What types of NFL free agents are there?”
Last months Super Bowl participants have been tidying up their rosters on the second day of this year’s no-cap free agency period. Follow the announcements and rumors here in our NFL free-agency blog. Bookmark this page, and make sure to keep refreshing the page often for the latest news. For the latest free-agency rankings — overall and by position — click here . NOTE: All times are Eastern. MORE BUZZ: March 5 | March 4 (eve of free agency) March 6 News and Notes Saints take advantage of salary cap’s expiration — 10:01 a.m. The New Orleans Saints made two roster moves after the start of free agency. As expected, they released veteran DE Charles Grant. Grant had four years left on his contract and carried a base salary of $4 million for 2010. Without a salary cap to deal with this year, it made it easier to cut him without ramifications. They won’t be responsible for any of the over $8 million in bonus proration. Grant, who turns 32 in September, is a decent pass rusher and is good
Unrestricted free agent: Unrestricted free agents are players without a team. They have either been released from their club, had the term of their contract expire without a renewal, or were not chosen in league’s draft of amateur players. These players, generally speaking, are free to entertain offers from all other teams and to decide with whom to sign a new contract. Restricted free agent: A player is free to solicit offers from other teams for new contracts. However, before this player is allowed to sign with the new club, the current club has a chance to match the terms of the new contract in which case the player must remain with the original team. When a team signs a restricted free agent, they must compensate the original team with draft picks. Undrafted free agent: Players who are not drafted in a league’s annual draft of amateur players are considered to be unrestricted free agents and are free to sign contracts with any team.
