In order to keep Jeffery the Bears will have to pay him a good amount of money. He will most likely have to be within the top 5 to 8 top paid WRs. That's just the way it's going to have to be going by the WR market right now and it will be just fine. The Bears have enough money to pay him and still sign plenty of other players.
Here is a list of the top 10 paid WRs right now, in order, and how they've done as long as Jeffery has been in the league which is 2012. Each player has been in the league as long or longer than Jeffery other than Keenan Allen. Allen has not only been hurt the last two seasons but came into the league one year after Jeffery.
...........Games Rec Yards TDs YPG Ave$ 1. AJ Green 71 416 6078 42 85.6 $15 2. A. Jeffery 63 304 4549 26 72.2 $14.59 3. Julio Jones 66 443 6651 32 100.7 $14.25 4. D Thomas 80 492 6870 46 85.8 $14 5. Dez Bryant 70 354 5132 52 73.3 $14 6. T.Y. Hilton 78 374 5861 30 75.1 $13 7. D Baldwin 78 317 4166 32 53.4 $11.5 8. K. Allen 38 221 2617 16 68.9 $11.25 9. V Jackson 63 268 4326 20 68.6 $11.11 10. Fitzgerald 78 432 4774 31 61.2 $11
UGH... I hate how this site changes the format of what I type out. I tried to make it easier to read.
People get all caught up in what a player ranks in pay immediately after they sign a deal. This is foolish to me. AJ Green is #1 right now, next year he won't be most likely(After Brown signs his extension), and the year after that he will be even lower in the ranking because every year the salary cap rises...which means every year the average salaries of all players will rise and soon or later all those deals become league average.
I think you miss understood me I don't want to trust White with anything I want Jeffery and the Bears to come to an agreement that both can be happy with, and true me I have no idea what that amount should be. I sure the heck don't want to draft a WR or QB at number #3 the Bears and Jeffery needs to get this deal done. But if and that's a big if, the Bears make a sound offer and Jeffery rejects it and is looking for a ton more money then my all means let him see what he is worth and free agency. Just make sure he is a restricted free agent (RFA)
He's not an RFA...he will be free to sign anywhere with no compensation coming back unless we franchise him again to the tune of 17 million.
I did not know that thanks for the info, next I better do less typing and checking, see you can teach an old dog
I think you miss understood me I don't want to trust White with anything I want Jeffery and the Bears to come to an agreement that both can be happy with, and true me I have no idea what that amount should be. I sure the heck don't want to draft a WR or QB at number #3 the Bears and Jeffery needs to get this deal done. But if and that's a big if, the Bears make a sound offer and Jeffery rejects it and is looking for a ton more money then my all means let him see what he is worth and free agency. Just make sure he is a restricted free agent (RFA)
He's not an RFA...he will be free to sign anywhere with no compensation coming back unless we franchise him again to the tune of 17 million.
I don't think the franchise tag is going to cost as much as some people think. Tagging Jeffery will most likely cost a little more than last year for around 15 million or just under 16 million. Here are the projected tag amounts from one source:
Projected 2017 Franchise & Transition Tag Totals
Nate Bouda December 16, 2016 NFL Rumors 0 Comments
Albert Breer has put together projected 2017 Franchise & Transition Tag totals for each position based on the $168.1 million salary cap figure released to teams this week at the owner’s meeting.
Top 30 – 2017 Free Agents list
2017 NFL Free Agents List
Here’s what the franchise & transition tags could end up costing teams next year:
Position Franchise Transition
QB $21.5M $19.0M
RB $12.2M $10.0M
WR $15.7M $13.3M
OL $14.4M $12.6M
TE $9.8M $8.3M
DT $13.5M $11.0M
DE $17.0M $14.0M
LB $14.6M $12.4M
CB $14.3M $12.4M
S $11.0M $9.3M
P/K $4.8M $4.4M
We’ll have the official franchise and transition tag totals posted here once they’re available.
He's not an RFA...he will be free to sign anywhere with no compensation coming back unless we franchise him again to the tune of 17 million.
I don't think the franchise tag is going to cost as much as some people think. Tagging Jeffery will most likely cost a little more than last year for around 15 million or just under 16 million. Here are the projected tag amounts from one source:
Projected 2017 Franchise & Transition Tag Totals
Nate Bouda December 16, 2016 NFL Rumors 0 Comments
Albert Breer has put together projected 2017 Franchise & Transition Tag totals for each position based on the $168.1 million salary cap figure released to teams this week at the owner’s meeting.
Top 30 – 2017 Free Agents list
2017 NFL Free Agents List
Here’s what the franchise & transition tags could end up costing teams next year:
Position Franchise Transition
QB $21.5M $19.0M
RB $12.2M $10.0M
WR $15.7M $13.3M
OL $14.4M $12.6M
TE $9.8M $8.3M
DT $13.5M $11.0M
DE $17.0M $14.0M
LB $14.6M $12.4M
CB $14.3M $12.4M
S $11.0M $9.3M
P/K $4.8M $4.4M
We’ll have the official franchise and transition tag totals posted here once they’re available.
Those are first time franchise tag numbers. Remember when you are tagged a second time there is a higher premium paid. So it is no longer the average of the top 5 highest paid because received that last year, there will be a 20% kicker added onto that number because that salary would be greater than the average of the top 5 salaries. So it's actually looking like it will be higher than projected based of those number at somewhere around 18 mill to tag him again.
Doesn't Jeffery's suspension affect his tag number also? Since he didn't play and get paid for those 4 games his salary last year was less. I know I heard that could be a possibility but not much for specifics.
OK. Lets say the Bears do tag Jeffery and it cost them 17 million. So what? Does that destroy the Bear's cap space and screw up their ability to keep the team together? We would have to look forward to which players need to be resigned in the next couple years and have an idea of what the cap is going to be in the future. If it doesn't affect any of that then who cares. Why do fans care so much about what a player makes if it's not affecting the rest of the team? Is it jealousy? Is it just that they don't think a player deserves it based on their stats?
It's the team's money, not ours, so stop worrying about it.
Doesn't Jeffery's suspension affect his tag number also? Since he didn't play and get paid for those 4 games his salary last year was less. I know I heard that could be a possibility but not much for specifics.
I don't think so since he was fined those game checks. I've never heard a suspension having any bearing on it.
OK. Lets say the Bears do tag Jeffery and it cost them 17 million. So what? Does that destroy the Bear's cap space and screw up their ability to keep the team together? We would have to look forward to which players need to be resigned in the next couple years and have an idea of what the cap is going to be in the future. If it doesn't affect any of that then who cares. Why do fans care so much about what a player makes if it's not affecting the rest of the team? Is it jealousy? Is it just that they don't think a player deserves it based on their stats?
It's the team's money, not ours, so stop worrying about it.
Well...if you don't go to games, buy gear, or watch games on TV...then yes...the money is not yours. But if you consume the product at the end of the day that money is yours. Any added cost for a business always gets passed on to the consumer. Thats just the way it is.
As for tagging Jeffery again...all it does is kick the can down the road again, and all it's likely to do is cost the Bears more money...again! If they would have signed him to an extension two years ago it would have cost them less per year than it did to tag him this year, and the same goes if that happens again this year. Salaries in the NFL will continue to rise, and Alshon's talent will continue to be in demand as he is still a young player. Just looking ahead to 2018, assuming Pitt resigns Brown, Alshon will once again be the best available receiver in free agency...unless you want to make an argument for Davante Adams. Either way he'd be top 2 at minimum. The leverage once again belongs to him.
Could the Bears use the transition tag on Alston Jeffery even though he was franchised last year? — @kidhaywire
Yes, they could but there is no way that would happen. You’re one of three people who asked this exact same question this week as fans try to come up with creative solutions for the Bears to potentially keep Jeffery. I checked with Joel Corry, the CBA expert who you can find on Twitter @corryjoel, and he confirmed the franchise tag and transition tags would carry the same price this year. That is because the formula used to determine the transition tag is the average of the top 10 salaries at the player’s position or 120 percent of the player’s salary from the previous season -- whichever figure is higher. Jeffery earned $14.599 million last season so the cost to tag him (franchise or transition) will be the 20 percent bump which would take him to $17,518,800.
What are the chances the Bears use the franchise tag on Alshon Jeffery again? — @noflyzone_1
It was an easy decision for the Bears to use the franchise tag on Jeffery last season and I think everyone would agree it was the correct decision as well. The situation gets a lot more complicated this year with the 20 percent bump in the money as I detailed in the question above. Guaranteeing Jeffery $17,518,800 for one season with no control of him beyond 2017 is extremely risky. Some have said the Bears need to do whatever necessary to keep Jeffery because they are in a season where they have to show significant improvement over their 3-13 season. I agree. But if they place the tag on Jeffery again and he goes out and has a mediocre season, that’s the kind of decision that can shorten careers. Consider that right now only nine players are scheduled to receive more cash in 2017 than that figure of $17,518,800 and two of them (Tyrod Taylor at $27.5 million and Adrian Peterson at $18 million) will almost certainly be released or have their contracts re-done. The others are Andrew Luck, Josh Norman, Cam Newton, Joe Flacco, Ndamukong Suh, Ryan Tannehill and Sam Bradford. Additionally, some have presented this idea that because the Bears got to roll over a $3.4 million salary cap credit to 2017 because of the four-game suspension that Jeffery served, that it would be easier to tag him again. That’s flawed logic right there. Just because Jeffery served a suspension doesn’t mean any of that credit should necessarily be earmarked for him. As I wrote this week, it’s an intricate decision and when it comes time for free agency to open up, the Bears are going to have to determine how high they’re willing to go for Jeffery. I can’t see them tagging him again, which would create the possibility they commit more than $32 million to him for two seasons after this past year. That just doesn’t make good football sense, does it?
This was from Brad Biggs and the bold part is what I was thinking of.