[Mick]

[quote author=gocard14 link=topic=17850.msg209610#msg209610 date=1509500505]
Personally, I'd rather pay a bit more for the proven commodity, say 22 million/year for Cousins instead of 16/year for Garoppolo, but I do believe in the current Niners brain trust so will wait and see.

Only problem is that the market price for a proven commodity at the position is much higher; Cousins is already making 24 mm/year this year and widely expected to command the biggest contract in history if he hits the open market (due to scarcity, obviously he isn't considered the best QB in the NFL) with most estimates being in the range of 30 million/year. This past offseason Cousins turned down a contract offer from Washington that included $53 million fully guaranteed ($72 million guaranteed against injury).
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The 49ers might hit him with a franchise player tag.  The interesting thing about franchise tags is that there are actually three kinds of franchise tags:

Non-exclusive franchise tag: This is the most commonly used tag. When most people refer to the "franchise tag" it's generally the non-exclusive version to which they are discussing. It is a one-year tender offer to a player for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position over the last five years, or 120 percent of the player's previous salary, whichever is greater. The player can negotiate with other teams. The player's current team has the right to match any offer, or receive two first-round picks as compensation.

Exclusive franchise tag: A one-year tender offer to a player for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position for the current year, or 120 percent of the player's previous salary, whichever is greater. The player's team has all negotiating rights to the player. The bump in pay scale (current average salary versus averaging past five years of data) means only the crème de la crème get this tag (think: Drew Brees or Von Miller).

Transition tag: Think of this as the "you are pretty good, and we might want to keep you, but aren't willing to put a ring on you ourselves" tag. The transition designation is a one-year tender offer to a player for an amount that is the average of the top 10 salaries at the position -- as opposed to top five. It guarantees the original club the right of first refusal to match any offer the player might receive from another team, but no compensation if the team chooses not to match.

The average of the Top five quarterbacks is $25,038,800.  The average of the Top ten is about $2 million lower, give or take.  Curious to see what the 49ers will do.

[Mick]

[quote author=gocard14 link=topic=17850.msg209610#msg209610 date=1509500505]
Personally, I'd rather pay a bit more for the proven commodity, say 22 million/year for Cousins instead of 16/year for Garoppolo, but I do believe in the current Niners brain trust so will wait and see.

Only problem is that the market price for a proven commodity at the position is much higher; Cousins is already making 24 mm/year this year and widely expected to command the biggest contract in history if he hits the open market (due to scarcity, obviously he isn't considered the best QB in the NFL) with most estimates being in the range of 30 million/year. This past offseason Cousins turned down a contract offer from Washington that included $53 million fully guaranteed ($72 million guaranteed against injury).
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The 49ers might hit him with a franchise player tag.  The interesting thing about franchise tags is that there are actually three kinds of franchise tags:

Non-exclusive franchise tag: This is the most commonly used tag. When most people refer to the "franchise tag" it's generally the non-exclusive version to which they are discussing. It is a one-year tender offer to a player for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position over the last five years, or 120 percent of the player's previous salary, whichever is greater. The player can negotiate with other teams. The player's current team has the right to match any offer, or receive two first-round picks as compensation.

Exclusive franchise tag: A one-year tender offer to a player for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position for the current year, or 120 percent of the player's previous salary, whichever is greater. The player's team has all negotiating rights to the player. The bump in pay scale (current average salary versus averaging past five years of data) means only the crème de la crème get this tag (think: Drew Brees or Von Miller).

Transition tag: Think of this as the "you are pretty good, and we might want to keep you, but aren't willing to put a ring on you ourselves" tag. The transition designation is a one-year tender offer to a player for an amount that is the average of the top 10 salaries at the position -- as opposed to top five. It guarantees the original club the right of first refusal to match any offer the player might receive from another team, but no compensation if the team chooses not to match.

The average of the Top five quarterbacks is $25,038,800.  The average of the Top ten is about $2 million lower, give or take.  Curious to see what the 49ers will do.