drakesta101

I was just reading Mike Reiss's always informative mailbag, and as part of the uncapped year each team is allowed to use a "transition tag". This is NOT the franchise tag, but something beyond it. I'm wondering here if the Pats might have a loophole here that would allow them to control the future of Leigh Bodden, depsite guarenteeing him they won't franchise him. Does anyone have any clarification on this?

He was easily our most solid corner, maybe not the dynamic lock-down number 1 we see in New York or Green Bay, but definitely a player that I think is worth keeping.

slash83

besides wilfork bodden is the last player I wanna see go.

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BradyFTW!

I would think that the 'no-tag' stipulation would include transition tag as well.

klinefan

That would be kind of a double cross. I say get rid of him, he'll want top dollar, and he was pretty good, nothing outstanding. Lots of catches on him that I saw.

Patspsycho

It does. Bodden cannot be tagged or franchised.

mgteich

In any case, Bodden will not be playing for the patriots unless the patriots are willing to pay big bucks. I think that we should pay big bucks to Bodden, Wilfork and Mankins.

BradyFTW!

Depends on what passes for big bucks. Bodden is a good CB, but not a great one. Paying star money to guys like him is a great way to end up with a mediocre team.

pats1

It would depend on the specific language of the deal; if it applies to both franchise and transition tags.

But teams rarely use the transition tag now. Besides the Steelers using it on Max Starks recently (which made him drastically overpaid), the last teams to really use it were the Seahawks and Vikings back about four years ago, with Hutchinson and Burleson.

The problem with the transition tag is that there is no compensation for teams signing the player from you, like there is with the franchise tag (two first-round picks). Therefore teams can just poison pill you, sign the guy, and they won't have to give anything up.

KontradictioN

No way should Bodden command big bucks, and no way should we pay him what we're going to pay Wilfork and Mankins. Bodden was solid, but he's a #2 corner. If he wants to get paid like a #1 corner, he certainly didn't play like it and will probably be let go. IMO, Butler is our cornerback of the future.

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After the 2008 season, Belichick decided that he'd get rid of his best cornerback before he could be sure that he had adequate replacements lined up for the position. The result was that Wilhite became the starter, just as he'd ended as the starter the season before, and good teams were able to pass against the Patriots pretty much whenever they needed to, just as they had the year before when the Patriots were also playing with just one starter level cornerback.

I certainly hope that Belichick has learned from that mistake.

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