St. Geezy said

Can’t. He’s confined to his tender rights currently, with his last tender rights coming next year at the first round RFA tender level (this new deal pays him just under that).

This is merely a formality to lock in his $$$ for protection in case he gets hurt this year. He likely has a promise from the team to do right by him next offseason, if he earns it.

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B4YOU said

A 1st round tender this year is 6.8M and a 2nd round tender is 4.8. Next year this goes up to 7M and 5M. So it looks like we basically signed for 200k over his estimated 2025 2nd round tender of 5M this year. Shaheed gets bonus money this year plus 200k (plus interest/gains on that money) and was going to be playing here in 2025 anyway. He will enter 2026 as a FA and cash in. Saints have less worry about him breaking out being headache in the off-season over money while still costing less than the 1st round tender. Seems like a great deal for everyone.

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