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marion barber for instance. he is a restricted free agent. couldnt we offer a big contract to him and the cowboys would have no choice but to lose him! im not sure how that goes, ellaborate please!
 
well we'd have to give up a draft pick if the Cowboys decided not to match the offer, and since Barber is a pro-bowler, it could be a fairly high pick.
 
It depends on which "level" they tender him at as to the compensation...I would imagine he'd be tendered at the 1st rd and 3rd round level...
 
thefranchisedef said:
marion barber for instance. he is a restricted free agent. couldnt we offer a big contract to him and the cowboys would have no choice but to lose him! im not sure how that goes, ellaborate please!
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Here... read this definition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restricted_free_agent

In the National Football League, a restricted free agent (RFA) is one with three accrued seasons of service, who has received a "qualifying" offer (a salary level predetermined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and its players) from his current club. He can negotiate with any club through a certain date. If the restricted free agent accepts an offer sheet from a new club, his old club has "right of first refusal," a seven-day period in which it may match the offer and retain him, or choose not to match the offer, in which case it may receive one or more draft picks for the upcoming draft from the player's new club. If an offer sheet is not executed, the player's rights revert to his old club the day after negotiations must end.

Tender Amounts

In 2007, a second-round tender offer was added. The four tender amounts were as follows:
Tender amountCompensation required$2.35 millionFirst- and third-round$1.85 millionFirst-round$1.3 millionSecond-round$850,000Determined by RFA's original draft status (see below)
Each player that signs a tender receives the one-year salary that corresponds to the tender level. Teams which choose not to match an offer on a player with a low tender receive a draft pick corresponding to the round in which the player was originally drafted (except that the highest pick that can be surrendered for such a tender is a second-round pick). For example, a sixth-round pick would be required to sign an RFA drafted in the sixth round. No compensation is required for an undrafted player on the lowest tender amount, so teams with valued undrafted RFAs are taking a notable risk by offering such tenders.

Examples of possible outcomes

In addition to the following outcomes, if a player does not receive an offer sheet from his original team, he becomes an unrestricted free agent. If a player signs the offer sheet from his original team, he remains with that team.
  • Team declining to match offer sheet. Carolina Panthers cornerback Ricky Manning, Jr. was a restricted free agent in the 2006 offseason. Based on the tender placed on Manning by the Panthers, the team would receive a third-round pick in the NFL Draft if Manning signed with another team. On April 21, the Chicago Bears signed Manning to an offer sheet - a five-year contract worth up to $23 million. Although the Panthers had a full week to decide if they wanted to match the offer sheet, they announced on April 24 that they would not match. At this time, Manning became a member of the Bears and the Panthers received a third-round draft choice in the 2006 draft from Chicago.
 
i dont think we go after any high talent RFA's because we would have to give up a high draft pick and when you are rebuilding you want to build through the draft and not give up your 1st rounder on a RFA, especially this year because it iss the #1 overall
 
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