Training camp is right around the corner. Which means two things.
1. Is anyone hurt, and will anyone begin on the Active/PUP?
2. What is the contract status of extension candidates? For those who don’t have a new deal in hand by July 25th’s first practice, who will hold in and leverage their situation?
There are three prime candidates to receive new deals: TE Pat Freiermuth, DL Cam Heyward, and RB Najee Harris. All have their different elements in search of a contract. Freiermuth, the most “normal” situation in the final year of his rookie deal, Heyward trying to squeeze out one more deal (with the structure of any extension critical), and Harris, having his fifth-year option declined in May but the door not closed on an extension.