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Clements, Thomas should have big impact

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Back in the late 1980s, the NFL waded into the free agency era with a system known as Plan B free agency. Because teams had been used to controlling the playing future of their players, the NFL needed a bridge to get into total free agency. The Plan B system allowed teams to protect 37 players. Unless a general manager screwed up, good players weren't going to hit the free agent market. Fast forward to 2007. The salary cap has ballooned to $109 million so every team sh ...

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