Comments on: Free Agency: Packers And The Franchise Tag http://www.totalpackers.com/2012/02/17/free-agency-packers-and-the-franchise-tag/ Your Green Bay Packers: Telling It Like It Is Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: iltarion http://www.totalpackers.com/2012/02/17/free-agency-packers-and-the-franchise-tag/#comment-45456 iltarion Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:24:17 +0000 http://www.totalpackers.com/?p=12992#comment-45456 The Packers can’t trade Flynn. He isn’t under contract.

The Packers can’t afford to franchise tag him. The only way they could do it is if they KNEW another team was going to trade for him. However, if you were another team, why would you contact the Packers about a trade for a player not even under contract? It would be idiotic.

If you are another team’s GM, then you know the Packers will either let Flynn go, whereupon you would get him for nothing. OR, the Packers will franchise him, whereupon his value drops because you know the Packers HAVE to trade him.

The Packers will be compensated for Flynn’s departure. They get a draft pick in the first 4 rounds regardless. That isn’t nothing.

]]> By: Madcity Packer Fan http://www.totalpackers.com/2012/02/17/free-agency-packers-and-the-franchise-tag/#comment-45435 Madcity Packer Fan Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:31:37 +0000 http://www.totalpackers.com/?p=12992#comment-45435 It would be exciting to see what we could get for Flynn in a trade. Letting him go for nothing is disappointing.

]]> By: iltarion http://www.totalpackers.com/2012/02/17/free-agency-packers-and-the-franchise-tag/#comment-45342 iltarion Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:49:28 +0000 http://www.totalpackers.com/?p=12992#comment-45342 That line of negotiation would be sweet for the Packers. If you negotiate for Finley as a WR, then his numbers are worthy of a James Jones’ like contract. We’ll gladly take him for $2.3 million a year if that is what he wants.

]]> By: Free Agency: Other Teams And Franchise Tag | Total Packers http://www.totalpackers.com/2012/02/17/free-agency-packers-and-the-franchise-tag/#comment-45320 Free Agency: Other Teams And Franchise Tag | Total Packers Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:41:51 +0000 http://www.totalpackers.com/?p=12992#comment-45320 [...] the franchise tag to their free agents on Monday. We took a look at how the Green Bay Packers might use the tag last week. Here’s a look at which free agents might be franchised by other [...]

]]> By: Richard http://www.totalpackers.com/2012/02/17/free-agency-packers-and-the-franchise-tag/#comment-45281 Richard Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:51:38 +0000 http://www.totalpackers.com/?p=12992#comment-45281 What about Finley’s plan of convincing the league he should be tagged as a WR?

]]> By: iltarion http://www.totalpackers.com/2012/02/17/free-agency-packers-and-the-franchise-tag/#comment-45264 iltarion Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:23:59 +0000 http://www.totalpackers.com/?p=12992#comment-45264 Good link. Appreciated.

I agree that Wells is the only necessity. However, unless they have a plan to spend that money elsewhere, the Packers have enough cap room to tag Finley. You pay him $5 million next year. If he ends up worth it, you extend him. If not, you move on.

]]> By: peter http://www.totalpackers.com/2012/02/17/free-agency-packers-and-the-franchise-tag/#comment-45214 peter Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:47:51 +0000 http://www.totalpackers.com/?p=12992#comment-45214 SI had an interesting take that wells is the only major FA the pack need to sign the other can go

http://nfl.si.com/2012/02/13/free-agency-primer-nfc-north/?sct=nfl_t11_a3

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