D-Rob is D-lirious... [2/24 Report: Robinson Will Not Be Tagged]

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Keith

http://twitter.com/McClain_on_NFL/statuses/9248900529

CAUTION: McClain is trying to use insight with his reporting here... last year recall that the Texans were negotiating with Robinson before they tagged him. While it seems more likely they might just let him go to free agency, I still don't rule out the possibility of a tag. I think if you tag him, you bought yourself some trade bait.

Plus the Texans can elect to rescind the tag, though if I'm Robinson, I don't pull that crap on sitting out camp this year since (a) he'd be getting a nice 20% increase, and (b) if the trade offers dried up, the Texans could pull the tag long after the teams have spent their offseason budgets.

fyi - deadline to tag is 2/25, 3pm CT.

When was the last time a team traded a player under the franchise tag? I am having a hard time finding one, I think it's happened but I cannot remember it.

Signing Dunta with the thought of trading him is foolish IMO. The GM's in the league will laugh if we tie that money in such an overrated player and make us sit on him. There is not such a shortage of CB with leg issues. He is undersized and was torn up last season in one on one situations, only our fans think he is worth anything. He only has 13 ints in 6 years, not an elite CB, IMO.

Now Dunta does have the fact that no one else worth a shit is a FA, Bodden excepted.

But this is a deep draft of solid DBs....

[Keith]

Originally Posted by painekiller

When was the last time a team traded a player under the franchise tag? I am having a hard time finding one, I think it's happened but I cannot remember it.

Look no further than last year. The Pats tagged Matt Cassel and subsequently traded him (and Mike Vrabel) to the Chiefs for an early second. Another memorable one was when the Chiefs tagged Jared Allen then traded him to the Vikings for a 1st and a 3rd. Less memorable? How about the Pack tagging DT Corey Williams then trading him to the Browns for a 2nd. The Pats also did it with Tebucky Jones awhile back - after tagging him, they sent him off for a 3rd, 7th, and a 4th the following year.

You just don't let Dunta walk for nuthin'. Expect the tag... I will. Or use McClain's insight.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Keith

Look no further than last year. The Pats tagged Matt Cassel and subsequently traded him (and Mike Vrabel) to the Chiefs for an early second. Another memorable one was when the Chiefs tagged Jared Allen then traded him to the Vikings for a 1st and a 3rd. Less memorable? How about the Pack tagging DT Corey Williams then trading him to the Browns for a 2nd. The Pats also did it with Tebucky Jones awhile back - after tagging him, they sent him off for a 3rd, 7th, and a 4th the following year.

You just don't let Dunta walk for nuthin'. Expect the tag... I will. Or use McClain's insight.

I stand corrected, I knew there were cases and I was forgetting them. I wanted us to get into the Allen sweepstakes, can you imagine Williams and Allen together?

As for the Cassel trade, I though that was more of a new GM, former draft wiz of the Pats, wanting to get his guy back to go with his new HC.