Bucs Franchise Barth

[Darth Biscuit]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/31894/bucs-franchise-kicker-connor-barth

As expected, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Monday afternoon they have placed the franchise tag on kicker Connor Barth.

The Bucs had attempted to negotiate a long-term contract with Barth, but weren’t able to pull that off before Monday afternoon’s deadline. They still can sign Barth to a long-term deal.

But, while he carries the franchise tag, Barth will cost $2.6 million against the cap. Barth has emerged as one of the league’s most accurate young kickers. In 2011, he completed 26 of 28 field-goal attempts (92.9 percent, which ranked second in the league. Barth also finished the season by making his final 15 field goals, giving him the longest active streak in the NFL.

I know there had been some chatter on here about us getting him... :rolleyes:

[Panthro]

[Razeyfingers]

[iamcline]

All kinds of kickers gettin' tagged.

[thunderraiden]

Happy for him, played with him for a season in high school down here in Wilmington.

[Jangler]

[Catweisers]

Giants franchise punter Weatherford

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=sportsxchange-000590581_giants-p-weatherford-named-franchise-player

[carolinarolls]

probably the easiest die-cision facing the pink-seat pirates this off seson

[Donald LaFell]

Matt Prater? He did a lot of work during The Golden Calf of Bristol Time

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

I am happy that Barth is going to get paid. He is a great guy.

I work at a free health clinic that offers services to individuals 200% below the poverty line. It is a great facility that offers medical, dental and mental services to the less fortunate. Being a non-profit organization we have to hold charity events in order to stay funded.

Connor Barth volunteered to be sold to the highest bidder for a lunch outing at our annual charity auction. Just wanted to give him a shout out on here. Very stand up player, even if he is on the Bucs.

[iamcline]

I was secretly hoping the Broncos would let Prater walk, but that was extreme wishful thinking.

[carolina-chuck]

wish we had him. rather tag him, pay a 2 mill then paying mare 4 mill