Giants franchise Brandon Jacobs

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Giants use tag, but hopeful of reaching long-term deal with Jacobs

Jacobs, who ran for 1,089 yards for a 5.0 average and a team-leading 15 touchdowns, said all fall that he wants to remain with the Giants. Reese said the team decided on the franchise tag because of the Feb. 19 deadline to hand out that designation.

"With the deadline approaching it was the right business thing to do at this point, although we are hopeful to get a longer-term deal hammered out in the near future," Reese said. "I did speak to Brandon and we had a very good conversation today."

"That is the reason I am being franchised," Jacobs said. "Buying more time to get a deal done."

For some reason I figured RB tags were a little bit higher than the $6.6 million that Jacobs is now guaranteed. I'm guessing this means Derrick Ward may be headed elsewhere.

 

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$6.6 is pretty low for what I thought a RB tender would be. In that case I think it's a smart move by the Gmen.