NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 9
Veteran Free Agency

Section 2(g)
Restricted Free Agents

(g)

A Restricted Free Agent receiving the Tender provided for in Sections 2(b)(i)(2)–(4) shall have the option of accepting a one-year NFL Player Contract for 110% of his Prior Year Paragraph 5 Salary (with all other terms of his prior year contract carried forward unchanged) in lieu of a Player Contract for the applicable alternative amount specified in the aforementioned Sections, if he so wishes, regardless of which Player Contract is for a greater amount.