The Dolphins have placed a one-year tender on Tyler Thigpen with the hopes that a new Collective Bargaining Agreement will make last year’s backup quarterback a restricted free agent in 2011, virtually ensuring he returns to the team. Thigpen, who has been in the NFL since 2007, is presently in limbo because nobody in the NFL knows if a new CBA agreement will make tenders given to players with less than five-years of experience valid.
Last year the NFL’s free agency structure required that a veteran needs five-years of vested experience before they could hit the free agent market without restrictions. Before 2010 players needed four seasons. The NFLPA is adamant that the league with return to that format.
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