Four Jets have been tendered as exclusive rights free agents.
They would be none other than K Sam Ficken, LB Frankie Luvu, LB B.J. Bello and OL Leo Koloamatangi, according to The AP. Since these four players were tendered as ERFAs, they will receive the NFL minimum salary for the 2020 season.
This prevents any of these four players from negotiating with any other team. Had the Jets not tendered them, they would have become free agents.
Ficken is the most notable played tendered out of the four. In his first full-time gig, the kicker had his ups and downs. He was 19-27 on field goals in 2019 and 23-26 on extra points. Ficken’s struggles lied with kicking from distance. Seven of his eight missed field goals came from 40+ yards away.
At the moment, the Jets have a kicking competition on their hands heading into 2020. They signed Brett Maher a couple of months ago and he will have to compete with Ficken for the starting job come training camp.
As for Luvu, he was primarily a backup last season. He made 10 total tackles along with registering a sack. Bello was on and off the Jets’ roster all season long and recorded three tackles in eight games.
Koloamatangi was signed to the practice squad at the end of October and was promoted to the active roster in November. However, he did not see any game action.
