Ask NFLlabor.com – 37 Restricted Free Agents remain unsigned

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I’ve been reading that there are a number of key June dates for restricted free agents. What are the implications of those dates? How many of those players have not signed contracts?

For the 37 RFAs who have not signed contracts (as of May 27), the original clubs retain exclusive rights to sign the player. All RFAs can sign by June 1 the contract their original club tendered before March 5 — the first day of the 2010 league year. If a player does not sign by June 1, the original club can extend the qualifying offer and thereby retain exclusive rights to the player.

If the original qualifying offer is greater than 110 percent of the player’s 2009 base salary and the player does not sign that contract by June 15, the team can substitute the June 1 tender with a new June 15^th tender of 110 percent of the RFA’s 2009 base salary and continue to retain exclusive rights to the player.  If the player does not sign by Week 10, he cannot play in 2010.

Below is a list of the 37 Restricted Free Agents who have not signed contracts as of May 27 (based on official notification to the NFL office).

Club Name	Player Name	Pos
Arizona Cardinals	Lutui, Deuce	G
Baltimore Ravens	Gaither, Jared	T
Baltimore Ravens	Landry, Dawan	SS
Baltimore Ravens	McClain, Le’Ron	FB
Carolina Panthers	Davis, Thomas	OLB
Carolina Panthers	Marshall, Richard	CB
Cleveland Browns	Elam, Abram	SS
Cleveland Browns	Harrison, Jerome	RB
Cleveland Browns	Jackson, D’Qwell	ILB
Cleveland Browns	Roth, Matt	OLB
Cleveland Browns	Vickers, Lawrence	FB
Dallas Cowboys	Austin, Miles	WR
Dallas Cowboys	Sensabaugh, Gerald	SS
Denver Broncos	Dumervil, Elvis	OLB
Green Bay Packers	Bigby, Atari	SS
Green Bay Packers	Jolly, Johnny	DE
Green Bay Packers	Williams, Tramon	CB
Houston Texans	Daniels, Owen	TE
Indianapolis Colts	Bethea, Antoine	FS
Kansas City Chiefs	Page, Jarrad	FS
Miami Dolphins	Brown, Ronnie	RB
Miami Dolphins	Fasano, Anthony	TE
Minnesota Vikings	Edwards, Ray	DE
New England Patriots	Mankins, Logan	G
New Orleans Saints	Brown, Jammal	T
New Orleans Saints	Harper, Roman	SS
New Orleans Saints	Moore, Lance	WR
New Orleans Saints	Thomas, Pierre	RB
San Diego Chargers	Floyd, Malcom	WR
San Diego Chargers	Jackson, Vincent	WR
San Diego Chargers	McNeill, Marcus	T
San Diego Chargers	Merriman, Shawne	OLB
St. Louis Rams	Atogwe, Oshiomogho	FS
Tampa Bay Bucs	Penn, Donald	T
Tennessee Titans	Tulloch, Stephen	MLB
Washington Redskins	McIntosh, Rocky	OLB
Washington Redskins	Rogers, Carlos	CB