<![CDATA[Tag, You're It]]> Per the NFL Calendar site:

Feb. 20 - First day for teams to designate Franchise or Transition players

So....who gets the Franchise Tag.  I am going to make a WAG and say that no one on the Browns earns that distinction.

And....as far as I am concerned it IS a distinction.    Despite what the yabos out there playing the game say.   Getting the franchise tag says:  We are at minimum going to pay you among the Top 5 salaries of all players at your position.

So...I don't know why people get pissed about getting tagged.  Because they want a long term deal?  So...go negotiate one.  Because you want to test Free Agency?  How much better can most get than Top 5 salary in free agency.  Because they are stuck where they are?  Most don't care where they are if the money is there. 

If by being tagged you were being paid only the average of the Top 15...then I could understand somewhat.....but the AVERAGE of the Top 5?  The actually means you will be paid as no less than the Top 2.5 players at your position are being paid.

So...to me...for someone like say Leveon Bell to be angry about it...I think it is dumb.    The ONLY thing a guy like that could be worrying about is his EGO!  "I don't want the best 2.5 player money, I want the #1 player money!!"   OK...and how many more farthings will that get you?  Really?

Are you going to go stupid like that one player (may have been basketball)  who said he hated it because he could not feed his family on what he would be paid with the millions that he was getting?

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@gumby73 said:

Lions DE Ziggy Ansah tagged..think 1 or 2 kickers got tagged also?.. but.."Am a Kicker"  

Only if you just don't have any "taggable" players or cash situation,that is a word, right? And good kickers might not win a game on their own but they sure can lose one! 

Homer-Doh.jpg

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@gumby73 said:

Lions DE Ziggy Ansah tagged..think 1 or 2 kickers got tagged also?.. but.."Am a Kicker"  

Well....that one makes sense at least.    I think a fair argument can be made that he is among the top 5 DEs in the game.

Fair to say?

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/774465https://brownsboard.com/post/774465Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:09:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tag, You're It on Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:18:33 GMT]]> In the National Football League (NFL), the franchise tag is a designation a team may apply to a player scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. The tag binds the player to the team for one year if certain conditions are met. Each team only has one franchise tag (of either the exclusive or non-exclusive forms) and one transition tag per year. The transition tag can only be used if the team does not use a franchise tag.

Perhaps originally designed to reduce player movement to bigger markets, which is often evidenced in the other major pro sports leagues, the NFL revenue sharing and a hard salary cap have placed teams on an even playing field relative to salaries. The tag options allow NFL franchises an extended bargaining period for a player that they feel is key to their success. Usually reserved for players of great skill or of high importance to the team, a franchise tag allows a team's general 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.

The designated franchise player will have his one-year salary guaranteed if he elects to play for the team that designated him with the franchise tag and if he does not negotiate a contract with another team.

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@mjp28 said:

Super greed and egos.  This was all set up for the stability of the teams and equitable compensation for the players. Oh well.....

Not really. 

Tagged for one year then you tear your ACL and are never the same again, never get a contract.

Or you get a long term deal with guaranteed money

It isn't greed, it's smart business in a dangerous, short lived profession

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@mjp28 said:

Oh yeah the CLEVELAND TRAILBLAZERS!  New and exciting ways to get things done. fuyuck things up 😆

FIFY

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@nickers said:

Although you know we have a way of bucking trends here in good ole Cleveland...

Oh yeah the CLEVELAND TRAILBLAZERS!  New and exciting ways to get things done. 😆

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@the-gipper said:

Its the "non-exclusive" tag:

The tag will hold Landry in place while the Dolphins try to make progress on a long-term deal. Because the team is using its non-exclusive tag, Landry is free to sign an offer sheet with another team. Should the Dolphins choose not to match an offer sheet for Landry, they would be due two first-round draft picks from Landry's new team.

Two first round picks?   NO ONE will ever do that.

Especially not the Browns. It would involve the #1 overall. 

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@the-gipper said:

Its the "non-exclusive" tag:

The tag will hold Landry in place while the Dolphins try to make progress on a long-term deal. Because the team is using its non-exclusive tag, Landry is free to sign an offer sheet with another team. Should the Dolphins choose not to match an offer sheet for Landry, they would be due two first-round draft picks from Landry's new team.

Two first round picks?   NO ONE will ever do that.

Although you know we have a way of bucking trends here in good ole Cleveland...

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@gumby73 said:

WR Jarvis Landry..Franchise Tagged in Miami ..$16 Million Bones

Its the "non-exclusive" tag:

The tag will hold Landry in place while the Dolphins try to make progress on a long-term deal. Because the team is using its non-exclusive tag, Landry is free to sign an offer sheet with another team. Should the Dolphins choose not to match an offer sheet for Landry, they would be due two first-round draft picks from Landry's new team.

Two first round picks?   NO ONE will ever do that.

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@nickers said:

Looking more like Pryor will fill that void until a drafted one rises... Dependent to the fact the Browns should draft one... or 2 CC can't be counted and Gip..wasn't that Latrell Spreewell if My memory serves.. I was like yeah.. your making more money than two of My families generation will see ever see in they're lifetimes.. and that's not enough.. Right...

Sprewell may have had a couple of dozen bastard children all around the country for which he had to pay child support.

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@texasag1969 said:

Damn-I really wanted the Browns to target him in FA.

Looking more like Pryor will fill that void until a drafted one rises... Dependent to the fact the Browns should draft one... or 2 CC can't be counted and Gip..wasn't that Latrell Spreewell if My memory serves.. I was like yeah.. your making more money than two of My families generation will see ever see in they're lifetimes.. and that's not enough.. Right...

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@gumby73 said:

WR Jarvis Landry..Franchise Tagged in Miami ..$16 Million Bones

Damn-I really wanted the Browns to target him in FA.

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@the-gipper said:

Per the NFL Calendar site:

Feb. 20 - First day for teams to designate Franchise or Transition players

.......So...to me...for someone like say Leveon Bell to be angry about it...I think it is dumb.    The ONLY thing a guy like that could be worrying about is his EGO!  "I don't want the best 2.5 player money, I want the #1 player money!!"   OK...and how many more farthings will that get you?  Really?

Are you going to go stupid like that one player (may have been basketball)  who said he hated it because he could not feed his family on what he would be paid with the millions that he was getting?

Super greed and egos.  This was all set up for the stability of the teams and equitable compensation for the players. Oh well.....

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