphins are hoping to continue to grow the talent they already have. Or maybe new owner Stephen Ross, whose real-estate company was trying to get in on the federal bailout money, simply doesn't have the cash to support the moves that Parcells would make.

If the latter is the case, it might not be long before Parcells takes the balance of his $12 million and walks.

6. Bucs fans are getting nervous
Last week, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers whacked several big-name veterans from the roster freeing up more than $12 million in cap space. As a result, the Bucs now have well over $50 million in 2009 dollars to spend.

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But what have they done with it?

Apart from trading for a tight end with knees worse than his Hall of Fame father's and re-signing a receiver who has underachieved since his rookie year, the Buccaneers aren't doing much of anything to improve the team.

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The biggest question is at quarterback, where Jeff Garcia isn't coming back and Luke McCown (who?) could be in line to start. Reports of a flirtation with Jay Cutler of the Broncos are making Bucs fans even more antsy, and the team would be wise to start doing something/anything, and soon.