(03-04-2024, 02:52 PM)Mikey Wrote:

(03-04-2024, 02:06 PM)anonymous2112 Wrote: We get to keep our 2nd round pick.  We are losing one of our 3rd round picks to Atlanta regardless, it would have become the 2nd round pick had we signed Ridley.

Unless of course, I have it wrong?

Otherwise, agree with the rest of the post.

The assumption is that if Rid signs elsewhere for a Brinks truckfull of cash, we lose this year's 3rd as comp for the trade and next year we earn a 3rd comp pick due to losing Rid. So that which we lose comes back a year later.

Frankly we might want the picks next year - Lawrence is going to cost a lot to keep and we're going to need to make a bunch of tough roster choices to care for the cap. Extra picks may help plug holes in affordable fashion.

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(03-04-2024, 02:14 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Could Ridley, in a dick move, sign it immediately and have it become an in-season extension?  If so, he could use the threat of that move as a leverage play to not be tagged should Allen sign.

turnabout is fair play, we still haven't made the long-term offer or guaranteed more cash than he'd get on the tag....jus sayin

more of a mutual back-scratching makes everyone happier in the long run kind of play.

Yeah I actually agree.  Most everything is fair in negotiating the best deal for yourself.  That's why I always say just let it play out and don't get emotionally invested in one side or the other.  I turned the phrase because the intent of the tag is generally to work out a long term deal and that may very well be the intent in such a scenario and Ridley signing immediately to cause the Jaguars to lose draft capital could be viewed in a negative light, but it's a fair tactic to threaten in this hypothetical as players generally do not want to get tagged for obvious reasons.

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