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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. In some circumstances, the free agent's options ...
Waivers are a National Football League (NFL) labor management procedure by which a team makes an American football player's contract or NFL rights (such as NFL draft rights to an unsigned player) available to all other teams. During the season (starting July 4 and lasting through the regular season), each team has 24 hours to file a claim for a ...
Restricted free agent. A restricted free agent ( RFA) is a type of free agent in the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), or National Basketball Association (NBA). Such players have special restrictions on the terms under which they can retain or change employment status with their athletic club teams.
12. Denver Broncos QB Russell Wilson (UPDATE: Signing with Steelers for 1 year, $1.21M) Wilson will be a free agent when the Broncos cut him at the start of the league year. He's an interesting ...
And the NFL calendar offers teams more of an incentive to sign those players after 4 p.m. on Monday. Veterans who sign with teams prior to 4 p.m. on Monday, May 3rd still count against the ...
Here are the top five offensive linemen in free agency: 1. Dallas Cowboys OT Tyron Smith. When Smith plays, he's still very good. The issue is he hasn't played a full season since 2015, and ...
Defensive touchdowns: 1. Player stats at PFR. Vontaze DeLeon Burfict Jr. ( / ˈvɒntɛz ˈbɜːrfɪkt / VON-tez BUR-fikt; [1] born September 24, 1990) is an American former professional football player who played linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals.
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 ...