Now that I'm actually going after FAs from multiple positions, it's fairly clear that the way I structured the FA house rule is too restrictive in that it forces a bonus that's in some positions well above the norm. I'd like a bit more flexibility in offering contracts to free agents, so I've done a recalc based on salary+bonus and per-position, and here's where I've arrived:
NEW RULE FOR FAs: Any contract offered to a FA rated 45 future or better must have an average amount per year of the following percentages of the effective salary cap.
| QB | 4.8% |
| RB | 3.4% |
| FB | 1.3% |
| TE | 1.8% |
| WR | 4.1% |
| OT | 3.9% |
| OG | 2.5% |
| C | 2.2% |
| P | 0.8% |
| K | 1.3% |
| DE | 2.8% |
| DT | 2.8% |
| OLB | 3.2% |
| ILB | 2.7% |
| CB | 4.2% |
| S | 2.7% |
I've got these values in a spreadsheet that just requires me to enter the league salary cap for the current season, and it does the rest, telling me how much per year I muat offer. For this year, that would be:
| SALARY CAP | 141.1 |
| Effective Cap | 105.8 |
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| POS | PER YEAR MIN |
| QB | 5.1 |
| RB | 3.6 |
| FB | 1.3 |
| TE | 2.0 |
| WR | 4.4 |
| OT | 4.2 |
| OG | 2.7 |
| C | 2.4 |
| P | 0.9 |
| K | 1.4 |
| DE | 2.9 |
| DT | 3.0 |
| OLB | 3.3 |
| ILB | 2.9 |
| CB | 4.4 |
| S | 2.9 |