Well, with the hot water Snyder is in, I'm certain RR holds all the strings to personnel moves.
RR didn't ask Snyder to cut Haskins, he informed him he was cutting Haskins.
Yes, this defense. Let's talk about it because they actually let the team down and I still believe the game plan for Brady was gift wrapped to round 2.
Heh. Yeah, cheap like that and then tack on the salary Stafford would rightfully be looking for and he'd be a real bargain.
I dunno dude, this is Washington with its reputation as overpay central. He's certainly not worth anything close to a 1st or 2nd rounder, but hey desperate times produces desperate measures.
I certainly did! My reservations were about the offense. Go figure...
Might as well sign Cam to league minimum with opportunity to start. Heineken, Allen & Newton. May the best man win! CDC likely retires.
Cam should too
I would love for this to be the case with respect to what it's going to take for Washington to re-sign Heinicke. Unfortunately, Heinicke won't be a restricted free agent. Instead after going head to head with Tom Brady and becoming a playoff sensation, he will become an unrestricted free agent in February. He says that he wants to be here but make no mistake, there will be suitors and a possible bidding war for his services. The ONLY question now is how $$much$$ is Washington willing to shell out in order to win his services.RFA and Taylor Heinicke
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (RFA)
The original team can give a player one of four Qualifying tenders: Restricted Free Agent (RFA) Tenders
- A restricted free agent (RFA) is any NFL veteran [that reaches the end of his contract] with three accrued seasons but not four accrued seasons of service. (Under certain restrictions, any NFL player with three accrued seasons shall be free to negotiate and sign a contract with any other NFL club).
- The RFA has a signing window of roughly one month—typically between early to mid-March, when free agency starts, and mid-April. The signing period must last a minimum of thirty-five days and cannot end later than five days before the annual NFL Draft.
- If an RFA player is tendered a Qualifying Offer, his original team has the right of first refusal and may receive a draft selection as compensation if the player signs a contract with a new team.
(a) right of first refusal only, or
(b) right of first refusal + draft selection at the player’s original draft round, (e.g. rounds three through seven) or
(c) right of first refusal + one second-round draft selection or
(d) right of first refusal + one first-round draft selection.
SInce Heinicke was an undrafted free agent coming out of college, there would be no draft compensation if Washington were to tender him at the “original round” amount and he were to sign with another team.
The only choice here is whether to offer Heinicke the lowest level of $2.24m or to use the Second Round tender offer that costs $3.42m. The extra $1.2m would simply be insurance intended to keep any other team from “poaching” the young quarterback.
Considering that Heinicke was out of the league completely in 2019 and most of 2020, and has played less than 5 quarters of professional football since the end of 2018, this seems like a pretty expensive premium.
I’ve also gotta think that Heinicke will see his best opportunity of sticking on a roster to lie with Scott Turner and Ron Rivera, and I think he might forgo an extra million or so of non-guaranteed money if he thought he might be given a shot at getting on the field in the regular season in Washington versus competing for a backup spot somewhere else.
My guess is that Washington will tender Heinicke at the lowest amount with little risk of him being signed away by another team (remember that the tender also comes with a right of first refusal if they want to match a competing offer). If they choose to spend the extra money on a second-round tender, however, that would virtually guarantee that he would enter camp with Washington in 2021.
a 2nd round tender is 3.2 mil which is what the skins would offer . they cant offer him the original team tender because they arent his original team
thats where the tender comes in
