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Nittany Dodgers · March 3rd, 2004, 01:17 PM

OK, I've come up with what I think is a consistent way to determine the opening bid for 1st round tenders for each position; the max rookie contract amount. Thus, 1st round tenders by posisition would have opening bids: quarterbacks at 1200, running backs at 2000, wide receivers at 1100, tight ends at 750, at kickers at 400 (since we don't have rookie scales for kickers, and if a rfa kicker was worth a 1st round draft pick, he better be amazing). The subsequent levels of tenders would be evenly declining, so the scales would be:

Quarterbacks:
1st round-1200
2nd Round-800
3rd Round-400
4th Round-200

Running Backs:
1st Round-2000
2nd Round-1300
3rd Round-600
4th Round-300

Wide Receivers
1st Round-1100
2nd Round-700
3rd Round-400
4th Round-200

Tight Ends
1st Round-750
2nd Round-400
3rd Round-250
4th Round-150

Kickers
1st Round-400
2nd Round-300
3rd Round-200
4th Round-150

For example, 13 players have been tendered RFAs and not subsequently matched. Under this scale, this is the compensation they would have received:

Corey Dillon and Edgerin James, Tim Brown, Troy Brown, and Torry Holt-1 round compensatory pick
Tiki Barber, Warrick Dunn, Garrison Hearst, and Darrell Jackson-2nd round compensatory pick
Terrell Davis, Emmitt Smith, Mike Alstott, and Ed McCaffrey-3rd round compensatory picks
No players at the 4th round level (Due in part to the higher current opening bid levels).

Personally, I think this spread looks pretty good. Thoughts?

Edited to add: I suppose I should have a little discusion on how this would work. Of each teams three RFAs, you would label them as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th rounders. The opening bids for them would be their corresponing price from the charts above. Other teams bidding would have to start at or above those prices. Once the bidding concludes, the tendering team can match, or decline to match. If they match, they obviously get the player for the highest bid, and receive no compensation. If they decline, they would get a compensatory pick, at the end of the round of the level they tendered the player. If no one opens bidding up during the RFA period on that player, the tendering team must give that player a contract for the opening bid price, and receives no compensation.

The compensation would be based on the tender given by the tendering team, and would not change no matter how high the biding went (ie, you give player x a 4th round tender, and bidding goes up to 3000, if you decline you still just get the 4th round compensation).

The same scales could be used without the tender system, but I'd like to put a little ownus on the tendering team.

March 3rd, 2004, 01:17 PM	#16
Nittany Dodgers Feeding Frenzy Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Maplewood, MN Posts: 5,204	OK, I've come up with what I think is a consistent way to determine the opening bid for 1st round tenders for each position; the max rookie contract amount. Thus, 1st round tenders by posisition would have opening bids: quarterbacks at 1200, running backs at 2000, wide receivers at 1100, tight ends at 750, at kickers at 400 (since we don't have rookie scales for kickers, and if a rfa kicker was worth a 1st round draft pick, he better be amazing). The subsequent levels of tenders would be evenly declining, so the scales would be: Quarterbacks: 1st round-1200 2nd Round-800 3rd Round-400 4th Round-200 Running Backs: 1st Round-2000 2nd Round-1300 3rd Round-600 4th Round-300 Wide Receivers 1st Round-1100 2nd Round-700 3rd Round-400 4th Round-200 Tight Ends 1st Round-750 2nd Round-400 3rd Round-250 4th Round-150 Kickers 1st Round-400 2nd Round-300 3rd Round-200 4th Round-150 For example, 13 players have been tendered RFAs and not subsequently matched. Under this scale, this is the compensation they would have received: Corey Dillon and Edgerin James, Tim Brown, Troy Brown, and Torry Holt-1 round compensatory pick Tiki Barber, Warrick Dunn, Garrison Hearst, and Darrell Jackson-2nd round compensatory pick Terrell Davis, Emmitt Smith, Mike Alstott, and Ed McCaffrey-3rd round compensatory picks No players at the 4th round level (Due in part to the higher current opening bid levels). Personally, I think this spread looks pretty good. Thoughts? Edited to add: I suppose I should have a little discusion on how this would work. Of each teams three RFAs, you would label them as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th rounders. The opening bids for them would be their corresponing price from the charts above. Other teams bidding would have to start at or above those prices. Once the bidding concludes, the tendering team can match, or decline to match. If they match, they obviously get the player for the highest bid, and receive no compensation. If they decline, they would get a compensatory pick, at the end of the round of the level they tendered the player. If no one opens bidding up during the RFA period on that player, the tendering team must give that player a contract for the opening bid price, and receives no compensation. The compensation would be based on the tender given by the tendering team, and would not change no matter how high the biding went (ie, you give player x a 4th round tender, and bidding goes up to 3000, if you decline you still just get the 4th round compensation). The same scales could be used without the tender system, but I'd like to put a little ownus on the tendering team. Last edited by Nittany Dodgers; March 3rd, 2004 at 01:29 PM.