Our rules change restricting the consecutive season you can protect a player are going to start kicking in next year. For a preview of the big names that will not be eligible for protection on their current team next year, see the list of players below:

Players protected for the final time in 2011 (each team has one franchise tag that can be applied).

BOB: RB Steven Jackson, WR Dwayne Bowe
BOS: QB Tom Brady, RB Maurice Jones-Drew, WR Greg Jennings
DAL: None
FFL: WR Brandon Marshall
HVV: RB Ryan Grant, WR Andre Johnson, WR Reggie Wayne
KEY: None
MER: QB Drew Brees, RB Ahmad Bradshaw
MIA: RB Pierre Thomas, WR Santonio Holmes
MIM: QB Tony Romo, RB Joseph Addai, RB Cedric Benson, WR Anquan Boldin
NCT: WR Lance Moore
OCD: RB Adrian Peterson, RB DeAngelo Williams
PHI: QB Peyton Manning, RB Michael Turner, WR Larry Fitzgerald
RIB: QB Matt Schaub
SYR: QB Aaron Rodgers