Pats Put 2nd Rd. Tender on JC Jackson

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Interesting. Could lose him now...guess they were not quite as enamored, especially after Gilmore went down.
 

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They have the right to match any offer and space to prevent some sort of poison pill from another team. If someone throws wild money at him, they can take the pick but the pick tends to dampen other teams enthusiasm to spend. My guess is he plays under the tender this season.
 

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I thought Jackson was getting beat a lot when Gilmore went out (and he was drawing WR1 / best target assignments instead). Totally fine with this hedge and I'm not convinced they want him to stay.
 

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Smart move. Either he plays for a reduced salary vs the first round tender, you get a second round pick for him, or maybe even work out a trade like they did with Welker back in the day in the opposite direction. This may entice teams to make an offer. I love it.
 

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They have the right to match any offer and space to prevent some sort of poison pill from another team. If someone throws wild money at him, they can take the pick but the pick tends to dampen other teams enthusiasm to spend. My guess is he plays under the tender this season.
I bet he gets signed. They're trying to tempt a team into signing him: a second isn't a ton for one cheap year of a top corner if he think he's that.
 

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Would the tender pick arrive in the 2021 draft or the 2022 draft? If the former, it could be an asset to try to move up from 1-15 to 1-7 (or 1-4).

I figure either Jackson or Gilmore becomes a second-rounder that generates trade capital, and the other one stays.
 

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Would the tender pick arrive in the 2021 draft or the 2022 draft? If the former, it could be an asset to try to move up from 1-15 to 1-7 (or 1-4).

I figure either Jackson or Gilmore becomes a second-rounder that generates trade capital, and the other one stays.
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I bet he gets signed. They're trying to tempt a team into signing him: a second isn't a ton for one cheap year of a top corner if he think he's that.
A team that tries to sign him won't give him a cheap offer, if they do, Pats match or he declines.
 

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If a team does not have a 2nd round pick, they are unable to sign Jackson, correct?
I may be wrong but I think they’d have to give up a first.

That said if there were such a team the Pats could do a sign and trade and ask for say 3rd this year plus 2022 3rd or whatever.
 

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I was confused by when the draft choice hits, so I did some research. “Unless received two days or later prior to the NFL draft, draft compensation for each tender is due in the same league year as the offer sheet is signed.” So any draft compensation could be 2021 or 2022.
 

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I was confused by when the draft choice hits, so I did some research. “Unless received two days or later prior to the NFL draft, draft compensation for each tender is due in the same league year as the offer sheet is signed.” So any draft compensation could be 2021 or 2022.
The signing period for RFAs ends five days before the draft.

If the Patriots don't match an offer sheet, the second rounder will be in this years draft.
 

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So if JCJ, in this case, doesn’t sign an offer sheet by that deadline, then the tender becomes his contract?
He remains a restricted free agent, but basically unable to sign with another team. RFA's have little leverage at that point; they can either sign their contract or hold out and hope to be traded. If they hold out for the season, they become RFA's again the subsequent offseason, subject to the same rules.