(01-20-2024, 01:30 AM)navyjagfan Wrote:

(01-18-2024, 03:46 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Josh is getting tagged.  The Jags can no longer exclusively negotiate with either now that the regular season is over with and both are slated to hit free agency as UFA's.  You can only keep one from hitting free agency with the tag and you have to make the decision on whom to tag between February 20th and March 5th.  Free agency technically starts on the 13th at which point free agents can negotiate with any team, though, the legal tampering period begins two days earlier which is now effectively the beginning of free agency.  So, there's no way to tag Ridley and guarantee you re-sign Allen.  One or the other will be hitting free agency and it should be pretty obvious which one that will be.

The July 17th deadline is for when franchise tagged players must have signed their multi-year extension by or they will be playing the year out on the tag.  The deadline creates pressure for the player to sign as most would not want to take on the risk of injury.

This should answer the trade compensation on Ridley as well.  We didn't sign him during the season so it will be a 3rd rounder based on the other qualifiers in the deal and he'll hit free agency.  Maybe we sign him, maybe we don't.  The chance he gets tagged given Allen's pending free agency is miniscule though.

This is incorrect.  Only the Jags can negotiate with Josh Allen until the legal tampering period starts before free agency.  So, the Jags absolutely can sign Josh Allen to a deal while still using the tag on Ridley.

Yes, the assertion that they couldn't deal with him now was incorrect, but that doesn't really change the likelihood that they get a deal done with him prior so that the tag gets freed up for Ridley.  Allen is weeks away from free agency with no games left to play to potentially get injured in and by extension potentially reduce his value.  He's at the highest value he's ever been with 6-7 weeks until free agency.  There is no business reason for him to sign anything.  Why on Earth would he?  The highest offer comes when multiple bidders are present.  He'll play it as such and it will force them to tag him. To expect otherwise is to expect non-business reasons to be his predominant factors in his decision making.  Yes, it could happen and I’d happily take that outcome for the flexibility it provides the FO, but I don’t see it happening.

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