In years past, June 1 was a big day when a lot of big money veterans were cut so their previous team could save a little cap money. Changes in the amount of cap space most teams have available, and maybe even some smarter front offices, has led to the June 1 date becoming less and less important in the past few years.
However, this year's is of some significance because of a particular restricted free agent. Rams safety O.J. Atogwe entered restricted free agency this offseason and was tendered at the lowest possible option by the Rams: the right of first refusal tender. As of today, since the Rams did not come to terms on a long term deal with Atogwe, they either have to guarantee him a $7 million salary in 2010, or they have to cut him. If that has happened by the time this goes up (I'm scheduling this the night before), I'll update this post accordingly when I wake up.
I honestly do not expect the 49ers to make a move for Atogwe given the team's decision to draft Taylor Mays. I'm sure some folks would like to see something happen, but I'm not in that crowd. The team has a fairly crowded group of safeties, and even with Michael Lewis potentially on the way out at some point, I just don't see it happening.
In the meantime, this is still a significant date for the remaining restricted free agents that have not signed their tenders (not an issue for the 49ers). For those remaining RFAs, as of June 1, if they have not signed the tendered contract, the original club can extend the qualifying offer and thereby retain exclusive rights to the player. If the original qualifying offer is greater than 110 percent of the player's 2009 base salary and the player does not sign that contract by June 15, the team can substitute the June 1 tender with a new June 15th tender of 110 percent of the RFA's 2009 base salary and continue to retain exclusive rights to the player. If the player does not sign by Week 10, he cannot play in 2010.
After the jump, I've posted the list of unsigned restricted free agents.
| Club Name | Player Name | Pos |
| Arizona Cardinals | Lutui, Deuce | G |
| Baltimore Ravens | Gaither, Jared | T |
| Baltimore Ravens | Landry, Dawan | SS |
| Baltimore Ravens | McClain, Le'Ron | FB |
| Carolina Panthers | Davis, Thomas | OLB |
| Carolina Panthers | Marshall, Richard | CB |
| Cleveland Browns | Elam, Abram | SS |
| Cleveland Browns | Harrison, Jerome | RB |
| Cleveland Browns | Jackson, D'Qwell | ILB |
| Cleveland Browns | Roth, Matt | OLB |
| Cleveland Browns | Vickers, Lawrence | FB |
| Dallas Cowboys | Austin, Miles | WR |
| Dallas Cowboys | Sensabaugh, Gerald | SS |
| Denver Broncos | Dumervil, Elvis | OLB |
| Green Bay Packers | Bigby, Atari | SS |
| Green Bay Packers | Jolly, Johnny | DE |
| Green Bay Packers | Williams, Tramon | CB |
| Houston Texans | Daniels, Owen | TE |
| Indianapolis Colts | Bethea, Antoine | FS |
| Kansas City Chiefs | Page, Jarrad | FS |
| Miami Dolphins | Brown, Ronnie | RB |
| Miami Dolphins | Fasano, Anthony | TE |
| Minnesota Vikings | Edwards, Ray | DE |
| New England Patriots | Mankins, Logan | G |
| New Orleans Saints | Brown, Jammal | T |
| New Orleans Saints | Harper, Roman | SS |
| New Orleans Saints | Moore, Lance | WR |
| New Orleans Saints | Thomas, Pierre | RB |
| San Diego Chargers | Floyd, Malcom | WR |
| San Diego Chargers | Jackson, Vincent | WR |
| San Diego Chargers | McNeill, Marcus | T |
| San Diego Chargers | Merriman, Shawne | OLB |
| St. Louis Rams | Atogwe, Oshiomogho | FS |
| Tampa Bay Bucs | Penn, Donald | T |
| Tennessee Titans | Tulloch, Stephen | MLB |
| Washington Redskins | McIntosh, Rocky | OLB |
| Washington Redskins | Rogers, Carlos | CB |