As expected, the NFL’s 3 p.m. deadline on Friday, April 17 passed without an offer sheet for New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill. The restricted free agent received a formal first-round tender worth over $4 million back in March, which he will now sign so that he can play football in 2020. Teams had until this point to make Hill an offer, though signing him to a deal that the Saints declined to match would have cost them a first-round draft pick.
Now, this does not necessarily mean that Hill will play for the Saints this year. He could still be traded to another team if the right offer is put on the table, but New Orleans’ decision to tender him at the highest possible value suggests they won’t send him away for peanuts.