The most important thing that has happened since the NFL Draft? Right here. This is the boneheaded decision by the league in recent memory. Suggs' original dispute was that he could not be franchised as an LB because he played most of his snaps at DE. In this respect, I think he's absolutely right. It's the Ravens' decision to not play him at DE all the time, since he could have, and so they can't use that to financially hurt him. Furthermore, putting him at LB made the team better, so why should he lose money because of that?
The league's answer? To create a new franchise tag title: DE/LB. Other than the fact that they have no idea how to determine the top five salaries in the league at this position (since it doesn't exist), this is going to open up some serious floodgates. What about players who rotate between FS and SS, DT and DE, TE and WR, T and G, C and G, CB and SS or FS, etc. Other than the possible lockout looming in 2010/2011, this will be the number one salary cap issue over the next 3 to 4 years.
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