A third NFL player is receiving consecutive franchise labels.
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that the New York Giants should use the franchise brand in Leonard Williams for the second season in a row, according to an informed source on the situation.
Rapoport added that the franchise contest is seen as a substitute for a long-term deal, which the two sides continue to work for this off-season.
Williams becomes the third player to be scored for the second consecutive season, joining Denver Broncos security guard Justin Simmons and Washington Football Team guard Brandon Scherff.
The tag’s due date is set for today at 4:00 pm Eastern time. The term can be extended with the salary cap not yet announced.
Having been scheduled last year, Williams’ franchise bidding does not depend on the limit. After winning $ 16,126 million in last year’s bid, he is expected to win $ 19,351 million in 2021. With a second franchise brand worth 120 percent of the previous season’s contract, it’s no surprise that the three brands that were launched so far are of this variety. The teams are probably waiting until they have the official numbers before using the first-year labels.
Williams is coming out of a career with 11.5 sacks in his first full season with Big Blue. He was the best defender for the Giants and a field destroyer last season. Williams’ penetrating ability was finally realized in 2020. Along with his downfalls in QB, the inner threat added a career high in tackles for defeat (14) and hitting for QB (30).
After Dave Gettleman gave up a choice in the third round for Williams in 2019, the molly pig’s potential was realized with the Giants.
Big Blue had long wanted to stop Williams for a long time, but the sides were unable to strike a deal. They will have until mid-July to do this this time.
Having to use the franchise brand at Williams means that the Giants could lose colleague DT Dalvin Tomlinson to the free agency. There were those who thought that if New York could have struck a deal with Williams, Tomlinson would be a candidate for tag. Now it is likely that Tomlinson will hit the open market, where he will be able to price himself out of Big Blue’s reach.