If the pens protect McCann, then they expose Carter. Apparently there was a side deal that if Carter was left exposed, Seattle would select him and flip him to TB retaining 50% of his remaining cap hit. So that wouldn’t work. Honestly I’d have just kept McCann and let them take McCann to keep Tanev. Wouldn’t have needed to sign McGinn, Heinen, or ERod and could have used that money to sign someone like Coleman instead.