Franchised Players List is a Short One

by Jaxon on Feb 25, 2010 9:31 PM EST

The franchise period expired earlier today and below is the final list. I find it interesting first how short the list is and then also that it includes 2 kickers. I can understand franchising defensive tackles hence half of the list is the big guys in the middle. So we see the impact of the uncertain future related to the CBA expiration beginning right here.

2010 FRANCHISE PLAYERS

CLUB	PLAYER	POSITION
Green Bay	Ryan Pickett	DT
New England	Vince Wilfork	DT
Oakland	Richard Seymour**	DE
Pittsburgh	Jeff Reed	K
San Francisco	Aubrayo Franklin	DT
Seattle	Olindo Mare	K

**Signifies "exclusive" franchise player

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Somewhere out there, Richard Seymour is being dragged back to a football field.

“Nao! I don’t want to play for them! The Raiders suck!”

“But Seymour, you have to play with them! the Franchised you.”

“I don’t care! They suck! We’re going to go 0-16 and suck up the field!”

“But Seymour, they’re paying you over 12 million dollars!”

And then Seymours eyes are all $$$

"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn

by Revshawn on Feb 25, 2010 10:19 PM EST reply actions

That's the same Seymour who also said they were going to the playoffs.

He clearly doesn’t hate it that much.

Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.

by MichaelProcton on Feb 28, 2010 10:12 PM EST up reply actions

They had to franchise him to keep him though!

And don’t forget the big fuss he kicked up about not showing up to training camp and all of that. I don’t think he wants to be there at all.

"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn

by Revshawn on Mar 1, 2010 3:14 AM EST up reply actions

Aside from kickers...

Its only D-lineman. Hmm…

Do or do not. There is no try.

by ERL on Feb 26, 2010 2:24 PM EST reply actions

Coincidence?

"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn

by Revshawn on Feb 28, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

No.

three of the four D lineman are nose tackles in a 3-4…which are hard to find. Seymour is franchised so the raiders don’t look foolish renting a player for one season at the expense of a 1st round pick.

Do or do not. There is no try.

by ERL on Mar 2, 2010 2:00 PM EST up reply actions