Franchise/Transition tags: Buccaneers February, 17, 2014 By Pat Yasinskas | ESPN.com 
Monday is the first day teams can use the franchise or transition tags, which means absolutely nothing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But that's a good thing. Franchise and transition tags are reserved for use on prominent players who can't agree to a long-term contract. They result in a high salary that is guaranteed for just one year, and that often plays havoc with a team's cap. That's not a problem for the Bucs because they don't have any potential free agents who are worthy of their franchise tag or the transition tag. Tampa Bay's list of free agents is headed by the likes of special teams captain Adam Hayward, fullback Erik Lorig and wide receiver Tiquan Underwood. The Bucs will want to re-sign some of their own free agents, but only at a reasonable price. Say what you want to about former general manager Mark Dominik's tenure, but he left the Bucs in pretty good shape in a lot of ways. There was a time when it looked as if the franchise tag could be a big factor in 2014. That was back when Josh Freeman was the quarterback. Freeman's contract ran through the end of the 2013 season, which was supposed to be a make-or-break year. But Freeman's career fell apart in spectacular fashion early in the season and the Bucs were forced to cut him in October. The downside was the Bucs parted ways with a guy they once thought could be a franchise quarterback. But the upside is that the Bucs don't have to pay big money to Mike Glennon, who entered the league as a third-round draft pick.
We have nobody with enough talent to warrant a franchise label. Sounds like Dominik did a great job of not acquiring any talent. Thank God for that.
Yo, you be right mam. You must be on the same stuff that the marky mark report be smoking. No qb. No teNo pass rushSuspect o lineNo no 3 wrHardly any depth at any positionAnd no one worth using the franchise tag on. Hey, we be in great shape. Thanks dom.
I love how part of the reasoning for beng in good shape is that Dummynik's handpicked franchise QB busted , so it saved us tons of money , BBwahahaha !!Hillarious.
Yasinskas' logic is hilarious. It's like witnessing a train wreck and then saying "the conductor did a good job cos no one jumped in front of the train at the station."
We have nobody with enough talent to warrant a franchise label. Sounds like Dominik did a great job of not acquiring any talent. Thank God for that.
You've got to be kidding right?
If we could franchise Revis we would save $6 million per.
If we could franchise Revis we would save $6 million per.
You just said no one was tag worthy. Now you're saying Revis is? Which is it?
We have nobody with enough talent to warrant a franchise label. Sounds like Dominik did a great job of not acquiring any talent. Thank God for that.
You've got to be kidding right?
Yo, you be right mam. You must be on the same stuff that the marky mark report be smoking. No qb. No teNo pass rushSuspect o lineNo no 3 wrHardly any depth at any positionAnd no one worth using the franchise tag on. Hey, we be in great shape. Thanks dom.
There is your answer.
Yo, you be right mam. You must be on the same stuff that the marky mark report be smoking. No qb. No teNo pass rushSuspect o lineNo no 3 wrHardly any depth at any positionAnd no one worth using the franchise tag on. Hey, we be in great shape. Thanks dom.
There is your answer.
You just said otherwise to that though. You're playing both sides of the fence here.
If we could franchise Revis we would save $6 million per.
Or perhaps you have no idea how the franchise tag works? IF he were up for a new contract and we franchised him, his pay would go up 20%...or $3.2 million. So we would then be paying Revis $19.2 million...brilliant plan.
If we could franchise Revis we would save $6 million per.
You just said no one was tag worthy. Now you're saying Revis is? Which is it?
That was a dig at Dominik for paying Revis $ 6 million more per year than any other CB in the NFL gets paid. And obviously you can't franchise tag a player with a contract in place, but thanks for playing anyway.
But he has left us in good shape? Explain that one Greg.
If we could franchise Revis we would save $6 million per.
Or perhaps you have no idea how the franchise tag works? IF he were up for a new contract and we franchised him, his pay would go up 20%...or $3.2 million. So we would then be paying Revis $19.2 million...brilliant plan.
Really? What ever happened to top 5 average?
If we could franchise Revis we would save $6 million per.
Or perhaps you have no idea how the franchise tag works? IF he were up for a new contract and we franchised him, his pay would go up 20%...or $3.2 million. So we would then be paying Revis $19.2 million...brilliant plan.
Really? What ever happened to top 5 average?
Its a top 5 average unless you are in the top 5. If you are already there, the tag comes with a 20% pay bump rather than the average of the top 5.
