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ProFootballTalk.com - PIOLI THINKS CASSEL HASN’T SIGNED FRANCHISE TENDER

what is this ? how can cassel become a free agent like florio suggests if he doesnt sign the tender ?

BPF

Yeah, I just posted this in the other SP thread: [FREUD ALERT?] “Even though we’re three, we could be at 23,” Pioli said.

Yeah he be a free agent till he signed the tender but it would cost the signing team a 1st and 3rd in compensation.

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farn

1st and 1st if I'm not mistaken... 1st and 3rd is what most here on this board think the Pats'll get for Cassel in a trade. I think that if a team just outright signs him - they need to fork over two #1s.

ctpatsfan77

That is correct. Cassel did send a letter to the NFL offices "accepting the tender," but I don't know if that negates the possibility of an offer sheet.

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Seneschal2

The latest from Adam Schefter regarding Pioli's statements:

NFL.com Blogs Blog Archive Chiefs GM casts doubt on Cassel deal

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I think this just about settles the issue. In five days we'll receive confirmation. Soon thereafter all potential suitors will be free to reveal their trade offers for Cassel, leaving us no longer shrouded by the master.

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carolinatony

per Adam Schefter NFL.COM today

Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli casted doubt on whether Patriots QB Matt Cassel had signed his franchise tender.

“He’s hasn’t signed,” Pioli said Saturday, in response to a question about whether Kansas City would have any interest in trading for Cassel. “You can’t trade for a player that’s not signed under contract. That’s my understanding. I haven’t looked into it far enough. But I believe he hasn’t signed … I don’t think … I think two or three franchise players have signed. I don’t think he has, I don’t think.”

But a league source confirmed Sunday that not only had Cassel signed it, but the contract was handed to Patriots senior adviser Floyd Reese.

One reason there are questions about whether it has been signed could be that teams do not report the signings to the league until the first day of the new league year, which is Friday, Feb. 27. Once that day comes and goes, the records will show that Cassel has signed.

And a potential trade for him will be in play.

carolinatony

Why would Pioli say this?

ctpatsfan77

As Schefter noted, the Pats aren't required to report one way or the other until FA begins.

As for Pioli, who knows?

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