Franchise Tag = average of top five
Transition Tag = average of top ten

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

It's pretty much safe to assume some team will want Flynn enough be willing to trade for him. He is a safer bet than a top-10 rookie at QB. He's also pretty ideal for a team that can contend immediately. Redskins, Seahawks, Jets come to mind.

Flynn's shown he can play in this league. His reads are mostly solid, his throwing power is good, his accuracy also pretty good. Also, if franchise tag is based on the top-10 average it might be a considerably lesser amount Flynn counts against the cap.

Originally Posted by: all_about_da_packers 

Wait, I could have sworn I read that franchise tag is average of top-10....?

Originally Posted by: all_about_da_packers 

You're right, Matt Flynn is more sure fire than a rookie, but is it the Packers offense or Matt Flynn? That Brett Favre guy did pretty good, Aaron Rodgers did pretty good... maybe it's the offense?

Matt Flynn has performed well in his two starts, especially today in nasty weather. The Patriots game I don't think said much about him, however, todays game says a lot... in my opinion.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

http://m.nfl.com/news/09000d5d8247df3a/new-franchise-tag-rules-could-hurt-brees-forte-and-others/

In the past, a franchise tag was derived from averaging the top five salaries at a particular position from the previous season. The new formula is much more complicated and is formed by determining the franchise tags at that position over the last five years as a percentage of the overall cap figure in each of those five years.

The yearly cap itself now plays a bigger role -- the 2012 cap projects to be very close to the 2011 cap of roughly $120 million -- thus these tags will not go up much.

...the calculation for the Tag is now no longer based on the average of the top five salaries for a player’s position for the preceding year, but the average of the top five salaries at a player’s position for the preceding FIVE years! Thus, for 2012, Franchise Tag calculations compute from the top five salaries at each position – not from 2011 – but from an average of the top five salaries at each position for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
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With the new calculations, the projected Tag number for quarterack in 2012 is $2 million less, or $14 million.

lol isn't that the same thing I just posted a little bit ago? I trust Andrew Brandt's words more than NFL.com ... funny huh?

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

I guess Ted Thompson should have gave Flynn a contract this past offseason. I don't think that would have made much of a difference though. I imagine Flynn knows he is starting material and I look forward to watching whatever team he goes to outside the NFC North.

Originally Posted by: dyeah_gb