01-19-2024, 09:18 PM
(01-19-2024, 01:49 PM)ochocincos Wrote: The following guys are set to hit FA but are actually restricted, so they should be easy to retain if the Bengals want them back:
Restricted Free Agents (RFA):
Tanner Hudson
Mitchell Wilcox
Trenton Irwin
Exclusive Rights Free Agents (ERFA):
Cal Adomitis
Jake Browning
What each means:
RFA - A team places a tender on the RFA. The tender can be either a 1st round, 2nd round, and right-of-first-refusal. A tender is a 1-year contract with a value based on the type of tender that is placed.
The original team would then have opportunity to match an offer that another team has extended to said player.
If another team were to sign that player in FA, the original team would receive that round of tender placed on the player.
It's because of this that you don't often see RFAs leave their original team until they become UFAs.
ERFA - All a team has to do for an ERFA is extend a "qualifying offer" to said FA to retain them. Per Pro Football Network, "A qualifying offer is just a one-year contract at the league minimum salary based on the player's experience level."
I would expect probably Browning, Adomitis, Hudson, and Irwin to be back in stripes next year because of these FA designations.
I thought Hudson has 4 accrued seasons...which should make him unrestricted?
