QUESTION: I’ve heard a lot of speculation regarding franchise tagging Justin Madubuike. Is that $20 million number feasible given the current cap situation? Are there enough restructures in play to tag him and still retain a few other FA/sign others?
ANSWER: If a team wants to keep a player badly enough, they can generally find a way to do so. When most reports indicated that the Cap would be in the $242-245M range, that was going to be difficult, but possible via cuts and restructures. Now that the Cap has been announced at $255.