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Oak,

So this quote from the "linky" thing you provided is accurate;

"Drew Brees scored a win in his ongoing battle for a new contract Tuesday, when system arbitrator Stephen Burbank ruled in the New Orleans Saints quarterback's favor on a franchise-tag grievance filed by the NFL Players Association and heard last week in Philadelphia.

Brees argued that the next franchise tag he's assigned should count as his third since he was tagged in 2005 as a San Diego Charger and this offseason as a Saint. Language on the matter in the new collective bargaining agreement was vague, saying "any club" using the tag a third time on a player would have to tender that player at 144 percent of his previous year's salary, but not specifying if it had to be the same club tagging the player each time."

Thanks.

Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over, over, and over again...and expecting a different outcome!

TheOak

The quick and dirty answer is yes. Drew's case effectively made his sizable contract cheaper than Franchise Tagging him in the long run.

If he wanted to get the most $ he could have done his best to get two franchise tags then hit the market and get the same or larger contract.... that however comes with risk, as does everything.

What Drew did in reality was mitigate as much risk as he could. He negotiated his contract as high as he could given the market which made the signing bonus increase to keep cap low. Drew wasnt after the 100m, he know that was a pipe dream. He was after the 39m bonus.