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- -- No Restricted Free Agents Change Teams --
Sat Apr 18, 2009 --from FFMastermind.com - ESPN reports for the first time since the NFL implemented its current system in 1993, not a single restricted free agent changed teams before the Friday deadline. Last year, three restricted players changed teams. Over the past three springs, 11 restricted players moved on to new clubs. The deadline for teams to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets was Friday at 11:59 p.m. That would have given a player's current team a full seven days, the period established by free agency rules, to either match or pass on an offer sheet before next weekend's draft. The deadline, however, proved uneventful, as no 11th-hour offer sheets were executed around the league. During the restricted free agent signing period, which lasted nearly 2 months, four three-year veterans signed offer sheets with new franchises. All were matched by their incumbent teams, though, as the current clubs retained the players.
