2017 Franchise Player List

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The 2017 Franchise Player deadline has passed and 64 players will be returning to action with their same teams…This is a drop of 10 players from the 2016 Season…1 Full Round of picks…and is the lowest total of Franchise Tags issued since we started allowing the trading of Draft Picks in 2009 (Previously 65)…With some last minute trading…we still managed to keep at least 2 players in every eligible round…and thanks to FUD and UOG…at least 1 player at every position…There were only 2 fewer tags issued in the 1st 5 Rounds (16 tags vs 18)…We still have locked up all of the UFA slots in 6.09 thru 7.12…but in rounds 9 thru 12 we opened up 8 more slots from 2016 (13 tags vs 21)…

The full position breakdown:

28 Wide Receivers
26 Running Backs
8 Quarterbacks
1 Defenses
1 Kicker

The complete listing is below…now sortable by Pick or Franchise…and searchable to narrow down by position. (more…)

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Statistically Speaking – 2016 Week 03

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Yes we are publishing on Wednesday…but 4 different awards got changed because of outcomes on Monday Night…Minimalism vs Maximization in the Quarterback race…Double Capped names rule the Running Back roost…Someone has to score these points…Kickers are still better than Receivers…our 1st 2 repeat offenders…a fall from grace…some amazing Milestones reached…and the Bandit Division likes ties…lets do this…
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2015 Franchise Player List

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The 2015 Franchise Player deadline has passed and 77 players will be returning to action with their same teams…this is the most since 2012…and 1 short of the record set in 2010 (78 for math challenged)…essentially a full 6.33 rounds of the 2015 TBFL Draft are completed before we even begin. It was quiet for a few weeks…but everyone came alive in the last couple days with a flurry of trading…resulting in a player being franchised in every possible round.

No Kickers received tags this year.

The full position breakdown:

41 Wide Receivers
25 Running Backs
8 Quarterbacks
3 Defenses

The complete listing is below…now sortable by Pick or Franchise…and searchable to narrow down by position. (more…)

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2014 Franchise Player List

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The 2014 Franchise Player deadline has passed and 73 players will be returning to action with their same teams…a full 6 rounds of the 2014 TBFL Draft are completed before we even begin. After all the last minute frenzy of trading and list changing subsided…we ended up with at least one Franchise Tag in every eligible round.

No Defenses or Kickers received tags this year.

The full position breakdown:

37 Wide Receivers
29 Running Backs
7 Quarterbacks

The complete listing is below…now sortable by Pick or Franchise…and searchable to narrow down by position. (more…)

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