2017 MELVIN PERSEVERANDA ROSTER

Le'Veon Bell signed for $61. Melvin Perseveranda's 2017 Auction Draft results. NYOFACE Dynasty Football League.

Melvin & LynShanahanigans win Yahoo's Best Draft award

Starters

Melvin spent $179 (or 89.5% of the allotted $200 Salary Cap) on the team's starting lineup.  Le'Veon Bell got a $64 salary which is fair market value for the PPR stud.  The big signing would have to be Kirk Cousins at the 69th slot.  Cousins was signed to a measly $11 salary, less than the average salary for the Top 24 QB salaries in the league -- $15.  If RB Leonard Fournette turns out to be this year's Ezekiel Elliott, then Melvin and the LynShanahanigans are definitively the odds-on favorite to win the league this year.

Le'Veon Bell is the only player with a No-Trade clause, with a salary of $40 or more.

Pick	Player	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		Category	Sub	% Cap	Breakdown	#
69	Kirk Cousins (Was - QB)	Was	QB	$11	Default = 1 year		STARTERS	$179	89.5%	Salary >=50	1
3	Le'Veon Bell (Pit - RB)	Pit	RB	$64	Max = 2 years		qb	$11	5.5%	Salary >=40	1
29	Leonard Fournette (Jax - RB)	Jax	RB	$30			rb	$94	47.0%	Salary >=30	3
16	Michael Thomas (NO - WR)	NO	WR	$37	Reply to this		wr	$52	26.0%	Salary >=20	3
73	Alshon Jeffery (Phi - WR)	Phi	WR	$15	post to submit		te	$15	7.5%	Salary >=10	6
72	Jordan Reed (Was - TE)	Was	TE	$15	Contract Years.		rb/wr/te	$161	80.5%
232	Caleb Sturgis (Phi - K)	Phi	K	$1			off	$173	86.5%
89	Pittsburgh (Pit - DEF)	Pit	DEF	$6			def	$6	3.0%
				$179	89.5%

Bench

Melvin only spent $21 (or 10.% of the $200 Salary Cap) on its 12-man bench.  Only WR Allen Robinson ($9) and RB Alvin Kamara ($2) received salaries greater than the minimum league salary of $1.

Pick	Bench	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		BENCH	$21	10.5%	Breakdown	#
177	Chris Boswell (Pit - K)	Pit	K	$1	Default = 1 year		qb	$2	1.0%	Salary >=50	0
238	Washington (Was - DEF)	Was	DEF	$1	Max = 2 years		rb	$4	2.0%	Salary >=40	0
189	DeShone Kizer (Cle - QB)	Cle	QB	$1			wr	$12	6.0%	Salary >=30	0
228	Mitchell Trubisky (Chi - QB)	Chi	QB	$1	Reply to this		te	$1	0.5%	Salary >=20	0
162	Alvin Kamara (NO - RB)	NO	RB	$2	post to submit		k	$1	0.5%	Salary >=10	0
141	Devontae Booker (Den - RB)	Den	RB	$1	Contract Years.		def	$1	0.5%
222	Matt Breida (SF - RB)	SF	RB	$1
207	George Kittle (SF - TE)	SF	TE	$1
80	Allen Robinson (Jax - WR)	Jax	WR	$9
199	Kevin White (Chi - WR)	Chi	WR	$1
215	Marquise Goodwin (SF - WR)	SF	WR	$1
240	Danny Amendola (NE - WR)	NE	WR	$1
				$21	10.5%		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.

Franchise & Transition Tag Salaries

In NYOFACE, each team 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.

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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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