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Let's say, for instance, that a team's WR was entering the final year of his rookie contract.
He was the team's #1 WR, but because part of the team's offensive philosphy is to throw to the open man on every play, he didn't have the catch/yardage #s to be paid like a #1 WR.
So he sits out the first 10 weeks of the regular season, to either force a trade or have his team rip up the last year of his rookie contract and sign him to a deal more representative of his perceived abilities.
The team does neither, because it does not want to set a dangerous precedent; and also because it does not have quality depth at his position, and feels that 6+ weeks of this WR and a legit shot at a SB, plus a compensatory pick, is better than 0 weeks and a draft pick in the 3rd quarter of the first round.
So the season ends, and as soon as it is allowed, the team applies the franchise tag to the WR.
My questions are:
Can the team then trade the WR?
And then, having done so before the deadline to apply franchise tags, can the team re-apply the tag to another player, such as, for instance, its #1 CB?
Just curious...
He was the team's #1 WR, but because part of the team's offensive philosphy is to throw to the open man on every play, he didn't have the catch/yardage #s to be paid like a #1 WR.
So he sits out the first 10 weeks of the regular season, to either force a trade or have his team rip up the last year of his rookie contract and sign him to a deal more representative of his perceived abilities.
The team does neither, because it does not want to set a dangerous precedent; and also because it does not have quality depth at his position, and feels that 6+ weeks of this WR and a legit shot at a SB, plus a compensatory pick, is better than 0 weeks and a draft pick in the 3rd quarter of the first round.
So the season ends, and as soon as it is allowed, the team applies the franchise tag to the WR.
My questions are:
Can the team then trade the WR?
And then, having done so before the deadline to apply franchise tags, can the team re-apply the tag to another player, such as, for instance, its #1 CB?
Just curious...