[CBFF] Archuleta tops chart from '07 for franchise/transition tenders

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for franchise/transition tenders via Inside the Bears by Brad Biggs on
1/31/08
PHOENIX--The NFLPA released the official 2008 franchise and transition
tender amounts at its annual meeting Thursday afternoon.

The numbers are based on the top five and top 10 players at each
position using salary-cap numbers from 2007. It's no surprise that
quarterbacks will again be highest with a franchise number of $10.73
million and a transition figure of $9.5 million.

The highest cap number for a safety in 2007? The Bears' Adam Archuleta
at $5.095 million. Tenth on the list was Mike Brown at $3,106,666.
Archuleta's base salary for 2008 is $730,000 as the bulk of his money
has already come.


There were two other Bears in the top 10 at their position for these
calculations:

Cornerback Charles Tillman was 10th at $5,372,666.

Linebacker Lance Briggs was sixth at $7.206 million.

It will cost the Bears $7.848 million to place the franchise tag on
Bernard Berrian if general manager Jerry Angelo so desires. There were
two receivers in the entire league with a higher cap figure in
2007--Dallas' Terrell Owens and Indianapolis' Marvin Harrison.

The numbers

Franchise Tag Numbers

QB - 10,730,000
RB - 6,538,000
WR - 7,848,000
TE - 4,522,000
P/K - 2,514,000
OL - 7,455,000

DE - 8,879,000
DT - 6,363,000
LB - 8,065,000
S - 4,396,000
CB - 9,465,000


Transition Tag Numbers

QB - 9,560,000
RB - 5,699,000
WR - 6,872,000
TE - 3,733,000
P/K - 2,245,000
OL - 6,895,000

DE - 7,679,000
DT - 5,654,000
LB - 7,335,000
S - 3,893,000
CB - 7,659,000

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