Franchise Tag Question

A "non-exclusive" franchise player must be offered a one-year contract for an amount no less than the average of the top five cap hits at the player's position for the previous five years applied to the current salary cap, or 120 percent of the player's previous year's salary, whichever is greater. A non-exclusive franchise player may negotiate with other NFL teams, but if the player signs an offer sheet from another team, the original team has a right to match the terms of that offer, or if it does not match the offer and thus loses the player, is entitled to receive two first-round draft picks as compensation.

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zerofill said:

So... if a team does a non-exclusive tag, where the player can negotiate with other teams. The player receives an offer, and the team holding the tag doesn't match it.... Where do the 2 first round picks come from?

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Denim Chicken said:

From the team that signs they tagged player, I believe.

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JBS said:

What do you mean where..where else would they come from?

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zerofill said:

It didn't say, so I thought the NFL was going to be like the Feds making money out of thin air lol.

I assumed it was that team... but it also didn't say if it was 2 picks form that team, 2 picks in the same draft, 2 picks spread out...

So I was making sure...

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DanA said:

It is a really weird rule though in that it punishes bad teams and allows good teams to get better (in theory). Has anyone actually gotten a player this way?

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JD_KaPow said:

How does it do that?

I honestly don't know if anyone's ever signed one of these players and given up the two picks. They often get traded while on the tag though, for less than two first-rounders.

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Ebnorice said:

Didn’t Dallas sign Joey Galloway this way and then give up the two first rounders?

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zerofill said:

So... if a team does a non-exclusive tag, where the player can negotiate with other teams. The player receives an offer, and the team holding the tag doesn't match it.... Where do the 2 first round picks come from?

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xwalker said:

Obviously it can't be from the same draft. It the 1st round pick from that team for the next 2 drafts.

FYI, teams can trade exclusive tag players that have not signed the tag. The team would give another team permission to work out a contract with the player. Once the player and that team agreed on a contract, the player would sign the tag and the trade would happen. The new team would immediately sign the player to the new contract. The deadline for that is July 15th.

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Pantone282C said:

A defacto trade - a gentleman's agreement that everyone follows through with the agreed upon terms?

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xwalker said:

Trades must be approved by the league. It would be very difficult for a team to get a player to sign the tag and then back out of the trade. The NFL has digression to not allow that to happen.

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