Actually if he doesn't sign, if the team wants they can take the tag back..so he would be a UFA...the Pats would lose his rights and gain THAT cap space, But he would lose the almost 8 million. If they draft a CB and are OK with that and think AS is going to be a holdout AND do not believe there is much market got him..they can dump him. Will they??More likely, if he is going to sign the franchise tender would be to wait until after the first couple of preseason games. There is really no incentive for him to sign earlier then the first game of the season when he would start losing game checks. The only way to get him to camp will be to promise not to franchise him next year.
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