Redskins place franchise tag on Orakpo

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

No big deal with the tag. Yeah Rak isn't a 11 million dollar player but we're also not tied to him long term either. I like this move for now. Let's see how it plays out. We still have plenty of room to make some improvements.

I'm fine with the tag, as well. Like you, I'm not ready to jump to any conclusions about this management team until we see their plan unfold. So far, they haven't re-signed anyone I would object to retaining.

By my simple arithmetic, it looks like we'll have about $24MM to work with after Carriker, Bowen, Rocca, and some others are cut. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong about that number.

Honestly, I don't have much of an idea of what that might buy but I'm looking forward to finding out.