The Facts:
Rice’s agent Drew Rosenhaus told Adam Schefter of ESPN that Rice will not re-sign with the Vikings before March 4. Minnesota made a multi-year offer to deal to Rice, but clearly it wasn’t enough in Rice’s assessment.
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
It’s possible that the Vikings could still try to place a restricted free agent tender on Rice, who is a four-year veteran. Under the rules of the uncapped year, fourth-year players are RFAs. It’s expected that Rice will be an unrestricted free agent after a new CBA is reached, but as PFT notes, until that actually happens all we can do is guess. ... Stay tuned.
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