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This is an FYI. Just trying to explain a possible scenario. I am not predicting that Gostkowski will be franchised but trying to show the cap impact IF he is.
Jason LaCanfora reports in this article
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...e-tags-position-by-position-projected-numbers
that the 32 teams have been told what percentage of the cap will be used to determine each position's franchise tag number. For kickers it will be 2.88%. So if the cap is $142 million, the franchise tag number for most kickers will be $4.09 million.
But because the CBA says that a player's franchise tag number will be the higher between the franchise tag number or 120% of the player's previous year cap number, IF tagged, Gostkowski's franchise tag number will be $4.44 million, which is 120% of $3.7 million. Please note that for franchise tag number calculations his offseason workout bonus amount of $105,600 is not included.
Jason LaCanfora reports in this article
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...e-tags-position-by-position-projected-numbers
that the 32 teams have been told what percentage of the cap will be used to determine each position's franchise tag number. For kickers it will be 2.88%. So if the cap is $142 million, the franchise tag number for most kickers will be $4.09 million.
But because the CBA says that a player's franchise tag number will be the higher between the franchise tag number or 120% of the player's previous year cap number, IF tagged, Gostkowski's franchise tag number will be $4.44 million, which is 120% of $3.7 million. Please note that for franchise tag number calculations his offseason workout bonus amount of $105,600 is not included.