Restricted Free in a sentence

There are, however, other forms of free agency and one of those is restricted free agency (RFA).

A bid on a restricted free agent has never been matched since the league introduced free agency eight years ago but that streak appears poised to end over the coming days.

There’s one small detail that will affect his free agency – Crabbe’s status as a restricted free agent.

Whether he becomes an unrestricted free agent or a restricted free agent will have a huge impact on how and where he goes.

Whether the Bengals quarterback hits free agency as an unrestricted or restricted free agent will be up to the NFL at this point, and a ruling is expected to come down by Thursday.

But as a restricted free agent looking for a bigger cap hit, the Avs just can’t afford to wait for him to have a breakout season while taking up a larger portion of their cap on the third line.

Choosing not to give Sims a restricted free agent tender also doesn’t mean not keeping him.

Dostal, who will be coming out of his entry-level contract, is one of a handful of pending restricted free agents among the Ducks.

He is a restricted free agent this offseason, and given the way his teammates and head coach refused to take some blame, he’ll have more to think about than just that fumble.

He's a pending restricted free agent with a $10 million qualifying offer for the 2023-24 season, and Fitzgerald expects to be able to sign Meier long term.

If the on-the-rise Devils like what they see, they will have an edge over the potential competition to retain the restricted free agent.

Set to be a restricted free agent, Johnson already turned down four years and $72 million from the Suns.

That’s why Johnson’s talks during restricted free agency were not just “very, very Nets-heavy,” but the deal they struck was front-loaded to give the team salary-cap flexibility going into next summer and the summer after that.

The news that Pro Bowl (somehow) quarterback will sign his restricted free agency tender with the Ravens isn’t a surprise, given that the window for signing an offer sheet with another team has closed.

The one hiccup to be wary of is the fact that Locke is set to be a restricted free agent this off-season, and could easily be coveted by another safety-needy team.

A pending restricted free agent, he might be granted unrestricted status by management.

He was a restricted free agent heading to arbitration and there had been a report out of Europe in which Necas' father said his son would prefer to be traded.

Hronek, 26, was set to become a restricted free agent at the end of June.

Playing on a $2 million minimum contract, the Nets can extend him a qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent.

Bey’s versatility, in particular, might make Craig (a restricted free agent) expendable.