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Originally Posted by skinster
Well because he's no longer a free agent when you tag him. The patriots did this with Cassel, so I'm sure it can be done.
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Well if you were saying to tag and trade, the reason teams don't is because if they don't find a trading partner, then they are stuck with that tag against their cap. So let's say Matt Flynn was tagged, the Packers would have that cap hit count on the first day of the new league year. So now they have to make that trade asap, if they find a partner, or else their FA funds are limited by that cap hit. Any partner certainly would know this, and use it to diminish any value they might get in a trade.
Further, if they don't find a partner, then they are stuck with a $16million backup.
Thus the FO has to decide if that choice is worth the risk a week before they can officially make the trade.