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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scotland Yard" data-source="post: 418806" data-attributes="member: 5934">I tend to agree with you. But, just to hash it out, what if the Packers tagged him? O.K., they'd be gambling that Flynn isn't going to just take the franchise tag $, but, is dead-set on starting somewhere next season.  If that proved true, then Flynn would willingly negotiate a four-year contract for say $30,000,000-to-$35,000,000 ($14,000,000 in year one signing bonus+salary) with a team prior to GB trading him. Flynn's not losing any cash and he gets to start, and his new team gets an affordable starter that they can renegotiate in three years if it works out.  If it doesn't work out, they can move on without worrying about cap hell. I'd think the Packers could get one of Holmgren's first-round picks (he has two because of the Julio Jones trade last year).  That Atlanta pick will be around 24-25. Holmgren isn't getting anywhere with Colt McCoy, he's got to do something before his tenure as president in Cleveland is ruined. The problem for the Packers is the huge tag amount and gauging if teams will be lining up to pay Flynn in that range in year one so that a deal is a certainty.</blockquote>

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