NFL Free Agency: Jordan Phillips signs new contract

Former Oklahoma star Jordan Phillips re-signed with the Buffalo Bills to a one-year contract on Thursday afternoon, per the Buffalo Twitter page. This will be his second stint with the Bills, as he played in Buffalo from 2018-2019. In 2022 with Buffalo, he racked up 20 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 12 games.

During his time with the Arizona Cardinals (2020-2021), he racked up 33 tackles, five sacks, and two forced fumbles in 18 games with the franchise.

Phillips was drafted in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He then spent from 2015-2018 with the Dolphins. During his NFL career thus far, Phillips has played with three different teams, the Dolphins, the Cardinals, and two different stints with the Bills.

In 2019, he racked up 9.5 sacks with the Bills–racking up the most sacks in a single season by a player in the franchise since 2017.

Jordan Phillips re-signs with Bills and more info 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.