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The Chiefs now have just one tendered restricted free agent left to sign.

Tuesday afternoon, LB Corey Mays officially inked his second-round tender offer that Kansas City extended to him back on March 5^th. Mays was a surprise find last season in free agency as he started 13 games an inside linebacker for the Chiefs and set single-season career highs in tackles (100), passes defensed (1) and quarterback pressures (4).

Of the Chiefs seven tendered RFA’s, only S Jarrad Page has yet to sign his tender. He represented the final of the Chiefs RFA’s to sign his tender a year ago as well when he inked those papers on May 29^th.

To recap the Chiefs tendered restricted free agents…

QB Brodie Croyle (Year 4 Player)

Details: Second-round tender = $1.759 million

Signed Tender: April 15^th

LB Derrick Johnson (Year 5 Player)

Details: First round tender = $2.621 million

Signed Tender: March 24^th

LB Corey Mays (Year 4 Player)

Details: Second-round tender = $1.759 million

Signed Tender: April 20^th

OL Ikechuku Ndukwe (Year 3 Player)

Details: Second-round tender = $1.684 million

Signed Tender: March 24^th

C Rudy Niswanger (Year 4 Player)

Details: Second-round tender = $1.759 million

Signed Tender: April 15^th

T Ryan O’Callaghan (Year 4 Player)

Details: Second-round tender = $1.759 million

Signed Tender: April 15^th

S Jarrad Page (Year 4 Player)

Details: Second-round tender = $1.759 million

Signed Tender: Unsigned

For those a bit confused with the RFA process, the next deadline to pay attention to is June 15^th. RFA’s who don’t sign their tender by June 15^th could see their 2010 salary reduced from their tendered amount to 110 percent of their 2009 salary. The June 15^th deadline also means that RFA’s could skip most of the off-season program without facing penalty.