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While some might think its unfair to label players as free-agent busts three-quarters of the way through the season, the NFL is a bottom-line business, and results matter.If players?arent performing to the level of the deals they signed this offseason, judgments have to be made.Twelve poor games doesnt mean the player is a complete bust, though. Theres still time to bounce back from rough starts. Those who receive big money have the remainder of their contract to live up to expectations, as long as the team that signed them doesnt release them.Fans complain if their teams arent aggressive in free agency, but teams cant build only through free agency. They have to build through the draft and supplement their roster with free-agent signings. Sure, the 8-4?New York Giants deserve credit for spending more than $200 million in?free-agent money over the offseason?and improving their defense. But not all of their issues are fixed. The New York Jets invested heavily last year in free agency and came out with 10 wins, but now they are sitting near the bottom of the league at 3-9.Heres my ranking of the most disappointing free-agent deals from the 2016 offseason, taking into account the value of the deals they signed:1. Brock Osweiler, QB, Houston TexansThe Texans signed Osweiler to a four-year, $72 million deal this offseason, hoping to bring consistency at the quarterback position. Osweiler has been consistent -- consistently below average. He has 14 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions. Hes averaging a dreadful 5.8 yards per attempt. Anything below 6.4 is considered terrible. The Texans are averaging only 17.3 points per game, which is 3.9 points below their numbers from last season, when?Brian Hoyer?was playing quarterback. Houston has scored 24 points or more in only three games this season. Osweiler is 1-5 on the road. Whats worse: His slow start has allowed the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts to catch up to the Texans in the AFC South. Cheap Retro Air Jordan 1 . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. Wholesale Air Jordan 1 . John Lucas, signed as a mentor for rookie Trey Burke, showed he can score if required, scoring 12 points of his 16 points in the second quarter as Utah built an 18-point lead. http://www.airjordan1cheap.com/ . -- Cam Newton pranced into the end zone, placed his hands over his chest and did his familiar Superman pose. Discount Air Jordan 1 . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Air Jordan 1 From China . A big centre with all the tools to be an elite player, Johansen paced the Blue Jackets with a standout game Saturday night. He had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points as Columbus beat the New York Islanders 5-2 to snap a five-game losing streak.Chicago and Boston open their respective Conference Finals with victories. Scott Cullen has stats and notes from Saturdays nights NHL action. BLACKHAWKS OPEN WITH WIN OVER KINGSThe Chicago Blackhawks opened Game One of the Western Conference Final by outshooting the Los Angeles Kings 17-2 in the first period, only to trail 1-0, when a puck misplayed by G Corey Crawford and C Dave Bolland ended up in the Chicago net, courtesy of Justin Williams. The Blackhawks got goals, less than five minutes apart in the second period, from Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa. Sharp, who scored six goals in 28 regular season games, leads all playoff goal-scorers with eight in 13 postseason games. Blackhawks LW Bryan Bickell and D Duncan Keith led the Blackhawks with five shots on goal and Bickell tied D Brent Seabrook for a team-leading six hits. On top of that, Bickell also had terrific possession numbers. Drew Doughty, Robyn Regehr, Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown were the Kings on the wrong end of the possession game. Brown, the Kings captain, recorded a game-high eight hits, including a crushing hit on Jonathan Toews in the final minute, but had no shots on goal. Jeff Carter, Mike Richards and Kopitar combined for three shots on goal. Of note, with the Kings pressing for the tying goal under a couple of minutes remaining, Chicagos Dave Bolland flattened the Kings Mike Richards behind the Chicago net. It was a heavy hit and, whether it results in supplemental discipline or not, Richards was moving pretty slowly after he got up. It bears watching whether Richards or Toews have any lasting effects from those big hits. The Kings have been bailed out by Jonathan Quick in the playoffs thus far and he did his part Saturday, stopping 34 of 36 shots, but once again Los Angeles was on the wrong end territorially. It was the fifth time in 14 playoff games overall (fourth time in seven road games) that the Kings have been outshot by double digits. During the regular season, the Kings outshot their opposition by 4.8 shots per game. In the playoffs, they have a shot deficit of 5.3 shots per game. Thats leaving Quick very little margin for error. By comparison, Chicago outshot opponents by 4.9 shots per game during the regular seson and theyve upped the margin in the playoffs, outshootinng opponents by 6.dddddddddddd4 shots per game. So long as Corey Crawford continues to play well (1.39 GAA, .950 SV% in last four games), the Blackhawks are on top of their game. KREJCI, RASK LEAD BRUINSThe Boston Bruins withstood early pressure from the home team Pittsburgh Penguins, then were led by a pair of goals from David Krejci and a 29-save shutout from Tuukka Rask on their way to 3-0 Game One road win. David Krejci, who leads the playoffs with 19 points, recorded a game-high seven shots on goal. Its not easy for a player to raise their scoring average in the playoffs, what with better opposition and tighter checking, but Krecji has 0.73 points per game during the regular season in his NHL career. After Saturday, Krejci has 0.92 points per game (66 PTS, 72 GP) in his playoff career. It wasnt only Krejci leading the offence. RW Nathan Horton had a goal and two assists and a plus-3 rating, giving him 15 points and a playoff-leading plus-17 in 13 games. He had 22 points and was plus-1 in 43 games during the regular season. Remarkably, Rasks playoff save percentage, after the shutout, is .933, which still ranks fourth among the starting goaltender left in the playoffs. Boston won two-thirds of the faceoffs, with Sidney Crosby (6-for-17; 35.3%) taking the brunt of it for Pittsburgh. Picking at nits for the Bruins, RW Tyler Seguin had no shots on goal in nearly 14 minutes of playing time. After putting up points in each of the first eight playoff games this year, Penguins C Evgeni Malkin has been held off the scoresheet in three of the last four games. He led the Penguins with five shots on goal but, along with linemates James Neal and Jarome Iginla, struggled possession-wise, clearly getting the worst of the head-to-head matchup against the line of Kejci, Horton and Milan Lucic. If the Bruins can win those head-to-head matchups, with Rask outplaying Tomas Vokoun in goal, theyre going to be difficult to beat. Of course, its really difficult to consistently win head-to-head matchups against Pittsburghs top lines, but the Bruins achieved that feat in their Game One win. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. ' ' '