Stymietee
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I have read the CBA in its entirety, and nothing in it says a precondition of a trade involving a player on a tag cannot be a newly negotiated contract with his potential new team. (CBA Article 10 pages 58-66.)
Now if a player balks, which is what you're talking about, and refuses to negotiate that new deal, then the deal doesn't get done. You insist that this is like the NBA and it's not a sign and trade, it's a conditional trade and sign but it must be done before the mid-July deadline.
According to the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), a franchise-tagged player can be traded, but there are specific rules regarding the signing of a new contract with the new team. Once a franchise tag is applied, the player may sign only a one-year contract with their prior club for that season, and such a player contract may not be extended until after the club's last regular season game of that league year.
If the franchise tag is removed after the mid-July deadline, the player can sign only a one-year deal with the team that tagged them. If the tender is removed, the player can sign a long-term contract with another team. This means that a trade can be made on the condition that the player signs a new contract with the new team, but it would have to be a one-year contract if it’s after the mid-July deadline. The player would not be able to sign a long-term deal with the new team until the next league year.
What's confusing about "instantly better?" Adding a player like Aiyuk or Higgins improves the team, is this disputable? Your use of language is telling! "Giving away draft picks," screams of prior disappointment, cloaked in uncertainty and wrapped in Snyder's shock! The interesting part of that statement is a seeming certainty that Washington can get either of them in free agency.
Y.O.U.... don't know what we have, or "what this team is right now," and that's fair, but to suggest that "we" don't doesn't account for the fact that some, like myself do know what we have and "what this team is right now." In as much as priorities next year, it's a football team with a finite number of needs, therefore, barring some catastrophic event (injury, organizational shift, or someone wanting out) it's not very difficult to see what's needed now and in the future. This especially holds for those who can look at the organization/team without trepidation. I made this statement years ago on this board and it bears repeating... "Regardless of position, this team must always be in upgrade mode!"
You wrote... "how many times do I have to see " sign the big name FA who will solve our problems " only to see it fizzle? maybe 50% of the fa's we sign do well for us." Now that you've read or reread it you'd have to admit that this is a throwback statement, reflective of a prior ownership group and staff. I get it, just because Snyder is gone, doesn't mean that he hasn't left a horde of people needing therapy from decades of entertainment abuse.
I too don't see "AB and TH as being guys I gotta have at all costs at this time," so we agree on that point, however, the window for the Jayden Daniels is 3 years, and wasting one of them ONLY because of fear, (Dan-delusion) is not reason enough for me to pretend not to know that adding something other than what we currently have, especially TH, (I'll accept AB) gives him a better chance to succeed in this critical first year.
