NFL Teams Face Deadline for Qualifying Offers, Potential Impact on Free Agency The clock is ticking for NFL teams as today marks the deadline to issue qualifying offers to pending restricted free agents. By 4:00 p.m. CT, teams must decide which players to extend qualifying offers, a move that would prevent those players from becoming unrestricted free agents on Tuesday. Failure to issue a qualifying offer, however, will make those players eligible to hit the open market, potentially disrupting the plans of teams that had hoped to retain their services. With the free agency period set to begin in just a day, this deadline will play a significant role in shaping the offseason landscape for many teams.

The deadline to issue a qualifying offer to pending restricted free agents is today at 4:00 p.m. CT, making any player who has not received one eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on Tuesday. Below are the players who will not be issued a qualifying offer: (this list will be updated as reports continue […]