Golfman Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 How do teams get away with mis-tagging a guy to get a lower number. Clowney played over 90% of his snaps on the defensive line, yet the Texans tag him as a LB to get a lower price. This needs to be fixed in next CBA. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27194822/clowney-get-deal-deadline 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBLIII Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 so he might not play at all this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfman Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 24 minutes ago, SBLIII said: so he might not play at all this year? Might be a Le'veon Bell situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 @ET80 does Houston run more 4-3 or 3-4? Positions really need to be reclassified as EDGE and DI. It's more accurate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 It'd be to bad to see Clowney not play this year. I think you may see Houston end up trading him rather than letting him sit for the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Golfman said: How do teams get away with mis-tagging a guy to get a lower number. Clowney played over 90% of his snaps on the defensive line, yet the Texans tag him as a LB to get a lower price. This needs to be fixed in next CBA. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27194822/clowney-get-deal-deadline I'm just waiting for a team (let's be real, the Patriots) to have a kicker fake an injury (or actually get murdered, whatever), designate their franchise tag pick as the backup that week, get them one field goal attempt, and then try to argue the player is being franchise tagged as a kicker. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 6 hours ago, Golfman said: How do teams get away with mis-tagging a guy to get a lower number. Clowney played over 90% of his snaps on the defensive line, yet the Texans tag him as a LB to get a lower price. This needs to be fixed in next CBA. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27194822/clowney-get-deal-deadline He can appeal the designation. Jared Cook did it to the Titans a few years back. He was franchised as a tight end, but over 50% of his snaps were played as a WR, so he appealed it, and I think he was going to win and the Titans released the tag IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KingOfNewYork Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Crazy how these dudes just don’t get paid. It’s frustrating as a fan knowing the team isn’t trying to put the best team possible on the field but rather the best financially feasible team on the field. Just trade him if that’s the case. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 5 hours ago, Danger said: @ET80 does Houston run more 4-3 or 3-4? Positions really need to be reclassified as EDGE and DI. It's more accurate... Texans play a 34, and Clowney lines up as that "Over" OLB spot. If you took a birds eye view, he'd look like a stand up 43 DE. This is another wonderful development following a great off-season. If this was the end game, it would have been better served to trade him at the draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ET80 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, RaidersAreOne said: So, that initial designation on his fifth year option is going to establish the position of record as DE, right? I have to think Clowney is going to win this. On another note - trading Clowney for Nick Caserio? Win/win, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTTRDynasty Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, RaidersAreOne said: Sounds like the Texans understand the time value of money. Even though they know they'll lose and have to pay out eventually, they know to hold onto that money as long as possible. Can't really blame them. Up to the NFLPA to do something about it in the next negotiation if they want to avoid this issue going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuskieTitan Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 This is the sort of ****show you get when you don't have a GM running the show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, HTTRG3Dynasty said: Sounds like the Texans understand the time value of money. Even though they know they'll lose and have to pay out eventually, they know to hold onto that money as long as possible. Can't really blame them. Up to the NFLPA to do something about it in the next negotiation if they want to avoid this issue going forward. I dont know.....sounds like the rules are in place. You're always going to have some folks try to stretch and/or bend them - but so long as its ultimately adjudicated properly - the rules did their job. From the little bit that I've read of this situation the organization is trying to keyhole Clowney into a position he spends the least amount of time playing. Should be easy to get ironed out actually.....so long as the rules are applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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