As the first year without a salary cap since the salary cap was applied seventeen years ago approaches, many details need to be considered.
And with Thursday being the first day that the franchise tag may be applied to unrestricted free agents, one important facet of the uncapped year must be kept in mind.
In the uncapped year, teams may use both a franchise tag and a transition tag.
The transition tag has been used far less frequently since adoption of the current labor deal in 2006, given that the 2006 deal made the full amount of the transition tender (based on the average salary of the ten highest-paid players at the position) fully guaranteed once accepted by the player.
Because the transition tag gives the team only a right to match any offer that is made — and no compensation if the offer isn’t matched — it makes far more sense to simply apply the franchise tag and pay the difference between the average of the ten highest-paid players at the position and the five highest-paid players at the position.
But with the ability in 2010 to use both, there’s a chance that some teams will consider using the franchise tag on one player, and the transition tag on another. If the team is willing to keep the player for one more year at a guaranteed salary equal to the average pay of the top ten players at his position, there’s no reason not to give it a try.
Alternatively, teams can use two transition tags in the uncapped year, but not two franchise tags.
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According to Pat Kirwan, teams can use 1 Franchise tag and 2 Transitions tags (the “Three tags instead of one” about 2/3 of the way into the article): http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80864e15&template=with-video&confirm=true
So it takes you all day to post the Franchise/ Transition/RFA in bits?
Considering the huge lack of free agents, is there any team with 2 players valuable enough to need both tags?
put ‘em both on the same guy and watch what happens ….
Maybe you can answer this question Florio. What would happen if the Carolina Panthers placed the transition tag on Julius Peppers instead of the franchise tag? Would he be guaranteed the 21 million or whatever or would it simply be based on the average salary of the ten highest-paid players at the position. I know that their is a penalty for placing the franchise tag on a player twice. Would that penalty still happen if they used the transition tag instead? Don’t know if you read these but that could be very interesting. It would make sense because then maybe they would match an offer without actually having to make an official one.
raiders got seymour, and seabass this year to consider doing both
“Considering the huge lack of free agents, is there any team with 2 players valuable enough to need both tags?”
If there is a huge lack of free agents, who are you going to sign to replace the guy you lost because you didn’t tag him?
Both the franchise and transition tag carry the caveat “or 20% increase over last years salary, whichever is greater” with respect to the average of top-5 or top-10 salaries