PATRIOTS NEWS Patriots place transition tag on Dugger

[JohnJH]

It's looking more and more like Onwenu is not coming back. Although, stranger things have happened.

 

[Patsgofor4]

Before the deadline Onwenu could only negotiate with one team, after the deadline to franchise he can negotiate with every team. Completion drives contract values up and the higher his value goes the less likely the Pats are to retain him.

Using Mo Chanel as your source for NFL rules information?
Patriots retain exclusive negotiating rights until the legal tampering starts on March 11. Teams will sometime secretly, and illegally, tamper earlier than March 11, but that has nothing to do with the franchise deadline.

They still have a chance to sign Onwenu to a long-term deal before March 11th.

 

[50-yard-line]

As long as they are planning to match any deal - which they can easily do - I don't mind this at all. They are essentially playing the odds that no one gives him a deal of $17m a year, which is the franchise tag number. If they have assessed his market accurately, they should get him at a solid enough price.

They need to accompany this with a proper top of the market offer to Onwenu though.

I think it hurts Dugger's chance to get a deal, because a team offering to him has to put it up, I believe, which means they could be out of the FA market with that (lot of) money while the Pats decide whether or not to match.

Also, NO, the Pats WILL NOT get a comp pick if he leaves because they decline to match.

 

[Clonamery]

I think it hurts Dugger's chance to get a deal, because a team offering to him has to put it up, I believe, which means they could be out of the FA market with that (lot of) money while the Pats decide whether or not to match.

Also, NO, the Pats WILL NOT get a comp pick if he leaves because they decline to match.

They were never getting a comp pick off of this free agency. Save your emotions for a week or 2, you'll feel better.

 

[Patsgofor4]

With Winfield tagged they probably didn’t see a choice. They must really have a high opinion of Duggar’s play.

The Winfield tag was expected by most fans. The Pats very likely knew that he was going to be tagged. The Dugger decision probably had nothing to do with Winfield.

 

[A.C Vegas]

It's looking more and more like Onwenu is not coming back. Although, stranger things have happened.

What are you basing that on?

 

[Joey007]

They were never getting a comp pick off of this free agency. Save your emotions for a week or 2, you'll feel better.

Exactly. I may be irritated with the decision later on. But no one can really judge our staff’s decision making yet one move into the offseason.

 

[A.C Vegas]

Exactly. I may be irritated with the decision later on. But no one can really judge our staff’s decision making yet one move into the offseason.

But it is not really stopping people. So many are assuming it was Dugger OR Onwenu. When it is not

 

[50-yard-line]

They were never getting a comp pick off of this free agency. Save your emotions for a week or 2, you'll feel better.

Save your condescension.

This wasn't a promising move for team tying to change their reputation. You think Dugger is happy about this?

 

[Huckleberry1]

Yeah, I know.

Confidence is not high.

My primary reason for feeling like it was time to move on from Belichick was personnel, and specifically the large amount of $$$ they had available to spend in free agency. So I have to look at this differently, as this is what I wanted, Wolf and Mayo, a really high pick, and 100 million to spend in free agency. Given this I will believe in them until they give me good reasons not to, so far they haven’t done anything to change that.

 

[Huckleberry1]

The Winfield tag was expected by most fans. The Pats very likely knew that he was going to be tagged. The Dugger decision probably had nothing to do with Winfield.

I’m not too surprised by it, the only question was how desperate they are to keep Mayfield. ?

 

[A.C Vegas]

Save your condescension.

This wasn't a promising move for team tying to change their reputation. You think Dugger is happy about this?

Why would he be upset he still gets to go to the market and get a contract either he plays for that team at that contract or he plays for the pats at that contract. Teams do not guve anything up for the transition tag unlike the franchise tag

 

[40yrpatsfan]

It's a gut punch to Dugger. A team offering him will have to tie up their FA resources for nearly a week while the others in the market go away, which means he comes back and the Pats save a couple million dollars.

If you're going to tag a guy you want to keep, a guy who came up through his rookie deal in your system, use the damned Franchise Tag.

no - franchise tags are no freaking good, unless all you want is 1 more year of that player at a very high price. It never leads to a long term deal cause you've handed over all the leverage to the player.

 

[hornetfb85]

NM

 

[ahmed]

I don't understand how people can think Kraft would get involved in the technicalities of signing a safety. Talk about grasping at air lol.

Is Dugger actually worth $13MM? I know cap has gone up a lot last couple years so my view could be distorted but that seems way too high for Dugger.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Poor Man's Curtis Martin 2.0.

Very bizarre move.

 

[A.C Vegas]

Curtis Martin 2.0.

Very bizarre move.

How so? They can keep him no matter what other team will still talk to him.

 

[TheRainMaker]

How so? They can keep him no matter what other team will still talk to him.

They have to match it to keep him. Just sign him or move on. Kraft is playing games like he did with Martin who as we know was a way superior player.

 

[A.C Vegas]

They have to match it to keep him. Just sign him or move on. Kraft is playing games like he did with Martin who as we know was a way superior player.

Yes they do . Yet Dugger could have chosen to just go now the patriots can keep him at his market value instead of guessing

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

For some reason i thought the transition tag is higher. 13.5 is not bad, might be a mill or 2 more than id spend on him but this at least crosses off a need. Hope onwenu is next!