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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swhitset" data-source="post: 778935" data-attributes="member: 11289"><p>Absolutely.   My preference, of course, is that he sign a new contract that guarantees that he is a Packer until  he retires that gives him the money he deserves and the Packers the guarantee that he can't go elsewhere if the mood strikes him.  However, I certainly don't want to give him all that money and an option to walk away anyway.  At least by simply holding on to him for the next two contractual years and franchise tagging him for 2-3 years after that does not result in any additional dead money once he is gone.  As HRE pointed out above any opt out clause he gets is likely to result in a lot of dead money if he decides to leave.... at a time the team may not have planned for.  Now... you are right that not  enough information is known to accurately make any determinations... these are my thoughts only with what MAY be the case based on what has been reported... Opinions may very well change with more information.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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