I want him gone, period. Whatever it takes. Whatever we can get for him, take it. I'm am sick of him and know the team will be better without him.
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I want him gone, period. Whatever it takes. Whatever we can get for him, take it. I'm am sick of him and know the team will be better without him.
Exactly what I was thinking.
MY FA wish list:
QB - Byron Leftwich
WR - TJ Houshmandzadeh
RB - Correll Buckhalter
FB - Tony Richardson
DT - Tank Johnson
DT - Albert Haynesworth
DE - Julius Peppers
DE - Terrell Suggs
LB - Karlos Dansby
LB - Jonathan Vilma
OL - Jordan Gross
C- Jason Brown
K- Rob Bironas
If we got 3 of those players, I'd be very happy.
Scout.com: 2009 NFL Free Agency Rankings
Does anyone know and is willing to explain the rules of Free agency as far as franchised, restricted etc.
I keep hearing that the franchise tag means whoever signs this person has to give up two draft picks their first born and a testicle.
I would love it if someone with knowledge on the topic could explain it for us lay-persons. Especially since a lot of us are looking toward free agency to answer some of the Chiefs problems. Thanks.
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Straight from Wiki~
Every year each National Football League team is allowed to designate a player who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent as a franchise player. This designation is applied to a player through the use of the franchise tag. Each team has access each year to only one franchise tag (of either the exclusive or non-exclusive forms) or one transition tag. As a result, each team may only designate one player each year as that team's franchise player.
Usually designated for players of great skill or of high importance to the team, a franchise tag allows a team's manager the privilege of strategically retaining valuable free-agent players while seeking talent through the NFL draft or other acquisitions without exceeding the League's salary cap.
If the designated franchise player elects to play for the team that designated him with the franchise tag, and does not negotiate a contract with another team his one year salary is guaranteed.
If a club withdraws their offered contract the player immediately reverts to an unrestricted free agent.
It is the team's choice whether it uses an exclusive or a non-exclusive franchise tag. While it may seem that a team would always choose the exclusive option, there are two reasons a team might prefer the non-exclusive option instead. The first is that the salary is based on the top 5 salaries of the previous year instead of the current year, which could be a significant difference. The second reason is that a team may want the opportunity for the two first-round draft picks they would receive if they lost their player
- An "exclusive" franchise player must be offered a one-year contract for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position as of a date in April of the current year in which the tag will apply, or 120 percent of the player's previous year's salary, whichever is greater. Exclusive franchise players cannot negotiate with other teams.
- A "non-exclusive" franchise player must be offered a one-year contract for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position in the previous year, or 120 percent of the player's previous year's salary, whichever is greater. A non-exclusive franchise player may negotiate with other NFL teams, but if he signs an offer sheet from another team, the original team has a right to match the terms of that offer, or if it does not match the offer and thus loses the player, is entitled to receive two first-round draft picks as compensation.
Awesome, thanks.
Now with that out of the way, I hope Peppers isnt franchised. I think he and Suggs are the only top tier 4-3 DEs available this year. And I dont think Suggs wants to leave Baltimore (unless he only wanted to stay if Ray lewis and Scott stayed). If we go 3-4 Chris Canty may be available from Dallas.
They wont franchise peppers, itll cost them too much and they need to resign gross, and dont have a ton of cap space.
Wouldn't be surprised at all. It really disturbs me how he looks like he is giving a crappy effort, when he runs. Like he is running in cement shoes. I bet he would run like a madman against us, just to shove our faces in it. You would think that the millions the Hunts gave him wouldve been motivation enough....guess not.
I personally think he was purposely laying down on us....just my opinion.