Tampa Bay Buccaneers pass rusher Shaq Barrett has notified the team that he has officially accepted his franchise tender, but with an asterisk. Barrett has filed a grievance with the NFL Players Association to be tagged as a defensive end, not a linebacker, agent Drew Rosenhaus tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
There’s a $2 million diffference between a defensive end and a linebacker.
Barrett, 27, registered a league-leading 19.5 sacks in his first season with the Bucs, playing on a one-year deal for $4 million. He made the Pro Bowl as an outside linebacker, utilizing speed, power and an arsenal of pass-rush moves and countermoves to help him if he doesn’t win right away.
Source : ESPN
