Report: Tennessee Titans signing Calvin Ridley to four-year deal
Calvin Ridley returned to the NFL in 2023 after being suspended for the 2022 season, where he played for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Now, he has a better idea of what the future is going to look like.
According to Adam Schefter, Ridley has agreed to a four-year, $92M deal with the Tennessee Titans. The contract also includes $50 million in guaranteed money.
A first-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft out of Alabama, Ridley was selected by the Atlanta Falcons, where he became a star wide receiver, being named Second-Team All-Pro in 2020. However, he was suspended for the entire 2022 season due to gambling. That came while he was away from Atlanta in 2021, dealing with personal matters. Amid that suspension, Atlanta traded Ridley to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Last season, after his break from the sport, Calvin Ridley had 76 receptions on 136 targets for 1016 yards and eight touchdowns. Now, he’s preparing to head to Tennessee, which also added quarterback Mason Rudolph as the new league year got underway Wednesday afternoon.
More on the 2024 NFL offseason, free agency
The NFL 2024 calendar year begins at 4 p.m. ET on March 13th. At that time, contracts running through 2023 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 February 20th at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 5th. Beginning March 11th through March 13th teams can enter into 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 19th marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets. On April 24th, the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets hits. Following the restricted free agent deadline follows the 2024 NFL Draft, which runs from April 25-27th.
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.