2017 Franchise and Transition Tags

[Guiness]

Cousins future deals get even more absurd (same Yahoo article as above):

Something brought up in that quote, and I always see when talking about a player (maybe potentially) getting tagged multiple times, a line similar to this one
That would put Cousins at likely more than $93.89 million in guaranteed money for four years of work.
It wasn't guaranteed for four years, that's the point. The tag is four 1 year deals!!!

[pbmax]

Something brought up in that quote, and I always see when talking about a player (maybe potentially) getting tagged multiple times, a line similar to this one
That would put Cousins at likely more than $93.89 million in guaranteed money for four years of work.
It wasn't guaranteed for four years, that's the point. The tag is four 1 year deals!!!

Yeah, from the players perspective, the tag is 50% less (roughly) of the guarantee and less than half the length. So there is some definite downside for Cousins.

I think that is why the article points out that the Redskins last year could have signed him for less than those numbers, because doing year by year franchise deals wasn't really his ideal plan either.

But since its happened, it favors the player if he is healthy.

Washington, despite paying a boatload, has no control over the asset long term and no cost savings. They are paying a premium to be able to treat him as replacement level.

[Guiness]

Yeah, from the players perspective, the tag is 50% less (roughly) of the guarantee and less than half the length. So there is some definite downside for Cousins.

I think that is why the article points out that the Redskins last year could have signed him for less than those numbers, because doing year by year franchise deals wasn't really his ideal plan either.

But since its happened, it favors the player if he is healthy.

Washington, despite paying a boatload, has no control over the asset long term and no cost savings. They are paying a premium to be able to treat him as replacement level.

He's been lucky in that he's stayed healthy and has continued to play well. In that situation, the tag definitely favours the player.