2nd round picks and undrafted guys don't become RFA's when their rookie contract is up like 1st round picks. They become unrestricted free agents free to sign with anyone.

by declining his club option this year made him become a RFA so they could give him the new contract.
The same thing is going to happen to Jose next offseason assuming he continues his stellar play and warrants a new contract.

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Posted by saintslsupels

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Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:53 am to TeddyPadillac

Didn’t realize that, really good point. Waiting til next offseason when Herb is an unrestricted free agent makes absolutely no sense. Good move by Griff.

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Posted by Epic Cajun

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Posted on 8/3/23 at 10:00 pm to TeddyPadillac

Exactly.

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Posted by GOP_Tiger

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Posted on 8/4/23 at 5:34 pm to TeddyPadillac

quote:
2nd round picks and undrafted guys don't become RFA's when their rookie contract is up like 1st round picks. They become unrestricted free agents free to sign with anyone.

Can you point me to a source? Because I don't think that this is quite right.

If I remember correctly, 1st-round picks are given fully-guaranteed contracts, but there's nothing that prevents a 2nd-round pick from getting one, and I think we gave Herb the same kind of contract that he'd have gotten if he were a 1st-round pick.

I'm pretty sure that Herb was going to be a RFA after next season, if we hadn't declined the option to sign him to a new deal.

This post was edited on 8/4/23 at 5:38 pm

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