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The tender deadline for ERFAs and RFAs is March 13. What are ERFAs and RFAs?

Little more than a week remains until the start of the NFL free agency period at 4 pm New York time on March 13, which also happens to be the deadline for teams to use tender offers on their exclusive rights free agents (ERFAs) and restricted free agents (RFAs). The primary focus during free agency is always on unrestricted free agents (UFAs), as those are the players who command the most money and who are the ones grabbing the headlines.

However, over the next few days there is also likely to be a lot to be read about players who are not UFAs, but who are a free agent in one of the other two groups.