Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Free agency, category six

Last and arguably least, are the category six free agents.  According to the NFL "[t]he players in category No. 6 may be signed with no rights of any character held by the Old Club.  There is no signing deadline applicable to these players" (as opposed to category five free agents who may be signed by any other team up and until September 3, 4:00PM EDT).

Here are the category six free agents:

Pittsburgh
Harris, Tuff, DB, Montana


Arizona
Adams, Michael, DB, Louisiana-Lafayette

Broughton, Nehemiah, RB, Citadel

Dykes, Keilen, DT, West Virginia

Iwebema, Kenny, DE, Iowa

Maui'a, Reagan, RB, Hawaii


Baltimore
Sanders, Daniel, C, Colorado


Buffalo
Brohm, Brian, QB, Louisville

Ganther, Quinton, RB, Utah

Stupar, Jonathan, TE, Virginia


Chicago
Aromashodu, Devin, WR, Auburn


Cincinnati
White, Marvin, DB, Texas Christian


Cleveland
Adams, Titus, DE, Nebraska

Costanzo, Blake, LB, Lafayette


Dallas
Greisen, Chris, QB, Northwest Missouri State


Detroit
Nordin, Jake, TE, Northern Illinois

Smith, Kevin, RB, Central Florida


Green Bay
Bell, Josh, DB, Baylor


Indianapolis
Hart, Mike, RB, Michigan

Richardson, Mike, DB, Notre Dame

Robinson, Gijon, TE, Missouri Western

Santi, Tom, TE, Virginia

Silva, Jamie, DB, Boston College


Jacksonville
Smith, Bryan, DE, McNeese State


Kansas City
Leggett, Maurice, DB, Valdosta State


Miami
Haynos, Joey, TE, Maryland


Minnesota
Young, Albert, RB, Iowa


New Orleans
Dunbar, Jo-Lonn, LB, Boston College

Waters, Anthony, LB, Clemson


N.Y. Giants
Brown, Courtney, DB, Cal Poly


St. Louis
Butler, Quincy, DB, Texas Christian

Darby, Kenneth, RB, Alabama

Johnson, Curtis, LB, Clark Atlanta


San Diego
Beckwith, Darry, LB, Louisiana State

Latsko, Billy, RB, Florida


San Francisco
Patrick, Chris, T, Nebraska


Tampa Bay
Huggins, Kareem, RB, Hofstra


Tennessee
Allred, Colin, LB, Baylor




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Free agency, category five

 This is, by a significant margin, the largest category of free agents.  These are the unrestricted free agents who may be signed with no compensation to their old club.

Pittsburgh
Colon, Willie, T, Hofstra

Eason, Nick, DE, Clemson

Essex, Trai, G, Northwestern

Fox, Keyaron, LB, Georgia Tech

Gay, William, DB, Louisville

Hoke, Chris, NT, Brigham Young

Madison, Anthony, DB, Alabama

Moore, Mewelde, RB, Tulane

Scott, Jonathan, T, Texas

Sepulveda, Daniel, P, Baylor

Spaeth, Matt, TE, Minnesota

Suisham, Shaun, K, Bowling Green

Taylor, Ivan, DB, Louisiana-Lafayette

Warren, Greg, LS, North Carolina


Arizona
Abdullah, Hamza, DB, Washington State

Batiste, D'Anthony, T, Louisiana-Lafayette

Branch, Alan, DT, Michigan

Breaston, Steve, WR, Michigan

Claxton, Ben, C, Mississippi

Faneca, Alan, G, Louisiana State

Graham, Ben, P, No College

Lutui, Deuce, G, Southern California

McBride, Trumaine, DB, Mississippi

Patrick, Ben, TE, Delaware

Robinson, Bryan, NT, Fresno State

Sendlein, Lyle, C, Texas

Spach, Stephen, TE, Fresno State

Ware, Matt, DB, UCLA

Watson, Gabe, NT, Michigan

Wright, Jason, RB, Northwestern


Atlanta
Blalock, Justin, G, Texas

Bryant, Matt, K, Baylor

Clabo, Tyson, T, Wake Forest

Dahl, Harvey, G, Nevada

Finneran, Brian, WR, Villanova

Johnson, Thomas, NT, Middle Tennessee

Koenen, Michael, P, Western Washington

Nicholas, Stephen, LB, South Florida

Norwood, Jerious, RB, Mississippi State

Peterson, Mike, LB, Florida

Snelling, Jason, RB, Virginia

Williams, Brian, DB, North Carolina State


Baltimore
Bulger, Marc, QB, West Virginia

Burgess, Prescott, LB, Michigan

Carr, Chris, DB, Boise State

Chester, Chris, G, Oklahoma

Gaither, Jared, T, Maryland

Houser, Kevin, LS, Ohio State

Houshmandzadeh, T.J., WR, Oregon State

Landry, Dawan, DB, Georgia Tech

McClain, Le'Ron, RB, Alabama

Moll, Tony, T, Nevada

Stallworth, Donte', WR, Tennessee

Washington, Fabian, DB, Nebraska

Wilson, Josh, DB, Maryland

Yanda, Marshal, G, Iowa


Buffalo
Ayodele, Akin, LB, Purdue

Ellison, Keith, LB, Oregon State

Florence, Drayton, DB, Tuskegee

McCargo, John, DE, North Carolina State

Posluszny, Paul, LB, Penn State

Whitner, Donte, DB, Ohio State

Youboty, Ashton, DB, Ohio State


Carolina
Alexander, Gerald, DB, Boise State

Anderson, James, LB, Virginia Tech

Hodge, Abdul, LB, Iowa
   
Hudson, Marcus, DB, North Carolina State
   
Johnson, Charles, DE, Georgia
  
King, Jeff, TE, Virginia Tech
  
Landri, Derek, DT, Notre Dame
   
Lloyd, Rhys, K, Minnesota
 
Marshall, Richard, DB, Fresno State
  
Moore, Matt, QB, Oregon State

Morris, Chris, C, Michigan State

Petitti, Rob, T, Pittsburgh
    
Rosario, Dante, TE, Oregon
 
St. Pierre, Brian, QB, Boston College

Williams, DeAngelo, RB, Memphis

Williams, Jamar, LB, Arizona State
  
Wilson, C.J., DB, Baylor


Chicago
Adams, Anthony, NT, Penn State

Bullocks, Josh, DB, Nebraska

Clark, Desmond, TE, Wake Forest

Collins, Todd, QB, Michigan

Davis, Rashied, WR, San Jose State

Graham, Corey, DB, New Hampshire

Iwuh, Brian, LB, Colorado

Kreutz, Olin, C, Washington

Manning, Danieal, DB, Abilene Christian

Maynard, Brad, P, Ball State

Roach, Nick, LB, Northwestern

Tinoisamoa, Pisa, LB, Hawaii

Wilson, Rod, LB, South Carolina

Wolfe, Garrett, RB, Northern Illinois


Cincinnati
Benson, Cedric, RB, Texas

Chambers, Kirk, T, Stanford

Fanene, Jonathan, DE, Utah

Johnson, Brandon, LB, Louisville

Jones, Dhani, LB, Michigan

Joseph, Johnathan, DB, South Carolina

Kelly, Reggie, TE, Mississippi State

Leonard, Brian, RB, Rutgers

Mathis, Evan, G, Alabama

Ndukwe, Chinedum, DB, Notre Dame

Owens, Terrell, WR, Tenn.-Chattanooga

Ratliff, Keiwan, DB, Florida

Williams, Roy, DB, Oklahoma

Wilson, Gibril, DB, Tennessee


Cleveland
Bell, Mike, RB, Arizona

Elam, Abram, DB, Kent State

Estandia, Greg, TE, Nevada-Las Vegas

Mitchell, Jayme, DE, Mississippi

Piscitelli, Sabby, DB, Oregon State

Robinson, Derreck, DE, Iowa

Roth, Matt, LB, Iowa

Smith, Robaire, DE, Michigan State

Sorensen, Nick, DB, Virginia Tech

Stuckey, Chansi, WR, Clemson

Trusnik, Jason, LB, Ohio Northern

Vickers, Lawrence, RB, Colorado

Womack, Floyd, G, Mississippi State

Wright, Eric, DB, Nevada-Las Vegas

Yates, Billy, G, Texas A&M


Dallas
Barron, Alex, T, Florida State

Bowen, Stephen, DE, Hofstra

Free, Doug, T, Northern Illinois

Hatcher, Jason, DE, Grambling

Hurd, Sam, WR, Northern Illinois

Kosier, Kyle, G, Arizona State

Sensabaugh, Gerald, DB, North Carolina

Spears, Marcus, DE, Louisiana State

Williams, Leon, LB, Miami


Denver
Eckel, Kyle, RB, Navy

Fields, Ronald, NT, Mississippi State

Harris, Ryan, T, Notre Dame

Maroney, Laurence, RB, Minnesota

Thomas, Marcus, DE, Florida


Detroit
Brown, C.C., DB, Louisiana-Lafayette

Carpenter, Bobby, LB, Ohio State

Ciurciu, Vinny, LB, Boston College

Clark, Brian, WR, North Carolina State

DeVries, Jared, DE, Iowa

Gandy, Dylan, C, Texas Tech

Hill, Tye, DB, Clemson

Houston, Chris, DB, Arkansas

Johnson, Landon, LB, Purdue

McBride, Turk, DE, Tennessee

McDonald, Brandon, DB, Memphis

Rayner, Dave, K, Michigan State

Stanton, Drew, QB, Michigan State

Wendling, John, DB, Wyoming


Green Bay
Bigby, Atari, DB, Central Florida

Colledge, Daryn, G, Boise State

Crosby, Mason, K, Colorado

Hall, Korey, RB, Boise State

Jackson, Brandon, RB, Nebraska

Jenkins, Cullen, DE, Central Michigan

Jones, James, WR, San Jose State

Kuhn, John, RB, Shippensburg, Pa.

Smith, Anthony, DB, Syracuse

Spitz, Jason, C, Louisville

Wilhelm, Matt, LB, Ohio State


Houston
Anderson, Mark, DE, Alabama

Bentley, Kevin, LB, Northwestern

Bulman, Tim, DE, Boston College

Butler, Rashad, T, Miami

Diles, Zach, LB, Kansas State

Green, Jarvis, DE, Louisiana State

Jones, Jacoby, WR, Lane

Leach, Vonta, RB, East Carolina

Leinart, Matt, QB, Southern California

Lewis, Damione, DT, Miami

Paymah, Karl, DB, Washington State

Pollard, Bernard, DB, Purdue

Studdard, Kasey, G, Texas

Turk, Matt, P, Wisconsin-Whitewater


Indianapolis
Addai, Joseph, RB, Louisiana State

Bullitt, Melvin, DB, Texas A&M

Dawson, Keyunta, DE, Texas Tech

Francisco, Aaron, DB, Brigham Young

Hagler, Tyjuan, LB, Cincinnati

Hamlin, Ken, DB, Arkansas

Johnson, Antonio, DT, Mississippi State

Johnson, Charlie, T, Oklahoma State

Muir, Daniel, DT, Kent State

Rhodes, Dominic, RB, Midwestern State

Session, Clint, LB, Pittsburgh

Vinatieri, Adam, K, South Dakota State


Jacksonville
Bouman, Todd, QB, St. Cloud State

Considine, Sean, DB, Iowa

Durant, Justin, LB, Hampton

Edwards, Trent, QB, Stanford

Morrison, Kirk, LB, San Diego State


Podlesh, Adam, P, Maryland

Sims-Walker, Mike, WR, Central Florida


Kansas City
Anderson, Charlie, LB, Mississippi

Battle, Jackie, RB, Houston

Castille, Tim, RB, Alabama

Copper, Terrance, WR, East Carolina

Croyle, Brodie, QB, Alabama

Daniels, Travis, DB, Louisiana State

Edwards, Ron, NT, Texas A&M

Mays, Corey, LB, Notre Dame

McGraw, Jon, DB, Kansas State

Niswanger, Rudy, C, Louisiana State

O'Callaghan, Ryan, T, California

Pope, Leonard, TE, Georgia

Smith, Shaun, DE, South Carolina

Vrabel, Mike, LB, Ohio State

Wiegmann, Casey, C, Iowa


Miami
Brown, Ronnie, RB, Auburn

Cobbs, Patrick, RB, North Texas

McDaniel, Tony, DE, Tennessee

McQuistan, Pat, T, Weber State

Moses, Quentin, LB, Georgia

Pennington, Chad, QB, Marshall

Procter, Cory, G, Montana

Thigpen, Tyler, QB, Coastal Carolina

Williams, Ricky, RB, Texas


Minnesota
Baskett, Hank, WR, New Mexico

Cook, Ryan, G, New Mexico

Edwards, Ray, DE, Purdue

Evans, Fred, NT, Texas State

Favre, Brett, QB, Southern Mississippi

Frampton, Eric, DB, Washington State

Jackson, Tarvaris, QB, Alabama State

Leber, Ben, LB, Kansas State

Lewis, Greg, WR, Illinois

Longwell, Ryan, K, California

Ramsey, Patrick, QB, Tulane

Rice, Sidney, WR, South Carolina

Sheppard, Lito, DB, Florida

Tahi, Naufahu, RB, Brigham Young

Walker, Frank, DB, Tuskegee

Williams, Pat, NT, Texas A&M


New England
Faulk, Kevin, RB, Louisiana State

Graham, Shayne, K, Virginia Tech

Light, Matt, T, Purdue

McGowan, Brandon, DB, Maine

Morris, Sammy, RB, Texas Tech

Ojinnaka, Quinn, G, Syracuse

Page, Jarrad, DB, UCLA

Taylor, Fred, RB, Florida

Warren, Gerard, DE, Florida

White, Tracy, LB, Howard


New Orleans
Ayodele, Remi, NT, Oklahoma

Betts, Ladell, RB, Iowa

Bushrod, Jermon, T, Towson

Charleston, Jeff, DE, Idaho State

Clark, Danny, LB, Illinois

Evans, Heath, RB, Auburn

Giordano, Matt, DB, California

Goodwin, Jonathan, C, Michigan

Hargrove, Tony, DT, Georgia Tech

Harper, Roman, DB, Alabama

Humphrey, Tory, TE, Central Michigan

Jones, Julius, RB, Notre Dame

Mitchell, Kawika, LB, South Florida

Mitchell, Marvin, LB, Tennessee

Moore, Lance, WR, Toledo

Prioleau, Pierson, DB, Virginia Tech

Reis, Chris, DB, Georgia Tech

Roby, Courtney, WR, Indiana

Shanle, Scott, LB, Nebraska

Sharper, Darren, DB, William & Mary

Strief, Zach, T, Northwestern

Thomas, David, TE, Texas

Torrence, Leigh, DB, Stanford

Wilkerson, Jimmy, NT, Oklahoma

Wynn, DeShawn, RB, Florida

Young, Usama, DB, Kent State


N.Y. Giants
Blackburn, Chase, LB, Akron

Boothe, Kevin, G, Cornell

Boss, Kevin, TE, Western Oregon

Bradshaw, Ahmad, RB, Marshall

Bulluck, Keith, LB, Syracuse

Clayton, Michael, WR, Louisiana State

Cofield, Barry, DT, Northwestern

Grant, Deon, DB, Tennessee

Hagan, Derek, WR, Arizona State

Johnson, Michael, DB, Arizona

Kiwanuka, Mathias, DE, Boston College

Smith, Steve, WR, Southern California

Sorgi, Jim, QB, Wisconsin

Tollefson, Dave, DE, Northwest Missouri State

Wilkinson, Gerris, LB, Georgia Tech


N.Y. Jets
Clemens, Kellen, QB, Oregon

Coleman, Drew, DB, Texas Christian

Cromartie, Antonio, DB, Florida State

Edwards, Braylon, WR, Michigan

Ellis, Shaun, DE, Tennessee

Folk, Nick, K, Arizona

Holmes, Santonio, WR, Ohio State

Hunter, Wayne, T, Hawaii

Ihedigbo, James, DB, Massachusetts

Laury, Lance, LB, South Carolina

Pool, Brodney, DB, Oklahoma

Pryce, Trevor, DE, Clemson

Richardson, Tony, RB, Auburn

Smith, Brad, WR, Missouri

Smith, Eric, DB, Michigan State

Weatherford, Steve, P, Illinois


Oakland
Asomugha, Nnamdi, DB, California

Barnes, Khalif, T, Washington

Brown, Ricky, LB, Boston College

Condo, Jon, LS, Maryland

Frye, Charlie, QB, Akron

Gallery, Robert, G, Iowa

Gradkowski, Bruce, QB, Toledo

Henderson, Mario, T, Florida State

Higgins, Johnnie Lee, WR, Texas-El Paso

Howard, Thomas, LB, Texas-El Paso

Huff, Michael, DB, Texas

Miller, Zach, TE, Arizona State

Moss, Jarvis, LB, Florida

O'Sullivan, J.T., QB, California-Davis

Satele, Samson, C, Hawaii

Walker, Langston, T, California

Williams, Sam, LB, Fresno State


Philadelphia
Akers, David, K, Louisville

Bradley, Stewart, LB, Nebraska

Cole, Nick, G, New Mexico State

Gaither, Omar, LB, Tennessee

Harris, Antoine, DB, Louisville

Harrison, Jerome, RB, Washington State

Hobbs, Ellis, DB, Iowa State

Jean-Gilles, Max, G, Georgia

Jordan, Akeem, LB, James Madison

McCray, Bobby, DE, Florida

Mikell, Quintin, DB, Boise State

Patterson, Dimitri, DB, Tuskegee

Rocca, Saverio, P, No College

Sims, Ernie, LB, Florida State

Wells, Reggie, G, Clarion


St. Louis
Clayton, Mark, WR, Oklahoma

Dockery, Kevin, DB, Mississippi State

Fells, Daniel, TE, California-Davis

Gibson, Gary, DT, Rutgers

Goldberg, Adam, G, Wyoming

Hovan, Chris, DT, Boston College

Johnson, Darcy, TE, Central Florida

Lewis, Michael, DB, Colorado

Robinson, Laurent, WR, Illinois State

Ryan, Clifton, DT, Michigan State

Schouman, Derek, TE, Boise State


San Diego
Barnes, Antwan, DE, Florida International

Burnett, Kevin, LB, Tennessee

Carter, Tyrone, DB, Minnesota

Cesaire, Jacques, DE, Southern Connecticut

Clary, Jeromey, T, Kansas State

Cooper, Stephen, LB, Maine

Dearth, James, LS, Tarleton State

Floyd, Malcom, WR, Wyoming

Hughes, Dante, DB, California

Johnson, Travis, DE, Florida State

McMichael, Randy, TE, Georgia

Moore, Brandon, LB, Oklahoma

Mruczkowski, Scott, C, Bowling Green

Naanee, Legedu, WR, Boise State

Neill, Ryan, LS, Rutgers

Oliver, Paul, DB, Georgia

Siler, Brandon, LB, Florida

Sproles, Darren, RB, Kansas State

Volek, Billy, QB, Fresno State

Washington, Kelley, WR, Tennessee

Watkins, Pat, DB, Florida State

Weddle, Eric, DB, Utah


San Francisco
Baas, David, C, Michigan

Evans, Demetric, DE, Georgia

Franklin, Aubrayo, NT, Tennessee

Goldson, Dashon, DB, Washington

James, William, DB, Western Illinois

LaBoy, Travis, LB, Hawaii

Lawson, Manny, LB, North Carolina State

McDonald, Ray, DE, Florida

Reed, Jeff, K, North Carolina

Sims, Barry, T, Utah

Smith, Alex, QB, Utah

Smith, Troy, QB, Ohio State

Spikes, Takeo, LB, Auburn

Westbrook, Brian, RB, Villanova

Wragge, Tony, C, New Mexico State


Seattle
Babineaux, Jordan, DB, Southern Arkansas

Brock, Raheem, DE, Temple

Gordon, Amon, DT, Stanford

Hasselbeck, Matt, QB, Boston College

Herring, Will, LB, Auburn

Hill, LeRoy, LB, Clemson

Jennings, Kelly, DB, Miami

Locklear, Sean, T, North Carolina State

Losman, J.P., QB, Tulane

Mare, Olindo, K, Syracuse

Martin, Ruvell, WR, Saginaw Valley

McCoy, Matt, LB, San Diego State

Mebane, Brandon, DT, California

Milloy, Lawyer, DB, Washington

Pitts, Chester, T, San Diego State

Richardson, Jay, DE, Ohio State

Robinson, Michael, RB, Penn State

Siavii, Junior, DT, Oregon

Spencer, Chris, C, Mississippi

Stokley, Brandon, WR, Louisiana-Lafayette

Terrill, Craig, DT, Purdue

Willis, Ray, T, Florida State


Tampa Bay
Black, Quincy, LB, New Mexico

Crowder, Tim, DE, Texas

Gilmore, John, TE, Penn State

Hayward, Adam, LB, Portland State

Joseph, Davin, G, Oklahoma

Koutouvides, Niko, LB, Purdue

Ruud, Barrett, LB, Nebraska

Stovall, Maurice, WR, Notre Dame

Trueblood, Jeremy, T, Boston College

White, Stylez G, DE, Minnesota

Williams, Carnell, RB, Auburn


Tennessee
Babin, Jason, DE, Western Michigan

Ball, Dave, DE, UCLA

Collins, Kerry, QB, Penn State

Douglas, Marques, DT, Howard

Ford, Jacob, DE, Central Arkansas

Hall, Ahmard, RB, Texas

Harris, Leroy, G, North Carolina State

Hood, Roderick, DB, Auburn

Moss, Randy, WR, Marshall

Nickey, Donnie, DB, Ohio State

Scaife, Bo, TE, Texas

Simms, Chris, QB, Texas

Thornton, David, LB, North Carolina

Tulloch, Stephen, LB, North Carolina State

Winborn, Jamie, LB, Vanderbilt


Washington
Blades, H.B., LB, Pittsburgh

Brown, Jammal, T, Oklahoma

Buchanon, Phillip, DB, Miami

Doughty, Reed, DB, Northern Colorado

Furrey, Mike, WR, Northern Iowa

Golston, Kedric, DE, Georgia

Grossman, Rex, QB, Florida

Heyer, Stephon, T, Maryland

McIntosh, Rocky, LB, Miami

Moss, Santana, WR, Miami

Rogers, Carlos, DB, Auburn

Wilson, Chris, LB, Northwood, Mich.




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Monday, July 25, 2011

It's been so long: A 2011 refresher

It is wonderful to see that the players and owners were finally able to devise a mutually agreeable plan for dividing the $9,000,000,000 pie that is the business of professional football.  The view here has always been that there was far too much at stake for any games to be missed ~ especially the preseason (which is pure profit for the owners, in as much as players are not paid until the first week of the regular season) ~ and the abbreviated camp season is a win for the players, if not the coaches.

Because it has been quite some time since any football has been discussed it might be useful to begin a quick review of where we were before the lockout began: The NFL draft. To be honest it has been difficult recalling who was drafted (that may just be a function of getting older), so here is the first class of draftees whose salaries will be governed by the new collective bargaining agreement; and who, because of the lack of OTAs, will most likely make their biggest contributions this season on special teams:

1. Cameron Heyward (Ohio State), DE, 6'5", 294 lbs
Athletic enough to play OLB but one has to wonder if his selection has more to do with Aaron Smith's recent spate of injuries.

2. Marcus Gilbert (Florida), OL, 6'6", 330 lbs
Considered an outstanding pass blocker, but is he the answer at left tackle?

3. Curtis Brown (Texas), DB, 6', 0", 185lbs
Decent speed and excellent leaping ability; but has to improve upper body strength to contend with physical receivers and/or to provide effective run support.

4. Cortez Allen (Citadel), DB, 6'1", 197 lbs
Faster and stronger than the third round pick; a good system player who lacks the instincts of a more polished player.

5. Chris Carter (Fresno State), DL, 6'1", 248 lbs
Seems a reach on paper ~ some projected him as a rookie free agent ~ but is versatile enough to play down or at ILB.  Special team potential.

6. Keith Williams (Nebraska), OL, 6'4", 318 lbs
Shorter arms means this value selection projects to the guard position, and he showed a good ability to pull.  Needs to develop more upper body strength.

7. Baron Batch (Texas Tech), RB, 5'9", 200 lbs
Good inside runner who can also catch the ball out of the backfield; but if he cannot block then he has no chance of making the team.

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Time for football!

Various media outlets (i.e. NFL Network & ESPN) are reporting that the NFLPA team representatives and the players themselves, have voted to accept the terms of the recently negotiated collective bargaining agreement.

The agreement is 10 years in duration, meaning that no one will have to worry about NFL labor issues until February 2021, and there is no opt out clause for either side (a significant change from the previous agreement).

According to media outlets teams will be able to negotiate with their own free agents beginning Tuesday, July 26 and the traditional free agency period (i.e. the time when teams can begin negotiating with free agents from other teams) will begin Saturday, July 30 Friday at 6:00PM EDT [UPDATE: Judy Battista of the New York Times reports that free agency begins on Friday].

The start dates for training camps will be tied to each team's preseason schedule, with all teams beginning camp two weeks prior to their first preseason game.  If that is the case then the Steelers will open camp on Friday, July 29.


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