John813
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It basically says "yes... he's already lost an accrued season....... BUT.... he can get the accrued season back if he reports by week 10.... and if thats the case..... the initial date of Aug 6 is meaningless.
It's meaningless to Zeke since he's signed for 2 years.
He can report August 6th next year and accrue his "4th" year to qualify for UFA if a deal were never to happen.
However, for players drafted in 2016 who don't have a 5th year option exercised the August 6th date was huge. If they were still holding out they would of been a RFA next year. Greatly limiting their chances of getting paid a fair market value. Hence why Yannick Ngakoue caved in on his holdout prior to August 6th.