no guarantees we can extend him this year or next. giving him the tag doesn't give us the ability to sign him if he already has one foot out the door. if the compromise on salary is not far off then yeah it makes sense but what I heard they are a couple of million annually off in negotiations. tag him, and try to work on a solution this off season or if the front office feels he is too stern with his number come days before the draft trade him for a 1st this year and conditional 3rd next year on production could either be one of three picks a 3rd, a 2nd or a 1st. teams that could covet him and willing to give up this type of a trade would be Oakland, Dallas, Bears, Philly, not to mention in rival division teams like the Bills or Dolphins.
current cap number prior to any real free agency transactions is roughly $144 million with a reported cap of $155 million. next year this time without any new additions or subtractions would be $126 million. the following year the cap can really open up with the removal of Darrelle Revis' contract which will be all salary no guarantees. so there are plenty of options on how GM Maccagnan can work the numbers with the flexible next few years are.
Actually the tag this year hurts us next year. It would mean next year we would have to tag him at 19 million, that would kill any leverage in negotiations, plus there's the angle that we're gambling on him returning from his leg injury unscathed. If he sucks next year were left with no trade value, or resigning a declining player. It depends if macc is considering the best possible outcome, or hedging against the lowest bottom. Maybe we lose a hall of famer for picks, but at least we didn't get stuck empty handed. It's something we'll have to wait and see.
Franchising snacks would be a gigantic mistake, he would get around 14 million. He's a 2 down nose tackle, for 2 mill more we could franchise mo who is much more valuable.
As I've said, this is a big off season for Mac. He's going to come out looking foolish, or becoming a legend. I don't think there's any middle ground this year.
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