The Facts:
The Eagles have placed the franchise tag on Vick and the transition tag on PK David Akers.
Reported by FootballDiehards.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
The franchising of Vick had been expected and ensures that the NFL's comeback player of the year will remain in Philadelphia for at least one more season. The rules of the franchise tag, as currently constituted, deem that Vick receives a one-year deal for the average of the five highest paid quarterbacks in the league. The transition tag give the Eagles the ability to match any offer Akers eventually receives, once free agency begins. It provides no compensation for the Eagles if Akers chooses to sign with another team. In exchange, the Eagles are required to tender Akers a one-year deal for the average salary of the ten highest-paid kickers and punters in 2010. ... Meanwhile, as Profootballtalk.com's Mike Florio notes, depending on the rules of the new CBA, whenever those rules may be determined, the Eagles may be forced to rescind one of those two tags.
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