dj-man Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Could Shelton come in and JJ tagged as a center, thefore his cost would be low in comparison to LT money. Shelton-Teague-JJ-Villarial-MW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfladave Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 I can't say for sure but I highly doubt that you are allowed to franchise a player for a position that they don't play. Otherwise we would have an awful lot of full backs or kickers on each team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 I can't say for sure but I highly doubt that you are allowed to franchise a player for a position that they don't play. Otherwise we would have an awful lot of full backs or kickers on each team. 245791[/snapback] Who's the last player we ever slapped the tag on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailog80 Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Who's the last player we ever slapped the tag on ? 245792[/snapback] Peerless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumping platelets Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Jennings can only be tagged at a OT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Jennings can only be tagged at a OT 245814[/snapback] This is because all the OL players share a common tag regardless of position. If you tag a center for example, the tag is set as an average of the top 5 OL salaries though most (or maybe all) of them are LTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Jennings can only be tagged at a OT 245814[/snapback] So you tag him as an OT and move him after the fact. Is the league going to say a team has no right to play its own players where the team determines it needs them most? What if an injury in camp or during the season makes a move a necessity. If the league can do this, is there any precedence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 So you tag him as an OT and move him after the fact. Is the league going to say a team has no right to play its own players where the team determines it needs them most? What if an injury in camp or during the season makes a move a necessity. If the league can do this, is there any precedence? 245840[/snapback] The premise behind the original post was not to play JJ in a particular spot, but was based on the false assumption that there would be a cap room savings by tagging him based on the top 5 average salaries of center rather than the top 5 salaries of LTs. The premise is incorrect as centers and LT salaries are all lumped together for franchise purposes as the 5 top OL salaries even if they were all LTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richNjoisy Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 IF the Bills trade for Shelton and IF the Bills can sign Pat Williams THEN tagging Jennings makes a LOT of sense - not because the Bills can simply keep JJ but because then they would have the option to TRADE him. This scenario makes a lot of sense to me IF all this can be done under the current cap situation. I am completely in the dark (fact and opinonwise) on the Mike Williams contract plans. This will play a major role in the maneuvering room moneywise for the Bills. -RnJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 IF the Bills trade for Shelton andIF the Bills can sign Pat Williams THEN tagging Jennings makes a LOT of sense - not because the Bills can simply keep JJ but because then they would have the option to TRADE him. This scenario makes a lot of sense to me IF all this can be done under the current cap situation. I am completely in the dark (fact and opinonwise) on the Mike Williams contract plans. This will play a major role in the maneuvering room moneywise for the Bills. -RnJ 245876[/snapback] However you have to understand that once a player is franchised; the average of the top 5 players at his position will immediately count against your cap which means the Bills would "lose" $8 million of cap space. As think of the cap as a line of a credit and the players as products, if you charge something to that credit (ie franchise a player) although you have yet to pay for it with real money it still counts against that line of credit until you pay it (sign your franchse player to a contract) or return the item to the store (ie remove the franchise tag and/or trade the player). That's why the Bills didn't give TKO an offersheet or sign Adams until AFTER trading Peerless a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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