According to ESPN's NFL Reporter Jeremy Fowler, the Pittsburgh Steelers plan to place an original round tender on restricted free agent QB Dwayne Haskins. See his tweet below.
The Steelers have indicated to Dwayne Haskins that they plan to place a restricted free agent tender on him for 2022, per source, and Haskins expects that to be an original-round tender, paying in range of $2.5 million. Another suggestion Haskins is in QB mix in Pittsburgh.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) January 23, 2022
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The tender Fowler mentions pays Haskins a non-guaranteed $2.5 million in 2022, and lines up with previous comments made by Haskins stating that he was told he'd compete for the starting job in 2022.
The original round tender is the lowest tender possible to be assigned, but if a team attempted to sign Haskins away from the Steelers it would cost them a first round pick due to him being a 1st round pick back in 2019 by the Washington Football Team.
Haskins didn't make any starts or see any playing time for the Steelers in 2021 after being signed last offseason by the team. He served primarily as the teams #3 QB.
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