Post by Seahawks GM & Commish (Jon) on Jan 5, 2021 21:09:23 GMT
As our season has concluded, it is time to start preparing for the next season, so here is Wide Right's 2021 Off-Season Calendar.
Franchise Tag Deadline - Monday, February 15th @ 12 PM (Noon) EST
Contract Extension Deadline - Monday, March 15th @ 12 PM (Noon) EST
Draft Lottery - Monday, April 26th (Time TBD)
Draft - Monday, May 3rd @ 8 AM EST
Free Agency Opens - Monday, June 7th @ 12 PM (Noon) EST
Start of the 2021 - 2022 Season - Thursday, September 9th @ Kickoff
The Rules for each step will be as followed & can be found in the League Rules:
- Franchise Tag:
Teams may franchise tag one UFA each season at 115% of their previous cap hit. A player may receive the franchise tag a maximum of 3 seasons in a row. If a player is tagged 2 years in a row, then he must be paid 130% of the current year's franchise tag. If a player is tagged 3 years in a row, then he must be paid 160% of the current year's franchise tag. If the players previous contract year is higher than the franchise tag price then the team must pay that same percentage above their previous contract.
Example: DeAndre Hopkins previous year contract is $15,000,000, his FT1 for the following year would be $17,250,000, FT2 would be $22,425,000 and his FT3 would be $35,880,000.
- Contract Extensions:
Teams may give one contract extension per season to a player with at least one year remaining on their contract. If a player is a pending UFA then they may not be resigned and must go to FA. The extension may add up to 3 years onto the contract, at an increase of 150% of the player's highest paid year. A player may never exceed 6 years in contract length from the time the contract is signed, until the conclusion of the extension.
For example Tom Brady is set to become an UFA in 2022. Prior to the conclusion of NFL Week 16, Brady can be given an extension for up to three years. If his cap hit was $7,000,000 the cap hit for his extended years would be $10,5000,000.
Contract extensions CANNOT be traded.
YOU CANNOT EXTEND BEFORE A PLAYER'S RFA YEAR.
- Rookie Draft:
Draft Order can be found here - wrfl.proboards.com/thread/313/2021-rookie-draft-order
The six-round NFL Entry Draft will take place every offseason. This draft is for players who were eligible for that specific year's NFL draft and have been drafted, or signed as an undrafted free agent.
The rookie draft will not be a snake draft.
Draft Pick Salaries:
(First Round)
Picks 1 - 8: $5,000,000
Picks 9 - 16: $4,500,000
Picks 17 - 24: $4,000,000
Picks 25 - 32: $3,500,000
* Contracts last 4 years with a 5th year Team Option (worth 150% of regular salary) UFA after Team Option Year
(Second Round)
Picks 33 - 40: $3,000,000
Picks 41 - 48: $2,500,000
Picks 49 - 56: $2,000,000
Picks 57 - 64: $1,500,000
* Contracts last 4 years, UFA after 4th Year
(Third Round)
Picks 65 - 96: $1,000,000
* Contracts last 3 years with RFA rights
(Round Four)
Picks 97 - 128: $500,000
* Contracts last 3 years with RFA rights
(Round Five)
Picks 129- 160: $500,000
* Contracts last 3 years with RFA rights
(Round Six)
Picks 161-192" $500,000
* Contracts last 3 years with RFA rights
- Free Agency
Free agents can be bid on on ProBoards under Transactions -> Free Agency -> whatever position.
Free agents will be auctioned off, meaning every team has the chance to acquire a free agent. As in an auction, the highest bidder wins. However, to win the auction, your bid must stand the highest for at least 24 hours. You may NOT cancel pending signings. You must accept the signing, and address any issues after it is official. Players are only eligible for free agency if they are signed to or have their rights owned by an NFL team.
The minimum bid is $500,000 and there is no maximum, the max number of years you can bid on a player is 4.
Remember, the per-year salary over the life of the contract remains constant for every drafted and signed player.
When bidding on UFAs, you must multiply years by cash. For example, 3 yrs @ $800,000 (multiplied it's $2,400,000) would beat a 1 yr @ $2,300,000 (multiplied it's $2,300,000) offer. You must out-bid by the multiplied total of $100,000 for it to be valid.
You can not bid on more players than you have open roster spots. For example, if you have 38 players on your roster, you can only have the high bid on two UFA's.
The only RFA's in WRFL will be players who are coming off of Entry Level Contracts, issued upon their Entry Draft position.
During the offseason, teams may tender their RFAs or let them become UFAs. The team that owns the RFA player has the right to match the winning offer and retain the rights to the player. If the offer is not matched, the new team will acquire the player and must provide the original team with draft picks (where applicable) from the current year's draft as compensation.
A thread must be created for each tendered RFA.
PER SEASON COST:
$500K through $1M = 4th round draft pick
$1.1M through $2.49M = 3rd round draft pick
$2.50 through $3.9M = 2nd round draft pick.
$4M through $5.49M = 1st round draft pick.
$5.50M + -- 1st and 2nd round draft picks.
In order to bid on a RFA, you must own the compensating draft picks for the current draft year.
If multiple picks are owned in a compensating round, the lowest draft pick will be awarded to the tendering team.
RFA bidding will follow the same format as UFA.
Teams MAY NOT bid on their own tendered players.
Once a player is won, tendering team will have 24 hours to decide if they will match or take comp picks.
If a tendered player does not receive a bid within 48 hours of the RFA window opening, the tendering team can sign the player for either 1, 2 or 3 years at 150% of their previous cap hit.
Lastly is our activity check. This will allow us time to find new owners for teams. Everyone will have until January 15th to respond to this post with who they believe will win the Super Bowl this year.
Activity Check
Arizona Cardinals: Rams
Atlanta Falcons: Ravens
Baltimore Ravens: 49ers
Buffalo Bills: Bills
Carolina Panthers: Bills
Chicago Bears: Bears
Cincinnati Bengals: Needs Replaced
Cleveland Browns: Green Bay
Dallas Cowboys: Needs Replaced
Denver Broncos: Needs Replaced
Detroit Lions: Lions
Green Bay Packers: Needs Replaced
Houston Texans: Needs Replaced
Indianapolis Colts: Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars: Giants
Kansas City Chiefs: Packers
Los Angeles Chargers: Needs Replaced
Los Angeles Rams: Bucs
Las Vegas Raiders: Browns
Miami Dolphins: Kansas City
Minnesota Vikings: Needs Replaced
New England Patriots: Bills
New Orleans Saints: Jets
New York Giants: Bills
New York Jets: Rams
Philadelphia Eagles: WFT
Pittsburgh Steelers: Buccaneers
San Francisco 49ers: Bills
Seattle Seahawks: Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Little Giants, not the New York One, the Little ones from the movie
Tennessee Titans: Buccaneers
Washington Redskins: KC
Franchise Tag Deadline - Monday, February 15th @ 12 PM (Noon) EST
Contract Extension Deadline - Monday, March 15th @ 12 PM (Noon) EST
Draft Lottery - Monday, April 26th (Time TBD)
Draft - Monday, May 3rd @ 8 AM EST
Free Agency Opens - Monday, June 7th @ 12 PM (Noon) EST
Start of the 2021 - 2022 Season - Thursday, September 9th @ Kickoff
The Rules for each step will be as followed & can be found in the League Rules:
- Franchise Tag:
Teams may franchise tag one UFA each season at 115% of their previous cap hit. A player may receive the franchise tag a maximum of 3 seasons in a row. If a player is tagged 2 years in a row, then he must be paid 130% of the current year's franchise tag. If a player is tagged 3 years in a row, then he must be paid 160% of the current year's franchise tag. If the players previous contract year is higher than the franchise tag price then the team must pay that same percentage above their previous contract.
Example: DeAndre Hopkins previous year contract is $15,000,000, his FT1 for the following year would be $17,250,000, FT2 would be $22,425,000 and his FT3 would be $35,880,000.
- Contract Extensions:
Teams may give one contract extension per season to a player with at least one year remaining on their contract. If a player is a pending UFA then they may not be resigned and must go to FA. The extension may add up to 3 years onto the contract, at an increase of 150% of the player's highest paid year. A player may never exceed 6 years in contract length from the time the contract is signed, until the conclusion of the extension.
For example Tom Brady is set to become an UFA in 2022. Prior to the conclusion of NFL Week 16, Brady can be given an extension for up to three years. If his cap hit was $7,000,000 the cap hit for his extended years would be $10,5000,000.
Contract extensions CANNOT be traded.
YOU CANNOT EXTEND BEFORE A PLAYER'S RFA YEAR.
- Rookie Draft:
Draft Order can be found here - wrfl.proboards.com/thread/313/2021-rookie-draft-order
The six-round NFL Entry Draft will take place every offseason. This draft is for players who were eligible for that specific year's NFL draft and have been drafted, or signed as an undrafted free agent.
The rookie draft will not be a snake draft.
Draft Pick Salaries:
(First Round)
Picks 1 - 8: $5,000,000
Picks 9 - 16: $4,500,000
Picks 17 - 24: $4,000,000
Picks 25 - 32: $3,500,000
* Contracts last 4 years with a 5th year Team Option (worth 150% of regular salary) UFA after Team Option Year
(Second Round)
Picks 33 - 40: $3,000,000
Picks 41 - 48: $2,500,000
Picks 49 - 56: $2,000,000
Picks 57 - 64: $1,500,000
* Contracts last 4 years, UFA after 4th Year
(Third Round)
Picks 65 - 96: $1,000,000
* Contracts last 3 years with RFA rights
(Round Four)
Picks 97 - 128: $500,000
* Contracts last 3 years with RFA rights
(Round Five)
Picks 129- 160: $500,000
* Contracts last 3 years with RFA rights
(Round Six)
Picks 161-192" $500,000
* Contracts last 3 years with RFA rights
- Free Agency
Free agents can be bid on on ProBoards under Transactions -> Free Agency -> whatever position.
Free agents will be auctioned off, meaning every team has the chance to acquire a free agent. As in an auction, the highest bidder wins. However, to win the auction, your bid must stand the highest for at least 24 hours. You may NOT cancel pending signings. You must accept the signing, and address any issues after it is official. Players are only eligible for free agency if they are signed to or have their rights owned by an NFL team.
The minimum bid is $500,000 and there is no maximum, the max number of years you can bid on a player is 4.
Remember, the per-year salary over the life of the contract remains constant for every drafted and signed player.
When bidding on UFAs, you must multiply years by cash. For example, 3 yrs @ $800,000 (multiplied it's $2,400,000) would beat a 1 yr @ $2,300,000 (multiplied it's $2,300,000) offer. You must out-bid by the multiplied total of $100,000 for it to be valid.
You can not bid on more players than you have open roster spots. For example, if you have 38 players on your roster, you can only have the high bid on two UFA's.
The only RFA's in WRFL will be players who are coming off of Entry Level Contracts, issued upon their Entry Draft position.
During the offseason, teams may tender their RFAs or let them become UFAs. The team that owns the RFA player has the right to match the winning offer and retain the rights to the player. If the offer is not matched, the new team will acquire the player and must provide the original team with draft picks (where applicable) from the current year's draft as compensation.
A thread must be created for each tendered RFA.
PER SEASON COST:
$500K through $1M = 4th round draft pick
$1.1M through $2.49M = 3rd round draft pick
$2.50 through $3.9M = 2nd round draft pick.
$4M through $5.49M = 1st round draft pick.
$5.50M + -- 1st and 2nd round draft picks.
In order to bid on a RFA, you must own the compensating draft picks for the current draft year.
If multiple picks are owned in a compensating round, the lowest draft pick will be awarded to the tendering team.
RFA bidding will follow the same format as UFA.
Teams MAY NOT bid on their own tendered players.
Once a player is won, tendering team will have 24 hours to decide if they will match or take comp picks.
If a tendered player does not receive a bid within 48 hours of the RFA window opening, the tendering team can sign the player for either 1, 2 or 3 years at 150% of their previous cap hit.
Lastly is our activity check. This will allow us time to find new owners for teams. Everyone will have until January 15th to respond to this post with who they believe will win the Super Bowl this year.
Activity Check
Arizona Cardinals: Rams
Atlanta Falcons: Ravens
Baltimore Ravens: 49ers
Buffalo Bills: Bills
Carolina Panthers: Bills
Chicago Bears: Bears
Cincinnati Bengals: Needs Replaced
Cleveland Browns: Green Bay
Dallas Cowboys: Needs Replaced
Denver Broncos: Needs Replaced
Detroit Lions: Lions
Green Bay Packers: Needs Replaced
Houston Texans: Needs Replaced
Indianapolis Colts: Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars: Giants
Kansas City Chiefs: Packers
Los Angeles Chargers: Needs Replaced
Los Angeles Rams: Bucs
Las Vegas Raiders: Browns
Miami Dolphins: Kansas City
Minnesota Vikings: Needs Replaced
New England Patriots: Bills
New Orleans Saints: Jets
New York Giants: Bills
New York Jets: Rams
Philadelphia Eagles: WFT
Pittsburgh Steelers: Buccaneers
San Francisco 49ers: Bills
Seattle Seahawks: Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Little Giants, not the New York One, the Little ones from the movie
Tennessee Titans: Buccaneers
Washington Redskins: KC
