Edit: Kyle Allen extended for 1 year

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, hepcat said:

Lol they read my thread! Jk

Great moments in good timing 

[hepcat]

2 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Answers that question, might as well lock thread now

I updated it, why start a new one now. All the topics discussed are the same, Grier vs Allen, etc

[Jon Snow]

Just now, jfra78 said:

I think thats all they can offer at the league minimum for ERFA

I thought he was already under contract next season?  Must have missed where his contact was up for renewal.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, jfra78 said:

I think thats all they can offer at the league minimum for ERFA

No, they could offer a longer contract.

There's no great driving reason to do so.

[jfra78]

1 minute ago, hepcat said:

I updated it, why start a new one now. All the topics discussed are the same, Grier vs Allen, etc

Grier v Allen is no competition i would want to watch again

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Grier v Allen is no competition i would want to watch again

If the team doesn't pick up anyone else and the word that Newton may not be healthy for a long time has any validity, you might.

[jfra78]

5 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

No, they could offer a longer contract.

There's no great driving reason to do so.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001021617/article/2019-nfl-free-agency-glossary-all-the-terms-you-need-to-know

Exclusive rights free agent (ERFA): Any player with fewer than three accrued seasons and an expired contract. If his original team offers him a one-year contract and the league minimum (based on his credited seasons), the player cannot negotiate with other teams.

[Snake]

1 hour ago, TheRed said:

If we cut Will Grier after only one season, every thread with huddlers clamoring for us to draft him should be bumped, and they should be thoroughly embarrassed.

Will Grier was a disaster and resigning Allen is proof of that. No clue why we thought a guy who was a ok system QB was going to do anything in the NFL. Jimmy Clausen was more pro ready. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, jfra78 said:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001021617/article/2019-nfl-free-agency-glossary-all-the-terms-you-need-to-know

Exclusive rights free agent (ERFA): Any player with fewer than three accrued seasons and an expired contract. If his original team offers him a one-year contract and the league minimum (based on his credited seasons), the player cannot negotiate with other teams.

That's talking about a tender offer. The flipside would be that if they offered him nothing, he'd become a true free agent.

Nothing in that language prevents them from offering something longer if they should choose. Again, there was just no reason to.

[45catfan]

No reason not to sign him as a RFA.  I'm not sure why it took this long.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, 45catfan said:

No reason not to sign him as a RFA.  I'm not sure why it took this long.

Evaluation? 

[hepcat]

2 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

No reason not to sign him as a RFA.  I'm not sure why it took this long.

they forgot about him until they saw my thread, we all know Tepper reads the huddle lol

[Jon Snow]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Evaluation? 

I tend to go with "we are looking for a better option but couldn't come up with one so let's just stick with what we have for now" as the reason.

[joeyxfresco]

1 minute ago, Snake said:

Will Grier was a disaster and resigning Allen is proof of that. No clue why we thought a guy who was a ok system QB was going to do anything in the NFL. Jimmy Clausen was more pro ready. 

Anybody vouching for Grier before the draft was delusional. I hated the idea of drafting a guy who was supposed to be a Heisman candidate and first pick going into his senior year but he played so bad against wet tissue Big 12 defenses that his stock dropped to a middling day 3 pick. The team panicked when reports about NE wanting Grier came out and we wanted a “feel good” story about a hometown kid who’s related to some Vine/YT guy so we reached for him.