Quote:I found this article today on the NFP that discusses things the Jacksonville Front Office could have done to make the Cleveland match that much more difficult:

 

<p style="margin-left:40px;">"...If Mack was really looking to get out of Cleveland as soon as possible, the offer sheet should have contained a fully guaranteed 2014 salary equal to his $10.039 million transition tag that he could void at his discretion before the start of the 2015 league year. (1)
This would have ensured that Mack would have become an unrestricted free agent when free agency began next year. His actual voidable provision after the 2015 season operates in this manner. Another alternative for Mack would have been to get a clause that prohibited the Browns from using a franchise or transition designation on him in 2015 for signing his transition tag tender.
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<p style="margin-left:40px;">Outside of these concepts, there wasn’t much Jacksonville could have done to make it difficult for Cleveland to keep Mack for the short term. Even though Jacksonville wasn’t successful with Mack, the fan base will likely be pleased at the team’s aggressive efforts to upgrade the roster.
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1 - I don't know that any Front Office would do this. Sign a guy to a one year fully guaranteed deal that he can walk away from at his discretion? If you were that agent or player why wouldn't you void that contract?!?! Then you go into Unrestricted Free Agency and demand an even richer contract. I get that it would have made it more difficult to match, but I'm not sure I would want that provision in a contract for a guy that I am depending on being a building block for the future.

 

2 - Doesn't this provision exist? I thought that after Year Two, the Tag could not be applied due to the language of the contract.

Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.