(01-22-2024, 06:39 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

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

If you look at past deals, most of the potential free agents end up re-signing with the current team before they ever hit the market.  That's what I would expect to happen with Josh Allen.  The Jags know what his value is on the free market and they will make an offer that is equal to what he would receive in free agency anyway.  It's a win-win situation for both parties.

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