The 2010 restricted free agent tags have been set per PFT. Players that are restricted free agents with four years of experience are as follows:  Original pick compensation: $1.176 million,Second round tender: $1.759 million, First round tender: $2.521 million, and First and third tender: $3.168 million.  Players that are restricted free agents with five years of experience are as follows:  Original pick compensation: $1.226 million, Second round tender: $1.809 million, First r

TEN YEARS LATER
February 8th – 6:11 AM

While most of the country reflects on yesterday’s Super Bowl, the Chiefs Kingdom turns their attention today towards a man who carries a gridiron legacy of his own: Derrick Vincent Thomas.

Spike your Koolaid
with Nick Rist
BarrysKoolaid.com
Staff Writer
 
The off season of 2010 is going to be an intriguing in that there will be less available players without restrictions than in years past. The new “rules” of the off season are in this link, http://www.barryskoolaid.com/node/87. This writer will focus on a different position group in each article to ensure that the best fan base in all sports is educated on the free agents that are available and which free agents will only be available through a form of compensation. This writer will use the website www.footballsfuture.com for the list of players in the class of 2010 NFL free agency.
 
The Chiefs have a big need at nose tackle and the options are limited.  The Chiefs may or may not need another outside line backer depending on your belief in Andy Studebaker.  This writer thinks Studebaker could be a good outside line backer opposite Tamba Hali.  For this part of the series, this writer will not address an upgrade at the outside line backer position.  The free agent class for 4-3 defensive ends or 3-4 outside line backers include 22 players, five players that are restricted due to the new CBA rules, one player restricted regardless of the CBA, and the rest remaining as unrestricted free agents.  For those fans that think outside linebacker is still a concern there are some options available through free agency, restricted free angency, and the draft.  The premium position of nose tackle on the other hand could be different.

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