Additional Extension Details
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First off, before you read this article you should read my first extension article since this will be building off of that one.
- October 3rd – That’s the day that extensions will be able to start being offered. It’s the Tuesday after week 4 concludes. We were thinking about starting it the week before, but the Bucs/Dolphins postponement made this an easy decision for us. Also just to clarify, the extensions will run up until the week 14 games.
- There will be a tiny subset of players who aren’t eligible – The big groups of DSTs, PKs, and tagged players I’ve already touched on. Players (not including rookies) need to have been on the field for at least a snap sometimes in the last two seasons. Teddy Bridgewater will probably be the most popular example of someone who falls into this category. We just don’t have the data to be able to do something like that intelligently.
- Extension values will be stable during the week – Values could change week-to-week, not day-to-day. You’ll get a new extension offer every Tuesday morning.
- You won’t be able to offer extensions to locked players – After their game starts on Thursday, Sunday, or Monday you’ll no longer be able to extend those players until the following Tuesday with a new offer.
- IR Players are eligible – Pretty straight forward.
- FAAB Players are eligible…but it’s delayed a week – Because we update the extension values once a week, you’ll have to wait a week before being able to offer an extension to a FAAB player. This means FAAB players picked up after the week 13 games won’t be able to be extended.
- Extensions will range in length from 2-4 years – These extensions don’t include the current year. This means that a 2 years extension in 2017 will take the player through the 2019 season and would be scheduled to become a FA in 2020.
- You don’t decide the length – The offer will have a length and a value, so you don’t have a say in how long the extension is. It’s simply a take it or leave it offer.
- Extensions don’t affect your auction contract allotment for the following season – Had this question posed to us, so thought I’d point it out.
If you’ve got questions, please reach out to Kyle, Matt, or Stephen @realitysportsonline.com.
