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Franchise Moves: Revisiting the Steve Hutchinson Debacle
Published: April 30, 2009
Ruskell's decision to remove the $8.3 million franchise tag from linebacker Leroy Hill last weekend has some scratching their heads, but it's not as big of a "he did what?!?" as when Ruskell chose to use the transition tag instead of the franchise tag on Hutch three years ago.
The Hill move was motivated by the same ideal that led Ruskell to not use the tag on Hutch: Ruskell doesn't want to start negotiations that high. He's right about Hill's value, but he was quite wrong about Hutch.
Ruskell made his first mistake in not placing the $6.98 million franchise tag on Hutchinson, and his second in allowing other teams to drive the market for the three-time Pro Bowl player. The franchise tag would have cost the Seahawks only about $600,000 more than the transition tag, and it would have guaranteed them two first-round picks from ...
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