With the Monday deadline for franchise tagged players to sign long-term deals approaching fast, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo gave some quick updates on the last remaining franchise tagged players. The Ravens and quarterback Lamar Jackson agreed to a long-term deal, as did the Commanders and defensive tackle Daron Payne, while Cowboys running back Tony Pollard has decided to play out the 2023 season on the franchise tag. This leaves Giants running back Saquon Barkley, Raiders running back Josh Jacobs, and Jaguars tight end Evan Engram as the last remaining cases to be solved.
- According to Garafolo, there hasn’t been much good traction on a deal between New York and Barkley. He reports that the two sides “are still far apart.” He notes that three days is technically plenty of time to get a deal done, especially for the franchise that signed quarterback Daniel Jones to a new deal minutes before the franchise tag deadline. Garafolo confirms that Barkley has “threatened to potentially holdout into the season,” meaning that he certainly shouldn’t be expected at training camp unless a new deal is reached.
- Similar news for Jacobs, as we’ve been reporting throughout the day. It’s become clear that he and Las Vegas are not near an agreement as the clock ticks down. Garafolo relays a report from colleague Tom Pelissero that Jacobs is not going to be at training camp without a new deal and is also a candidate to holdout into the regular season.
- Engram’s situation appears to be a bit less harrowing. Despite the fact that Engram wasn’t present for the team’s spring OTAs and minicamp because of the unsigned tag, he is still expected to be present at training camp, even if the two sides fail to reach an agreement on a long-term deal. According to Garafolo, the likelihood of that deal coming to fruition appears to just under a 50-50 chance.
2023-TE Average Annual Salary
Darren Waller NYG -$17,000,000
George Kittle SF -$15,000,000
Travis Kelce KC -$14,312,500
Dallas Goedert PHI -$14,250,000
Mark Andrews BAL -$14,000,000
David Njoku CLE -$13,687,500
Dawson Knox BUF -$13,000,000
Hunter Henry NE -$12,500,000
Jonnu Smith ATL -$12,500,000
Evan Engram JAX -$11,345,000
Surprised Engram and JAX haven’t come to an agreement. If he is asking for Waller money I understand the hold up but if he’s asking in the Njoku range I say give him a 3 year deal. T. Law and Engram should be even better together going into the 2nd year.
I’m for players getting paid for value.
My question – does the salary cap ‘rise’ reflect the profits ‘owners’ get from all the income streams related to being part of the nfl conglomerate?
Seem to me there’s not a ‘comparative’ raise, meaning ‘owners’ see a lofty increase in profits verses salary cap yearly increases. This then restricts monies players can obtain. The players ARE the PRODUCT not owners!
The revenue split between teams and owners was almost 50/50 last year (52 % team/48% players salaries. I’d call that more than fair.
Where’s does that data reside? I looked yet couldn’t find it.
Took less than 30 seconds.
link to en.wikipedia.org.
Thanks for the link. Chalk that up to ‘he’s too old’ to think a need at wiki for data
No problem. If it makes you feel any better I’m probably at least as old as you. I just spend a lot of time doing online research for work.
For work or at work?