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NFL Free Agency: Raiders sign Robert Spillane to two-year, $9 million contract

20200517_134556by:Justin Rudolph•03/14/23
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xx during an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, in Baltimore. (Michael Owens via AP)

The Las Vegas Raiders have been making a series of moves this free agency period. And according to NFL reporter Doug Kyed, they have made another, this time on the defensive side of the ball. The Raiders are adding former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, Robert Spillane. Spillane will head to Las Vegas on a two-year deal worth $9 million, with $4 million in guaranteed money.

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In addition to NFL free agency, the new year also marks the beginning of all trades being made official by the league office. April 21 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets while April 26 marks the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets. 722 players are slated to become free agents in 2023.

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Players with only three years of accredited NFL experience become restricted free agents. Their original team will have the option to apply first-round, second-round, original-round, and right-of-fight-of-first-refusal tenders on players at escalating price tags. The higher the round, the more expensive the tender amount; however, if a separate team does offer a contract and the original team does not match that round pick will be conveyed from the new team to the original team. Right of first refusal only gives a team the option to match or not. If they don’t match, they get nothing in return. An original-round tender would send a draft pick from whatever round the player was drafted back to the original team if they chose not to match. The original team will have five days to match once a player signs an offer sheet from a new team.