Manny Bonotan & Vtown Rookies: Auction Draft, Contract Years

Manny Bonotan is one of the rookie owners in the league, even going so far as to name his team Vtown Rookies. But watch out -- he's built himself a contending team. Drew Brees. Amari Cooper. New England Defense.

Auction Draft: Manny Bonotan & Vtown Rookies contends for title in first year.

Manny Bonotan is one of the rookie owners in the league, even going so far as to name his team Vtown Rookies.  But watch out -- he's built himself a contending team.

Starters

Manny only spent $157 (or 78.5% of its $200 Salary Cap) on his starting lineup, which is the fifth least in the league.  After waiting out the first 22 picks, Manny signed QB Drew Brees for only $33.  Brees was the third best scoring QB last year, and is projected to be #3 this year as well.  With Brees only making the 5th highest QB salary, Manny got great value.  He got the projected #2 TE (by less than 2 pts) Jimmy Graham for only $20 (compared to Gronk's $44 salary).  Wide receiver Amari Cooper should put up decent numbers at $30.

Defense & Special Teams:  Manny signed the projected #2 New England defense for only $13, another great value signing.

No-Trade Clause: Manny showed great restraint for his first ever auction draft.  None of his players received a $40 salary which brings with it a No-Trade Clause.  Drew Brees has the team's top salary at $33.  Everyone on the team can be traded.

Pick	Starting Lineup	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		Category	Sub	% CAP
23	Drew Brees (NO - QB)	NO	QB	$33	Default = 1 year		STARTERS	$157	78.5%
36	Amari Cooper (Oak - WR)	Oak	WR	$30	Max = 2 years		qb	$33	16.5%
43	Terrelle Pryor Sr. (Was - WR)	Was	WR	$25			rb	$55	27.5%
40	Isaiah Crowell (Cle - RB)	Cle	RB	$20	Reply to this		wr	$40	20.0%
46	Jimmy Graham (Sea - TE)	Sea	TE	$20	post to submit		te	$10	5.0%
82	Brandon Marshall (NYG - WR)	NYG	WR	$10	Contract Years.		rb/wr/te	$105	52.5%
70	Stephen Gostkowski (NE - K)	NE	K	$6			off	$144	72.0%
77	New England (NE - DEF)	NE	DEF	$13			def	$13	6.5%
				$157	78.5%

Bench

Manny has good depth, having spent $41 (20.5% of the $200 salary cap).  QB Carson Palmer ($10) and WR Jarvis Landry ($8) lead the bench in salary.  Paul Perkins and Bilal Powell are nice backups at running back.

Pick	Bench	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		BENCH	$41	20.5%
109	Carolina (Car - DEF)	Car	DEF	$3	Default = 1 year		qb	$11	5.5%
159	Matt Prater (Det - K)	De	K	$2	Max = 2 years		rb	$11	5.5%
30	Carson Palmer (Ari - QB)	Ari	QB	$10			wr	$13	6.5%
163	Jimmy Garoppolo (NE - QB)	NE	QB	$1	Reply to this		te	$1	0.5%
91	Paul Perkins (NYG - RB)	NYG	RB	$5	post to submit		k	$3	1.5%
79	Bilal Powell (NYJ - RB)	NYJ	RB	$3	Contract Years.		def	$2	1.0%
128	Doug Martin (TB - RB)	TB	RB	$3
139	Thomas Rawls (Sea - RB)	Sea	RB	$1
123	Coby Fleener (NO - TE)	NO	TE	$2
187	Zach Miller (Chi - TE)	Chi	TE	$1
63	Jarvis Landry (Mia - WR)	Mia	WR	$8
121	Jeremy Maclin (Bal - WR)	Bal	WR	$2
				$41	20.5%		Unused	$2	1%

Contract Years

Teams need to submit Contract Years (CY) for each of their players.  I will extend the deadline to this Sunday September 10, 11 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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