Free Agency/Franchise Tag thread 2011

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Logan Mankins got the franchise tag by the Patriots (10 million I believe)

David Harris expected to be tagged by the Jets

Woodley by the Steelers (unfortunately)

I think Greenway will possibly get tagged by the Vikings, while Rice gets a transition tag

I'm actually happy about these. I am hoping for a quiet year of free agency. It may be quiet simply due to lack of CBA, but even if a deal was magically agreed upon months in advance of the season, I still want just a few under the radar signings. All of these guys are obviously big names.

I wonder what Allen is thinking, what strategy he's taking, and what he's telling the danny.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Transition tag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lets give Haynesworth a poison pill contract.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Carlos is worth a consideration. I wouldnt at this point, would like a long term deal with him. Lotta teams are putting them on cause of the uncertainty of a lack of a CBA. Once that is done, the tag will be removed and long term contracts will be signed with some of these guys.

If we can keep him another year at a reasonable price, go for it. Better than paying him what he THINKS he's worth.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Buster

Lets give Haynesworth a poison pill contract.

LMAO. Thanks

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

I'm actually happy about these. I am hoping for a quiet year of free agency. It may be quiet simply due to lack of CBA, but even if a deal was magically agreed upon months in advance of the season, I still want just a few under the radar signings. All of these guys are obviously big names.

I wonder what Allen is thinking, what strategy he's taking, and what he's telling the danny.

I would have liked Rice

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

what does a transition tag mean??

If I remember right a player gets the average salary of the top 10 players at his position (rather then the top 5 you see with the franchise tag) and the cost of not matching an offer is a pair of second round picks.

[Jontrem]

Originally Posted by Buster

Lets give Haynesworth a poison pill contract.

Ok my understanding of Poison pill contracts is pretty much based on the corporate world, so I went to wikkipedia and read up on the poison pill contract idea in the Sports World and if I read it correctly these contracts are used to make sure that one player can not sign with other specific teams in a contract matching situation (e.g. if we were trying to sign Peyton Manning and the Colts had to match the contract we could put a clause in the contract stating that if Peyton Manning plays X number of games in any given year in the state of Indiana then the whole contract becomes guaranteed), that is what I got from it at least. So thats not going to help us out at all.....just plain Poison however may be useful!

[SOUL-SKINS]

Is it me or do we never tag any of our players ?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by SOUL-SKINS

Is it me or do we never tag any of our players ?

the past thinking is why pay our own? when we could go out get much worse players and then set the max threshold for the top 5 players in the market

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by SOUL-SKINS

Is it me or do we never tag any of our players ?

We never have any great players lol. Moss won't get tagged he's not worth top 3 WR $

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

the past thinking is why pay our own? when we could go out get much worse players and then set the max threshold for the top 5 players in the market

Yeah that worked out well

[skinsfaninok]

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[skinsfaninok]

Rumor is Dallas will Cut Barber and possibly trade Choice.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Rumor is Dallas will Cut Barber and possibly trade Choice.

Not too surprised about Barber, he's a tough dude but has some wear & tear. Only reason it seems they would trade Choice is due to him wanting a deal they won't give him.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SOUL-SKINS

Is it me or do we never tag any of our players ?

Franchise tag tenders wreck havoc on salary cap management. When you manage your cap like the Redskins do, you don't leave $15 million dollars lying around in free cap money to franchise a contributor for one season. Too much money to one player, particularly when you're rolling over $10-$15 million in dead cap every single season.