2015 Huddle mock offseason rules/ offense and specialist FA pool

[DaCityKats]

Hope everyone has been doing their homework, and research on their teams. Figuring out what FA prospects and draft guys you want to add to make that playoff push. Depth Charts should be up and completed by February 2, @ 8:00 pm EST in the depth chart thread.

 

During this time each team has the option of designating a franchise tag on one of their own free agents they wish to keep for the $ amount for that position. You must state who you will use the franchise tag on before February 4th @ 8:00 pm EST time in the appropriate FA thread. (If I am tagging a WR I need to say so in the offense FA thread.) If you do decide to use the franchise tag on someone, your cap will reflect the move and the next best free agent will enter the pool. Every team will have at least 5 players in the FA pool.

 

Then the free agency period will begin. The start of FA period will be at 12:00 pm EST time on February 6th. Each team will have a cap space figure to stay within. You simply bid on free agents you want and the highest bidder adds that player to their team. You can sign multiple free agents but you have to remain within your cap space. During the free agency period teams can also trade draft picks for players on other teams by negotiating a deal with another GM. Please do not put any FA in the pool on your team until you won the bid for that player.

 

Free agency period will go into the draft( FA will be over after the draft.) The draft will start on February 26th @ 7:00 pm EST. (That is the thursday after the combine) Player trades will be allowed during the draft, and FA pick ups. You may trade up or down using draft picks and whenever your team is on the clock choose who to pick.

 

Free Agency Rules

 

Free agency and player trading will commence on Friday, February 6th 12:00 pm EST. FA officially ends @ the end of the draft. The draft will begin February 26th @ 7:00 pm EST. 

 

The top five URFAs from each team will enter the free agent pool. All other FAs will stay with their original team and you can treat these players just like anyone else under contract. You may also not put those guys on your depth chart if you want. RFA's will remain with the current team they are with, but can be traded away. I will look at overthecap.com, spotrac.com, and walterfootball.com to decide each team top 5 FAs to put into the FA pool. Position, age, and productivity will play a role into the decision.

 

​If your team is currently over the cap, you cannot participate in any free agency bidding. If you would like to participate in free agency, you must first make cuts to your team. Making cuts does free up some money for your team, but you will still be responsible for an amount of that players cap hit for the 2015 year. Cutting rules are later in this thread.

 

Franchise Tag

 

 Each team will be able to franchise one of their free agents. This will cost a set amount based on position and will count towards that teams cap. The deadline for designating a franchise tag will be 8:00pm EST on Wednesday, February 4th. Please post who you wish to franchise tag in the appropriate FA Offense or Defense thread.

 

Prices- Offense

QB- $18

RB- $11

WR- $13

TE- $8

OL- $13

K/P- $4

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/24749485/nfl-franchise-tags-position-by-position-projected-numbers

 

 

[DaCityKats]

Cutting players

 

Each team will be allowed to cut up to 5 players on their roster to create some cap room. Deadline to cut a player is the same as the tag which is Feb, 4th @ 8:00 pm EST.Catch-22 is your player that gets cut now enters the FA pool (which bumps your 5 fa to 10 at most), and you are still on the hook for a % of that player 2015 cap hit based off years left on the contract. 1 year= 20%, 2 years= 30%, 3 years= 40%, 4 years= 50%, and 5+ years= 60%.

 

EX. ​Charles Johnson got $20 cap hit for 2015, with 2 years remaining on his contract. If I cut CJ, I would still be on the hook for $6, and would save $14. 

 

Cap Space

 

At no time can your total outstanding bids be higher than the amount you have to spend! This is up to you and you only to keep track of. If you exceed your spending limit you will be penalized, your total cap space reduced by $10.

 

Bidding on players in FA

 

Players are signed 1 day (exactly 24 hours) from the time of the highest bid. For example, if your high bid was posted on Sunday 1PM the player will officially be signed and added to your roster Monday 1PM so long as nobody outbids you during that 1 day. If someone outbids you, then the day waiting period starts again from the time of their top bid. This 1 day waiting period may be reduced to 12 hours or less toward the end of the free agency period.

 

Home Team Advantage

 

Teams resigning their own free agents will have a couple advantages. First, they can simply match the top offer rather than having to outbid( When matching a offer please put the $ amount as well). Second, they will get a discount off the final price after the player is officially signed. The discount will be applied as followed:

Final bid: $3-$6 = $1 discount.
Final bid: $7-$10 = $2 discount.
Final bid: $11-$14 = $3 discount.
Final bid: $15+ = $4 discount.

If somebody is a FA and appears in the pool, please take them off our depth chart until you win the bid for that player. Again, we will use a combo of walterfootball.com, spotrac.com, and overthecap.com to determine the top 5 FAs from each team.

 

Team Cap Space

 

The projected ceiling is around $140-$144.The ceiling will be $140 for this. We are rolling over cap space from 2014 to increase the spending. Below are the teams and the cap space money. These numbers are from overthecap.com.

 

http://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space

 

 

In the red= negative money. Over the cap.

 

 

• Buffalo Bills- DirtyMagic97  $30
• Miami Dolphins- carpanfan96  $14
• New England Patriots- IceUpSon  $7
• New York Jets- CaliPanthers  $72
• Baltimore Ravens- Mr Mojo Risin  $14
• Cincinnati Bengals- L-TownCat  $47
• Cleveland Browns- TylerVagyler  $62
• Pittsburgh Steelers- asknoquarter  $13
• Houston Texans- MichaelNewtonII  $25
• Indianapolis Colts- DaCityKats  $61
• Jacksonville Jaguars- Mol3m4n  $91
• Tennessee Titans- X-Clown  $58
• Denver Broncos- C47  $25
• Kansas City Chiefs- CaliPanthers  $16
• Oakland Raiders- TylerVagyler  $74
• San Diego Chargers- Kevin Greene  $22
• Dallas Cowboys- Third Degree  $14
• New York Giants- Ken  $34
• Philadelphia Eagles- Gandman24  $54
• Washington Redskins- WUnderhill  $16
• Chicago Bears- Riverboat Ron  $32
• Detroit Lions- DeeJay  $19
• Green Bay Packers- ooglechi  $37
• Minnesota Vikings- Jimmy  $26
• Atlanta Falcons- O- There  $32
• Carolina Panthers- carolina-chuck2  $26
• New Orleans Saints- ZachAttack23  -$18
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers- *FreeFua*  $28
• Arizona Cardinals- JJman Returns  -$1
• St. Louis Rams- jdpanther5  $35
• San Francisco 49ers- London Loves Luke  $7
• Seattle Seahawks- DaCityKats  $35

[DaCityKats]

Offense and specialist pool

 

QB

Tyrod Taylor, QB, Ravens. Age 26

Brian Hoyer, QB, Browns. Age 29 .... highest bid Rams $1

Ryan Mallet, QB, Texans. Age 27 .... signed Raiders $1

Christian Ponder, QB, Vikings. Age 27

Michael Vick, QB, Jets. Age 35 .... signed Texans $1

Mark Sanchez, QB, Eagles. Age 28 .... signed Texans $3

Shaun Hill, QB, Rams. Age 33

Jake Locker, QB, Titans. Age 27 .... signed Rams $1

Chase Daniels, QB, Chiefs. Age 28

Matt Schaub, QB, Raiders. Age 33 .... signed Browns $1

Sam Bradford, QB, Rams. Age 27 .... signed Bills $3

 

RB/ FB

Bobby Rainey, RB, Bucs. Age 27 .... signed Jags $1

Justin Forsett, RB, Ravens. Age 29 .... signed Jags $1

CJ Spiller, RB, Bills. Age 28 .... signed Falcons $8

DeMarco Murray, Cowboys, Age 27 .... signed for $15

John Kuhn, FB, Packers. Age 32 .... signed  Falcons $1

Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, Colts. Age 29 .... signed Texans $1

Knowshon Moreno, RB, Dolphins. Age 28 ....signed Bengals $1

Mark Ingram, RB, Saints. Age 25 .... signed  Jets $7

Henry Hynoski, FB, Giants. Age 26 .... highest bid Giants $1

Ryan Mathews, RB, Chargers. Age 27 .... highest bid Titans $1

Frank Gore, RB, 49ers. Age 32  .... signed Bucs $5

Roy Helu, RB, Redskins. Age 26 .... signed Falcons $2

Shonn Greene, Titans. Age 29

Shane Vereen, RB, Pats. Age 25 ....signed Jets $3

Stevan Ridley, RB, Pats. Age 26 .... signed Colts $1

Chris Johnson, RB, Jets. Age 29 ....signed Eagles $1

DeAngelo Williams, Panthers. Age 31

Steven Jackson, RB, Falcons. Age 31

Isaiah Pead, RB, Rams. Age 25 .... signed Bengals $1

 

WR

Torrey Smith, WR, Ravens. Age 26 .... signed Rams $17

Brandon Tate, WR, Bengals. Age 27 .... signed Jags $1

Dez Bryant, WR, Cowboys. Age 26 .... signed Browns $30

Demaryius Thomas, WR, Broncos. Age 27.... Franchised

Randall Cobb, WR, Packers. Age 25 .... signed Jets $16

Hakeem Nicks, WR, Colts. Age 27 .... signed Raiders $4

Reggie Wayne, WR, Colts. Age 36 .... signed Bucs $1

Cecil Shorts, WR, Jags. Age 27 .... signed Bengals $7

Andre Holmes, WR, Raiders. Age 27 .... signed Chiefs $1

Denarius Moore, WR, Raiders. Age 26 .... signed Bengals $1

Jeremy Maclin, WR, Eagles. Age 27 ....highest bid Eagles $14 HTD= $11

Eddie Royal, WR, Chargers. Age 29 .... signed Eagles $5

Michael Crabtree, WR, 49ers. Age 27 .... signed Browns $5

Kenny Britt, WR, Rams. Age 26 .... signed  Chiefs $1

Dwayne Bowe, WR, Chiefs. Age 30 .... signed Bucs $5 

Donnie Avery, WR, Chiefs. Age 30

Percy Harvin, WR, Jets. Age 26 .... signed Raiders $10

 

TE

Rob Housler, TE, Cardinals. Age 27 .... signed Falcons $1

Ed Dickson, TE Panthers. Age 28 .... highest bid $1

Jermaine Gresham, TE, Bengals. Age 27 .... signed Bengals $10

Jordan Cameron, TE, Browns. Age 27.... Franchised 

Julius Thomas, TE, Broncos. Age 27 .... signed Raiders $25

Charles Clay, TE, Dolphins. Age 26 ... signed Falcons $6

Matt Spaeth, TE, Steelers. Age 31

Lance Kendricks, TE, Rams. Age 27 .... signed Rams $1

Niles Paul, TE, Redskins. Age 26 .... signed Broncos $4

 

OG

Fernando Velasco, OG/ C, Panthers. Age 30

Clint Boling, OG, Bengals. Age 26 .... signed Bengals $1

Orlando Franklin, OG/ OT, Broncos. Age 27 .... signed  Jets $4

Mike Iupati, OG, 49ers. Age 28 .... signed Jags $14

James Carpenter, OG/ OT, Seahawks. Age 25 .... signed Broncos $4

Justin Blalock, OG, Falcons. Age 31 .... signed Falcons $1

Donald Thomas, OG, Colts. Age 29 .... signed Rams $1

 

C

Brain De La Puente, C/OG, Bears. Age 30 .... signed Jags $1

Jacques McClendon, C, Jags. Age 27

Rodney Hudson, C, Chiefs. Age 26 ....signed Chiefs $6

Samson Satele, C, Dolphins. Age 30

Joe Berger, C/ OG, Vikings. Age 33

Jonathan Goodwin, C, Saints. Age 36

Stefen Wisniewski, C, Raiders. Age 26 .... signed Colts $10

Joe Hawley, C, Falcons. Age 26 .... signed Falcons $1

Scott Wells, C, Rams. Age 34

 

OT

Chris Hairston, OT, Bills. Age 26 ....signed Colts $1

Byron Bell, OT, Panthers. Age 26 .... signed Chiefs $1

Marshall Newhouse, OT, Bengals. Age 26 .... signed Raiders $1

Jeremy Parnell, OT, Cowboys. Age 29 .... signed Chargers $3

Bryan Buluga, OT, Packers. Age 26 .... signed Jags $13

Derek Newton, OT, Texans. Age 27 .... signed  Texans $1

Ryan Harris, OT, Chiefs. Age 30 .... signed Bucs $1

King Dunlap, OT, Chargers. Age 29 .... Franchised

Joseph Barksdale, OT, Rams. Age 27 .... signed Rams $1

Michael Roos, OT, Titans. Age 32 .... signed Giants $2

Sam Baker, OT, Falcons. Age 29 .... highest bid Broncos $1

Gosder Cherilus, OT, Colts. Age 30 .... signed Bengals $4

Jake Long, OT, Rams. Ag e 29 .... signed Texans $4

 

Specialist

Matt Bryant, K, Falcons. Age 40 .... signed Falcons $1

Brent Kern, P, Titans. Age 29

Kai Forbath, K, Redskins. Age 27

Stephen Gostkowski, K, Pats. Age 31 .... signed Bengals $

[TylerVagyler]

Browns are placing the franchise tag on Jordan Cameron

[asknoquarter]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have cut Kicker Shawn Suisham

 

Suisham->12.575(4Years Remaining)->$6.288 Savings

 

 

[X-Clown]

Titans cut Shonn Greene, saving $2 against the cap.

[DaCityKats]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have cut Kicker Shawn Suisham

 

Suisham->12.575(4Years Remaining)->$6.288 Savings

 

math is off. remember its a percentage of what that player is owed for 2015.his cap hit  in 2015 is $4. he has 4 years left on his deal, so you owe him 50% of his 2015 cap hit.

[MichaelNewtonII]

Just use overthecap.com to see your players cap savings guys

[C47]

Broncos tagging Demaryius. Remaining cap space is $25

[DaCityKats]

having a busy week, but will update asap. remember to update your depth charts, without players in the fa pool until you sign them. deadlines are next week.

 

[JJman Returns]

Cardinals are keeping Fitzgerald but will listen to trade offers.

Drew Stanton is available as well.

[C47]

DCK, 

 

How would cutting a player who isn't under contract in 2015, but is on my roster for our Offseason because he isn't a top five FA work? For instance, if I wanted to cut Wes Welker what would his cap # be to determine the cut, and I'm assuming I would just use the 20% for one year remaining? Would I use 2014 cap too?

[DaCityKats]

DCK, 

 

How would cutting a player who isn't under contract in 2015, but is on my roster for our Offseason because he isn't a top five FA work? For instance, if I wanted to cut Wes Welker what would his cap # be to determine the cut, and I'm assuming I would just use the 20% for one year remaining? Would I use 2014 cap too?

 

he is a FA, so you would not have to cut him. remember we only used the top 5 FA from each team, i think he may retire anyways. FA not in the pool, you can keep on your roster, or just not put them on there.

[Kevin Greene]

The Chargers Franchise Tag Dunlap, King LT, to the tune of $13 cap dollars.

A lot of money but LTs are hard to come by, new cap figure, $18.

 

 

 

Chargers cut Chad Reinhart:

http://overthecap.com/player/chad-rinehart/2065/

 

1 year at 4.25 million cap hit equals 3 million Cap Dollars back.

 

Current cap space now $21.