jwatts Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Here's a something I found from last year about franchise/transition tags. The NFL's best-paid players at each position in 2004, for purposes of calculating franchise and transition designation contract offers. Figures include prorated signing bonus, other bonuses and base salary. The franchise number is the average of the top-five salaries; transition number is the average of the top-10. Cornerback Antoine Winfield, Minn. $12,400,000 Ty Law, N.E. $9,601,365 Samari Rolle, Tenn. $8,313,335 Patrick Surtain, Mia. $7,884,371 Daylon McCutcheon, Cle. $5,883,333 Aaron Glenn, Hou. $5,416,666 Dre' Bly, Det. $5,300,000 Sam Madison, Mia. $5,180,931 Chad Scott, Pitt. $4,785,000 Ronde Barber, T.B. $4,614,000 Franchise $8,816,000 Trans ition $6,938,000 You can tell by the players & salaries alone that this figure is going to drop. Ty Law, Samari Rolle alone both got cut and took a huge pay cut. I also want to say that Winfields salary number get smaller as the contract goes on. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nf...e-players_x.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_wag Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 unless i'm missing someone, these are the 5 that will make up the '06 calculation: woodson -- 10.5M bly -- 4M barber -- 3.75M madison -- 3.42M law -- 2.5M average -- 4.834 those are straight salary figures above, so they wouldn't include any performance based incentives earned (which likely are included in the calculation as they are paid immediately to the player)........if i missed a CB with a higher salary it will throw the number off as well....... 591526[/snapback] so if pro-rated signing bonus is included the numbers look more like this: woodson -- 10.5M bly -- 5.3M barber -- 5.05M madison -- 6.15M law -- 3.5M (likely bumped out by someone else) average -- 6M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 If I were a player, I'd be pissed if what year other vets are in their contract can drop the franchise tag by $3mil from one year to the next. Definelty a screwy system, but hey if it helps us tag Clements for $5mil, I think it's great. But I will feel bad for Clements having to scrape by with only $5mil. If he signs here, I'd suggest we take up a collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfladave Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 so if pro-rated signing bonus is included the numbers look more like this: woodson -- 10.5M bly -- 5.3M barber -- 5.05M madison -- 6.15M law -- 3.5M (likely bumped out by someone else) average -- 6M 592013[/snapback] Here are the top 10 CBs in pay for 2005. Woodson, Charles CB Oakland 10537000.00 Bly, Dre' CB Detroit 4000000.00 Barber, Jamael Oronde CB Tampa Bay 3750000.00 Madison, Sam CB Miami 3420000.00 Azumah, Jerry CB Chicago 3000000.00 Warfield, Eric CB Kansas City 2842307.00 Clements, Nate CB Buffalo 2500000.00 Law, Tajuan CB New York Jets 2500000.00 Kelly, Brian CB Tampa Bay 2400000.00 Allen, Will CB New York Giants 2275000.00 Top 5 averaged $4.94 million edit: I do not think that these numbers include any roster bonuses, which do count in the franchise or transition numbers. Signing bonuses do not count torward the numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Here are the top 10 CBs in pay for 2005. Woodson, Charles CB Oakland 10537000.00 Bly, Dre' CB Detroit 4000000.00 Barber, Jamael Oronde CB Tampa Bay 3750000.00 Madison, Sam CB Miami 3420000.00 Azumah, Jerry CB Chicago 3000000.00 Warfield, Eric CB Kansas City 2842307.00 Clements, Nate CB Buffalo 2500000.00 Law, Tajuan CB New York Jets 2500000.00 Kelly, Brian CB Tampa Bay 2400000.00 Allen, Will CB New York Giants 2275000.00 Top 5 averaged $4.94 million edit: I do not think that these numbers include any roster bonuses, which do count in the franchise or transition numbers. Signing bonuses do not count torward the numbers. 592590[/snapback] Where is Champ Bailey in all this? Or the dude from Baltimore (McAlister??) Can't believe neither of them are in the top ten??? GO BILLS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfladave Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Where is Champ Bailey in all this? Or the dude from Baltimore (McAlister??) Can't believe neither of them are in the top ten??? GO BILLS! 592675[/snapback] Bailey, Roland View Stats at Players Inc Site Player Info Draft Info CB (#24) Year: 1999 Denver Broncos Round: 1 Englewood, CO Position: 7 Salary History 2004 1000000.00 2005 540000.00 2006 5500000.00 2007 5500000.00 2008 7500000.00 2009 6500000.00 2010 9500000.00 McAlister, Chris View Stats at Players Inc Site Player Info Draft Info CB (#21) Year: 1999 Baltimore Ravens Round: 1 Corona, CA Position: 10 Salary History 2004 535000.00 2005 965000.00 2006 5500000.00 2007 6500000.00 2008 8000000.00 2009 8000000.00 2010 8000000.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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