Any news on the tag?

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(03-09-2021, 09:10 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I don't understand how this thread has devolved into a sacks vs. pressures debate.

The coversation intially centered around if Lawson was worth the tag amount or not (17 mil).

Show of hands, whether you like sacks, whether you like pressures, or whether you like something cool that maybe I don't even know about yet: Do you think Carl Lawson is worth 17 million dollars a year?

Ok, now we're on to the next question:

If you're one of those that don't think he's worth 17 million, but you do think that we have to keep him: How much is the maximum you'd be willing to pay to keep him? 15 mil max? 14, 13, 12, 11? (Set your own top end market value for him)

Fwiw, I don't think I've even seen anyone say they're opposed to keeping him, they just think he caps out at a certain price. I'd personally have no problem keeping him at something like: 3 years, 26 million dollars, with 10 mil or so guaranteed.

To each their own, but as much as you want to value pressures over sacks (perfectly reasonable), you still have to have an opinion on what you think we should be willing to pay him to stay.

I said during the year I thought he’d bring 15-16 a year on a 3 or 4 year deal this off season, so I think if a tag was needed to get there then yes 17.7 was fine. If he was never going to get to a long term deal with us I tag and trade him to one of the endless teams lining up to get a pass rusher. The market for rushers won’t be nearly as depressed as the rest of the market from what I’ve read.