2017 FIDEL BERDAN & OTH GANG: ROSTER & CONTRACT YEARS

Fidel Berdan signed Big Ben & Cam Newton. Fidel Berdan got the projected 8th and 12th best quarterbacks this season for $12 apiece!

Auction Draft: Fidel Berdan signed Big Ben & Cam Newton.

Fidel Berdan got the projected 8th and 12th best quarterbacks this season for $12 apiece!

Starters

Fidel has a nice 1-2 punch with Roethlisberger and Newton all for $24.  He only spent $148 (or 74% of its $200 Salary Cap) on his starting lineup, which is the third least amount in the league.  He signed the projected fifth (RB5) and sixth best (RB6) running backs DeMarco Murray and Melvin Gordon to twin $40 contracts.  With projected WR11 Brandin Cooks, Fidel just needs his defense to show up.

Defense & Special Teams:  Fidel signed DEF21 Buffalo and DEF23 Miami at $1 each.

No-Trade Clause: Fidel has two players with a No-Trade clause: RB Melvin Gordon and RB DeMarco Murray.
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Pick	Player	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		Category	Sub	% CAP
1	Ben Roethlisberger (Pit - QB)	Pit	QB	$12	Default = 1 year		STARTERS	$148	74.0%
19	Melvin Gordon (LAC - RB)	LAC	RB	$40	Max = 2 years		qb	$12	6.0%
20	DeMarco Murray (Ten - RB)	Ten	RB	$40			rb	$80	40.0%
48	Brandin Cooks (NE - WR)	NE	WR	$27	Reply to this		wr	$44	22.0%
52	Davante Adams (GB - WR)	GB	WR	$17	post to submit		te	$10	5.0%
50	Kyle Rudolph (Min - TE)	Min	TE	$10	Contract Years.		rb/wr/te	$134	67.0%
188	Greg Zuerlein (LAR - K)	LAR	K	$1			off	$147	73.5%
198	Buffalo (Buf - DEF)	Buf	DEF	$1			def	$1	0.5%
				$148	74.0%

Bench

Fidel spent $52 (26% of the $200 salary cap) on his bench, splurging on WR Tyreek Hill ($15).  Cam Newton is projected as QB8 at $12. -->

Pick	Bench	Tm	Pos	Cost	Years		BENCH	$52	26.0%
206	Miami (Mia - DEF)	Mia	DEF	$1	Default = 1 year		qb	$6	3.0%
68	Cam Newton (Car - QB)	Car	QB	$12	Max = 2 years		rb	$3	1.5%
64	Mark Ingram (NO - RB)	NO	RB	$5			wr	$25	12.5%
140	C.J. Prosise (Sea - RB)	Sea	RB	$1	Reply to this		te	$5	2.5%
152	Darren Sproles (Phi - RB)	Phi	RB	$1	post to submit		k	$1	0.5%
176	Latavius Murray (Min - RB)	Min	RB	$1	Contract Years.		def	$12	6.0%
214	Dion Lewis (NE - RB)	NE	RB	$1
62	Martellus Bennett (GB - TE)	GB	TE	$5
44	Tyreek Hill (KC - WR)	KC	WR	$15
92	Emmanuel Sanders (Den - WR)	Den	WR	$5
97	Pierre Garcon (SF - WR)	SF	WR	$4
164	Marvin Jones Jr. (Det - WR)	Det	WR	$1
				$52	26.0%		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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