Chiefs make it official-Franchise Tag Bowe

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#chiefs have placed the franchise tag on wr Dwayne Bowe.


Chiefs make Bowe their franchise player






The Chiefs today named Dwayne Bowe, their top wide receiver the past five seasons, as their franchise player, a move that effectively keeps him off the free-agent market.

As part of that transaction, the Chiefs offered Bowe a one-year contract worth about $9.5 million. Bowe can sign the contract at any time or the sides could negotiate a long-term contract.

As the franchise player, Bowe could still negotiate a contract with another team. But the Chiefs would have the right to match the offer and retain Bowe. If they decline to match, the Chiefs would lose Bowe but receive two first-round draft picks as compensation.

Read more here: http://chiefsblog.kansascity.com/?q=...#storylink=cpy

[beach tribe]

Does anyone remember the commercial where the donks were hanging in the rafters trying to steal the Chiefs playbook?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

There is truth to what you say, but as the article states "bottom line, the Chiefs couldn't afford to pay Thomas his market value and Smith's, too"

Yep.

The Chiefs had to choose between keeping Smith and keeping Thomas. Bad situation to be in but they couldn't afford to lose DT.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by Brock

The cap isn't going to be a consideration for teams that want Manning. First thing is, the money isn't the most important thing for him. Secondly, no team has ever not signed a player they wanted because "that darn salary cap", that's just an excuse they use to mollify fans.

Originally Posted by Brock

This apears to be a non sequitur.

Hamas? Did Hamas hijack Brocks account?

[Coogs]

I have not read through any of this thread, and probably won't do more than skim it a best, so my apologies if this has been discussed before...

Pioli said this in the Star...

General manager Scott Pioli’s comment in a statement released by the Chiefs made it sound as though the sides were never close to reaching a long-term agreement.

“Today was the league’s deadline to designate a franchise player,” Pioli said, “and we felt it was in the best interest of the Kansas City Chiefs to place the tag on Dwayne.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/05...#storylink=cpy

It really doesn't say this was about money. It could be Bowe is waiting for the QB situation to unfold before he decideds if he wants to remain here or not. And since he is free to negotiate with other teams, once the QB position is resolved, we will probably know what Bowe is thinking. And I know the price tag says two 1st rounders in return if he agrees somewhere else, and the Chiefs decline the offer, but IIRC the compensation of draft picks has been negotiated to different outcomes in the past.

[In58men]

Bowe needs a quality QB. I can see him starting to get frustrated.

[Dayze]

if I were Bowe, I'd sign a long term deal that pays me $x for every game Cassel starts.
Give me $150k per game that Cassel starts.

[Fat Elvis]

Originally Posted by Dayze

if I were Bowe, I'd sign a long term deal that pays me $x for every game Cassel starts.
Give me $150k per game that Cassel starts.

That can only be $2.4M/year; he's making more that 3x that amount with the franchise tag.

[mcaj22]

Bowe is certainly not signing that franchise tag offer until this team does something at QB

and if they dont, he just holds out the entire off season and then shows up week 1. And frankly, I do not blame him one bit.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Fat Elvis

That can only be $2.4M/year; he's making more that 3x that amount with the franchise tag.

Maybe he's taking into account that Bowe's not very smart.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Inmem58

Bowe needs a quality QB. I can see him starting to get frustrated.

I've gotta say, his stats are very impressive for a guy without a quality quarterback. I thought he was having a bad year last year, and he still ended up with 80+ catches for almost 1,200 yards. The guy is a major talent, and with a good QB he could be amazing.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by Coogs

And I know the price tag says two 1st rounders in return if he agrees somewhere else, and the Chiefs decline the offer, but IIRC the compensation of draft picks has been negotiated to different outcomes in the past.

Didn't the Jared Allen deal get to that point, or something similar?