Hardy want "big contract he worked for"

[tondi]

He's worth 11 mil so he will get tagged if we can't agree on a contract with him. There's no way we let him walk for nothing instead of paying him that 11 million. After next season we may very well lose him but he's going to be here at least one more season.

[nctarheel0619]

Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't he a RFA?

[Clicheking]

We have the money to tag him next year, with the carried over money from this year. I feel we wont be able to keep him after that.

 

 

[PantherPhann89]

I would love for us to resign Hardy, but I'm not sure that we're going to be able to afford to...

[Davidson Deac II]

I love hardy but don't get carried away. He's not worth top 5 position money. I rather move on without him than be handicapped by him.

 

I agree we can't afford to break the bank for him, but I can't think of 5 defensive ends who are clearly better.  An argument could be made for Quinn, JJ Watts,  Tuck, and maybe one or two others.  But I would say that he is definitely going to get top 5 money, here or somewhere else. 

 

I wouldn't mind tagging him this year, seeing if his production is similar next year, and then decided on how much of a long term contract to offer. 

[MadHatter]

Franchise him this year while we deal with Cam and some of the other FAs on the team. Keep Hardy's contract for 2015 in mind and save room for it in the moves we make this year.

We can make it happen if we plan this thing right. I hope we will have another amazing Draft as well. The rookie cap really presents a chance to save some money if you use it to draft otherwise expensive positions like LT or CB1.

Franchise tag number for a DE will be devastating to the cap next year. I believe it is 15m+

I don't see Gett signing up for that.

Hope we can get get something done. But he will be able to get more elsewhere with teams like Oakland having $60m+ of cap space.

[Servant of Cthululelei]

Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't he a RFA?

 

 

You are wrong.  He's a UFA.

[nctarheel0619]

You are wrong. He's a UFA.

Sounded good.

[cookinbrak]

Offer him about 6.5 m a year for 5 years. If he balks, then franchise him and see what happens. If his numbers are still there, then offer a little more.

[MadHatter]

Offer him about 6.5 m a year for 5 years. If he balks, then franchise him and see what happens. If his numbers are still there, then offer a little more.

Thought I heard they offered him 8 m for 4 years earlier and he declined.

[AceBoogie]

He better not just walk for nothing

[ckad79]

I hate to suggest this, but if McDermott goes to the Redskins as their head coach and you combine that with the money the Skins have to spend in free agency and their desire to FIX their defense...

 

Well, don't be shocked if Hardy goes north this offseason.

[fieryprophet]

The only way this deal gets done is if they go the Charles Johnson route and push a lot of the money into a signing bonus. The biggest danger of doing that is that you'll end up with a massive dead money charge if the worst happens and Hardy underperforms the contract or gets injured. It also removes future flexibility. However, if he performs up to the contract (or better) than you can remove that as a position of need for a while and focus draft resources elsewhere.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

Dont care either way. In gettleman I trust to do what is best for the TEAM

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