Current 2014 Free Agents

[mooby]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

@HTTR24_7

Assuming Werder's report is true, I hate the fact that Haz won out over Morroco & Scott.How do you let a coach who could be gone in a year have that pull?


/agree


Haz shouldn't have any say so.

Just to play devil's advocate here, while at the same time ignoring the fact that I dislike Ed Werder, I think one of the reasons Haz might have that kind of pull is the fact that in previous years he never had that pull. The impression I got from Haz sticking around (aside from JG's familiarity with him) was that he was never given a fair shot to run the defense his way with Shanny at the helm. Maybe they are giving him the opportunity to build and run the defense the way he wants this time around, with the threat of firing him if he really is as bad of a coordinator as fans believe. If Haz wants Rak back, so be it. And besides, I have a laundry list of reasons I believe it's good to tag Rak now. Let's say in 2014 Rak has a subpar season:

- Less pressure to resign Rak given the fact he'll be 30 next year and coming off a subpar season.
- If the tag was applied and no deal was reached, it would clear 11 million off the books next year.
- If the cap goes to it's projected amount, that's another 10 mil in cap space we get.
- We have many holes to fill this year, if the offseason goes as expected and we fill most if not all of those holes this year, we delay the opening of a hole by a year when there should be less holes to fill.
- We also get a first round pick back in 2015.

Whereas if we don't tag him now and he walks in free agency (I mean people are delirious if they don't think at least one team will offer him a huge deal in FA, because that happens every single year. If a guy like Paul Kruger can get a 50 mil contract last year it shouldn't be hard to imagine what kind of deal Rak will get offered) that's yet another hole we have to fill, in addition to major holes like o-line and safeties, to our 2nd mlb hole as well as our supposed lack of weapons at wr for Griff hole. And can't forget if Riley walks, that's 2 mlb's we need.