The agreement, announced yesterday, means the Lions can retain the franchise player designation while beginning talks with Porcher on an extended contract.
Under the National Football League's collective bargaining agreement, the transition player designation means the Bengals could keep Dillon by matching any offer sheet he would sign from another team.
On Monday, Donahue applied the franchise player designation to the Pro Bowl linebacker Julian Peterson, securing Peterson for the 49ers and guaranteeing him a one-year salary of $5.8 million to $7 million.
PAGE D2 JACOBS NAMED FRANCHISE PLAYER The Giants have used their franchise player designation on Brandon Jacobs, a move toward signing him, a free agent, to a long-term contract.
Abraham, whose contract expired at the end of last season, received the franchise player designation last month, meaning that next season he will earn the average of the top five salaries at his position -- or about $6.7 million.
She added, "This is certainly the case with Five Guys, who has shed its 'small regional player' designation as it expands its footprint and marketing budget along with its fandom, which is a tremendous contributor to brand equity".
My sense, however, is that Bill Polian must know one thing about whatever new agreement is forged: that there will continue to be a Franchise player designation allowing the incumbent team to retain rights to one player, essentially keeping that player off the free market.
He is friends with players in both groups but he is a special teams player, a designation that puts him in a different realm.
The winter dart season ended several weeks ago, and the incoming association president, Keith Suarino, won as most valuable player, a designation borrowed from baseball, but "I take pride in that accomplishment," he said.
Nadal's 25 Masters titles are the most for any player since the designation was created in 1990.
