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  • Throw 6 mil a year at Mack and hope he stays, we need him. As I type this it hits me yet again that an athlete (entertainer) makes at times 20 to 30 times what a Cardiologist (or insert other) makes. My brain wanders at times, but that is pretty ridiculous to me

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    Yes all linebackers, dlineman and o lineman are grouped up. Which is bullshit consodering the tag for a center would be approximately 6 mill where it would cost us 10 mill the way its setup now. Lets hope we can get Mack extended.

    XxDaBuckeyexX said:

    Yes all linebackers, dlineman and o lineman are grouped up. Which is bullshit consodering the tag for a center would be approximately 6 mill where it would cost us 10 mill the way its setup now. Lets hope we can get Mack extended.

    True, but for franchise tags the offer must be either the lesser of the group's top 5 salary average or 120% of the player's prior year salary. So you can buy one year for a 20% bump in salary. Then there's the whole exclusive and non-exclusive negotiating rights subcategories. Non-exclusive gets you the right of first refusal to match offer or picks, if you decide not to match. Exclusive means you guarantee to piss your player off completely.

    For the transition tag the offer is either the greater of the average of the top ten salaries in the group or 120% of prior year. And you get get right of first refusal, etc...

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  • Make them restricted free agents, use your 1rst and 2nd round tender on both of them. This will give us a chance to match any offer and also give us compensation if they leave.

    I think we finally have management and coaches who know what they are doing. Keeping a team together especially good locker room guys who are young and quality players should be our goal.

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