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Lions' website reports team won't franchise Suh
By NOAH TRISTER (AP Sports Writer) 1 hour ago AP - Sports

DETROIT (AP) -- Ndamukong Suh can test the open market when free agency begins March 10 after the Lions decided not to use the franchise tag on the star defensive tackle, according to a report on the team's website.
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Looks like we'll get to see Suh on a different team. I hope he goes a decent team where there's a chance for postseason play. Love to see Suh in the Superbowl.
 
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The Bears are moving to a 3-4 scheme meaning a guy like Suh would be ideal and they have options with their salary cap position. It is now actually a possibility. One can only dream though. Don't want to get my hopes up to high but there is definitely talk here about acquiring him.

 
suh_fan93 said:
The Bears are moving to a 3-4 scheme meaning a guy like Suh would be ideal and they have options with their salary cap position. It is now actually a possibility. One can only dream though. Don't want to get my hopes up to high but there is definitely talk here about acquiring him.
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I LIKE the sound of this!
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NUance said:
Lions' website reports team won't franchise Suh
By NOAH TRISTER (AP Sports Writer) 1 hour ago AP - Sports

DETROIT (AP) -- Ndamukong Suh can test the open market when free agency begins March 10 after the Lions decided not to use the franchise tag on the star defensive tackle, according to a report on the team's website.
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Looks like we'll get to see Suh on a different team. I hope he goes a decent team where there's a chance for postseason play. Love to see Suh in the Superbowl.
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sounds like Detroit had enough of him.......you don't normally let guys like him walk.

 
Hunter94 said:
NUance said:
Lions' website reports team won't franchise Suh
By NOAH TRISTER (AP Sports Writer) 1 hour ago AP - Sports

DETROIT (AP) -- Ndamukong Suh can test the open market when free agency begins March 10 after the Lions decided not to use the franchise tag on the star defensive tackle, according to a report on the team's website.
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Looks like we'll get to see Suh on a different team. I hope he goes a decent team where there's a chance for postseason play. Love to see Suh in the Superbowl.
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sounds like Detroit had enough of him.......you don't normally let guys like him walk.
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Signing Suh would take most of the Lions' cap space. Maybe they want to sign the guys they drafted instead, and then possibly pick up a cheaper veteran d-lineman in free agency.
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The Lions screwed up with their contract for Suh and are now in a position where it is impossible cap-wise to tag him. This has been noted to be in the offing for months now, as was Suh's looming free agency departure (they won't have the cap to re-sign him, either) so it isn't a deadline surprise.

 
zoogs said:
The Lions screwed up with their contract for Suh and are now in a position where it is impossible cap-wise to tag him. This has been noted to be in the offing for months now, as was Suh's looming free agency departure (they won't have the cap to re-sign him, either) so it isn't a deadline surprise.
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Yeah, I can't remember the details now but his previous contract sounds like a disaster from the team's side. Something about he is still counting against their cap even if he isn't there so if he did resign at something like $26M per it would actually be counting $30M+ per because of how the old contract worked. Basically impossible to keep him when they already have huge money tied up in Stafford and Johnson.

 
OK. Apparently I didn't remember that quite correctly but the numbers were close. But it did have to do with how he restructured his previous contract.

RE: Using the Franchise Tag

The biggest problem is that it would guarantee only one more year of service from Suh. At $26.8 million for 2015, the only way to keep Suh off the market in 2016 would be to pay him 20 percent more than $26.8 million. That’s $32.16 million.

Our friend Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press argues that the Lions nevertheless should tag Suh and then try to sign him to a long-term deal. However, guaranteeing Suh $26.8 million for 2015 and setting him up for $32.16 million in 2016 makes the logical starting point for any negotiation on a long-term deal $58.96 million fully guaranteed for the first two years.
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