Costs WAY too much to tag Wells.
I never realized that until today for some reason. Yeah he is gone. I would rather wait and see if his market dries up and we can get him for a 2 or 3 yr deal. no worries
Costs WAY too much to tag Wells.
Hell yes!!!! Go and tag Flynner now and get some draft picks!!
I was just thinking the same thing. It's still a risk tagging Flynn but if it pays off, it FRIGGIN pays off.
If we get a top 10 pick for Flynn we have our choice of pretty much any defensive player on the board.
No they can't. The NFL put in rules to prevent that from happing. Between the end of the regular season or the end of the trade date, and the start of FA they put in rules that players cannot be traded and that talks of trades cannot be discussed. Otherwise people would be trading pending FA's to teams before the FA period begins.He's under contract with the team until March 13th, THEN he becomes a FA. They can talk to whoever they want about trading him without it being against the rules.
Why? Out of curiousity, why would TT just walk away from a free high (high 2nd at the worst) draft pick?Keep dreaming. Flynn is gone. Period. He has left the building. Time to accept that fact and move on. There absolutely will not be any tagging of Matt Flynn. You can take that to the bank.
Wouldn't it be better if we Franchise Wells instead of Flynn? I mean yes, we can tag Flynn and get a trade ... but look at it this way, we could franchise Wells like that he would actually be beneficial for the team, he would even be older by a year so it might even help with negotiations. It would even give us that 1 year laps that we could draft / produce a center even he wouldn't want to return the year after.
Assuming we do Franchise Flynn ... what are we looking @ getting back ... moving up the draft? If it's moving up the draft about 10-15 spots then I'm all for it ...
Would this trade be possible? ... Flynn and our 2nd round for the Seattle pick?
It's not cricket. That's not what the Franchise tag is for and I doubt TT is going to break the spirit of the rule or deny Flynn his chance to play the market. It doesn't fit his style.Why? Out of curiousity, why would TT just walk away from a free high (high 2nd at the worst) draft pick?
It's not cricket. That's not what the Franchise tag is for and I doubt TT is going to break the spirit of the rule or deny Flynn his chance to play the market. It doesn't fit his style.
The commisoners office might have some say in that.That's ridiculous. Do you think TT would hinder the Packers to not break "the spririt of the rule". What you said makes absolutley no business sense.
The Patriots did this exact thing with Cassel.The commisoners office might have some say in that.
The commisoners office might have some say in that.
The commisoners office might have some say in that.
The best situation for him is Miami and that is probably the easiest trade to pull off as well. Flynn would play ball if all signs pointed to miami. It would mean that teams wouldn't be able to get into a bidding war but being in the right situation is probably more valuable than a few extra dollars to play for say the Redskins.The Packers can do it. But Flynn has to cooperate.
Only once he signs. If the non-exclusive rights tag is used. The player who does not sign the tag right away has the right to check out other teams. The team does not. IF he signs the tag, the team has the right to trade him, he has no real say in who they trade him to. His only leverage would be his willingness to redo the $14 million for one year with his new team. And there is nothing that requires him to do so. Matt Cassel didn't redo his contract until 3-4 months after being traded to the Chiefs. Cory Williams as far as I can tell is the only player to ever be franchised and then traded right after the FA period began. Like 2 minutes into FA.If they tag him then aren't they allowed to talk with all teams and him regarding a trade?
Why? Out of curiousity, why would TT just walk away from a free high (high 2nd at the worst) draft pick?
New England did it with Cassel and the Packers did it with Corey Williams.
The question that no one knows the answer to is...will Matt Flynn play ball?
What does number of games have to do with it? 2 teams are going to draft Luck and RG3 who have zero NFL starts between them.Who said they were willing to give up a high 2nd round pick for him? I haven't seen anything from Miami, Seattle, Cleveland, Washington or anywhere else indicating they would be willing to trade a high draft pick for him. Don't tell me about Matt Cassel. He had 15 starts under his belt before NE traded him. Flynn has TWO.
I don't think there is any relation to how high a pick is traded with how much do we have to pay him.Why would he? Or for that matter, why should he? Why would he just give away a large portion of his own market value to the Packers in the form of a draft pick? The only way a team will give up a pick for him is if they think they can pay him less by trading for him. If I'm Flynn, I sure as hell wouldn't "play ball" when I have nothing to gain from it.
It's just a game that has too many variables and is too much of a gamble for all involved for it to ever happen. I would absolutely bet my bottom dollar that there will be no sign and trade because it simply isn't in the cards in this situation.