<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Patriots | Samuel tagged as franchise playerFri, 16 Feb 2007 16:21:00 -0800Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports the New England Patriots have placed their franchise tag on CB Asante Samuel. Mike Reiss, of the Boston Globe, reports Samuel's agent, Alonzo Shavers, said they do not look at the tag as a bad thing. He added it's a step towards working on a long-term deal.</div>
He was on of my "wishlist" players, even though I know the Titans would never invest that much into one FA.The price of the remaining FA CBs just went up.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Punisher @ Feb 16 2007, 07:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>AWWWWW :ranting:</div>Haven't you noticed that this pretty much happens every year? Almost all of the worthwhile Free Agents get tagged or resigned before Free Agency begins and the Redskins overpay for some mediocre talent.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Feb 17 2007, 12:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Punisher @ Feb 16 2007, 07:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>AWWWWW :ranting:</div>Haven't you noticed that this pretty much happens every year? Almost all of the worthwhile Free Agents get tagged or resigned before Free Agency begins and the Redskins overpay for some mediocre talent. </div>Nate Clements? Dwight Freeney?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Feb 17 2007, 12:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Oh no, the Pats don't resign their stars Am I the only person that said they would?</div>I was with you on that one. :thumbsup:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Feb 16 2007, 09:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Oh no, the Pats don't resign their stars Am I the only person that said they would?</div>Franchising isn't resigning.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 17 2007, 12:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Feb 16 2007, 09:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Oh no, the Pats don't resign their stars Am I the only person that said they would?</div>Franchising isn't resigning.</div>Yes, it technically is. He's on the team, has a contract with them, and as far as that's concerned, it's resigning.
Kraft did say that he's spending a lot of money this year on players, and said Thomas from the Ravens is on there list. To Samuel, this was the best possible thing that the Pats could have done with Samuel. Give him one more year to see if last year was a fluke and if it wasn't then we can throw money at him. The Pats still need to look at drafting a CB in round 1, the far off with Samuel and # 2 CB Ellis Hobbs is unbearable.
