The problem if Taylor is traded.

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by jasperhobbs

I don't think that is right. Sometimes a match of contract is involved and if a team doesn't match it, they receive at least a first round pick. There are exclusive and non exclusive tags

Sure, it's almost always under the non-exclusive, which would give us the right of first refusal on any contract JT is offered. If we decide not to match, apparently on paper, we're supposed to get two first-rounders.

Where I'm all mixed up is where how a lot of these articles word it....

Teams that use the non-exclusive franchise tag hold the right of first refusal. If a designated player signs an offer sheet with another team, the player's previous team has five days to match the offer sheet. Should it decide not to, the player's original team shall be entitled to draft-choice compensation equivalent to two first-round picks.

That makes me think of compensatory picks, which come from the league, as I understand it. But with franchise tagged players, the new team would give the former team the picks, not the league. So I'm wrong there...

Ok, but that said... I just did a quick search of some previous franchise tag-and-trade players, and none of them get two first-rounders. I guess that means it only applies to players you don't actually want to let sign with another team.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by JAFF

All that sounds good, are we taking it for granted that his ankle will heal completely?

I am not and I am pretty sure Ballard isn't, sucks for JT, but that is how it is. He still has a better deal than 99% of us.