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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 431519" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">As much as I was hoping to see a tag and trade deal, I don’t think it will happen. Aaron Shockley hit on one reason, as Andrew Brandt explained, “Finally, the NFLPA has expressed that the spirit of the Tag -- if not spelled out in writing -- should be to <em><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">sign, not trade</span></strong></em> the player <em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">(the </span></em><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Matt Cassel</span></em></strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> “tag and trade” by the Patriots was differentiated by </span></em><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Tom Brady’</span></em></strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">s rehabilitation from a season-ending injury)</span></em>. Although proof and enforcement may be difficult, the Packers are not a team to test the outer limits of the rules when it comes to the league or union.”</span></span></span></p><p><a href="http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Packer-Ponderings-to-Come.html&page=2" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Packer-Ponderings-to-Come.html&page=2</span></span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">But Tom Silverstein reports what I think is a more important reason: The Packers have $113.3M committed to the 2012 cap and while they can and will free up some room, they probably won’t want to free up enough to do the tag and trade. Unfortunately I think we’ll have to get used to the idea of receiving a comp pick for Flynn. </span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 431519, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]As much as I was hoping to see a tag and trade deal, I don’t think it will happen. Aaron Shockley hit on one reason, as Andrew Brandt explained, “Finally, the NFLPA has expressed that the spirit of the Tag -- if not spelled out in writing -- should be to [I][B][FONT=Tahoma]sign, not trade[/FONT][/B][/I] the player [I][FONT=Tahoma](the [/FONT][/I][B][I][FONT=Tahoma]Matt Cassel[/FONT][/I][/B][I][FONT=Tahoma] “tag and trade” by the Patriots was differentiated by [/FONT][/I][B][I][FONT=Tahoma]Tom Brady’[/FONT][/I][/B][I][FONT=Tahoma]s rehabilitation from a season-ending injury)[/FONT][/I]. Although proof and enforcement may be difficult, the Packers are not a team to test the outer limits of the rules when it comes to the league or union.”[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [URL='http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Packer-Ponderings-to-Come.html&page=2'][U][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Tahoma]http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Packer-Ponderings-to-Come.html&page=2[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/URL] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]But Tom Silverstein reports what I think is a more important reason: The Packers have $113.3M committed to the 2012 cap and while they can and will free up some room, they probably won’t want to free up enough to do the tag and trade. Unfortunately I think we’ll have to get used to the idea of receiving a comp pick for Flynn. [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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