8:40AM Tuesday
February 26, 2013

With Phil Dawson extremely unlikely to be the recipient of his third-straght franchise tag, Mike Florio of NBC's-Pro Football Talk believes that the team should utilize this season's tag on a fellow special teamer in punter Reggie Hodges.

Per Florio:

Kicker-Phil Dawson-was tagged in 2011 and 2012.- Using it a third time would entitle him to quarterback money.- So if it's used, it won't be used on him.- Punter-Reggie Hodges-is hitting the market after three years with the team.- Though his performance doesn't cry out "franchise tag," it could be cheaper to squat on him for a year than to sign a replacement on the open market; that's why so many punters and kickers have been tagged in recent years.

Hodges missed the entire 2011 season following an Achilles tear and left a lot to be desired in terms of net punt yardage in 2012. While he will live in infamy due to his fake punt-turned-huge run against the New Orleans Saints, and was the team's most recent recipient of the Ed Block Coura