We’ll round up the latest news on restricted and exclusive-rights free agents here:
- Geronimo Allison will sign his ERFA Packers tender before free agency opens this week, Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com reports. The wide receiver’s agent met with the Packers at the Combine. Allison will make the second-year minimum, $540K, in 2017. He caught two playoff touchdowns for the Packers as a rookie after catching on in Green bay as a UDFA.
- The Vikings are expected to retain ERFA offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles, as Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press writes. Sirles will receive a one-year tender for the league minimum of $690K. Injuries forced Sirles into the starting lineup for Minnesota last year, and he ended up starting 10 games for the club, including nine at right tackle.
At least he is a known quantity and will be a serviceable back up. The Vikes better not settle for him as a starter though.