2017 AL ATIENZA ROSTER

Auction Draft: Al & Batangas Balisong signed a strong team. Starters A l Atienza built a playoff contender.  Batangas Balisong star...

Auction Draft: Al & Batangas Balisong signed a strong team.

Starters

Al Atienza built a playoff contender.  Batangas Balisong started with Antonio Brown, whom many say is the top wide receiver, at the 5th pick at fair value $56.  Al then signed QB Matt Ryan for good value at $35.  Only QB Aaron Rodgers outscored Matt Ryan in 2016.  After signing go-to wideout Dez Bryant for $34, Al signed last year's top scoring defense Denver for a measly $16.  Batangas Balisong should is at least a Top 4 team based on these quadruplets.

Al spent $173 (or 86.5% of its $200 Salary Cap) on his starting lineup, which is seventh most in the league (right in the middle).  Eighty to eighty-eight percent would seem to be the "sweet spot" in our league.

Defense & Special Teams:  Al invested $22 on his two defenses.  His starting defense, Denver, was the top defense in 2016;  Kansas City was the sixth best defense last year.  In 2017, Yahoo projects Denver and KC as the 8th and 7th best defenses.  With the strength of its defense, Batangas Balisong should be the favorite to get the top seed.

No-Trade Clause: Antonio Brown, with a salary of $40 or more, cannot be traded for the duration of his contract.

Pick	Starting Lineup	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		Category	Sub	% CAP
9	Matt Ryan (Atl - QB)	Atl	QB	$35	Default = 1 year		STARTERS	$173	86.5%
4	Antonio Brown (Pit - WR)	Pit	WR	$56	Max = 2 years		qb	$35	17.5%
47	Dez Bryant (Dal - WR)	Dal	WR	$34			rb	$90	45.0%
65	Delanie Walker (Ten - TE)	Ten	TE	$7	Reply to this		wr	$21	10.5%
49	Adrian Peterson (NO - RB)	NO	RB	$14	post to submit		te	$10	5.0%
54	James White (NE - RB)	NE	RB	$10	Contract Years.		rb/wr/te	$121	60.5%
167	Robbie Gould (SF - K)	SF	K	$1			off	$157	78.5%
66	Denver (Den - DEF)	Den	DEF	$16			def	$16	8.0%
				$173	86.5%

Bench

Al signed running backs Ameer Abdullah ($8) and Eddie Lacy ($4), but the biggest impact should be the signing of the Kansas City Defense ($6).

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Pick	Bench	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		BENCH	$27	13.5%
179	Graham Gano (Car - K)	Car	K	$1	Default = 1 year		qb	$7	3.5%
191	Ryan Succop (Ten - K)	Ten	K	$1	Max = 2 years		rb	$13	6.5%
95	Kansas City (KC - DEF)	KC	DEF	$6			wr	$4	2.0%
155	Sam Bradford (Min - QB)	Min	QB	$1	Reply to this		te	$1	0.5%
88	Ameer Abdullah (Det - RB)	Det	RB	$8	post to submit		k	$1	0.5%
71	Eddie Lacy (Sea - RB)	Sea	RB	$4	Contract Years.		def	$1	0.5%
200	Cameron Brate (TB - TE)	TB	TE	$1
223	Austin Seferian-Jenkins (NYJ - TE)	NYJ	TE	$1
208	Zay Jones (Buf - WR)	Buf	WR	$1
216	Robby Anderson (NYJ - WR)	NYJ	WR	$1
229	Kenny Stills (Mia - WR)	Mia	WR	$1
233	Cole Beasley (Dal - WR)	Dal	WR	$1
				$27	13.5%		Unused	$0	0%

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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