According to Field Yates, the Ravens have placed the unrestricted free agent tender on OLB Justin Houston.
This is a rarely used option for teams, which means Houston can only play for the Ravens in 2022 if he remains unsigned after July 22. If he does sign with a team, he counts as a compensatory free agent.
The UFA tender is for 110 percent of a player’s prior salary. It was last used in 2020 with the Giants and OLB Markus Golden but the Chiefs also placed the tender on DE Melvin Ingram today.
Houston, 32, is a former third-round pick of the Chiefs back in 2011. He was entering the fifth year of his six-year, $101 million contract that included $52.5 million guaranteed when the Chiefs released him.
The Colts later signed Houston to a two-year, $24 million contract in 2019 and finished out his deal. He signed a one-year deal worth up to $4 million with the Ravens in July.
In 2021, Houston appeared in 15 games for Baltimore, recording 34 total tackles, six tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, a forced fumble, one recovery and one pass defense.
We had him in our Top 100 Available 2022 NFL Free Agents list.
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