Salary cap will be around $190 million in 2019

ScottF · 12-12-2018, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

I'm not sure that Brees was "officially" franchised. The Saints were ready to franchise him, but the NFLPA asked Brees and his agent to challenge the tag, which the Saints (and the NFL front officer) claimed was a first year tag. The Chargers had tagged him the previous season and the league claimed that the Chargers' tag shouldn't count as it was under a different franchise. The NFLPA claim it shouldn't matter which team applied the previous tag. This was very similar to the Graham/NFLPA versus Saints/NFL test case.

The NFLPA won the case and the tag was never officially applied on Brees. The Saints signed Brees to the new deal immediately after the decision ... as expected.

I thought they tagged him for the contract previous to this one, 2011 or 2012?
It's all fuzzy.
Either way, we will need to make cantguardmike the highest paid WR (or close) or tag him

AsylumGuido · 12-12-2018, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by ScottF

I thought they tagged him for the contract previous to this one, 2011 or 2012?
It's all fuzzy.
Either way, we will need to make cantguardmike the highest paid WR (or close) or tag him

He was "offered" the exclusive franchise tag in March of 2012. That's when the NFLPA challenged it. He then signed the five year $100 million deal in July 2012, so the tag was never applied.

And I expect they get Thomas signed. The tag is starting to bite teams in the ass (see Cousins and Le'veon Bell).

12-12-2018, 08:01 AM	#1
ScottF 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 6,324	Re: Salary cap will be around $190 million in 2019 Originally Posted by AsylumGuido I'm not sure that Brees was "officially" franchised. The Saints were ready to franchise him, but the NFLPA asked Brees and his agent to challenge the tag, which the Saints (and the NFL front officer) claimed was a first year tag. The Chargers had tagged him the previous season and the league claimed that the Chargers' tag shouldn't count as it was under a different franchise. The NFLPA claim it shouldn't matter which team applied the previous tag. This was very similar to the Graham/NFLPA versus Saints/NFL test case. The NFLPA won the case and the tag was never officially applied on Brees. The Saints signed Brees to the new deal immediately after the decision ... as expected. I thought they tagged him for the contract previous to this one, 2011 or 2012? It's all fuzzy. Either way, we will need to make cantguardmike the highest paid WR (or close) or tag him

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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,622	Re: Salary cap will be around $190 million in 2019 Originally Posted by ScottF I thought they tagged him for the contract previous to this one, 2011 or 2012? It's all fuzzy. Either way, we will need to make cantguardmike the highest paid WR (or close) or tag him He was "offered" the exclusive franchise tag in March of 2012. That's when the NFLPA challenged it. He then signed the five year $100 million deal in July 2012, so the tag was never applied. And I expect they get Thomas signed. The tag is starting to bite teams in the ass (see Cousins and Le'veon Bell). saintsfan1976 likes this.

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