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  • February 26, 2016 at 6:25 pm #39629
    zn
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    Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora
    Rams have told others they are prepared to use a tag to retain one of their corners – Johnson or Jenkins. Still determining which one.

    February 26, 2016 at 6:46 pm #39631
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    Find this article at:
    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000636218/article/estimated-2016-franchise-tag-figures
    Estimated 2016 franchise tag figures

    By Kevin Patra
    Around the NFL writer
    Published: Feb. 15, 2016 at 01:18 p.m.
    Updated: Feb. 15, 2016 at 01:27 p.m.

    Tuesday marks the first day of a two-week window during which NFL teams can use the Franchise or Transition tag on players set to become free agents.

    Around The NFL’s Chris Wesseling already weighed in on who is likely or unlikely to get slapped with the tag.

    The question is how much is each tag worth? When the Broncos franchise Von Miller, what is the one-year figure going to be?
    Every game, all season

    While we won’t have an exact figure until after the salary cap is officially set, we do have a guesstimation.

    NFL Media’s Albert Breer reported in December that teams were given a projected 2016 cap of between $147 to $153 million. As Breer notes, the cap range given to teams for budgeting purposes tends to be on the low end. Therefore, if we use $153 million as our starting point (an increase of just under $9 million from last season) we can estimate the franchise tag cost for each position (transition tag in parenthesis).

    Quarterback: $19.6 million ($17.5 million)
    Defensive end: $15.4 million ($12.5 million)
    Wide Receiver: $14.4 million ($12.0 million)
    Linebacker: $14.0 million ($11.7 million)
    Cornerback: $13.7 million ($11.7 million)
    Offensive line: $13.5 million ($11.7 million)
    Defensive tackle: $13.4 million ($10.7 million)
    Running back: $11.5 million ($9.5 million)
    Safety: $10.6 million ($9.0 million)
    Tight End: $9.0 million ($7.6 million)
    Kicker/Punter: $4.5 million ($4.0 million)

    If the salary cap rises even more than $153 million, these one-year figures would also increase accordingly.

    The transition tag is about 12 million a year, but they can’t afford to lose both. imo

    Agamemnon

    February 27, 2016 at 12:09 am #39662
    zn
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    Rams to tag corne

    http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/25496981/rams-to-tag-corner-colts-face-tight-end-choice-and-more-fa-notes

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Rams will be using their franchise tag, according to sources, on one of their corners. To this point, they have not indicated to Trumaine Johnson or Janoris Jenkins which one of them is getting the tag, and ideally they would sign one long-term and tag the other, but even with all of their cap space that might prove impossible.

    Whichever young corner does not get tagged is going to crush it in free agency on the open market. And the other will likely get a nice, new deal with the Rams by the July 15 deadline to extend players who are on the tag as well. The Rams are telling agents they have yet to finalize the decision themselves but fully intend to do so by Tuesday’s tag deadline.

    The odds of getting either player signed to a new deal between now and the deadline looks pretty bleak, so in the end it just might be that they tag one and the other walks. While Jenkins gets more of the press, personally, I wouldn’t be shocked if they ended up tagging Johnson, who is a budding talent and does not have some of the off-field stuff in his background.

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