Franchise Tag Carr, Bowe or Orton?
 

So you pretty much have to franchise Carr if you can't get a deal worked out. Otherwise dude leaves to get paid and we get nothing out of it. This was a little shortsighted on Pioli's part.

there is a scenario of signing both Carr and Bowe and franchising Orton but again you have to have Carr signed.

So what would you do?

We have so much cap room... there is no reason we can't sign all 3 guys if we really want them back.Though if it comes down to it I say Franchise Bowe and go after Carlos Rogers in FA if for some reason we do lose Carr.

Franchise Orton? LMAO

Orton sucks, why would you even consider tagging him?

I'm not convinced yet they even try to resign Orton.

Orton. Because if Cassel goes down, we need to ensure that we have another overpaid backup to accentuate the problem.

So you can cut Cassel and keep Orton from walking for a long term deal?

WTF IS GOING ON?

They might want to see what direction the team is headed before committing to what would be pretty much their careers

WTF would we franchise Orton? You either sign him or let him walk and take the pick.

ROFL

Quality Pete thread....

Face the facts, dude...we are probably not drafting a QB that will be worthy of starting this year. That being the case I'd much rather see Orton than Cassel

Shit, forgot to look at who started the thread.

Honestly....I kinda like the 'franchise Orton' idea, but you absolutely have to get Bowe and Carr re-signed first.

If you can get those 2 on long-term deals, you have a bunch of cap space still (the first year of those deals won't be onerous). There aren't a lot of FAs that are going to be legitimate difference makers; there rarely is.

You know that Orton's not going to want to come back on a short-term deal and that teams are actually likely to give him a pretty nice little contract. You also know that Cassel has become downright cheap, so much so that he could be a viable backup QB.

So keep Cassel and franchise Orton. All it costs is money and if nothing else, you can deal Orton if need be. It gives us a veteran QB that we can win with for at least one more season while grooming a legitimate QBOTF.

We probably want both Carr and Bowe long-term anyway, so why use the franchise tag on either of them? In this case, the best way to utilize our assets may very well be to get those 2 guys signed and then franchise Orton.