Dynasty Football League: Clemente Torres, Macz Big Daddyz: Auction Draft, Contract Years

Auction Draft: Clemente signs DEF1 Seahawks & DEF5 Texans. Clemente may love the New England Patriots, but he is tied to Seattle this season having signed QB Russell Wilson and top defense Seattle Seahawks.

Auction Draft: Clemente signs DEF1 Seahawks & DEF5 Texans

C lemente may love the New England Patriots, but he is tied to Seattle this season having signed QB Russell Wilson and top defense Seattle Seahawks.

Starters

Clemente passed on the big money players in the first 30 picks to sign WR T.Y. Hilton for $21?!  That signing doesn't bode well with Andrew Luck still on the mend.  He signed QB Russell Wilson right at value $26.  RB25 Joe Mixon and RB27 Dalvin Cook will have to outplay their projections to keep this team in contention for the playoffs. Clemente only spent $101 or 50.5% of his salary cap on his starters, easily the least spent on starters in the league.

Defense & Special Teams:  Having won at least two NYOFACE titles in the past, Clemente knows defense wins titles in our league.  Not only did Clemente sign DEF5 Houston Texans at the 81st pick for only $11, he signed Seattle Seahawks (DEF1, the projected #1 defense) at the 83rd pick also for $11!  If the Seahawks can

No-Trade Clause: Clemente has NO players with a No-Trade clause.  Russell Wilson has the team's top salary at $26.

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Pick	Player	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		Category	Sub	% Cap
35	Russell Wilson (Sea - QB)	Sea	QB	$26	Default = 1 year		STARTERS	$101	50.5%
31	T.Y. Hilton (Ind - WR)	Ind	WR	$21	Max = 2 years		qb	$26	13.0%
38	Joe Mixon (Cin - RB)	Cin	RB	$18			rb	$39	19.5%
60	Dalvin Cook (Min - RB)	Min	RB	$16	Submit		wr	$19	9.5%
142	Taylor Gabriel (Atl - WR)	Atl	WR	$3	Contract Years.		te	$3	1.5%
118	Antonio Gates (LAC - TE)	LAC	TE	$3	in the		rb/wr/te	$61	30.5%
103	Justin Tucker (Bal - K)	Bal	K	$3	Comment Box		off	$90	45.0%
83	Seattle (Sea - DEF)	Sea	DEF	$11	below		def	$11	5.5%
				$101	50.5%

Bench

Clemente has great depth, especially at the quarterback position with Philip Rivers and Jameis Winston.  Look for the team trade one of those QBs  to upgrade its wide receiver corps.  The team spent $73 (36.5% of the $200 salary cap) on its bench.  Pats fan Clem spent $11 on RB32 Mike Gillislee.  [Yahoo has New England backfield mate James White at RB33.  Hmmm...]

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Pick	Bench	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		BENCH	$73	36.5%
178	Blair Walsh (Sea - K)	Sea	K	$1	Default = 1 year		qb	$30	15.0%
81	Houston (Hou - DEF)	Hou	DEF	$11	Max = 2 years		rb	$17	8.5%
26	Philip Rivers (LAC - QB)	LAC	QB	$16			wr	$13	6.5%
56	Jameis Winston (TB - QB)	TB	QB	$14	Submit		te	$1	0.5%
61	Mike Gillislee (NE - RB)	NE	RB	$11	Contract Years.		k	$1	0.5%
124	Rob Kelley (Was - RB)	Was	RB	$4	in the		def	$11	5.5%
129	Jeremy Hill (Cin - RB)	Cin	RB	$2	Comment Box
166	Jacquizz Rodgers (TB - RB)	TB	RB	$1	below
86	Tyler Eifert (Cin - TE)	Cin	TE	$8
143	Eric Decker (Ten - WR)	Ten	WR	$3
154	Chris Hogan (NE - WR)	NE	WR	$1
190	Allen Hurns (Jax - WR)	Jax	WR	$1
				$73	36.5%		Unused	$26	13%

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 need to submit their CYs in the 'Comments Box' on the post for 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.  Remember: players are tendered the tag salary below or 120 percent of the player's previous salary, whichever is greater.

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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