Texans, you have the NFL'S 2nd highest paid center.

gucci888 · Sep 16, 2019

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I'm actually not. The player only has leverage if they're willing to legitimately walk away from tens of millions of dollars. Thus far, only one player - under the franchise tag - has done that; the rest have caved. Clowney was, by all reports, going to report because the alternative was to pass on $14MM, and he was never going to do that.

We're talking about the franchise tag here; specifically, whether players can leverage it for more money. They can - to a certain point. But once the negotiation deadline passes, players are faced with two options: 1) sign the one-year tender and get paid handsomely, albeit for one year; 2) holdout & receive no money - that's where the cave comes in - until Bell, and every instance since, the players have accepted the one-year tender.
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It’s the same game whether playing under the tag or playing out a deal they don't like anymore. Their options are still the same like you said: 1) Play and get paid handsomely; 2) Holdout and receive no money. It’s the exact scenario teams like the Rams, Bears, Cowboys, and Falcons were in recently and each ended up ponying up big. And it’ll be the same scenario the Texans will find themselves with Tunsil. This is like saying the Texans could use the tag on DW4 and if they did, he would have no choice and eventually cave. There are some players that teams just don’t have leverage over and think Tunsil, especially with what they gave up for him, will be one of them.

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