Sources: Final Eight free agent money raises slightly

Under the new provisions governing the pending uncapped year, the NFL Management Council and the NFL Players Association have officially established how much money Final Eight teams can pay to free agents.

According to multiple league sources, Final Eight teams, which includes the Baltimore Ravens, San Diego Chargers, Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys, can pay one unrestricted free agent a first-year salary of $5.807 million.

And those four teams may sign other unrestricted free agents for less than $3.861 million in the first year of the contract while still following the 30-percent increase rule.

Previously, these figures were set at $5.5 million and $3.7 million, respectively.

Now, the teams can pay more to free agents.

And it's nice to see the NFL and the NFLPA agree on something in these stormy times on the labor front.

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