Exactly one week away from the the beginning of a protracted grievance hearing with franchise-tagged tight end Jimmy Graham, the New Orleans Saints may have some good news regarding the case. A league source tells ESPN’s Mike Triplett that the NFL Management Council is expected to make a “strong counterargument” against the NFLPA’s claim that Graham should be designated as a receiver under the tag. The Players Association claims that Graham should be tagged as such based on the fact that he played 67% of his 2013 snaps lined up out wide or in the slot. Were Graham to be tagged as a receiver, he […] Read the whole post here.
So...franchise tag for a TE (which he was tagged as and currently counts towards the cap as if Im not mistaken) is 7 millionish. WR tag is 12ish. Saints have a mil point three and change in cap room according to spotrac. If he wins his grievance thing, will that push them over the cap by 4 millish?
Buck...as long as you love me Nuts...here's a good read on that. http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-o...the-jimmy-graham-grievance-possible-scenarios
