Hottoddie
02-22-2002, 05:25 PM
St Louis didn't tag him. Unless they can resign him by next Friday, he becomes an unrestricted free agent. Would you go after him?
He's only 5'10" 241 lbs & plays middle linebacker. He had 90 tackles, 28 assists, 4 sacks, 2 interceptions last year & he's only 27 years old.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Rams/C3F5759F6B87159886256B680043B086?OpenDocument&Headline=Rams%20use%20no%20franchise%20or%20transition%20tag
Rams use no franchise or transition tag
By Jim Thomas
Of the Post-Dispatch
02/21/2002 11:09 PM
No news was news for the Rams on Thursday.
For only the second time in the last seven offseasons, the Rams designated no one as a "franchise player" or "transition player."
As a result, defensive end Leonard Little and middle linebacker London Fletcher will be free to shop the market as unrestricted free agents. That's unless the Rams come to contract terms with them before the start of the free agency period March 1.
As much as the Rams would like to retain Little and Fletcher, they didn't want to do so at the expense of the costly franchise or transition tags. Each NFL team has one such restrictive tag at its disposal every offseason, either a franchise tag or a transition tag. Or as the Rams did, they can choose to use none.
A franchise player gets a one-year offer from the team equal to the average salary of the five highest-paid players at his position. In return, the team gets to match any outside offers. If it declines to match and the player goes elsewhere, the old club gets two first-round draft picks as compensation.
A transition player gets a one-year offer equal to the average salary of 10 highest paid players at his position. In return, the team gets matching rights, but no compensation if the player signs elsewhere.
It would have cost the Rams $5.699 million to put a franchise tag on Little and $4.975 million to name him their transition player. Fletcher's franchise tag would have cost $5.515 million, his transition tag $4.573 million.
After some recent signings, the Rams have less than $4 million available under the salary cap.
In other developments, the Rams have signed two exclusive rights free agents to one-year deals: Safety Willie Gary ($300,000) and wide receiver/kickoff returner Yo Murphy ($375,000). Exclusive rights free agents have fewer than three years experience.
The Rams signed WR Francis St. Paul to a one-year, $225,000 deal. A sixth-round draft pick last April, St. Paul spent part of last season on the Rams' practice squad. Free agent WR Eugene Baker (formerly with Atlanta) was signed this week.
He's only 5'10" 241 lbs & plays middle linebacker. He had 90 tackles, 28 assists, 4 sacks, 2 interceptions last year & he's only 27 years old.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Rams/C3F5759F6B87159886256B680043B086?OpenDocument&Headline=Rams%20use%20no%20franchise%20or%20transition%20tag
Rams use no franchise or transition tag
By Jim Thomas
Of the Post-Dispatch
02/21/2002 11:09 PM
No news was news for the Rams on Thursday.
For only the second time in the last seven offseasons, the Rams designated no one as a "franchise player" or "transition player."
As a result, defensive end Leonard Little and middle linebacker London Fletcher will be free to shop the market as unrestricted free agents. That's unless the Rams come to contract terms with them before the start of the free agency period March 1.
As much as the Rams would like to retain Little and Fletcher, they didn't want to do so at the expense of the costly franchise or transition tags. Each NFL team has one such restrictive tag at its disposal every offseason, either a franchise tag or a transition tag. Or as the Rams did, they can choose to use none.
A franchise player gets a one-year offer from the team equal to the average salary of the five highest-paid players at his position. In return, the team gets to match any outside offers. If it declines to match and the player goes elsewhere, the old club gets two first-round draft picks as compensation.
A transition player gets a one-year offer equal to the average salary of 10 highest paid players at his position. In return, the team gets matching rights, but no compensation if the player signs elsewhere.
It would have cost the Rams $5.699 million to put a franchise tag on Little and $4.975 million to name him their transition player. Fletcher's franchise tag would have cost $5.515 million, his transition tag $4.573 million.
After some recent signings, the Rams have less than $4 million available under the salary cap.
In other developments, the Rams have signed two exclusive rights free agents to one-year deals: Safety Willie Gary ($300,000) and wide receiver/kickoff returner Yo Murphy ($375,000). Exclusive rights free agents have fewer than three years experience.
The Rams signed WR Francis St. Paul to a one-year, $225,000 deal. A sixth-round draft pick last April, St. Paul spent part of last season on the Rams' practice squad. Free agent WR Eugene Baker (formerly with Atlanta) was signed this week.