Except that depending on when the other team signed him, it is possible the Packers would have to pay the entirety of his cap hit, while the other team would get him essentially for free. You don't know when the other team would come calling. Other teams might well hang back until the Packers were forced to bear the brunt of the contract. These matters aren't as simple as they seem up front.

As Seifert says, you guys are getting greedy. If the Packers wanted to get something out of Flynn, they probably would have had to have signed him earlier this year. They are playing out the line knowing full well they will get little to nothing for him. That's just their way of doing business. If they weren't convinced Harrell could come in and do an adequate job as a backup, they might have acted differently.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

Read that carefully: If for whatever reason another team chose not to take a flier on the franchise-tagged Flynn, that money could become guaranteed. Between Rodgers and Flynn, that would be a gigantic cap hit in a year in which other Packers players are going to need to be paid. I find it doubtful that Thompson will take that risk.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

Except that depending on when the other team signed him, it is possible the Packers would have to pay the entirety of his cap hit, while the other team would get him essentially for free. You don't know when the other team would come calling. Other teams might well hang back until the Packers were forced to bear the brunt of the contract. These matters aren't as simple as they seem up front.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

Yes, they can remove the tag at any time, but they they cannot trade him until he signs the tender. That's the whole point.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

I know he (probably) won't be a Packer in 2012. I'd just like to get something for him in return. Would it make sense for us (if he's willing) to sign him to a short-term starter-money contract? High enough that he wouldn't balk at it signing, but low enough that another team wouldn't balk at paying it?

Originally Posted by: Since69 

Flynn will not be tagged or signed to a new contract unless Ted Thompson already has a trade worked out. I read somewhere (Brandt?) that this is what happened with Cassel and it would be the same with Flynn if something could be worked out. That would nullify the monetary concerns associated with this scenario. Of course, the challenge then becomes actually working this type of trade out and that may or may not happen. It's not being "greedy" to try to make this work. Rather, it's doing everything possible to utilize the assets that have been developed and are at one's disposal. If a trade partner can't be found, then yes, he likely walks. I still hope the Ted Thompson does everything in his power to work something out, which we all know he will.

It shall be interesting to watch.

Originally Posted by: doddpower