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A tidbit from Reiss:
Not sure if it's just against injury, or against skill and injury, but that's rather interesting.
FWIW, the new CBA limits what teams can do with UDFAs in two ways: the UDFA rookie contract must be exactly three years long, and each team is limited to an aggregate of $75,000 in signing bonuses for UDFAs.
9. Heard in the Gillette press box Thursday night among scouts: In the competition for rookie free agents, the Patriots took the aggressive step of guaranteeing parts of base salaries for them. Linebacker Jeff Tarpinian (Iowa), defensive end/outside linebacker Aaron Lavarias (Idaho) and offensive lineman Mike Berry (Auburn) apparently fell into that category. One of the risks is when a player gets injured, as happened with Berry, who opened camp on the non-football injury list and was later waived.
Not sure if it's just against injury, or against skill and injury, but that's rather interesting.
FWIW, the new CBA limits what teams can do with UDFAs in two ways: the UDFA rookie contract must be exactly three years long, and each team is limited to an aggregate of $75,000 in signing bonuses for UDFAs.