Report: Philadelphia Eagles, Brandon Graham agree to one-year deal to stay with team
After having a career season over a decade into the NFL, Brandon Graham decided on his NFL future. According to Tim McManus, Graham has signed a one-year deal to stay in Philadelphia. The 34-year-old opted not to test free agency for a longer deal and instead is back with the Eagles on a one-year contract worth up to $6 million.
Graham has spent his entire career with the Philadelphia Eagles. Philadelphia drafted Graham out of Michigan with the No. 13 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Graham helped the Eagles win Super Bowl LII with his now-famous strip sack of Tom Brady. He aided Philadelphia to Super Bowl LVII this past season, a 38-35 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
In his career, Graham has 451 total tackles, 70 sacks, 21 fumble recoveries, seven fumble recoveries and one interception.
Graham hit double digit sacks for the first time in his career (11) in 2022. Despite an Achilles tear in 2021, the former Michigan star saw a career resurgence since the 2019 season, where he registered 8.5 sacks.
More on the 2023 NFL offseason, free agency
The NFL 2023 calendar year is set to begin at 4 p.m. ET on March 15 when contracts running through 2022 will officially run out, making those players free agents. Prior to the beginning of free agency, teams will have a chance to designate one franchise or transition tag player, starting on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 7. Beginning March 13 through March 15 teams will be allowed a legal negotiation with players who are set to become unrestricted free agents.
In addition to NFL free agency, the new year also marks the beginning of all trades being made official by the league office. April 21 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets while April 26 marks the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets. 722 players are slated to become free agents in 2023.
More on restricted, exclusive rights free agents
Players with only three years of accredited NFL experience become restricted free agents. Their original team will have the option to apply first-round, second-round, original-round, and right-of-fight-of-first-refusal tenders on players at escalating price tags. The higher the round, the more expensive the tender amount; however, if a separate team does offer a contract and the original team does not match that round pick will be conveyed from the new team to the original team.
Right of first refusal only gives a team the option to match or not. If they don’t match, they get nothing in return. An original-round tender would send a draft pick from whatever round the player was drafted back to the original team if they chose not to match. The original team will have five days to match once a player signs an offer sheet from a new team.