Franchise Tagged in 2009

Eagaholic · February 18, 2009, 06:07:24 PM

Sproles

BigEd76 · February 18, 2009, 09:50:44 PM

Oshiomogho Atogwe

General_Failure · February 18, 2009, 10:25:34 PM

Now you're just mashing on the keyboard.

Eagaholic · February 18, 2009, 11:28:18 PM

nah, that's the guy who is going to make him rich with 39,000,000 dollars US from an overseas frozen account that they need help moving here. Ed is about to be a very rich man.

BigEd76 · February 19, 2009, 12:16:05 AM

awesome. lemme get my routing info...

BigEd76 · February 19, 2009, 12:19:00 PM

Two more: Bo Scaife and Dunta Robinson

Eagaholic · February 19, 2009, 02:04:52 PM

Peppers tagged. I was totally stoked because it meant Gross would be coming free. Then I read the next paragraph that said Gross just worked out a new deal. shtein.

QB Eagles · February 19, 2009, 06:30:09 PM

Seahawks tag LB Leroy Hill.

BigEd76 · February 19, 2009, 08:03:34 PM

Steelers tag Max Starks

reese125 · February 19, 2009, 09:00:16 PM

The agent for Antonio Bryant says his client is upset with being franchise tagged and doesn't plan to sign the one-year, $9.884 million tender.

"He deserves security," the agent said. "He puts his body on the line. He thinks he deserves...not to play year-to-year like he did last year. They can put the franchise tag on him, but we don't have to sign it."

I think a couple of heads should do this. Sure you get paid a nice chunk of change, but the risk here is far greater than the reward-- getting hurt in one year and your shot at security is down the tubes. farg some of these teams not having the balls to dish out the loot for solid players. Its like a sit and wait to get hurt game for these execs. not having to pay a bigger guaranteed bonus

Tomahawk · February 20, 2009, 11:08:38 AM

With NFL contracts not being guaranteed, does a multi-year deal really provide security?

Eagaholic · February 20, 2009, 12:19:56 PM

The security stuff they talk about is just the unconditionally guaranteed money, and I think there is a fair amount of bullshtein around this driven by the agents because they only get paid out of the guaranteed amount.

Take the below example of Antonio Bryant. Once he signs off on his tag tender, his nearly $10 million is fully guaranteed. That is life security right there and about the same as the signing bonus he would get anyway on a 4 year contract.

Maybe he wants to see if he can get a jackpot payday somewhere else (and I don't really blame him) but I will bet it's also the agent in the player's ear. The agent wants to get another hundred grand, whether it's it helps the player that much more or not, so he will push for free agency.

rjs246 · February 20, 2009, 12:26:38 PM

Call me crazy but I don't think Bryant is in a position to be making demands. He's had one good year after several non-existent years with lots of personal baggage in tow. He's got a guaranteed $9+mil with the franchise. Is he really going to get much more than that in guaranteed money on the open market?

Eagaholic · February 20, 2009, 01:04:17 PM

Probably the Bucs are tagging him because they want to see what he can do in back to back seasons before offering a big contract. Especially after seeing how their one and done phenom Michael Clayton is now history.

reese125 · February 20, 2009, 04:05:59 PM

this I agree with...but my point is more geared towards dudes that are tagged back to back seasons or players that have done well multiple seasons and get hit with the tag- the team fully knows what to expect.

the back to back tag is a bunch of shtein in the respect that if a player is that good to you can bet the "guaranteed" bonus will be much bigger on the open market than the tender they have to sign