INDIANAPOLIS - Here we go again.
For the second year in a row, the Rams have placed the "franchise player" designation on offensive tackle Orlando Pace.
Pace's agent, Carl Poston, was informed by the club Thursday that the Rams are placing the franchise tag on the five-time Pro Bowler.
"I thought they'd at least wait until Tuesday," Poston said Friday, while attending agent meetings here in conjunction with the NFL Scouting Combine.
Tuesday is the deadline for franchise player designations.
On Jan. 26, the Rams offered Pace a seven-year contract worth more than $42 million. The proposal included the largest signing bonus in Rams history - $13 million. (The current high is $12.5 million, for wide receiver Torry Holt last July.)
"It's far below Orlando's fair market value," Poston said. "They didn't expect me to accept that. That's an offer made just to say, 'We made an offer.'"
For the second year in a row, the Rams have placed the "franchise player" designation on offensive tackle Orlando Pace.
Pace's agent, Carl Poston, was informed by the club Thursday that the Rams are placing the franchise tag on the five-time Pro Bowler.
"I thought they'd at least wait until Tuesday," Poston said Friday, while attending agent meetings here in conjunction with the NFL Scouting Combine.
Tuesday is the deadline for franchise player designations.
On Jan. 26, the Rams offered Pace a seven-year contract worth more than $42 million. The proposal included the largest signing bonus in Rams history - $13 million. (The current high is $12.5 million, for wide receiver Torry Holt last July.)
"It's far below Orlando's fair market value," Poston said. "They didn't expect me to accept that. That's an offer made just to say, 'We made an offer.'"
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