Littleton was acquired as a UDFA after the 2016 draft. He has accrued three NFL seasons so he is restricted and the Rams can choose the level of restriction. I am glad we have him for one more year. It might be mutually beneficial to negotiate a long-term deal under that one-year restricted deal. Littleton gets his money now, (he is also from Southern California San Diego), (the team is great,) and the Rams seem to like to lock up players so hopefully for all those reasons he gets his big second deal in a few months. Littleton is making $635,000 this year. Maybe he goes the Cousins route because he really wants to be a FA in 2020. He would still be a Ram for 2019 unless some other team signed him to a contract the Rams did not want to match and coughed up a 1st or Second rounder. I absolutely agree with your list. But at least with this information, it is a shorter list.
A restricted free agent is any player with an expiring contract who has exactly three accrued NFL seasons.
Teams have four different tender options they can place on their restricted free agent that usually keeps those players from leaving.
First-round tender: the Free agent can negotiate with other teams, but the original team has the option to match any deal and will receive a first-round selection if it opts not to match the deal.
Second-round tender: the Free agent can negotiate with other teams, but the original team has the option to match any deal and will receive a second-round selection if it opts not to match the deal.
Original-round tender: the Free agent can negotiate with other teams, but original team has the option to match any deal and will receive a selection equal to the round the player was originally selected in if it opts not to match the deal.
The right of first refusal: the Free agent can negotiate with other teams, but the original team has the option to match any deal. The team will not receive any compensation if it opts not to match another deal.
First-round tenders are valued at $4.149 million in 2018.
Second-round tenders are $2.914 million.
Original-round and low-level tenders are $1.907 million[
www.sbnation.com]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/02/2018 08:54AM by Rams Junkie.
