Is It Safe For The Redskins To Give Orakpo A Long Term Contract?

Discussion in 'Washington Redskins' started by cmilian, May 29, 2014.

  1. cmilian

    cmilian 2nd String

    On March 27th during the 2014 NFL Offseason, Pro-Bowl Outside Linebacker Brian Orakpo signed the franchise tag given to him by the Washington Redskins. The tag is worth $11.45 million dollars over the course of one season. This is a huge amount of money, no doubt, but a one year franchise tag doesn’t offer much in long term job security, and that is what every NFL player wants regardless of how much money they make. Brian Orakpo has stated that he intends to play this year out, but he doesn’t believe he has to prove himself to anybody. Whatever Orakpo does during this season, he must show the […]

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