A quick check on google and a follow-up on overthecap.com confirms what I thought I already knew: both Perkins and Wolford are restricted free agents (RFA).
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What is NFL restricted free agency?
Accrued seasons matter, so a player with three accrued seasons would classify as a restricted free agent (RFA), whereas after four accrued seasons, that player becomes an unrestricted free agent.
These players are free to sign with any team once NFL free agency hits, but RFAs can receive qualifying offers from the teams that previously held their contracts.
NFL.com breaks down what happens next:
Their original team can offer them one of various qualifying offers (“tenders” ) that come with the right of first refusal and/or draft-pick compensation. If the tender is withdrawn by a team, the RFA becomes an unrestricted free agent.
There are three kinds of tenders, a first-round tender, a second-round tender and a right of first refusal.
If the RFA signs with another team after the original team submitted a qualifying offer, the signing team then has to offer up NFL Draft compensation in the form of the round tender, unless it’s the right of first refusal where the original team can match the outside offer.
It’s why RFAs rarely sign with other teams.
Here’s the cost associated with what original teams have to pay per RFA tender in 2023, as broken down by Over the Cap:
First-round tender: $6.005 million
Second-round tender: $4.304 million
Right of first refusal tender: $2.627 millionMy note: Based on those number my bet is neither of them get tendered.
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