Could just be more posturing to get Allen to accept less and to expedite arriving at a deal prior to free agency. 

Baalke to Josh:  "We'll tag you, then sign Hunter and give him your bag.  Then we'll tag you again next year.  Or.. and hear me out.. you take the 5 year $125 million dollar offer with $75 million guaranteed that's currently on the table and you and your great great great grand children are set for life."






With free agency not started yet and with Ridley potentially about to test it, such an "in the public eye" negotiating tactic wouldn't surprise me.

Or they could genuinely be interested in adding Hunter for an endless buffet of pass rushers.  You really can't have too many of them aside from it potentially coming at the expense of not filling a hole elsewhere.

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