And the Franchise Tag Goes to… February 25, 2010

Hold on to your galoshes Seahawks fans. Olindo Mare has been tagged. I’m sure Mare is pretty stoked, as the tag comes with a nice one-year contract offer of $2.8 million. Now I’m happy because, aside from his “absolutely unacceptable” performance in Week 3, Mare was/is a solid kicker. This makes one less position Seattle needs to worry about heading into the draft.

After seeing Mare get tagged, I thought I’d take a trip down memory lane. The Seahawks have never been shy about using the franchise tag, and the record shows. Last year, Seattle tagged LB Leroy Hill, but signed him to a long term contract before the season began. In 2008, Seattle tagged CB Marcus Trufant. In 2007, Seattle decided to slap K Josh Brown with the tag. As we all know, that didn’t make Brown too happy. Let’s just hope Mare can take it in stride better than Brown did. It isn’t good to have a pissed off kicker.