"Near certainty" Burns will be tagged

[DaveThePanther2008]

I sure wish we'd use the non-exclusive tag on him.  It would give us better bargaining power when no one offers him the money he's asking for.

 

[rayzor]

The only other thing i want in this draft (other than offensive play makers) is an edge rusher to either put on the other side or replace him if we don't keep him.

We can get a good one with our first or second pick and still load up in offensive play makers.

[LinvilleGorge]

16 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

Well, honestly, he was right about Norman’s worth. He never can close to 2015’s career year and he certainly wasn’t worth the money the Redskins gave him. You would have hoped we could have gotten more value via trade, but no one in Washington was happy with that signing when it was over.

The way it was handled was the worst possible option on the table. We were coming off a Super Bowl run. We approached FA like Norman would be here. We tagged him leading the locker room to believe he'd be here. Then we yank the tag because Gettleman was more interested in winning dick measuring contests than he was in assembling a football team. That forced us to spam picks at CB just to field a secondary and sent the entire locker room in a tailspin of WTF just happened??? 

[PNW_PantherMan]

Hoping this leads to a trade.

[strato]

2 hours ago, WhoKnows said:

Well, honestly, he was right about Norman’s worth. He never can close to 2015’s career year and he certainly wasn’t worth the money the Redskins gave him. You would have hoped we could have gotten more value via trade, but no one in Washington was happy with that signing when it was over.

Yeah. Have to concede that to Dave, especially with hindsight in play. In isolation. 

In the big picture he - Gettleman - fuged us hard in the secondary around all of that. It is kind of coming back to me a little, aarrgghh.

If I am remembering correctly it was a clear example of his enormous ego.

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://x.com/josinaanderson/status/1764404283120759189?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA
 

[Billy Goat]

Tag and trade looking the most likely scenario at this point. Maybe they liked what they heard from some interested teams at the combine?

Edited March 3, 2024 by Billy Goat

[Panthercougar68]

I think it’s just tag and negotiations will pick up later this summer unless an trade offer is just too good to pass on.

Edited March 3, 2024 by Panthercougar68

[countryboi]

We need to get past Burns so that we can get deals done with our other free agents

[Billy Goat]

4 minutes ago, countryboi said:

We need to get past Burns so that we can get deals done with our other free agents

Yes that's the other side to this. Really you want to know what you're doing with Burns before free agency. It would be foolish to tag him not knowing if you're going to trade, extend him or let him play under the tag. Before you know it you get to training camp and have no new pass rusher and Burns holding out

Edited March 3, 2024 by Billy Goat

[TheSpecialJuan]

Non-exclusive tag let him negotiate with other teams see if they will give him the $30 mil he thinks he’s worth 

[TN05]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

That was a mind blowing cluster fug of an own goal right there. Yikes.

What happens when your GM has an ego

[Memphis]

Which type of tag? Non exclusive or transition?

[CamWhoaaCam]

Josina Anderson said we told him at the combine we aren't continuing negotiations lmao