Do we franchise tag Nicks in this off season?

Just wanted to bring a little perspective to the Brees situation as a RE Agent. Now I'm not pretending sports agents and RE agents are the same, but the basic relation is, the fact you have a person that is negotiating for your fiduciary interests for a percentage of what they negotiate. Brees has one of the top sports agents who is trying to get him top dollar.

Now when I am going to bat for a buyer, even if my buyer is so in love with the property they would even pay full price, my job is to get them the best price. When negotiating, not only would I not let the other side know how interested my buyer is, I would do opposite and tell them how many other properties are in play and I think this might be best fit for them if we can make the numbers a lot more attractive, etc etc.

Bottom line, the fact a contract hasn't been signed is almost certainly nothing to do with Brees, but his agent trying to get the best deal. On the other side, Saints have other key guys such as Nicks and Colston they need to sign back and make sure to structure everything to remain under team salary cap. This no doubt is really tricky and might take a contract where there is a sizable amount of money towards the end of contract. Regardless, Brees has clearly stated New Orleans is his home and the Saints don't want to lose Brees, so they will definitely get it done after he wins his second Superbowl in a few months.