Franchise Tagged

[YardRat]

Desean Jackson WR Philadelphia
Ray Rice RB Baltimore
Matt Forte RB CHicago
Fred Davis TE Washington
DaShon Goldson S San Fran
Phil Dawson K Cleveland
Mike Nugent K Cincinnati
Brent Grimes CB Atlanta
Calais Campbell DE Arizona
Tyvon Branch S Oakland


Anybody else so far?

[Michael82]

Damn, I wanted Campbell. But I'm not surprised he was tagged.

[Yasgur's Farm]

I thought I heard Beastmode yesterday.

[EricStratton]

Why waste a tag on a kicker?

[Goobylal]

Nugent?

[Ickybaluky]

Why waste a tag on a kicker?

Because it is cheap. The K tag is something like $2.6M. If you have a good K and can't reach a long-term agreement, that isn't bad money to rent him for a year.

There will probably be another K tagged as well soon. If Matt Prater isn't signed before Monday, there is no way Denver is going to let him get to FA.

Connor Barth of TB is a candidate to be tagged as well.

[Ickybaluky]

Nugent?

He had a great year last year. 33-for-38 on FG, despite playing outdoors in Ohio. He also has one of the NFL's strongest legs, as shown by his 36 touchbacks on kickoffs.

Nugent has always been very talented, which is why he was drafted so high (2nd round). He was a little erratic early in his career, and had an ACL injury that derailed him a little. However, he has put it all together and is one of the NFL's best kickers.

[The Jokeman]

Why waste a tag on a kicker?
Secures you don't lose the Kicker and the franchise tag for a Kicker is pretty low against the cap.

[Johnny Bugmenot]

Why waste a tag on a kicker?
You remember Dave Rayner and Brandon Coutu last year, right?

[DrGraves]

I swear if SJ13 walks... I think WNY might explode

[psubills62]

Branch was tagged? Man, Oakland had a ton of cap space they needed to clear even before that. Now they've really got to do some work before the 13th. Rumors that Kamerion Wimbley would be let go - I wouldn't mind seeing him in Buffalo.

[SABURZFAN]

I swear if SJ13 walks... I think WNY might explode


i doubt it. WNY will be fine without him.

[HAMMER]

I swear if SJ13 walks... I think WNY might explode

I've never seen such a selfish player get so much love. He has shown that he doesn't care about the team by his actions on multiple occasions. He can beat it on down the road as far as I'm concerned.

[Mr. Pink]

Dawson has now been tagged in back to back years in Cleveland.

Kinda disconcerning they can't work out a 4-5 year deal with him.

[SquishDaFish]

Brees is now tagged also. Means Colston will now not be tagged

[The Jokeman]

Brees is now tagged also. Means Colston will now not be tagged
Colston's stats compare to Stevie yet he's 3 years older and been more injury prone than Stevie. True he has a Super Bowl ring etc but look closer at these former 7th Round picks. As over the last two seasons Colston's amassed 2166 yards compared to Stevie's 2077. Colston's caught 164 balls compared to Stevie's 158. Colston's caught 15 TDs whereas Stevie's caught 17. Yet I don't think anyone would say that Stevie's benefitted to playing indoor most games as Colston has and had the luxery of playing with Drew Brees. All things considered I still say franchising Stevie and locking him up to a long term deal is the best plan for the Bills.

[Johnny Bugmenot]

i doubt it. WNY will be fine without him.
We'll see... will they also be fine without the Bills once they move? One bad season and they'll be pushing them out the door faster than Houston did to the Oilers. Should, anyway.

[Mahdi]

I've never seen such a selfish player get so much love. He has shown that he doesn't care about the team by his actions on multiple occasions. He can beat it on down the road as far as I'm concerned.
Guy makes a couple mistakes and he doesn't care about the team? If anything his emotional reactions show he does care. And the fact that he is most likely going to sign here for another 5 years which takes him to 31 years old is a HUGE sign that he cares. He is 1 week away from FA so if he didn't care about Buffalo, he would be testing the market to see who would pay him the most, and we all know it wouldn't be Buffalo.

[Ickybaluky]

Should see a flurry of tags today.

One guy who won't be tagged is Arian Foster, who agreed to a 5-year deal with Houston today (https://twitter.com/#!/McClain_on_NFL/status/176657545245626368).

[mikemac2001]

Anyone know the deadline

[Ickybaluky]

Anyone know the deadline

4 PM EST, when the league office closes.

S Michael Griffin of the Titans is expected to be tagged today (https://twitter.com/#!/jwyattsports/status/176654317607071744). That means Cortland Finnegan will hit FA, and likely get big money.

[OpIv37]

I've never seen such a selfish player get so much love. He has shown that he doesn't care about the team by his actions on multiple occasions. He can beat it on down the road as far as I'm concerned.

but he had good games against Darelle Revis. Immaturity, drops and hurting the team don't matter if a WR can do that.

[better days]

4 PM EST, when the league office closes.

S Michael Griffin of the Titans is expected to be tagged today (https://twitter.com/#!/jwyattsports/status/176654317607071744). That means Cortland Finnegan will hit FA, and likely get big money.

The talk down here is Tampa will go after Finnegan.

[Ickybaluky]

The talk down here is Tampa will go after Finnegan.

It would be smart of them to load up on cover guys since they play in a division with Drew Brees, Cam Newton and Matt Ryan. Lots of teams that like to air the ball out in the NFC South.

[Ickybaluky]

Denver placed the franchise tag on K Matt Prater. That brings the total up to 14 players tagged thus far (including Griffin, who has been reported but not officially announced). Interesting that off those 14 players tagged, 3 are K and 3 are S. Shows that those tags are low enough to be values.

[Ickybaluky]

Jags just tagged K Josh Scobee (https://twitter.com/#/taniaganguli/status/176684362748788736), 15 players are tagged.

By position:

QB: Drew Brees - NO

RB: Matt Forte - Chi, Ray Rice - Bal

TE: Fred Davis - Was

WR: DeSean Jackson - Phi

DE: Calais Campbell - Ari, Cliff Avril

S: Tyvon Branch - Oak, DaShon Goldson - SF, Michael Griffin - Ten (not official)

K: Phil Dawson - Cle, Mike Nugent - Cin, Matt Prater - Den, Josh Scobee - Jax

Avril just officially tagged.

[Ickybaluky]

Schefter just said the Patriots will tag Welker by 4 PM.

[Ickybaluky]

Final - 20 tags, including 5 K and a P.

Robert Mathis is close to an extension, per Adam Schefter, but the Colts tagged him to make sure they keep him while they finalize the deal.

Current Status:

QB (1): Drew Brees - NO

RB (2): Matt Forte - Chi, Ray Rice - Bal

TE (1): Fred Davis - Was

WR (3): DeSean Jackson - Phi, Wes Welker - NE, Dwayne Bowe - KC

DE (3): Calais Campbell - Ari, Cliff Avril - Det, Robert Mathis - Ind

LB (1): Anthony Spencer - Dal

S (3): Tyvon Branch - Oak, DaShon Goldson - SF, Michael Griffin - Ten

K (5): Phil Dawson - Cle, Mike Nugent - Cin, Matt Prater - Den, Josh Scobee - Jax, Connor Barth - TB

P (1): Steve Weatherford - NYG

Vincent Jackson (SD), Mario Williams (Hou), Matt Flynn (GB) and Carl Nicks (NO) were players considered tag candidates at one time, but were not tagged.

With free agency still a week away there will be a number of players who re-sign with their teams. It will be an interesting week to see what the final list of free agents looks like.

Come March 13 at 4 PM, all hell breaks loose.

[Michael82]

A punter was tagged? :shocked:

[mikemac2001]

A punter was tagged? :shocked:


Wasnt he money on his punts withen the 20

[Michael82]

Wasnt he money on his punts withen the 20
Yeah, especially in the Super Bowl. He had 3 punts inside the 10-yard line.