NFL Announces 2008 Values of Franchise and Transition tags

[Craig Smith]

NFL | Franchise tag and transition tag prices for defensive players announced
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:17:46 -0800

Brad Biggs, of the Chicago Sun-Times, reports the prices for franchise tag players and transition tag players for the 2008 season have been announced. Defensive ends will carry a franchise tag of $8.879 million and a transition tag of $7.679 million. Cornerbacks will carry a franchise tag of $9.465 million and a transition tag of $7.659 million. Linebackers will carry a franchise tag of $8.065 million and a transition tag of $7.335 million. Defensive tackles will carry a franchise tag of $6.363 million and a transition tag of $5.654 million. Safeties will carry a franchise tag of $4.396 million and a transition tag of $3.893 million.

NFL | Franchise tag and transition tag prices for offensive players announced
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:16:57 -0800

Brad Biggs, of the Chicago Sun-Times, reports the prices for franchise tag players and transition tag players for the 2008 season have been announced. Quarterbacks will carry a franchise tag of $10.73 million and a transition tag of $9.56 million. Offensive lineman will carry a franchise tag of $7.455 million and a transition tag of $6.895 million. Wide receivers will carry a franchise tag of $7.848 million and a transition tag of $6.872 million. Running backs will carry a franchise tag of $6.538 million and a transition tag of $5.699 million. Tight ends will carry a franchise tag of $4.522 million and a transition tag of $3.733 million.

Per KFFL. Going to be awfully expensive to Franchise some of them free agents like Trufant, Samuel and Briggs.

[Leo Fender]

Can you really Franchise a player two years in a row? Wasn't Briggs (and Samuel?) franchised last year?

[EL Guapo]

Can you really Franchise a player two years in a row? Wasn't Briggs (and Samuel?) franchised last year?

Briggs and Samuel reached incentives this year where they cannot be franchised again next year. I’m pretty sure they reached them. It was an agreement they made with their teams before the season. Generally, I believe you can be franchised more than once

[Craig Smith]

Briggs and Samuel reached incentives this year where they cannot be franchised again next year. I’m pretty sure they reached them. It was an agreement they made with their teams before the season. Generally, I believe you can be franchised more than once

Yes you can be franchised in consecutive seasons by the same team. Only way to avoid it is to add a "No Franchise" stipulation once they do it for the first time. As for Samuel, i know he had a clasue, but i was not sure if he hit his incentives, as for Briggs, i don't know.

[rockhead]

Samuel's clause was relataed to team victories. obviously, New England reached that number so he can't be Franchised again.

[Joey_Potter]

You can be franchised more than once but not two years in a row. Unless a deal is made I suppose.

[starqb14]

vinatieri was franchised two years in a row. i think. or josh brown. something like that.

[starqb14]

so do you think the chiefs will franchise jared allen? i know he's a stud, but do you think they think he's worth that kind of money? i heard he doesn't really want to go back there anyway; he wants to play for a winner. might that play into it?

[Joey_Potter]

If he wants to play for a winner and the Chiefs have a great draft then they might not need to Franchise him. However they wont let a player of his caliber walk for nothing.

[Matt McGuire]

Josh Brown was franchised 2 years in a row.

[Joey_Potter]

Josh Brown was franchised 2 years in a row.

He and the team probobly struck a deal after his first franchise that would allow them to do it twice in a row based on product or wins. Something like that because the Cardinals wanted to Franchise someone for 2 strait years a couple years back and the league stopped it saying they couldn't.

[EL Guapo]

He and the team probobly struck a deal after his first franchise that would allow them to do it twice in a row based on product or wins. Something like that because the Cardinals wanted to Franchise someone for 2 strait years a couple years back and the league stopped it saying they couldn't.

I don’t think a player would a cut deal to allow himself to be franchised. I don’t know how their players union allows it at all. Could you imagine the baseball owners even asking the MLB union for that? It would be a joke.

I think Orlando Pace was franchised at least 3 straight times.

[NoNonsenseCoach]

He and the team probobly struck a deal after his first franchise that would allow them to do it twice in a row based on product or wins. Something like that because the Cardinals wanted to Franchise someone for 2 strait years a couple years back and the league stopped it saying they couldn't.

Not all the details, but I do somewhat remember that.

[Leo Fender]

I think that both Samuel and Briggs reched their incentives.