http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000330088/article/nfl-releases-2014-franchise-transition-tag-numbers

 

2014 figures just used as a reference.

 

Quote:According to Breer, below are the following official franchise and transition tag numbers per position for next season. The franchise tag amount is the average of the top five salaries at each position for each year, while the transition tag starts with the average of the top 10 salaries for each season at each position.

 

Based on that criteria, the average top 5 salaries for a RT will be $28.8 million total with $9.4 million guaranteed.

 

10% increase in total value would yield a 5 year deal around $32 million dollars and $10.5 to [12.75] million guaranteed.

 

Bulaga would be paid as a top 3 RT if he inks that deal, earning him around $6.4 million per year.

 

However, if we calculate salary based solely on the highest paid RT (with the intent on making Bulaga the highest paid RT) and take a 10% increase of his contract, the figures are 5 years $38.5 million and about $17 million guaranteed. Still nowhere near that $9.4 million yearly and $50 million total value.

 

I expect Bulaga to ink a deal somewhere between what Marcus Gilbert and Gosder Cherilus signed.

 

edit: brackets contain guaranteed money recalculated using rookie as well as free agent deals also this is an estimate at best.

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