Bill Barnwell, ESPN Staff Writer 2y

NFL players and coaches who have the most at stake: Baker Mayfield, Odell Beckham Jr., Tua Tagovailoa are under pressure

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Who are the NFL players and head coaches with the most to gain or lose across the rest of the 2021 season? Let's run through 24 people with a lot on the line.

In many cases, this is financial; the difference between a good second half and a disappointing one might be worth tens of millions of dollars next offseason. Other players might be able to stay on their current contracts instead of being released and settling for much smaller deals elsewhere. Coaches might be competing to keep their jobs.

We'll get to all kinds of different situations in this walk around the league, hitting on a few quarterbacks who could become available in 2022, veteran defenders who could get one last big-money contract and more.

We'll start, though, with the player whose name is on lips around the league after hitting the free-agent market this week:

Jump to an interesting person:
Jimmy Garoppolo | Stephon Gilmore
Daniel Jones | Baker Mayfield
Tyrann Mathieu | Von Miller
Cordarrelle Patterson | Dalton Schultz
Tua Tagovailoa | Mike Williams
Five coaches to watch

Odell Beckham Jr., WR, Los Angeles Rams

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