(03-05-2018, 08:03 PM)MalabarJag Wrote: There's more to it than just the $2M difference. When you apply the franchise tag a player gets the opinion that he's not getting market value, will be reluctant to sign a long term contract, and could be a locker room cancer with a bad attitude. With the transition tag the player knows his true market value and the Jags either get him at that price, or at their original contract offer if it was more than his highest offer from another team. ARob knows he got full value from the Jags that way, so he's less likely to be a disgruntled player.

Of course there's the risk that another team will offer way more than he's worth. Not likely, but possible.