Franchise Tags

[Nors]

What is the timing on that? There are a bunch of guys like Howard, Woodson on and on vastly overpaid that are back in same boat......

Will Johnny A get tagged by Jets?

Adam V, Vanderjack I believe are up......

 

[BigDFan5]

Feb. 23 is the last date a team can name a franchise or transition player

 

[jksmith269]

The tag for CB's this offseason will be a lot lower than last year. Woodson's tag last year cost around 10.5 Million this year I think it's projected around 5.7 million...

I heard those numbers on ESPN a few weeks back...

 

[Nors]

Thanks - I knew it was headed into March 1st timing wise. I think more teams are going to walk away from Big contracts.......

 

[BigDFan5]

2006 NFL Calendar

January 9, 2006

January 13-14 - Assistant coaches under contract to playoff clubs that
won their Wild Card games may be interviewed for head
coaching positions prior to their Divisional Playoff games.

January 14-15 - Divisional Playoffs

January 22 - AFC & NFC Conference Championships

February 5 - Super Bowl XL - Detroit

February 12 - AFC-NFC Pro Bowl - Honolulu

February 22-28 - Scouting Combine - Indianapolis

February 23 - Waiver system begins

- Deadline (4:00 p.m. ET) for clubs to
designate Franchise & Transition players

March 2 - Expiration date of all player contracts
due to expire in 2006

March 3 - Free Agency period begins

- Trading period begins for 2006 after
expiration of all 2005 contracts

March 26-30 - NFL Annual Meeting - Orlando

April 21 - Deadline for signing of offer sheets
by restricted free agents

April 29-30 - NFL Draft

May 23-25 - NFL Spring Meeting - Denver

 

[Rush 2112]

The tag for CB's this offseason will be a lot lower than last year. Woodson's tag last year cost around 10.5 Million this year I think it's projected around 5.7 million...

I heard those numbers on ESPN a few weeks back...

Not sure how that makes any sense?

Franchise tag is based on average contract of top 3-5 players at position.

Price tag on CB's hasn't gone down any lately.

 

[Future]

they could go down if the top salaries have gone down...woodson not having one brings that average down

deion's is gone
ty law's is lower

i cant really think of any premier corners that are getting huge money...around 10 mil...let alone 5 of them

i could be wrong of course

 

[jksmith269]

Not sure how that makes any sense?

Franchise tag is based on average contract of top 3-5 players at position.

Price tag on CB's hasn't gone down any lately.

as I said that's just what ESPN had on one of it's shows when it was reported what the cap is projected to be next year...

 

[AdamJT13]

they could go down if the top salaries have gone down...woodson not having one brings that average down

Woodson had the highest cap number for cornerbacks because he was franchised last year at $10.537 million. But players who are tagged are not included in the calculation for the next year's tender amounts, so he's not one of the top five that are averaged. The franchise tender for cornerbacks should be about $6.37 million this season.

 

[Rush 2112]

Woodson had the highest cap number for cornerbacks because he was franchised last year at $10.537 million. But players who are tagged are not included in the calculation for the next year's tender amounts, so he's not one of the top five that are averaged. The franchise tender for cornerbacks should be about $6.37 million this season.

Interesting.

Seems like salaries have gone nothing but up and up.

Thought we weren't in the CB FA market in 2004 cuz of insane prices but forced to step in last year.

CB's are 40% off this year!!!

Hip, hip, hooray.

 

[AdamJT13]

Interesting.

Seems like salaries have gone nothing but up and up.

The averages keep going up, but a lot of the highest-paid guys got new deals last year (Samari Rolle, Ty Law, Patrick Surtain, etc.), so their cap numbers were pretty low in 2005. And the Vikings have been giving their free agent signings roster bonuses instead of signing bonuses. So when they signed Antoine Winfield in 2004, his cap number that season was $12.5 million, but it dropped to $6.25 million this year. That helps lower the average of the top five by quite a bit. (The Vikings again had the non-franchised cornerback with the highest cap number in 2005, Fred Smoot at $9.1 million.)

Also, Charles Woodson's franchise tender in 2005 was higher than the normal amount (which was $8.816 million last year) because it had to be 120 percent of his cap number in the previous season.

 

[Nors]

Curious what it will cost Jets to tag Abraham.

 

[Holloway805]

Curious what big time free safety and stud linebackers will be available.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

I hope we put in a bid on a few stud players....