Chargers to Franchise Brees

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:18 pm

Chargers to use franchise tag once or twice to keep Brees
Feb. 14, 2005
By Clark Judge
SportsLine.com Senior Writer
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The San Diego Chargers haven't made an announcement, but they've made a decision -- and they're expected to declare later this week that they will protect quarterback Drew Brees for another year by making him the team's franchise player.

OK, so you expected it. So did I. But the presence of quarterback Philip Rivers, acquired with last year's first-round draft pick, and the team's continued support for him at least cast suspicion over the Chargers' allegiance to Brees.

Until now.

The club will do the right thing with Brees, which is to keep him off the free-agent market and review its options -- including trading the 26-year-old quarterback for a first-round draft choice.

Rest of article can be found here.

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 10:45 pm

That's good. I don't want Danny to be tempted. Unlike some others, I recall Brees' first couple of seasons all too well.

BringThePain! · Post by **BringThePain!** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:42 am

A good move by San Diego... and I would think it would be wiser of them to shop Rivers... The guys gotta have some pretty significant value with the lack of talented QBs coming out of the draft or FA around the league...

there are a ton of teams with unstable QB situations....

Texas Hog · Post by **Texas Hog** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:26 pm

if they shop Rivers doesn't that mean they take his entire signing bonus as a salary cap hit next season? if so, that's gotta hurt

also, we're they so far off on negoiating with Brees that they had to tag him? Isn't he now going to have a huge payday equal to the avg of the top 5 QBs...or whatever it is?

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:13 pm

Texas Hog wrote:if they shop Rivers doesn't that mean they take his entire signing bonus as a salary cap hit next season? if so, that's gotta hurt

If they trade Rivers they would take the full SB hit this year

Texas Hog wrote:also, we're they so far off on negoiating with Brees that they had to tag him? Isn't he now going to have a huge payday equal to the avg of the top 5 QBs...or whatever it is?

I found this on the net:

Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith yesterday pinned a franchise tag on Brees , who led the team to the AFC West championship and made the Pro Bowl. But it was a "nonexclusive," not an "exclusive" tag.

By making it nonexclusive, Smith knows exactly how much Brees will cost for one year – $8.078 million, the average of the NFL's five highest-paid quarterbacks. The price for an exclusive tag could be much higher, depending on what happens to quarterback salaries during free agency.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/ca ... anepa.html

BringThePain! · Post by **BringThePain!** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:29 pm

Actually if they trade Rivers before March 10.. then they'd only take a 6.5 mil cap hit... or so I've read in certain circles...

Although the likelyhood of that happening is slim...

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Fri May 19, 2006 7:43 am

Can they still do that?

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:06 am

Fios wrote:Can they still do that?

I think it was part of the fine print in Brees' contract. :idea:

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:09 pm

I think it was part of the fine print in Brees' contract.

Well... I haven't heard the official screaming of "PSYCHE" from San Dee to N'yawlins yet... :twisted: