2009 FRANCHISE PLAYER STATUS

I have had some official notifications, and various conversations with some league members where they have stated what they will do and where we have guessed at what other people are thinking.  Just to give everyone a heads up to the current Franchise Player picture and to help people make the final decision with their on the fence players, I’ve compiled the following list of both confirmed, supposed, and rumored franchise players:

Armed N Dangerous – Complete rumor and speculation at this point:
QB – DAL – Tony Romo (Round 6)
RB – CLE – Jerome Harrison (Round 12)
WR – ATL – Michael Jenkins (Round 12)

Bay Area Thrashers – Complete rumor and speculation at this point:
RB – CHI – Matt Forte (Round 1)
RB – CAR – DeAngelo Williams (Round 2)
WR – PHI – Kevin Curtis (Round 7)
QB – GBP – Aaron Rodgers (Round 9)
RB – KCC – Jamaal Charles (Round 14)

Fudgie Whales – Rumored Tags based on limited conversations:
WR – NEP – Wes Welker (Round 4)
WR – SDC – Vincent Jackson (Round 6) – 90%
RB – NYJ – Leon Washington (Round 15) – Lock it in…

Hurricanes – Complete rumor and speculation at this point:
QB – NOS – Drew Brees (Round 1)
RB – MIA – Ronnie Brown (Round 2)
WR – IND – Anthony Gonzalez (Round 5)
QB – BAL – Joe Flacco (Round 12)
QB – MIA – Chad Pennington (Round 12)

Marauders (Open Team) – Complete rumor and specualtion at this point:
RB – DEN – Correll Buckhalter (Round 8)
WR – MIA – Greg Camarillo (Round 12)
RB – TAM – Derrick Ward (Round 13)

Money Inc – Officially submitted Franchise Tags:
WR – KCC – Dwayne Bowe (Round 5)
WR – MIN – Sidney Rice (Round 12)

Playground Legends – Complete rumor and speculation at this point:
WR – PIT – Santonio Holmes (Round 4)
QB – SDC – Phillip Rivers (Round 6)
WR – NYG – Steve Smith (Round 11)
WR – NOS – Lance Moore (Round 12)

Runs N Throses – Officially submitted Franchise Tags:
RB – TEN – Chris Johnson (Round 2)
RB – JAX – Maurice Jones-Drew (Round 5)
WR – DEN – Eddie Royal (Round 8)
WR – ATL – Roddy White (Round 9)
WR – STL – Donnie Avery (Round 10)
QB – ATL – Matt Ryan (Round 11)
RB – NOS – Pierre Thomas (Round 12)
RB – SDC – Darren Sproles (Round 13)

South Park Cows – Rumored based on REALLY CLOSE insight:
RB – TAM – Earnest Graham (Round 10)
QB – JAX – David Gerrard (Round 11)
RB – BUF – Fred Jackson (Round 12)

UO Grandmasters – Rumored Franchise Tags based on in depth conversations:
RB – SFO – Frank Gore (Round 2) – Lock it in…
WR – DEN – Brandon Marshall (Round 3) – 99.99% Sure
QB – ARI – Kurt Warner (Round 5) – Lock it in…
WR – NOS – Marques Colston (Round 6) – 99.99% Sure
WR – IND – Dallas Clark (Round 7)
DT – TEN – Tennesse Titans (Round 10)
WR – NYG – Domenik Hixon (Round 11)
RB – BAL – Le’Ron McClain (Round 11)
WR – ARI – Steve Breaston (Round 12)

Warriors – Rumored Franchise Tags based on limited conversations:
RB – ATL – Michael Turner (Round 4)
RB – GBP – Ryan Grant (Round 9)
WR – NYJ – Jerricho Cotchery (Round 9)
RB – CIN – Cedric Benson (Round 12)
WR – NYG – Mario Manningham (Round 15)

X-Factor – Complete rumor and speculation at this point:
RB – BAL – Ray Rice (Round 4)
RB – HOU – Steve Slaton (Round 5) – 99.99% sure
RB – ARI – Tim Hightower (Round 10)
QB – DEN – Matt cassell (Round 12)
RB – NYG – Ahmad Bradshaw (Round 13)
QB – BUF – Trent Edwards (Round 15)

Again, the deadline is still not till Sunday August 30 at 9:00pm EST so these will most likely change…