rest - https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...iles-grievanceTAMPA, Fla. -- Buccaneers pass-rusher Shaq Barrett has notified the NFL that he has officially accepted his franchise tender, but he is filing a grievance with the NFLPA to be tagged as a defensive end and not a linebacker, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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.
The franchise tag amount is calculated by taking the average of the top five players' cap percentages for the current season, or 120% of the player's previous salary -- whichever is higher. If Barrett is tagged as a linebacker, he'd earn $15.8 million for 2020. If he is tagged as a defensive end, he'd earn $2 million more -- $17.78 million -- due to new contracts inked by DeMarcus Lawrence, Frank Clark, Trey Flowers, Yannick Ngakoue and Cam Jordan all last year.