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The 2016 NFL year begins in less than a month, and with it will come another annual edition of free agency.

At 4 p.m. ET on March 9, free-agent players will officially be able to sign with prospective employers. Of course, clubs are allowed to make contact with players' agents and begin negotiation two days prior and will have been evaluating options long before that.

By the time free agency officially opens, NFL franchises will have their targets picked out.

We don't know exactly what team decision-makers are thinking this time of year, and we can only take rumors and potential smokescreens at face value. However, that isn't going to stop us from having a little fun and picking out offensive and defensive targets for all 32 teams ourselves.

Today we're going to peg a target on each side of the football for each franchise based on needs, the free-agent pool and, when appropriate, salary-cap constraints. For this piece, we'll only be looking at free agents from outside each organization.

Do you agree with our selections? Be sure to let us now in the comments section.