All things offseason discussion part II

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

<snip>I've thought this for a while now that the Franchise system needs to be tweaked a bit into more broad categories

Quarterbacks

Skilled Players - Running Back, Wide Receiver, Tight End, Fullback

Defensive Front 7 - DE, DT, ILB, MLB, OLB

Defensive Backs - CB, S

Specialists - K, P, LS

That wouldn't be fair to the positions in each category that are more valuable than the rest of their group; WR's and CB's, for example. The reason being, teams would just franchise their top WR/CB/3-4 OLB/other examples and make them play every year under the franchise tag at a less-than-market-value salary and with no way to escape, except for a holdout.

I still think the best option is to begin designating new positions.