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Which players would be free agents if the NFL went uncapped?

I understand 212 players would miss out on free agency, but who will still be free agents. I would particularly like to know about the Redskins and Jets if possible. Thanks in advance.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Everyone under contract is still under contract. Anyone with 6 years or more of accrued experience is an UNRESTRICTED free agent. For everyone under that mark is a RESTRICTED free agent. The team must decide whether to issue a tender offer. Based on how much money they offer and some arcane formulae that no one but lawyers care about, that dictates how much compensation an opposing team must give the owning team if they sign the player away. The owning team also has the right to match any offer or negotiate a lower price. If the team does not issue a tender offer, the player becomes unrestricted.

    I don't have a compiled list, and really, until the free agency period begins the list will change ALOT, so it's not worth strategizing over until we get there.

  • abele
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    properly. working example: Brett Favre this twelve months signed a 2 twelve months deal properly worth 25 tens of millions. IF an uncapped season does happen Brandon mashrall could sign with the Jets for fifty tens of millions for 2 years deal. ( it somewhat is basically an occasion.) An Uncapped season propose you will pay the participant how plenty you opt for for to or they decide for to easily for them to be on your team. yet another occasion Tom brady could desire to sign with the lions for one hundred tens of millions for 3 twelve months deal ( unlikely to happen in any admire) Any uncapped season could properly be a stable ingredient for the proprietors.

  • 1 decade ago

    they would all still be free agents, the difference is a lot that are unrestricted free agents would become restricted free agents

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