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Originally Posted by Superturtle
Wanting more money for free agency is a pretty bizarre reasoning to just not tag him, though. If you need $ that bad there are plenty of other avenues to get some. A Jones extension and a Mahomes restructure gets you plenty to work with. Think Veach has realized there's just not a viable path forward to agreeing to a deal that both sides are satisfied with so he's ripping the band-aid off.
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Big reason is they do not want to tie up 20 million on him for next year. Giving him a 20% raise seems to be the biggest reason. To tag him a 2nd time your paying him as the best LT in the game.
I would guess Veech has 2 or 3 guys that he believes will sign for 10-15 a season and will not be that much of a drop off if any. Who knows maybe Brown will look at things and realize that FA is not going to make him the highest paid LT in the game. If you take the tag off the table, year one in the contract negotiations no longer start at 20 million. May cause the movement in the negotiations.