APJust hours after reports surfaced that the Chiefs were open to a trade for offensive tackle Branden Albert, Albert has decided to remove any uncertainty about his current contractual status.
Albert has accepted his franchise tender, Mike Garafolo of USA Today reports. That means Albert won’t be a training camp holdout and will play this season for a guaranteed base salary of $9.828 million this season if he doesn’t get a long-term deal done in the next four months.
Signing the franchise tender doesn’t preclude Albert from continuing to negotiate with the Chiefs and doesn’t mean he won’t be traded, but it does eliminate the possibility that the Chiefs could pull the franchise tender and that Albert could find himself entering free agency at a time when not many teams are spending much money.
The Chiefs are still believed to be considering left tackles Luke Joeckel and Eric Fisher with the first overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft.
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They can’t trade him unless he signs the tender…right?
Interesting game of cat and mouse here.
I own things…
Had to sign to be traded, so expect a deal here shortly. No later than tomorrow Afternoon.
That’s a smart move. He may be traded soon, but for now he’s lined up to make $9+ million, unless they do trade him.
Makes sense, once he saw how little Jake Long was getting he must of signed that real quick…
I hope they can get a 2nd and 3rd for him. My guess is either Tackle can replace Albert no problem. And to pick up a pick or 2, on top of the salary cap savings, is gravy. They do need to get a DE though, Seymour would be a decent short term fix.
The Chiefs traded a second for a marginaly better QB in Smith. If they then draft a rookie LT #1 overall?
The team isn’t better. That’s a crime.
nobody in there right mind turns down that type of cash for one year
their* really strugglin post st. paddys day
The only reason he is signing it is so they don’t yank the tag, trade him and draft Joeckel or Fisher
Putting that UVA education to good use.
Eagles could be a buyer. I’m sure Andy Reid would be interested in Trent Cole and maybe a draft pick.
Once Jake Long got $8.5m per year, $9.8m sounds pretty good, I guess!
“dabearstjm says: Mar 18, 2013 2:11 PM
The only reason he is signing it is so they don’t yank the tag, trade him and draft Joeckel or Fisher”
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Nope, if they yank the tag they can’t trade him as he’d then be a free agent.
Anyonw who is franchised BETTER sign the deal. The way the market is, no one now is going to get close to that number. A lot of the early deals were 2 and 3MM lower than the franchise number including the top OT’s.
Smart move Brandon
I so hope we trade him he was on IR more last yr then games he played and you can just see him getting lazier and lazier yr after yr he needs to be gone