rmcjacket23
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Franchise tag next year isn't happening. They'll trade him if they get to that point.I don’t think the ravens are that concerned about a 1 year 45 mil deal. I think they are looking forward to 2023 and the Burrow and Hurts deals coming. They have not been able to come to terms in 1+ years of negotiations and they may be thinking they never will. the numbers are only going to go up if they can’t get a deal done before the summer deadline. Yes, they risk losing him using the non-exclusive but they may be able to match an offer that is way more cap friendly (or maybe not). If this goes on more then one using the exclusive tag you’d be talking close to 100 mil if they had to do this all over again next year. I think they have legit reasons to consider the non-exclusive.
I think there's plenty of scenarios where he's here this year on a $45M tag, and the roster just isn't as good as it was last year.
In fact I think that's probably the most likely of all outcomes.