Projected Franchise tag salaries - by positions

[Patler]

I don't know if anyone has posted this or not.
These are projected salaries, not official.

Position/Salary

Quarterback - $18.51 million

Running back - $10.93 million

Wide receiver - $12.80 million

Tight end - $8.33 million

Offensive lineman - 12.92 million

Defensive tackle - $11.17 million

Defensive end - $14.78 million

Linebacker - $13.17 million

Cornerback - $13.05 million

Safety - $9.60 million

Kicker/punter - $4.12 million

[woodbuck27]

Be careful:

Is it a category 'A' or 'B' or 'C or 'D' or.......whatever category post or a legitimately unique thread topic?

You have to look both ways over your shoulder here now before electing to post a thread.

[pbmax]

The WR number just seems stupid.

[woodbuck27]

The WR number just seems stupid.

Don't all of the numbers seem stupid. The money these top players get is insane.

Taking the 'gotta swallow it' pill.

It's a passing game now. WR's run routes to secure pass's and YAC.

[Guiness]

The WR number just seems stupid.

Stupider than the CB number?

[pbmax]

Stupider than the CB number?

The Packer skew my perception probably since Ted could draft either position from a hospital bed.

My sense is top WR don't dominate games so much as their teams' offenses. While a top CB can remove a threat all together. Fitz and CJ earned huge contracts while playing for some middling teams. Vincent Jackson's contract was dumb and Mike Wallace wasn't far behind.

However, just as you can find bargain basement, mid to late round WRs and do well, I suppose you can play zone CBs and be effective without shelling out top dollar.

I am probably complaining about just a handful of players.

[denverYooper]

The Packer skew my perception probably since Ted could draft either position from a hospital bed.

My sense is top WR don't dominate games so much as their teams' offenses. While a top CB can remove a threat all together. Fitz and CJ earned huge contracts while playing for some middling teams. Vincent Jackson's contract was dumb and Mike Wallace wasn't far behind.

However, just as you can find bargain basement, mid to late round WRs and do well, I suppose you can play zone CBs and be effective without shelling out top dollar.

I am probably complaining about just a handful of players.

And the Vikings just sit by Ted's bed collecting his castoffs. Norv Turner said Charles Johnson is the Vikings' best WR

[Smidgeon]

Stupider than the CB number?

Stupider than the RB number?

[pbmax]

Stupider than the RB number?

You only need one and the top guys can make an offense, though the reverse tends to happen too often.

I can close out a game with that guy, if my offense is actually proficient enough to get a lead.

[Guiness]

You only need one and the top guys can make an offense, though the reverse tends to happen too often.

I can close out a game with that guy, if my offense is actually proficient enough to get a lead.

Agreed, I looked at the RB number and it didn't bother me so much. I know it's sexy to call the position devalued, but it's still a position that can touch the ball 2 dozen or more times a game. The top guys deserve top money...

Doh, I just realized you didn't specify which way you thought it was stupid. It's the third lowest, above only safety and TE (didn't count kicker!). I think it's slotted way wrong, compared to the importance to a team.

[Joemailman]

Keep in mind that the franchise tag is the number the league sets, or 120% of what the player made in the previous year, whichever is higher. So although the franchise tag for DT's is 11.2 million, for Suh it's about 26 million.

[vince]

If you had a big time Tight End you'd be in business. Otherwise it's just ridiculous all around. 26 million for Detroit to franchise Suh? Where's he gonna end up? Seattle? That'd be brutal. They should dump Beastmode and sign Suh. Although he could be one screw-up away from being out of the league for a year. He also could be the missing link to one of the best defenses since the '85 Bears. I sure hope Wilson costs 'em a ton of money and soon because the Pack needs them to lose some talent not get more.

Packers need them to sign Beastmode for big money and then he needs to go down with a chronic back. I don't know where Suh's gonna end up but that could be big. Anywhere but Seatlle.

[Joemailman]

If you had a big time Tight End you'd be in business. Otherwise it's just ridiculous all around. 26 million for Detroit to franchise Suh? Where's he gonna end up? Seattle? That'd be brutal. They should dump Beastmode and sign Suh. Although he could be one screw-up away from being out of the league for a year. He also could be the missing link to one of the best defenses since the '85 Bears. I sure hope Wilson costs 'em a ton of money and soon because the Pack needs them to lose some talent not get more.

Packers need them to sign Beastmode for big money and then he needs to go down with a chronic back. I don't know where Suh's gonna end up but that could be big. Anywhere but Seatlle.

Incredibly, the top 9 teams in terms of cap space are all in the AFC. http://www.spotrac.com/research/nfl/...nfl-teams-502/ That would be the best-case scenario for the Packers. Question is whether Suh just wants the biggest contract he can get, or whether he wants to play for a team that can win now.

[vince]

Incredibly, the top 9 teams in terms of cap space are all in the AFC. http://www.spotrac.com/research/nfl/...nfl-teams-502/ That would be the best-case scenario for the Packers. Question is whether Suh just wants the biggest contract he can get, or whether he wants to play for a team that can win now.

I hope he cares more about the money but he doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who is driven by money alone.

He may end up in the Hall of Fame but he'll also be on the edge of being out of the league. He likes to drive fast and take chances. The Packers o-line also did a decent job of neutriliizing him. As long as he costs whatever team he ends up plaing for $15 million he'll be overvalued. AFC would be great - except that Pats.

[vince]

If you had a big time Tight End you'd be in business. Otherwise it's just ridiculous all around. 26 million for Detroit to franchise Suh? Where's he gonna end up? Seattle? That'd be brutal. They should dump Beastmode and sign Suh. Although he could be one screw-up away from being out of the league for a year. He also could be the missing link to one of the best defenses since the '85 Bears. I sure hope Wilson costs 'em a ton of money and soon because the Pack needs them to lose some talent not get more.

Packers need them to sign Beastmode for big money and then he needs to go down with a chronic back. I don't know where Suh's gonna end up but that could be big. Anywhere but Seatlle.

Jason Lacanfora tweeted that NFL sources are saying a deal with Lynch is being finalized for 2 years/$21 mil. $12 next year and $9 the year after.

[Guiness]

Jason Lacanfora tweeted that NFL sources are saying a deal with Lynch is being finalized for 2 years/$21 mil. $12 next year and $9 the year after.

Ya, and shortly after that dweeb made the 'announcement' Lynch's agent came out and denied it.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ynch-deal-yet/

After Hendrickson said there isn’t, La Canfora has backpedaled faster than Darrell Green, claiming that he continues to hear that the Seahawks have an offer on the table that “will result in a deal.”

Lacanfora can have some decent insights, but he's an idea/analysis guy. Looking to him for factual information...not so much. Based on his track record, he's got about as many NFL sources as you and I.

[vince]

Ya, and shortly after that dweeb made the 'announcement' Lynch's agent came out and denied it.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ynch-deal-yet/


Lacanfora can have some decent insights, but he's an idea/analysis guy. Looking to him for factual information...not so much. Based on his track record, he's got about as many NFL sources as you and I.

Obviously there's no deal signed yet, and Lynch's agent still has some dealpoints he's trying to negotiate for his client, but Lacanfora stuck to his story. Not sure what PFT is talking about him backpedaling. You don't work for the biggest football media outlet as an "insider" without having some actual sources throughout the league. I understand that these guys get used by both team and player reps so they often get told what teams and agents want to see reported, but someone inside in Seattle is telling him something, and whoever it is thinks the broad strokes of a deal are in place.

I'm all for Lynch getting big money. The bigger the better.

[Guiness]

Obviously there's no deal signed yet, and Lynch's agent still has some dealpoints he's trying to negotiate for his client, but Lacanfora stuck to his story. Not sure what PFT is talking about him backpedaling. You don't work for the biggest football media outlet as an "insider" without having some actual sources throughout the league. I understand that these guys get used by both team and player reps so they often get told what teams and agents want to see reported, but someone inside in Seattle is telling him something, and whoever it is thinks the broad strokes of a deal are in place.

I'm all for Lynch getting big money. The bigger the better.

How this plays out is going to be something else. He is, after all, under contract for next season ($5M base +$2M LTBE incentives), but it seems to be a given that he will get a new contract. I wonder if the Seahawks are considering playing hardball with him at all? The NFLPA really dropped the ball during the last set of negotiations, the fines for missing camp are pretty prohibitive and would force Lynch's hand quickly.

[vince]

No way the Pack franchises Cobb or obviously Bulaga.

I wonder about TT's recent strategy of letting guys he knows he wants to re-sign test free agency. He signed Rodgers early (twice) and it paid off bigtime. A couple others he signed too early.

Lately he's been sitting back and letting his guys set the market instead of signing them early. It seems to me that he could have signed Cobb a lot of places along the line for a lot less than he'll have to pay now. Maybe he'll end up getting him for $8 million a year and that will be the right number but right now it seems like he'll end up costing more.

[woodbuck27]

No way the Pack franchises Cobb or obviously Bulaga.

I wonder about TT's recent strategy of letting guys he knows he wants to re-sign test free agency. He signed Rodgers early (twice) and it paid off bigtime. A couple others he signed too early.

Lately he's been sitting back and letting his guys set the market instead of signing them early. It seems to me that he could have signed Cobb a lot of places along the line for a lot less than he'll have to pay now. Maybe he'll end up getting him for $8 million a year and that will be the right number but right now it seems like he'll end up costing more.

Does TT like to gamble? This man is peculiar to me as he seems conservative/withdrawn. What does he do with all that time with himself. I've never seen a more alone acting man in Pro sports and with his position. Ted Thompson is an island.

Can't you hear him when asked why do you procrastinate on signings Ted?



Well ahh ...let me think ahh ....that's a tough question...

mmmm....well I guess I could simply say:

It is what it is.