Bengals plan to use franchise tag on Justin Smith

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Seems like a waste to tag a guy like him. He's a solid player with a good motor and character, but he's not a top flight DE.

Agreed. And doesn't tagging him give him negotiating leverage? If the team thinks he's worth a one year, $8.3 million deal that the tag comes with, they can't exactly turn around and say OK we'll give you $22 million over 6 years or something.

I'm not really sure why Redskin fans are really interested in this guy. I don't see how he's much of an improvement over Phillip Daniels.