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Originally Posted by WMH
I'm wondering if applying the tag is a game they will play. A tag @ $22ishMM is not something they can absorb. If they apply it, and don't find a trade partner, the agent/Mario has no reason whatsoever to "make a deal." He then has the Texans by the balls. If they reach a stalemate, some pretty significant folks might have to get the ax to get under the cap. Other teams know the same scenario, so why would they want to give up a package of now affordable picks for a guy they know the Texans can't afford without chopping some significant heads. Pretty dangerous game if you ask me.
They might make a legimate effort to keep him around, without applying the tag. If it doesn't work, then he walks.
He walks, the Texans not only have money for Foster, Myers, and Dressen, but could also be in play for a lower-upper tier FA WR.
Food for thought on this dreary, rainy, Wednesday morning.
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I don't think it would be that hard to make a deal. Sure teams may know we don't want to keep him, but knowing we may not keep him and having him on your team is two different things. If I am another team and I want Mario, I can make a deal with Houston or be one of a half a dozen teams bidding in FA and wondering where he wants to go.
Another team knowing we will get rid of him only takes away leverage if they know they are the team he will choose in FA.