No Franch Tag for Flynn or his Mom

[SkinBasket]

Saw on NFL Network today that GB will not use the tag and trade trick on Flynn. I guess now that Al Davis is dead, Ted didn't think he could trick anyone into a stupid deal.

I think it's a waste, but maybe no one was willing to play ball on the other end.

[gbpackfan]

Are you telling me no one would trade a 3rd round pick for Flynn? Or a 4th? We couldn't get anything for the guy? Ted should absolutely play tag and trade. There is absolutely no reason not to. We won't be stuck with his salary, some team will bite.

[Brando19]

is this confirmed or just speculation? There's so many he said she said going on with this Flynn situation.

[SkinBasket]

is this confirmed or just speculation? There's so many he said she said going on with this Flynn situation.

They just scrolled it on the NFL network ticker this morning. I don't know what their sources are. Probably the same ESPN Milwaukee report from a day or two ago that cited zero sources.

I also have no source on Flynn's mom being tagged other than trite speculation based on personal experience.

[Lurker64]

Saw on NFL Network today that GB will not use the tag and trade trick on Flynn. I guess now that Al Davis is dead, Ted didn't think he could trick anyone into a stupid deal.

I think it's a waste, but maybe no one was willing to play ball on the other end.

It's just speculation, nobody knows what Ted's going to do until he does it.

Two days ago the NFLN ticker was emblazoned with "Packers to franchise Flynn". Three days from now it could be that again.

[MadScientist]

Are you telling me no one would trade a 3rd round pick for Flynn? Or a 4th? We couldn't get anything for the guy? Ted should absolutely play tag and trade. There is absolutely no reason not to. We won't be stuck with his salary, some team will bite.

Flynn holds too many cards here. The tag is worth ~14M guaranteed, so any one who got him would need to work out a multi-year deal worth more than that to avoid the massive cap hit this year, and to lock Flynn up. Or if Flynn doesn't want to play there, he could always just say no to a deal and take the money for this year. Too tricky to get everything to work out, and given what happened with Cassel, you'd have to thing other teams have some skepticism ahout a QB that looks good on a very good team.

[ThunderDan]

Flynn holds too many cards here. The tag is worth ~14M guaranteed, so any one who got him would need to work out a multi-year deal worth more than that to avoid the massive cap hit this year, and to lock Flynn up. Or if Flynn doesn't want to play there, he could always just say no to a deal and take the money for this year. Too tricky to get everything to work out, and given what happened with Cassel, you'd have to thing other teams have some skepticism ahout a QB that looks good on a very good team.

I didn't think NFL players could refuse trades like MLBers.

[hoosier]

I think he meant that Flynn just says no to renegotiating the tag contract.

[MadtownPacker]

Doesn't he mean Flynn will take the tag but not negotiate a longer term deal with the team making the trade if the team doesn't suit him?

Btw the ticker just showed TT traded Flynn's mom for a 6th round choice. Shit, he probably draft a HOFer with it.

[Bretsky]

Been telling yall this for about six weeks but the Homer Juice was so strong it clogged everybody's ears up. We need to bring in a guy like Scott Borass to manipulate a deal like this

[Bretsky]

Saw on NFL Network today that GB will not use the tag and trade trick on Flynn. I guess now that Al Davis is dead, Ted didn't think he could trick anyone into a stupid deal.

I think it's a waste, but maybe no one was willing to play ball on the other end.

Ya got Manning out there
Ya got QB's to draft
and Ya can get Flynn for a hefty pricetag w/o draft picks

The players were limited IMO

[MadtownPacker]

Been telling yall this for about six weeks but the Homer Juice was so strong it clogged everybody's ears up. We need to bring in a guy like Scott Borass to manipulate a deal like this

Save that BS until you change your sig asshole.

[gbpackfan]

Let's not forget, Flynn WANTS a chance to play. He wants to start and he knows he doesn't have a future in GB as a starter. Flynn won't hold up any negotiations for a one year pay day. He is looking long term.

[pbmax]

Let's not forget, Flynn WANTS a chance to play. He wants to start and he knows he doesn't have a future in GB as a starter. Flynn won't hold up any negotiations for a one year pay day. He is looking long term.

Of course, but how much money would he give up to go to a better team with a better QB coach? Or a team with an offensive scheme he knows? Just because he wants to start and get a long term deal doesn't mean he won't have any other priorities.

That's why this deal is tough, it takes three groups with distinct agendas to agree to do something in concert. And the first step, the franchise tag, is the hardest because of the space required. Much harder than tagging Williams.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Are you telling me no one would trade a 3rd round pick for Flynn? Or a 4th? We couldn't get anything for the guy? Ted should absolutely play tag and trade. There is absolutely no reason not to. We won't be stuck with his salary, some team will bite.

Why trade him for a 3rd or 4th, when there's a good chance they'll get a 3rd as a compensatory pick anyways? Probably not worth the risk of trying to get something higher.