NFL Free Agency
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GSG
Assistant Coach
Colts are also picking up Trent Cole
ESPN has a live chat going here: http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/162863/live-blog-nfl-free-agency
ESPN has a live chat going here: http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/162863/live-blog-nfl-free-agency
Street Novelist
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The 49ers are really going to suck next season. The mass exodus of players this offseason is really mind-blowing.
GSG
Assistant Coach
Add to that the rumors that they are shopping Kaepernick around too: http://deadspin.com/49ers-deny-report-that-theyre-trying-to-trade-colin-kae-1690253353
GSG
Assistant Coach
A little breakdown on the timeline for today, if you're clueless like me:
March 7-10
[SIZE=12pt]Clubs are permitted to contact, and enter into contract negotiations with the certified agents of players who will become Unrestricted Free Agents upon the expiration of their 2014 contracts at 4 p.m. ET on March 10. However, a contract cannot be executed with a new club until 4 p.m. ET on March 10[/SIZE]
March 10
[SIZE=12pt]Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must exercise options for 2015 on all players who have option clauses in their 2014 contracts[/SIZE]
Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit qualifying offers to their Restricted Free Agents with expiring contracts and to whom they desire to retain a Right of First Refusal/Compensation
Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2014 contracts and who have fewer than three accrued seasons of free agency credit
Top-51 Begins. All clubs must be under the 2015 salary cap prior to 4 p.m. ET
All 2014 player contracts expire at 4 p.m. ET
2015 league year and free agency period begins (4 p.m. ET)
Trading period for 2015 begins (4 p.m. ET)
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/schedules/keydates
March 7-10
[SIZE=12pt]Clubs are permitted to contact, and enter into contract negotiations with the certified agents of players who will become Unrestricted Free Agents upon the expiration of their 2014 contracts at 4 p.m. ET on March 10. However, a contract cannot be executed with a new club until 4 p.m. ET on March 10[/SIZE]
March 10
[SIZE=12pt]Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must exercise options for 2015 on all players who have option clauses in their 2014 contracts[/SIZE]
Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit qualifying offers to their Restricted Free Agents with expiring contracts and to whom they desire to retain a Right of First Refusal/Compensation
Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2014 contracts and who have fewer than three accrued seasons of free agency credit
Top-51 Begins. All clubs must be under the 2015 salary cap prior to 4 p.m. ET
All 2014 player contracts expire at 4 p.m. ET
2015 league year and free agency period begins (4 p.m. ET)
Trading period for 2015 begins (4 p.m. ET)
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/schedules/keydates
