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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
It does not take two firsts to trade for a franchise player. You can trade a franchise player for whatever the other team agrees to. We got Cassel and Vrabel for a 2nd.
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For the other team to be forced to give up the player, the trading team has to submit two first rounders unless the team that owns the rights of the player will take less.
The Patriots couldnt afford Matt Cassel at the franchise tag and were just getting what they could for him.
No way possible they take much less than the two firsts.
There are also two types of franchise tags...
There are two types of franchise tag designations: the exclusive rights franchise tag, and non-exclusive rights franchise tag:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_tag
* An "exclusive" franchise player must be offered a one-year contract for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position as of a date in April of the current year in which the tag will apply, or 120 percent of the player's previous year's salary, whichever is greater. Exclusive franchise players cannot negotiate with other teams.
* A "non-exclusive" franchise player must be offered a one-year contract for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position in the previous year, or 120 percent of the player's previous year's salary, whichever is greater. A non-exclusive franchise player may negotiate with other NFL teams, but if he signs an offer sheet from another team, the original team has a right to match the terms of that offer, or if it does not match the offer and thus loses the player, is entitled to receive two first-round draft picks as compensation.
The franchise tag would cost a little over 7 million...I would offer him a long haul contract with something like 7 years for 60 million and the guy would earn every penny...but only if the compensation was like a first and second absolute MAX