The Patriots have until July 15th at 4:00 to sign Joe Thuney to a long term deal. All reports I have read said the two sides are not making any progress. To me this is a bit surprising. The 2021 cap is projecting to be considerably lower if the league cannot have fans in the stands. I would think a player under the Franchise Tag would want to guarantee as much money as he can and not have to deal with a lower cap.
Tagging Thuney at age 28, in my opinion was the right thing to do.