05-23-2022, 01:33 PM
(05-23-2022, 12:24 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I'd imagine we'll see a change in the franchise rules soon. For instance if we go Nickle this year with Dax, Bates, and Bell on the field and Bell works more as a LB. If we decide to franchise him; he would claim LB and try to get a salary difference of about $6MIL
I love when football imitates life:
— First, you have a rule created (franchise tag) that was originally meant to solve a problem perceived to be a quarterback issue.
— Second, you have the rule expanded to apply to all situations (positions).
— Then, you have a growing market innovation that's valued (position versatility), but which creates friction with established rules because it's unaccounted for.
I might guess that the proposed solution will be to calculate the franchise tag based on the % of snaps played at each position. The question then becomes whether a player will resist being utilized at a position of lower financial value. Contracts might then have clauses that say playing a % of snaps at a position will affect the franchise tag in "x" way.
Or maybe we could even end up back where we started; with a completely free market of players where the teams simply decide a player's value to a team.
