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In the National Football League, a restricted free agent is one with three or fewer accrued seasons (six or more regular season games with a team) [1] of service, who has received a "qualifying" offer (a salary level predetermined by the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and its players, known as a "tender") from his current club.
Free agent. In professional sports, a free agent is a player or manager who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is allowed to solicit offers from other teams.
Franchise tag. In the National Football League (NFL), the franchise tag is a designation a team may apply to a player scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. The tag binds the player to the team for one year if certain conditions are met. Each team has one franchise tag (of either the exclusive or non-exclusive forms) and one transition ...
Rob Bironas. James Robert Douglas Bironas (January 29, 1978 – September 20, 2014) was an American professional football placekicker who played the majority of his professional career with the Tennessee Titans. He played college football for Auburn University and Georgia Southern University. He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as ...
An unrestricted free agent is someone who has accrued four or more NFL seasons upon their contract expiring. Restricted free agents are able to be approached from March 13.
Brandon Tyler McManus (born July 25, 1991) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He was a member of the Denver Broncos and their Super Bowl 50 championship team. He played college football for the Temple Owls and was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2013 .
Gostkowski's contract expired after the 2009 season, which normally would have made him an unrestricted free agent. As a result of the expiring NFL- NFLPA collective bargaining agreement , however, Gostkowski became a restricted free agent ; the Patriots offered him $1,759,000 for the 2010 season.
At the time of the signing, Gay's contract was the largest free-agent contract for a kicker in NFL history. [24] During Week 3, versus the Ravens, Gay became the first kicker in NFL history to hit four 50+ yard field goals in one game, converting from 54, 53, 53, and 53 yards with the last one being an overtime game winner in the Colts 22–19 ...