Saints sign rookie mini camp invite JT Barrett to a 3 year deal

There are 3 year deals and there are "3 year deals".

My guess is its the latter, ie very little (if anything) in the way of guarantees.

The appearance of commitment without much in the way of any actual commitment. If you strike gold you have a player locked in, and you get him to camp by giving him the "3 year deal".

We finally passing out prove it deals

3 year deal is the same deal EVERY UDFA gets.

With the way it works, even if they signed him to a one year deal they'd still own his rights as he'd be an exclusives rights FA until he accrues 3 seasons, at which point he becomes a RFA.

The only odd thing here is the way Rap reported it. All these deals are exactly the same, all for vet minimum over 3 years. Only difference may be signing bonus and how much is guaranteed (usually very little).

He was probably signed that way due to competitive teams interested in luring him away.

No doubt

And he chose us bc our backups are bad, drew has a few years left, and SP. he has a real shot here

Plus our OSU guys

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And he chose us bc our backups are bad

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more about learning from the best imo.

which is a good thing to be sure - hell it shows the guy wants to learn and put forth the effort to do so.

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He was probably signed that way due to competitive teams interested in luring him awa

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ALL UDFAs get 3 year deals.

If we signed him to a 1 year deal and it expired he would still be an exclusive rights FA, meaning no other team could talk to or sign him if we gave him a minimum tender offer.

This is why ALL UDFAs get 3 year deals, because it would wind up working out as such anyway.

This is just Rap trying to make something sound more than it is like always.

If you ever notice a guy get waived and brought back on a one year deal, if he isn't waived again and he hits FA he becomes an EFRA.

This happens until he accrues 3 seasons, which at that point the next time he hits FA he becomes a RFA.

This is why the standard is 3 years. They'd be the team's "property" anyway (unless waived and claimed by someone else), yet if they did 4 years they'd miss being a RFA, losing money.

This is why players drafted in the later rounds (5-7) would rather be UDFAs instead of getting drafted because draft contracts are 4 years and they are making minimum for one more year while UDFAs get to cash in a bit as RFAs that 4th year.

Drafted players have 4 year deals (of course 1st rounders have 5th year options).

The new cba is pretty strict and structured as far as rookies go. Every drafted player HAS to have a 4 year deal, no more, no less.