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The NFL deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets with other teams passed Friday, meaning quarterback Taysom Hill is set to return to the New Orleans Saints for the 2020 season.

The Saints de-incentivized the rest of the NFL from trying to pry Hill off their roster by placing the highest possible restricted free agent tender on him. In order for a team to have signed Hill, they would have had to give up their first-round pick as compensation — and the Saints also had the right to match any offer that came in.



If Hill plays on the one-year tender, he will earn a fully-guaranteed salary of $4.641 million, which is almost three times Hill’s career earnings in his first three NFL seasons ($1.665 million). New Orleans could also potentially pursue a long-term extension for Hill, who could succeed Drew Brees as New Orleans’ starting quarterback.

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