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Franchised Players Around The League

  • Anyone know how many kickers have been franchised in the NFL’s history?  The Cincinnati Bengals just tagged Shayne Graham and he will receive a nice 1-year stipend of $2.483 million.
  • The New York Giants will pay Brandon Jacobs $25,000 per pound on his body ($6.6 million).
  • Leroy Hill and the Seattle Seahawks are happy about Leroy getting franchised and believe that a long-term deal is in his future.  Rare to see both sides happy when a player gets tagged.
  • The Carolina Panthers put the franchise tag on Julius Peppers; however, I honestly don’t think we will see Peppers in Carolina blue next year.  Expect a trade.
  • Terrell Suggs, aka Sizzle, has been tagged by the Ravens.  Will the team be able to keep Sizzle and Ray Ray (Lewis)?
  • Former Florida Gator, Max Starks, was tagged by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  • Loved Darren Sproles at Kansas State and happy that the San Diego Chargers franchised him.
  • And who can forget the Patriots early tag of Matt Cassel, who as a possible back-up, will receive $14.65 million next year?

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One reply on “Franchised Players Around The League”

Despite the current economic climate, it is a little surprising to see an NFL record of franchised players for one season (14 I believe). While the NFLMC is throwing complaints about the economy and higher costs their teams are incurring going into the CBA negotations that will take place within weeks now, there is no doubt that their is still money out their for free agents to earn.

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