nfl.com - 2/21/2008
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The Oakland Raiders slapped the exclusive franchise tag on cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha on Wednesday. Asomugha became the first players since Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney last year to be slapped with the exclusive franchise tag. It carries a $9.8 million price tag but also prevents Asomugha from even talking to any other teams. Other players hit with the non-exclusive franchise tag can. ...
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Nmandi Asomugha: Receives rare exclusive tag designation
Footballguys Blog —
We’ve been talking a lot about the franchise tag designation in recent days, and Raiders CB Nmandi Asomugha was among our list of potential candidates. While it wasn’t surprising to see him tagged, it’s notable that the Raiders went above and beyond the conventional franchise tag by designating Asomugha an EXCLUSIVE franchise player.
How does that differ from the conventional (or non-exclusive) franchise tag designation?
The player is guaranteed the average of the top 5 players at his position for the CURRENT (upcoming) year [the non-exclusive uses average salaries of the prior ...
Keeping Corey Williams
Acme Packing Company —
I thought GM Ted Thompson would let backup DT Corey Williams leave in free agency, but instead he placed the franchise tag on him and he's guaranteed $6.363 (nice round number) million in 2008. There was a case to be made for making a backup defensive tackle your team's franchise player. First while he costs over $6 million, another team was likely to guarantee him $15-20 million in a couple of weeks, so he's a relative bargain. Second if the Packers have around $25 million of cap space and aren't going to target any big free agents, then spend the money to keep Williams for one more year. Third the Packers would have likely spent a high-to-mid round draft choice ...
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bizoffootball.com 2/21/2008 — The Oakland Raiders became the most recent team to use their franchise tag as they placed it on cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha late Wednesday. Asomugha will make considerably more next season than he did in 2007, as reported by Yahoo! Sports : Asomugha, who had 34 tackles and one interception in 15 games this past season, was offered the exclusive tender, which gives the Raiders sole ...
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mvn.com 2/22/2008 — Thanks to Raider X and L Dizzle both for their recent contributions to Thoughts from the Dark Side. I just got back from a couple of days in Santa Cruz feeling rested and refreshed. It appears that the Oakland Raiders went full bore and made Nnamdi Asomugha an exclusive rights franchise player meaning that he can’t even talk to other teams and will have a much higher tender. The Raiders staff ...
