Tags and Cuts
The league that doesn't know the meaning of the word "offseason" is at it again. Some of the first franchise tag and cap casualty news of 2006 is starting to trickle in from around the NFL. Here are the highlights:
1. San Diego will neither franchise nor transition tag Drew Brees, meaning that the former Pro Bowl QB will be shopping for a new home unless he can come to terms with the Chargers by March 3.
2. The Jets are in full panic mode trying to make up their $26 million salary cap excess, cutting such players as CB Ty Law,QB Jay Fiedler,OT Jason Fabini, and FB Jerald Sowell. They're also still trying to get QB Chad Pennington to change the bulk of his base salary to incentives, and are likely to cut him if he won't. Even the player the Jets have chosen to place the franchise tag on, DE John Abraham, is likely to be moved at or near the draft as the Jets get set for a full-blown rebuilding project.
3. Buffalo has named CB Nate Clements their franchise player, no doubt trying to avoid a repeat of when Antoine Winfield fled to the Vikings two years ago.
Many more moves are sure to come as roster bonuses start to come due and teams try to make room under the cap for the new crop of draft picks.
1. San Diego will neither franchise nor transition tag Drew Brees, meaning that the former Pro Bowl QB will be shopping for a new home unless he can come to terms with the Chargers by March 3.
2. The Jets are in full panic mode trying to make up their $26 million salary cap excess, cutting such players as CB Ty Law,QB Jay Fiedler,OT Jason Fabini, and FB Jerald Sowell. They're also still trying to get QB Chad Pennington to change the bulk of his base salary to incentives, and are likely to cut him if he won't. Even the player the Jets have chosen to place the franchise tag on, DE John Abraham, is likely to be moved at or near the draft as the Jets get set for a full-blown rebuilding project.
3. Buffalo has named CB Nate Clements their franchise player, no doubt trying to avoid a repeat of when Antoine Winfield fled to the Vikings two years ago.
Many more moves are sure to come as roster bonuses start to come due and teams try to make room under the cap for the new crop of draft picks.
posted by Lock Ness Monster at 10:06 AM
1 Comments:
1. Drew Brees will get a sweet deal this year from one of the QB hungry teams and San Diego will have a rookie QB leading a team that was on the brink back into mediocrity.
2. Jets might not win 5 games this year with all the stuff they have going on. They won't even "play to win the game" anymore.
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