Vince, Enteng Da Dragons: Auction Draft & Contract Years

Vince & Enteng Da Dragons Biggest Spenders on Starters Starters V ince signed top wide receivers Mike Evans at $56 and Odell Beckham Jr....

Vince & Enteng Da Dragons Biggest Spenders on Starters

Starters

Vince signed top wide receivers Mike Evans at $56 and Odell Beckham Jr. at $55 early in the Auction Draft.  He spent more than the other owners on his team's starters -- $182 (or 91% of the allotted $200 Salary Cap) on the team's starting lineup.  After his first two signings, getting two superstars at value, I would have said this was the team to beat.

But Christian McCaffrey may not be worth $28 (at least not this year).  With a rookie running back as your workhorse, a team definitely needs a solid quarterback.  Andrew Luck was worth more than $21 in previous seasons but he doesn't have a clear timetable to return to action this season.  Alex Smith will have to bail out Da Dragons.

Defense wins NYOFACE Championships:  Vince signed two $1 defenses with Atlanta Defense projected as the 12th best DST.

Pick	Starting Lineup	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		Category	Sub	% CAP
32	Andrew Luck (Ind - QB)	Ind	QB	$21	Default = 1 year		STARTERS	$182	91.0%
13	Mike Evans (TB - WR)	TB	WR	$56	Max = 2 years		qb	$21	10.5%
7	Odell Beckham Jr. (NYG - WR)	NYG	WR	$55			rb	$111	55.5%
24	Christian McCaffrey (Car - RB)	Car	RB	$28	Reply to this		wr	$42	21.0%
55	C.J. Anderson (Den - RB)	Den	RB	$14	post to submit		te	$4	2.0%
74	Eric Ebron (Det - TE)	Det	TE	$4	Contract Years.		rb/wr/te	$157	78.5%
112	Dan Bailey (Dal - K)	Dal	K	$3			off	$181	90.5%
157	Atlanta (Atl - DEF)	Atl	DEF	$1			def	$1	0.5%
				$182	91.0%

Bench

Vince only spent $18 (or 9% of the $200 Salary Cap) on its 12-man bench.  Rookie WR Austin Carr at $3 makes the most among the bench players, but that has more to do with his being a Benicia High School graduate.  I would not be surprised though if Carr makes some noise with Tom Brady as his quarterback.  With several league owners affiliated with Benicia High School, there will be more attention paid to the New England Patriots this year from our league.


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Pick	Bench	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		BENCH	$18	9.0%
165	Wil Lutz (NO - K)	NO	K	$2	Default = 1 year		qb	$4	2.0%
145	Jacksonville (Jax - DEF)	Jax	DEF	$1	Max = 2 years		rb	$3	1.5%
119	Alex Smith (KC - QB)	KC	QB	$2			wr	$7	3.5%
131	Brian Hoyer (SF - QB)	SF	QB	$2	Reply to this		te	$1	0.5%
209	Patrick Mahomes II (KC - QB)	KC	QB	$1	post to submit		k	$2	1.0%
224	Brock Osweiler (Cle - QB)	Cle	QB	$1	Contract Years.		def	$1	0.5%
169	Terrance West (Bal - RB)	Bal	RB	$1
217	Jonathan Williams (Buf - RB)	Buf	RB	$1
181	Austin Carr (NE - WR)	NE	WR	$3
192	Jordan Matthews (Buf - WR)	Buf	WR	$2
133	Corey Davis (Ten - WR)	Ten	WR	$1
201	Josh Reynolds (LAR - WR)	LAR	WR	$1
				$18	9.0%		Unused	$0	0%

Contract Years

Teams need to submit Contract Years (CY) for each of their players by kickoff of the NFL Opening Game this Thursday 5:30 PM PST.  If a team does not submit Contract Years for a player, that player receives the minimum 1-year contract.

Previously, our league had maximum 5-year contracts.  Starting this  year, NYOFACE has maximum 2-year contracts.  Players signed via FAAB during the regular season, by default, have 1-year contracts.

Owners can submit their CYs by replying to the post on his/her team.

2018 Free Agency

Players signed to 1-year contracts this year become Free Agents next offseason.  These players can be signed in the last day of NYOFACE's Free Agency Signing Period -- our Auction Draft.

At the beginning of the offseason, each team can use the following to sign its free agents:

When a contract expires, whether it's an individual player or DST, the player/DST becomes a UFA (Unrestricted Free Agent) available in the upcoming Auction Draft.  A team can only retain that UFA if it puts the Franchise or Transition Tag on that player/DST. 

In the NFL, a Franchise/Transition Tag results in a 1-year contract, giving the team and the player's agent time to negotiate a long term deal. In NYOFACE, we build into our tag the team-agent negotiation and long-term deal. August 30, 2008

Here's a quick description of the NFL's use of the Franchise & Transition Tags. 

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• Non-Exclusive Franchise Tag
• This is the most commonly used tag. When most people refer to the "franchise tag" it's generally the non-exclusive version to which they are discussing. It is a one-year tender offer to a player for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position over the last five years, or 120 percent of the player's previous salary, whichever is greater. The player can negotiate with other teams. The player's current team has the right to match any offer, or receive two first-round picks as compensation.
• Exclusive Franchise Tag
• A one-year tender offer to a player for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position for the current year, or 120 percent of the player's previous salary, whichever is greater. The player's team has all negotiating rights to the player. The bump in pay scale (current average salary versus averaging past five years of data) means only the crème de la crème get this tag (think: Drew Brees or Von Miller).
• Transition Tag
• Think of this as the "you are pretty good, and we might want to keep you, but aren't willing to put a ring on you ourselves" tag. The transition designation is a one-year tender offer to a player for an amount that is the average of the top 10 salaries at the position -- as opposed to top five. It guarantees the original club the right of first refusal to match any offer the player might receive from another team, but no compensation if the team chooses not to match.

NYOFACE teams can use one each of the Non-Exclusive Franchise Tag, Exclusive Franchise Tag, and the Transition Tag.  Below are the Franchise & Transition Tag salaries by position to be used for the 2018 Free Agency.

Tag	Franchise	Transition
Qb	$39	$29
Rb	$59	$49
Wr	$54	$45
Te	$25	$16
K	$3	$3
D	$11	$8

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